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March 17, 1988
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for
the City of St. Joseph met in session on Thursday, March 17,
1988 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud"
Reber, Leo Sadlo, Steve Dehler, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Admr.
Rachel Stapleton.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda;
seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Minutes of the March 3, 1988 meeting were approved
with a motion by Dehler; second by Reber.
Ayes; Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION - SCHERER ANNEXATION: Dehler made a motion to
I approve the following resolution allowing the annexation of
the Scherer Trucking property as approved the by State
Municipal Board. The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Council discussed the need to rezone the property and
instructed the Clerk to assist Mr. Scherer and his attorney
in the procedures required.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION
CITY OF ST. JOSEPH
A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
ST. JOSEPH TO INCLUDE UNINCORPORATED UNPLATTED LAND NOT
EXCEEDING 200 ACRES IN AREA ABUTTING UPON THE CITY LIMITS.
WHEREAS, a certain petition dated September 17, 1987,
requesting annexation of the territory hereinafter described
was duly presented to the council on the 17th day of
September, 1987; and
WHEREAS, the petition was signed by all owners ; and
Whereas, no objections to the annexation have been
I received from the town board, or the governing body of any
municipality whose boundaries abut upon the boundaries of the
land to be annexed; and
WHEREAS, the land described in the petition abuts upon
the city limits at the southern boundary thereof;
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The council of the City of St. Joseph, Minnesota,
included Hithin the limitB of any city.
SECTION 2. TERRITORY ANNEXED. The corporate limitB of I
the city are hereby extended to include the unplatted land
described as follows and the Bame is hereby annexed to and
included within the city as effectually as if it had
originally been a part thereof:
All that part of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) of
Section Ten ( 10) , TownBhip one hundred twenty-four
( 124) , Range Twenty Nine (29) , Stearns County,
tvli nnesota , lying south of the railroad tracks and East
of the West 793.92 feet thereof, containing 1.78 acres,
more or less; and
the Westerly 100 feet of that part of the Hest 1/2 of
the NorthHest 1/4, South of Highway 75 of Section Eleven
(11) , Township One Hundred Twenty Four ( 124) , Range
THenty Nine (29) , containing .33 acres.
SECTION 3. FILING. The city clerk is hereby directed to
file certified copies of thiB resolution Hith the Minnesota
Municipal Board, the Secretary of State, the TOHn Clerk, and
the County Auditor.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution takes effect
upon its passage and publication and the filing of the I
certified copies as directed in Section 3. Approval has been
granted by the Minnesota Municipal Board.
COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: Will have construction of well #3
project done by separate contractors with the City Engineer
correlating the entire project. The pump will be sized
according to the volume the well will produce.
REBER: 1 ) Traffic on alley by Idelia Loso's is cutting the
corner short and causing damage to a tree of hers, need
something erected to keep the traffic in the alley area.
2) Our building ordinance does not require a building permit
for maintenance. Reber Hill check how others handle the
situation for asseBsment purposes.
3) Gohman is checking into where matching letterB for
labeling city buildings can be obtained.
4) Dan Nierengarten expressed concern on the size of a
neighbor's proposed garage extenBion; it will not be larger
than the variance granted. He also expressed concern over
junk cars being stored. Clerk is instructed to notify the
Police Chief to enforce the junk car ordinance.
5) The historical fire bell in front of City Hall is being
refurbished and a neH stand being built for it to make the
appearance better and make it sturdier. I
DEHLER: 1) Dehler diBcuBsed a request to put a storage type
building in the Business zone. The building inBpector Btated
that the request should go before the Planning Commission.
2) Park Dept. has two capital outlay requeBts.
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Rieke made a motion to approve the capital
outlay requestB of 1) the Park Dept. of a tree pruning shears
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at $45 and 2) Wastewater Dept. of a storage shed at $650;
seconded by Sadlo.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
STOP SIGN: Reber made a motion to erect a stop sign by the
alley between Minnesota Street and Ash Street on College
Avenue; second by Sadlo.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Mike Deutz appeared before the Council as recommended by the
Planning Commission, to request approval of a dealer's
license. Reber made a motion to approve the dealer's license
application with the restrictions and requirements of the
zoning ordinance; second by Rieke.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
OUTDOOR LIQUOR PERMIT: Mark Zimmer appeared before the
Council to request an outdoor liquor permit for Sunday, May
1, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with outdoor music. Reber
made a motion to approve the permit and Dehler seconded, with
the following restrictions:
1 ) comply with the terms of the ordinance.
2) hire two deputies for control and security.
3) notify the residential neighbors of the upcoming
event.
4) clean up completed by the morning following the
event.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
ST. JOSEPH RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION: Dave Terwey and Tom
Muskie discussed with the Council the terms of the license
for the Recreational Association at Millstream Park. They
will review the corrected license and return it signed or
return for further negotiation.
Mayor declared a recess at 9:10 p.m.
Mayor declared the meeting back in session at 9:25 p.m.
CLOVERDALE ESTATES THIRD ADDITION: Dale Salo discussed with
the Council his request for acceptance of portions of his
project. He requested that the Council either grant Joe
Bettendorf the authority to accept all or part of the
project; the City Council aècept all or part of the project;
or a part or all of the project is accepted, so that he may
make payment to his excavation contractor. Reber made a
motion on the recommendation of the City Engineer and
Attorney, to resolve to grant the City Engineer the authority
to approve the improvements as installed in stages; the City
Council reserves authority to give final approval to the
project and final acceptance of the project; seconded by
Sadlo.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
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s.~ Q piping to well #1 and blacktopping the alley. A detailed
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g ~ .~ motion to allow the engineer to proceed as discussed and call
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"'O~~ DICK TAUFEN, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS REPORTS:
~.~ ~ 1) Mike Deutz is requesting to fill in holes on Date Street
W rl c2 north of his property. He will haul fill in and not block
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c::¡ :J 0 2) Street sweeping needs to be done, Astech has submitted a
..8 ~ proposal. Council requested this BHeeping be done, 35 to 40
~ Q) Q) hours of it. ThiB yearly maintenance doesn' t need yearly
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Q W .3 3) The pOHer house at St. Bens will not be manned 24 hours a
5 g .µ day after June 1st. The al ternati ve options for answering
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~ .µ .r:: the fire phone are for the City to pay an employee to man the
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~~ ~Sheriff's office, which He can not be guaranteed that the
~.~ g system Hill operate. Mayor will discuss the Bituation Hith
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5) Dick asked a decision waB made to hire another employee or
to purchase capital outlay equipment this year. Council
stated that this Hould be worked out at the March 28 bUdget
meeting.
NEW EMPLOYEE: Sadlo made a motion to hire Lisa Eich as a
probationary employee, at a base salary for
secretary/administrative aSBistant according to the personnel
policy terms of employment; seconded by Dehler.
Ayes: . Loso , Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
NayeB: None. Reber abstained due to personal reasons.
Motion carried.
GAMBLING LICENSE: Clerk presented a gambling license
application for the College of St. Benedict Athletic
Department. There Has no objection.
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS: Rieke made a motion to approve the
request for fire extinguiBhers for the Clerk's office at
$69.75 and City Hall at 35.50; seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
PERSONNEL POLICY: Dehler made a motion to approve an
amendment to perBonnel policy concerning health insurance
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which put a cap in premiums paid by the City and provides for
employees to pay the balance as a payroll deduction.
Retired employees may continue coverage by paying monthly to
~- the City, the cost of their total monthly premium. Part time
employees who work 20 or more hours per week may participate
in plan by assuming their total premium payments. Employees
who terminate may continue coverage for eighteen months by
monthly payment to the City, the cost of their total monthly
premium. The motion was seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
EMPLOYEES PAY DAY: Rieke made a motion to approve the change
in employees pay period to a 14 day period which would end on
alternate Thursdays at 12:00 midnight. Pay day will be on
the following Wednesday. The motion was seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
MAYOR REPORTS: Mayor reported that he is receiving quotes
from several area car dea¡er for a patrol car. Also he had
asked Sr. Kathleen to research property deeded to School
District #742; she could find no easement or reference to one
in the area known as Baker Street East.
ADJOURN: Rieke made a motion to adjourn at 11:00 p.m.;
seconded by Sadlo.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Rachel Stapleton