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Home My WebLink About1995 [12] Dec 21 I I I Page 2894 December 21, 1995 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, of St. Joseph met in regular session on 'l:00 p.m. in the City Hall. the City Council for the City Thursday, December 21, 1995 at I ! , MEKBERS PRESENT: Mayor Donald Bud Reber; Councilors Ross Rieke, Bob Loso, Ken Hiemenz, Cory Ehlert; Clerk/Administrator Rachel Stapleton. ! I OTHERS PRESENT: Brad Lindgren, Steve Streng, Art Reber, Todd Fult~, Joseph Bettendorf, Mike Rajkowski. Mayor Reber called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with all Councilors present. with changes to resolution and i motion. ! I I the AGENDA: Rieke made a motion to approve the agenda consent agenda items by removal of the assessment corrections to the minutes. Hiemenz seconded the Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. I MINUTES: Rieke made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 7 meeting with a correction to the resolution adopting the 1996 Le~y and Budget. The correct amount of the General Fund Levy is $246, 372,! which makes the total levy for 1996 $274,372. The motion was seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: Rachel Stapleton presented the bills payable check numbers 21871 - 21892 with overtime and call outs. After a short discussion of various bills Loso made a motion to approve the bills payable, overtime and call outs as presented; seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. I Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. ¡ Bradley Lindgren, Chief of Police, prekented . , and discussed the monthly police report, and presented a Christmas card received by the Police Department from the "stucco House" tenants, a student rental. I Loso made a motion to approve 99 car washes at $1.75 each, total cost $188.00; seconded by Hiemenz. ' Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Hiemenz made a motion to approve the purchase of seven cases of ammunition for the yearly duty and practice needs of the Department at $115 per case, total cost $805; seconded by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. Lindgren also reported that he had contact with Mike Rajkowski. Rajkowski previously represented the City as the prosecuting attorney, (prior to his changing law firms) and expressed interest in renewing these duties for the City. Currently the prosecuting attorney's fees Page 2895 December 21, 1995 are about $3,0Ø0 per month. The Montgomery Jaycees sent a $1,000 donation which they had previously indicated would be donated to the City of St. Joseph for police equipment. I MAYOR REPORTS: 1) Cold Spring dropped out of the St. Cloud Area Economic Development Partnership because 1-94 tends to be the stopping point for new development. Mayor Reber also presented information on labor statistics in the St. Cloud area. 2) Methods of controlling offensive odors from manure used for fertilizer on farm land within the City needs to be considered. Stapleton will check with the League and other departments as required. 3) The Attorney General's Office is nearly ready to release funds for the St. Augusta Landfill cleanup. 4) A coalition has been formed to review the highway funding for our area with the intention of proposing a more equitable formula. LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER: Todd Fultz appeared before the Council requesting approveal to transfer the liquor license of B1P Inc. d/b/a Sal's Bar & Grill to Todd Fultz d\b\a Sal's Bar & Grill. Loso made a motion to approve the transfer as requested contingent upon receiving proof of the necessary insurance and bond coverage and completion of the transfer of the business from the present owner to Todd Fultz. The motion was seconded by Ehlert. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. I COUNCILORS REPORT RIEKE: 1) The CORE Committee met and set the date for the February Speakout for February 20 to be held at CSB. 2) Rieke received a complaint of noise and speed from snowmobiles. Ehlert stated the Sno-Joes expect to install more speed control signage and monitor snowmobile traffic through the City. Council also discussed enforcement by the police and assistance from the Sno-Joes. EHLERT: 1) Ehlert reported on an information gathering meeting sponsored by the St. Cloud Times. The Times would like to get more coverage of the area cities that extend out from St. Cloud. The newspaper hopes to have this additional coverage in place by spring early summer. or 2) Students had approached Ehlert concerning a block party proposal, which he took to Chief Lindgren. The matter is simply a proposal brought up at the CORE Committee meeting. I LOSO: 1) Loso received calls from citizens concerned about driveway parking problems sidewalks may cause on East Minnesota Street. I I Page December 21, , I 2896 1995 be arlnexed Loso 2) The Township property owners and residents in the area to have questions concerning the time schedule for annexation. recommended making annexation as expedient as possible. 3) Loso requested to review the snow parking policy sometime in the future. ! 4) A committee including Lions members met to discuss the Morningside Park walking trail project, grant and matching funding, and future construction and funding plans. The Lions members indicated interest to support the park projects. Also the Rod and Gun Club will consider assisting in funding the park projects. City Engineer Joe Bettendorf waived the costs of all the background work and plan preparation ~or the park projects. . I HIEMENZ: 1) Several businesses extended a thank you for the excellent job of snow removal. They appreciated it being removed early. I 2) There is a survey being circulated asking for opinions concerrling the various parts of the East Minnesota Street project. It appe~rs that some of the affected property owners feel they were not properly involved in the planning process. 3) Hiemenz discussed a meeting he attended concerning property rights and compensation for taking issues. I 4) The Star City has prepared an EDA resolution and request apprlval for the City Attorney to review it, prior to consideration by the Council. Ehlert made a motion to approve attorney review of thel proposed EDA resolution as requested; seconded by Rieke. I Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. CITY ENGINEER JOE BETTENDORF REPORTS I I , PUMPHOUSE NUMBER 2 REHABILITATION: Loso made a motion to approve Application for Payment Mo. 2 (Final) to Preusser Construction, Inc. of $4,951.20 as presented; seconded by Rieke. Discussion - Payment will be contingent on verification of meter calibration. I Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. ' Mayes: None. Motion carried. I WATER PLANT PROJECT AND WELL NUMBER 5: Recommendations from Leo Sadlo and Joe Bettendorf were to take well number one out of service and install another well in order to have more than two sources of water. Loso made a motion to approve incorporating construction of Well Mumber 5 in the water project; seconded by Hiemenz. Discussion - Council discussed if this well was already included in the financing prpposals. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. ' Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. I EAST MINNESOTA STREET: Bettendorf questioned if concerns were being received on this project, of such a nature to hold up the project. Hiemenz expressed concern for hardship cases and if methods for' I I I Page 2897 December 21, 1995 assistance are available they would be considered. The benefits of including Morningside Park Improvement with the East Minnesota Street I bids were discussed. Rieke stated that the Council needs to respond responsibly, because this is a good and necessary project and the City needs to move forward with it. There will be a certain amount of adversity to any project. Council generally concurred to move forward with the project. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Art Reber expressed concern for speed and manner of operation of snow mobiles on the trail by his residence. Council agreed that enforcement is a problem but measures will be taken to enforce speed limits, both through the Police Department and the Sno- Joes. CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS: 1) Stapleton discussed the property liability insurance premium and optional coverages. Loso made a motion to approve payment of $24,815 insurance premium, and approve a blanket Faithful Performance Bond premium of $660, to COver all City Officials, and Open Meeting Law coverage premium of $500. The motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Mayes: Mone. Motion carried. Stapleton also introduced excess liability coverage (umbrella). Mayor Reber requested the City Attorney advise the City on this matter. 2) The Township notified the City that it is in agreement to proceed I with the development plans of the Roske Addition. Rieke made a motion to notify the City Engineer to proceed with development plans as mutually agreed upon by the City and Township. The motion was seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: Mone. Motion carried. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION PROPOSAL: Mike Rajkowski presented a proposal for representing the City in criminal prosecution. He would provide this service for a flat rate of $22,000 for 11 months to be billed monthly at $2,000. This proposal would begin service on February 1. He stated he is familiar with the City and has worked with the Police Officers previously in this capacity. Mayor Reber stated the City would want to request the same offer from our current firm because our loyalty lies with them, and we have been pleased with their work. Rieke recommended getting a counter proposal from our current firm. Hiemenz stated going with this firm would expand our resources. He also questioned what type of increase could. be expected at the end of the contract period. Rajkowski stated the fees are based on past history of the work load. He did not expect fees to increase drastically, but would increase fees slightly if circumstances under this proposal would cause the firm to lose money. The Council thanked Mike Rajkowski for his proposal. I NEW COKER PACKETS: Mayor Reber read a letter from Gregg Reinhart commending the Chief of Police for offering his department to take on I I I , Page 2898 December 21, 1995 I the duties of deLivering new comer packets to new' residents to lour community. Chief Lindgren also stated he recently purchased a carbon monoxide detector for the city hall because the furnace has been malfunctioning. Hiemenz made a motion to adjourn at 8:45 p.m.; ADJOURN: Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Mayes: Mone. Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Motion carried. ~~ Clerk/Administrator I seconded I ¡ by