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Home My WebLink About1988 [10] Oct 07 1551 I ,J anuary 7, 1988 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, January 7, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. r--JEtvlBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud" Reber, Steve Dehler, Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. OTHERS PRESENT: Gerri-Anne Zubich, Bill Hanson, Joe Bettendorf. WINTER RECREATION PROGRAM: Gerri-Anne Zubich, Winter Recreation Director, presented the winter recreation program to the Council and discussed the programs and events offered. Also need to check on insurance for the swimming program at St. Ben's pool. Also discussed costs of programs. AGENDA APPROVAL: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda with miscellaneous additions; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. I Nayes: None. Motion carried. TREASURERS REPORT: Sadlo made a motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented by R. Stapleton; seconded by Dehler. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MINUTES: Reber made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 17, 1987 meeting as presented; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. t"1otion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: After a discussion of costs of maintenance of the police car and request to have Police Chief to check ¡'Ji th local repair service for maintenance, Sadlo made a motion to approve the bills payable as presented; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: Partial maintenance has been done on well #1. The screens were plugged and the pump ¡'Jill have to be pulled in the spring for maintenance. We will have to set up a schedule to do maintenance on each well every three years, on a yearly rotating basis. AIBo, if the Engineer is I in agreement, would like to increase the size of the casing and pump on well #1 to increaBe production. REBER: No report. RIEKE: Planning Commission did not hold meeting in January. DEHLER: Seven people were hired to attend the warming houseB for the skating rinks. Winter recreation program will begin soon. 15t;C) -'" G" :£......1 ["JP:. ''If.)R PEF'()F~TE~ : -- , .. - . - macle Hu tC:!ll nE:C!!i l' ec· (1 ii C= 1. C¡ 2"'·./ lidt='· 11L= L a I commitment yet. TOvJNSHIP ROADWAY PLANS: Bill HanBon, APO, presented the St. Joseph TO~-Jnship 's roadl-Jay plans for the future, to the City Council for reviev¡ , prior to their public hearing on them. He discussed alternate plans. He alBo stated that they Here attempting to keep the roads along property boundaries and aHay from l-Jater and sl·¡amp areas. The C.~ouncil thanked £11' . Hanson and the To~·mship for' an opportunity ...- Lt..! review the planB. COUNTY HIGHWAY 75 SIGNAL PROJECT: £Vlayor Loso asked Bill Hanson about the status of the signal project. He Btated the nel-J County Engineer lS rev i e¡'¡ i ng it and l'Jill respond to the C:i t~¡ and APO. Mayor Los.o called a l-'ec·ess at 9:00 p.m. and re-opened the meeting at 9:09 p.m. NE~.J ~'JELL (#3) : Je,c Bettendorf discussed proposed Hell #3, are I-¡ai ting for the Stat.e Health Department's results of thE: tests on ¡-Jell #') before proceeding I-¡i th the project. Because ~ #'-j is in the proximity of the test well, the Health Dep't did . "'-' not feel it necessary to do the full tests on the neH Hell. Council I-Jas in general agreement to have the City Engineer I prepare the plans and specs as SClC1n as the test results ar·e available. EAST BAKER STREET: Joe Bettendorf discuBsed the right ,- ~·Jay CII by Kennedy School. He could not find this street area recorded at the County RecorderB office. Council requested to have the City Attorney adVlse on this isslle. Also discussed looping the ¡·Jater main, and Hill check vIi th the Fire Chief I-¡here fire hydrants are needed. PART TIHE PATROU1AN: Rieke made a motion to alloH Steve Erickson to be a member of the coordinated plan of PERA effective September '") 1987, as required by PERA; seconded by -', Reber. Ayes: LCIS(~ , Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. £··1otion carried. Rieke made a motlon to establish a six month recovery plan to allm·} the employee portion tIe returned from his salary to thE: City over this period of time; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. £Vlot ion carried. CLERK/ ADtv]. REP()RTS: 1 ) Handouts from the Police C:rÜef clarifying DWI/DUI arrest procedures and speed ICR required I information ¡·¡ere presented to the Council. 2) Hourly rate fee schedule for engineering serviceB for 19.38 from Pauly, ()lsen, Bettendorf, East¡·}ood, & Associates, Ltd. 1553 Here presented for Council review. 3) St. JOBeph Police Federation haB verbally accepted all the portions of the 1988 contract except the cap on health insurance costs. Sadlo made a motion to have City attorney respond, clarifying that the need exists for the City to cap the health insurance cOBtB; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. r--lotion carried. 12ª8 ð£E2!D!~~D!§~ Mayor Loso made the following appointments for 1988: 1) Acting Mayor - Bud Reber 2) Police Commissioner - Mayor Loso 3) Weed Control CommiBsioner - James r--larthaler 4) Asst. {,Jeed Control Commissioner - Mayor LOBo 5) Planning CommisBion Liaison - Ross Rieke 6) Water & Sewer Liaison - Leo Sadlo 7) Recreation Liaison - Steve Dehler 8) Park Board Liaison - Steve Dehler 9) Street CommiBsioner - Bud Reber 10) Joint Planning & OAB - Ben Kremer, Ross Rieke 11) APO Executive Liaison - Mayor Loso 12) APO Full Board - t"1ayor Loso, Ben Kremer, Ross Rieke Alternates - Hub Klein, Leo Sadlo 13) Planning Commission - Ben Kremer & Phil Durkee 14) DowntoHn Renewal ABBociation - Bud Reber, Steve Dehler 15) Police Interview Committee - Police chief, Leo Sadlo, Mayor Loso, Bud Reber 16) Forester - JameB Marthaler 17) Fire Advisory Board - Leo Sadlo, Dick Taufen, Rachel Stapleton 18) 3-Member Health Board - Steve Dehler, ROSB Rieke, Dr. Thomas NeHton 19) Water & Sewer InBpector - Herman Schneider, Leo Sadlo, ASBistant. 20) Fire Chief - Dick Taufen 21) ASBt. Fire Chief - Dave Theisen 22) Building Inspector - Bud Reber 23) Ass't Building InBpector - Hugo Weyrens 24) Emergency ServiceB Director - Dick Taufen 25) Official NeHBpaper - St. Cloud Daily Times 26) Official Depository - First State Bank of St. Joseph 27) Housing Code - Bud Reber, Hugo WeyrenB-Assistant 28) Energy Committee - Ben Kremer 29) Cable CommiBsion Liaison - Ross Rieke 30) HiBtorian - Ken Kuebelbeck Sadlo made a motion to approve the 1988 Appointments as presented; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. NayeB: None. Motion carried. Council discussed a request from a local attorney, offering 1 F-' f) .~ ~.o -'), L '_' ..J. his services for City business. Council generally agreed to continue using the sel....'/ices of our current ílrm, but if minor Hork ~-Jould be needed, the City could use the services of another attorney. EMPLOYEE DIRECTIVE: Sadlo made a motion to deliver a directive to exempt employees (department heads) , defining call out policy. Any call out occurring ~'Ji thin one hour prior or after a working shift t.JÍ 11 be considered as part of the shift, and not overtime alloHable. Time Hill be taken off during that shift or the nex"c ì-Jork shift if pOBsible. If not convenient to do SC1 the time must be taken Hithin tl-le pay period. Overtime Hill be allcH'led ì-Jeekends as in the paE";t. £"Iaximum comp time buildup is 40 r¡ours; Holidays ¡-JÌ 11 be taken I-JÌ thin the next pay period. Reber seconded thE: motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. £V¡otion carried. ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion ... - adjourn at Ç1: 55 p.m. ; LLI seconded bv Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. t"lotion carried. Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Adm. 1""~h h·'>- " _ uuu January 7, 1988 - Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, January 7, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud" Reber, Steve Dehler, Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. OTHERS PRESENT: Gerri-Anne Zubich, Bill Hanson, Joe Bettendorf. WINTER RECREATION PROGRAM: Gerri-Anne Zubich, Winter Recreation Director, presented the winter recreation program to the Council and discussed the programs and events offered. Also need to check on insurance for the swimming program at St. Ben's pool. Also discussed costs of programs. AGENDA APPROVAL: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda with miscellaneous additions; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. TREASURERS REPORT: Sadlo made a motion to approve the treasurer's report as presented by R. Stapleton; seconded by Dehler. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MINUTES: Reber made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 17, 1987 meeting as presented; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: After a discussion of costs of maintenance of the police car and request to have Police Chief to check with local repair service for maintenance, Sadlo made a motion to approve the bills payable as presented; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: Partial maintenance has been done on well #1. The screens were plugged and the pump will have to be pulled in the spring for maintenance. We will have to set up a schedule to do maintenance on each well every three years, on a yearly rotating basis. Also, if the Engineer is in agreement, would like to increase the size of the casing and pump on well #1 to increase production. REBER: No report. RIEKE: Planning Commission did not hold meeting in January. DEHLER: Seven people were hired to attend the warming houses for the skating rinks. Winter recreation program will begin soon. 1~n' r-:~ ç: ~--") L?J\. MAYOR REPORTS: Hutchinson Technology has not made a commitment yet. TOWNSHIP ROADWAY PLANS: Bill Hanson, APO, presented the St. Joseph Township'B roadway plans for the future, to the City Council for review, prior to their public hearing on them. He discussed alternate plans. He also stated that they were attempting to keep the roads along property boundaries and aHay from water and swamp areas. The Council thanked Mr. Hanson and the Township for an opportunity to review the plans. COUNTY HIGHWAY 75 SIGNAL PROJECT: Mayor Loso asked Bill Hanson about the status of the signal project. He stated the new County Engineer is reviewing it and will respond to the City and APO. Mayor Loso called a recess at 9:00 p.m. and re-opened the meeting at 9:09 p.m. NEW WELL (#3) : Joe Bettendorf discussed proposed well #3, are waiting for the State Health Department's results of the tests on well #2 before proceeding with the project. Because #2 is in the proximity of the test well, the Health Dep't did not feel it necessary to do the full tests on the new well. Council was in general agreement to have the City Engineer prepare the plans and specs as soon as the test results are available. EAST BAKER STREET: Joe Bettendorf discussed the right of Hay by Kennedy School. He could not find this street area recorded at the County Recorders office. Council requested to have the City Attorney advise on this issue. Also discussed looping the water main, and will check with the Fire Chief Hhere fire hydrants are needed. PART TIME PATROLMAN: Rieke made a motion to alloH Steve Erickson to be a member of the coordinated plan of PERA effective September 3, 1987, as required by PERA; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Rieke made a motion to establish a six month recovery plan to allow the employee portion be returned from his salary to the City over this period of time; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CLERK/ADM. REPORTS: 1 ) Handouts from the Police Chief clarifying DWI/DUI arrest procedures and speed ICR required information were presented to the Council. 2) Hourly rate fee schedule for engineering services for 1988 from Pauly, Olsen, Bettendorf, EastHood, & Associates, Ltd. 15f;7 u(j - were presented for Council review. 3) St. Joseph Police Federation has verbally accepted all the - portions of the 1988 contract except the cap on health insurance costs. Sadlo made a motion to have City attorney respond, clarifying that the need exists for the City to cap the health insurance costs; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 12ª8 ðEEQi~~~ª~~ª~ Mayor Loso made the following appointments for 1988: 1 ) Acting Mayor - Bud Reber 2) Police Commissioner - Mayor Loso 3) Weed Control Commissioner - James Marthaler 4) Asst. Weed Control Commissioner - Mayor Loso 5) Planning Commission Liaison - Ross Rieke 6) Water & Sewer Liaison - Leo Sadlo 7) Recreation Liaison - Steve Dehler 8) Park Board Liaison - Steve Dehler 9) Street Commissioner - Bud Reber 10) Joint Planning & OAB - Ben Kremer, Ross Rieke 11) APO Executive Liaison - Mayor Loso 12) APO Full Board - Mayor Loso, Ben Kremer, Ross Rieke Alternates - Hub Klein, Leo Sadlo 13) Planning Commission - Ben Kremer & Phil Durkee 14) Downtown Renewal Association - Bud Reber, Steve Dehler 15) Police Interview Committee - Police chief, Leo Sadlo, Mayor Loso, Bud Reber 16) Forester - James Marthaler 17) Fire Advisory Board - Leo Sadlo, Dick Taufen, Rachel Stapleton 18) 3-Member Health Board - Steve Dehler, Ross Rieke, Dr. Thomas Newton 19) Water & Sewer Inspector - Herman Schneider, Leo Sadlo, Assistant. 20) Fire Chief - Dick Taufen 21) Asst. Fire Chief - Dave Theisen 22) Building Inspector - Bud Reber 23) Ass't Building Inspector - Hugo Weyrens 24) Emergency Services Director - Dick Taufen 25) Official Newspaper - St. Cloud Daily Times 26) Official Depository - First State Bank of St. Joseph 27) Housing Code - Bud Reber, Hugo Weyrens-Assistant 28) Energy Committee - Ben Kremer 29) Cable Commission Liaison - Ross Rieke 30) Historian - Ken Kuebelbeck Sadlo made a motion to approve the 1988 Appointments as I presented; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. NayeB: None. Motion carried. Council discussed a request from a local attorney, offering '1 t'y t~ Q ___ J Cd Ù - his services for City business. Council generally agreed to - continue using the services of our current firm, but if minor Hork would be needed, the City could use the services of another attorney. EMPLOYEE DIRECTIVE: Sadlo made a motion to deliver a directive to exempt employees (department heads), defining callout policy. Any callout occurring within one hour prior or after a working shift will be considered as part of the shift, and not overtime allowable. Time will be taken off during that shift or the next work shift if possible. If not convenient to do so the time must be taken within the pay period. Overtime will be allowed weekends as in the past. Maximum comp time buildup is 40 hours; Holidays Hill be taken within the next pay period. Reber seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion to adjourn at 9:55 p.m.; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Adm. I