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Home My WebLink About1988 [04] Apr 21 ~QO. c) c.¡ ;¿ April 21, 1988 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for I the City of St. Joseph met on Thursday, April 21, 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. AGENDA APPROVAL: Reber made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MINUTES: Minutes of the March 17, March 28, April 7 meetings were approved as corrected with a motion by Dehler; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. COUNCILMEN REPORT: SADLO: No report. REBER: 1) Owners of rental units need a reminder that the ordinance allows only 5 renters per unit. A written notice will be prepared to be given to the owners during the yearly inspection. 2) Sidewalks in the City must be cleaned of snow and trash. Clerk may include a note with the water bills of the property I owners responsibility to clean their sidewalks, with the water bills. 3) Lettering for the City buildings to match the existing letters may be purchased. Sadlo made a motion to purchase the needed letters to label the buildings, City Hall, City Offices, St. Joseph Fire Dept., Maintenance Shop; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. RIEKE: No report. DEHLER: Park Board met and recommended 1) installing sand boxes in the the tot lots, to be built by the maintenance dept. 2) The jogging course for Millstream Park will be staked so that the equipment may be installed. The Lions Club is interested in installing the equipment. 3) They recommended a raiBe for the summer recreation director; raise would have to come from the Boys and Girls Club, as the employer, through the City agreement with them. 4) suggested that the slides be put in Memorial Park and/or Millstream Park. 5) recommended purchasing SB9-ABC Gym Set from Big Toys Company, to be installed in Centennial Park. Dehler made a I motion to purchase this gym set at a cost of about $8,025; seconded by Reber. lp)O(~ vOG Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 6) Millstream Park shelter needs a notice to the users of the grill to run the fan whenever the grill is in use. Also discussed an automatic switch for it. Will check with maintenance dept. to see if a sign could be placed in the building with the instructions for use of the grill. MAYOR REPORTS: 1) The Fire Dept. sent a letter requesting that the proposed door between City Hall and the Fire Hall would be more of a burden than a benefit. Reber made a motion to recind the motion of March 3, 1988 approving the installation of a proposed door linking the two buildings; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. t"1otion carried. 2) Mayor recommended reserving funds for sidewalk repair. Sadlo made a motion to set aBide $5000 for sidewalk repair; . seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 3) Requested that the City Clerk set the office staff lunch hours so that the office be open during lunch hour. New office hours are from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. 4) Had a report of the City patrol car being parked without the lights on at night, on a crossover area of the highway. Mayor will inform the Police Chief, again, that this is against City policy and he must make his patrolmen aware that they must conform to the directives of the City Council. WELL #3 - BID ACCEPTANCE: Joe Bettendorf, City Engineer, presented a summary of the bids for Division A and B, as opened on April 20, 1988. Contractor Total bid Division A - Construct well house No. 3 and appurtenances, replace piping in and under well house No. lo Preusser Construction 43,482.30 Gopher State Contractors 44,118.00 Gorharn-Oien Mechanical 45,554.55 W. Gohman Construction 47,650.04 Division B - Watermain from well house No. 3 to existing system, replace watermain from well house No. 1 to watermain. Molitor Excavating 17,000.00 S & L Excavating 18,869.00 Gene Lange 22,633.70 -1 h' C) .1 _LJO<-J Mr. Bettendorf recommended awarding the bids to the lowest bidders. Rieke made a motion to aHard Division A to the low bid of Preusser Construction, of $42,482.30; Beconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Dehler made a motion to aHard Division B to the low bid of Molitor Excavating, of $17,000.00; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. KIM PETERNELL: Kim Peternell, resident of property described as: lots 4, 5, and 6, and the east 1/2 of vacated alley adjacent to lot 4, lesB the northerly 132 feet of lot 4, 5, and 6 and the east 1/2 of vacated alley, all of block 6, original tOHnBite of St. Joseph, adjacent to the neH well site, appeared before the Council to express her concerns. She stated that the property currently has an adequate well, and expresBed her concern that the neH municipal Hell could cause problems Hith her well supply. The Council discussed how aBsurances could be made that the new Hell would not be the problem, if her Hell Hould decrease in water supply. Sadlo made a motion to drill a monitoring sand point type Hell between her Hell and the city Hell to determine the Hater table level whenever needed; Rieke seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Kim also asked what Hould happen if the City did dry up her Hell. Council Has in agreement that if the City Hell did dry up her Hell, the City would restore her water supply by digging her a neH well or an amount of the cost of digging, would be deducted on the cost of installing city water to her property. The Council discussed her request for a street light in the alley by her property. They Hill look into the situation. She alBO inquired where the po Her line for the new well is proposed to be run. It is proposed to go dOHn the boulevard of Third Avenue Northwest. INSTALLATION OF GATE VALVES: Rieke made a motion to accept the quote of Molitor Excavating, Inc. to install gate valves at First Ave. and Able Street at $2110 and Minnesota Street and First Avenue Northwest at $835; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Notion carried. WASTEWATER FLOW METERS: Joe Bettendorf discussed the status of the flow meters which monitor the flow from St. Ben's. They are being repaired by the Company and the Company gave assurances that they Hill operate properly. POLICE OFFICERS 1988 CONTRACT: Sadlo made a motion to deny the proposed police contract for those police employees Hho 15°5 _ ð belong to the St. Joseph Police Employees Federation, as I worked out in negotiation. The proposed contract released the cap on health insurance premiun payments and deleted Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday. All other benefits stayed the same as were offered the other City employees. Reber seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CAPITAL OUTLAY: Rieke made a motion to approve the capital outlay request of Wastewater Dept. for nusery stock of $90.00; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS: 1 ) Board of Review is scheduled for April 27, 1988 at 7:00 p.m. 2) Public Improvement Hearing for the First Avenue Southeast street improvement project is scheduled for May 5, 1988 at 8:30 p.m. ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion to adjourn at 10:11 p.m. ; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion c.arried. I Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Adm. I