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Home My WebLink About1987 [10] Oct 01 1 h~n '7 tJ ¿~J . October 1 , 1987 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, October 1, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike J. Loso; Councilmen Steve Dehler, Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. Councilman Donald "Bud" Reber was absent due to his trip to Washington D.C. on business. OTHERS PRESENT: Steven Scheuring. AGENDA APPROVAL: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. TREASURER'S REPORT: No Treasurer's Report available because of the date of the meeting. MINUTES APPROVAL: Dehler made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 17, 1987 meeting with a correction to getting more Christmas decorations lit; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: A motion was made by Rieke to approve the bills payable as presented; Sadlo seconded. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: None. RIEKE: Planning Commission met and recommended approval of the fence for James Krebsbach, Krebsbach Oil Company, as requested. DEHLER: Park Board met and had the following report: 1 ) Are the corrections to the parks as requested by the insurance loss control consultant being charged to the Park budget? Yes. 2) Where is the property line on the south side of the sliding hill by the Baseball Park? Will have Dick check it out, with the engineer's assistance if needed, to see if adjacent property owners have things on their own property. 3) Would like insurance consultant to look at the plans for the proposed playground equipment and make recommendation. 4) Need to set up policy on rental of the newly constructed Lion's shelter in Millstream Park. Discussed amount of damage deposit which may be required. 5) Some concerns were expressed that the Township citizens should be charged the same park rent as City citizens. 6) ATV drivers need to have the Police Chief provide ~>r, '"'. (, >¡ " ," èj _'-- L/ ,t_, them Hith a educational seminar, on where to drive, speed, and a refresher of the ordinance. 7) The Park Board vJO u 1 d like to develop a ~·Jinter Recreation Program, and would like to get older people to operate the warming houses. KREBSBACH VARIANCE: Rieke made a motion to approve the variance request of James Krebsbach to allow a variance as recommended by the Planning Commission, to allow construction of a six to eight ft. chain link fence with a 45 arm extensions on the top with strands of barb wire at the following parcel of property: 2.47 acres located southeasterly of Millstream Park and North of CSAH 75, described as follows, that part of lot 9, Aud. Subd. 4, which lies east of the west 186.5 feet thereof, northerly of the northerly right of way line of CSAH 75 and west of a line drawn due south from a point which is 800 feet due Hest of a point on the west line of Schneider's Add'n., distant 800 ft. northerly of the intersection of said west line and the northerly right of way line of CSAH 75. The fence is allowed because of the importance of security for the bulk plant area. The motion was seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MAYOR REPORTS: 1 ) t'1ayor informed the Council that the Building Inspector was out of town, and in his absence a building permit requested for lot 5, block 2, in Clinton Village which has an easement on the sideyard. The house will be allowed to be 10 feet from the non-easement property line and may go to the edge of the easement on that side. 2) Mike Scherer applied for and paid the hookup fee for water and sewer for his accessory building. Because sewer is not available there he was refunded the sewer hookup fee and sewer inspection fee. 3) James Kacures made a complaint against Officer Jeff Young. The Police Chief will get statements from the officers involved and report back to the Council with his recommendations. 4) Channel 11 is doing a profile on St. Joseph. IntervieHing was recently done at St. Ben's. 5) Mayor will meet with Sister Colman soon on various issues involving the College/Convent and the City. POLICE INTERNSHIP REQUEST: Steven Scheuring, student at St. John's, requested the Council allow him to conduct an individual study program from January 4 to 22, 1988 with the police department. He would like to see what work is conducted in the office, in the car, radio functions, and general knowledge of the police department. Mayor stated the Council will act on this matter at the next meeting when the full council will be in attendance. 1 """(~ n f) d ,,,-ç ~ L ¿¿ v CAPITAL OUTLAY - COPIER: Sadlo made a motion to approve the purchase of Konica-Royal 2203 copy machine for $3,500, for the Clerk's office; seconded by Dehler. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. tvlotion carried. TAX LEVY: Dehler made a motion to approve the following tax levy to be certified to the County Auditor; seconded by Rieke. General Revenue 147,700 Street Maintenance 20,900 Lights 17,900 Recreation 28,400 -------- Total 214,900 1972 Water & Sewer 2,285 1976 RR & College Ave 1,240 Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUEST - SEWER FLOAT: A motion was made by Rieke to approve the Sewer Department request for a 55 gallon drum of sewer float lift; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. WARMING HOUSE REPAIR: Sadlo made a motion to approve the estimate of Giroux Construction of $350 to $400, to repair the hockey rink warming house; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CLERK/ADM. REPORTS: 1 ) St. Joseph Police Employees Federation request to enter into wage negotiations for 1988; 2) Police reported a noise complaint at 116 SE 10th Ave. , Apt. #103, property owners are INH Property Management. This is a first complaint. AUDITORS FINANCIAL MEETING: Rieke made a motion to approve the Clerk's attendance at a Financial Seminar sponsored by the State Auditor in St. Cloud on October 13; seconded by Dehler. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. LIONS SHELTER: The Lion's Club requested the City assistance in painting the newly built shelter in Millstream Park. The Lion's will furnish the paint. Sadlo made a motion to allow the city maintenance to paint the shelter as time permits; seconded by Rieke. 1Þ)'JO o , , ) --- '--. '-- ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion to adjourn at 9: 11 p,m. ; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Q~~