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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987 [07] Jul 16 "Jr' A )J~1 July 16. 1987 II Pursuant to due call and notice thereof. the City Council for the City of St. Joseph. Minnesota met in regular session on Thursday. Julv 16. 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Members Present: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud" Reber, Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. Councilman Steve Dehler was absent due to being out of the City. Others Present: Ken Twit, Tom Klein, Mike Phillipp. Gary Roquette, Dan Schroeder, Bob Fulton, Jackie Fulton, Darwin Ericksen. Maurice Palmersheim. Walt Bruns. Mike Scherer, Anna M. Scherer, Louie Walz, Larry Johanns. Dale Salo. Aloys G. pfannenstein. Agenda Approval: The agenda was approved as presented with the addition of item lOb - Al Pfannenstein. St. Joe Meat Market and four additions to the Clerk's report. with a motion by Rieke; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ~i~Y~êª~ Minutes of the July 2 meeting were approved as I presented with a motion by Sadlo; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo. Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ~ig~Q~ º~dinance: Amendment to the liquor ordinance which clarified the time of opening allowed on Sundays to by 12:00 noon. was approved with a motion by Reber: seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo. Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Official Depository: Rieke made a motion to approve a resolution allowing Piper. Jaffery. & Hopwood Incorporated to be an official depository for deposits and investments as allowed by State law; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo. Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ºQY~£!l BêEQ~!ê~ (Sadlo) Recommend putting in valves on the water main on 1st Avenue Northwest in conjunction with the excavation for the utilities for the new Meat Market. Sadlo made a motion to install valves on the water main; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes, None. Motion carried. II (Reber) 1) Needed shelving in the City Hall storage room could be installed for about $100. Will have Pete Giroux do it. 2) Need to enforce no parking on sidewalk area by 150h' ",--,! ?_J Martini Mobil; Mayor will alert the Police Chief. I 3) The new autobodv repair shop is filtering his paint booth. This will control the emissions from his building as he must meet state specifications and we can exceed them. (Rieke) - Planning Commission met and recommended approval of the preliminary plat and to object to the vacation of Dale and Calloway Street; also the Planning Commission recommended approval of the St. Joe Meat Market plans. Mayor Reports: The newly revised police policy has been worked over many times and is ready for approval. At the Mayors Conference it was recommended to approve a formal police policy for liability protection. Mayor Loso also stated many other thinJ:(s were discussed at the Mayors Conference which he will distribute copies of his report to the Councilmen. Police Policy Acceptance: Sadlo made a motion to accept the new police policy; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo. Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ºlêrß B~E2r1~~ 1) The mechanics of collectinJ:( delinquent assessments on the property in Clinton Village is in motion by the County Auditor. He can do no further action until the I property would be forfeited and placed for sale in December of 1989. 2) The County has requested the City appoint an assessor for the coming year. Sadlo made a motion to appoint Ollie Lesnick as City Assessor for the year; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 3) The new emergency alarm system for the wastewater plant and lift station requires touch tone type phones to adequately make the system work. This is also making the Fire Hall in need of a new phone line that can be accessed at any time during fire emergencies from the fire hall. Sadlo made a motion to install a separate telephone line for the fire hall and to purchase touch tone phones to replace all those that are on the emergency alarm system for the wastewater system; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 4) The State has notified the City that the new laws on levy limits now onlY allow a 3% increase over last year's levy. The City has only a short time to object to this and show need if a greater levy is required. Mayor and Council I were in agreement to stay within the limit. 5) Sadlo made a motion to allow the request from the Wastewater System operator of the purchase of materials for shelving for the pump station of $97.50. 1h'f\0 ì r , JuL Cloverdale Estates 3rd Addition: Dale Salo presented his preliminary plat for Cloverdale Estates 3rd Addition. Discussed were the fact that he intends to do this in a I piecemeal fashion of 4 separate parts; that he would have to bond at 125% of the estimated cost of each portion as the final plat is approved; the sewer line would serve the lower elevations without a lift station or grinder pump by running it down each side of the storm sewer; he would have to use the type of curb approved by the City engineer; that each portion would have to stand in it's own right. Reber made a motion to approve the preliminary plat as recommended by the Planning Commission, with the following stipulations: 1 ) Approval is contingent upon the status of the stub streets of Dale and Calloway currently located in the township. If these streets are vacated approval would be withdrawn. 2) Further drainage studies, as requested by the city engineer. will be submitted at the time the final plat is presented to the Planning Commission which will take into consideration the impact of the run-off to the areas immediately south of the property as well as any drainage impact to properties adjacent to the development in the other directions and that the contour lines present on the map of the proposed development be extended to show drainage impact on those properties adjacent to the development. I 3) Approval is contingent upon the developer and the city engineer reaching a solution to the satisfaction of the city engineer with respect to the sanitary sewer for the five lots at the southeast portion of the development which cannot be served by conventional sewer as currently designed. 4) Approval is contingent upon the City Engineer's reviewal of the street and utility plans for the first phase of the development and it would be capable of standing on its own feet if the rest of the development is not completed in the foreseeable future. 5) The traffic on the access streets to the development would be monitored and controlled as necessary by the City, The motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ~uilding Permit: Mike Scherer discussed with the Council his need to rebuild a non-conforming structure on his R-l zoned I property. He has obtained a building permit to rebuild only th:nf7 0" - ...........:~ ~ 800 sq. feet as allowed by ordinance in his zone. The Council informed him that the proper procedure is to get approval from the Planning Commission to rebuild the structure within means available through the zoning ordinance, probably through re-zoning. ~ª~~r~Q~~r ªêEªir~ Larry Johanns of Watertower Paint & Repair Company discussed with the Council optional contracts for yearly maintenance of the watertower. He proposed a five year contract to drain, clean, and inspect the tower each year for $575 yearly or. to drain. clean. inspect the tower yearly and paint the tower once in the five year period, the cost would be $1878 per year. Sadlo made a motion to approve a five year contract with Watertower Paint and Repair Company to drain. inspect and clean the tower yearly and paint it once in the five years for $1878 per year; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo. Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Aloys Pfannenstein. Jr. of the St. Joe Meat Market requested approval of the building plans for the new St. Joe Meat Market at 26 1st Avenue Northwest. Rieke made a motion to approve the plans as recommended by the Planning Commission; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. The Council discussed the status of taxable property purchased. by an entity which is property tax exempt by law. City Attorney John Scherer stated that if the property is being used for educational or religious purposes it is exempt; any property which is not being used for educational, charitable or religious purposes may be taxable. Adjourn: Reber made a motion to adjourn at 9:55 p.m. ; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso. Reber. Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Çf~i~ Clerk/Adm.