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Home My WebLink About1988 [09] Sep 15 lenh: . OLi0 September 15, 1988 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met on Thursday, September 15, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud" Reber, Steve Dehler at 8:20 p.m., Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. OTHERS PRESENT: Mike and Kim Peternell, Joe Bettendorf. AGENDA APPROVAL: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MAYOR REPORTS: Deutchland has returned. COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: 1) 911 System is reported to be delayed on line until January 1989. 2) Peternell's sent a letter concerning their well. 3) The City is pumping well #1 and #2 alternately with well #3. REBER: 1) Gohman Construction will put up the letters on City Hall soon. 2) Al Maleska will be contacted soon to draw up plans to refurbish the front of City Hall. 3) The sod is not installed yet on First Avenue Southeast. RIEKE: 1) Planning Commission met and discussed lot sizes, intend to recommend to Council to increase the minimum width. 2) The salary committee met with the employees and report will be given later in the meeting. POLICE TRAINING REQUEST: Reber made a motion to approve the request of the Police Chief to send Patrolman Young to Manual Record School, Patrolman Meyer and Erickson to Breath Test Operator School; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. PARKING PROBLEMS: Rieke made a motion to eliminate the parking stall at the crosswalk on Minnesota Street and to reassess other parking and traffic problems in the City; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. LIONS CLUB REQUEST: After a discussion of the many projects the Lions Club has accomplished for the community and the fact that the Boy Scout roofing project was scheduled prior to the storm, Rieke made a motion to set aside the anticipated insurance adjustment funds allocated for this building, to purchase materials for upgrading the Boy Scout 1626 building, should the Lions or any organization chooBe to do so. The motion was seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: LOBO, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. POLICE FEDERATION CONTRACT: Reber made a motion to alloH the Mayor and Clerk to sign the Police Federation salary contract for 1988, Hhich has been executed by the Federation currently; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS: 1 ) Clerk presented a request for street lighting on Seventh Avenue Northwest in Clinton Village Addition. Street Commission Reber Hill look into the situation. 2) Rental housing letter of compliance Has sent to an OHner of property Hhich has renter occupying it Hithout a rental license. 3) Clerk presented a proposal from the Police Chief recommending limited time parking in the busineBs district. Council Hill consider at a later date. CITY ENGINEER JOE BETTENDORF REPORTS: 1 ) Mr. Bettendorf presented a propoBal for an easement change for a property at 403 Cypress Drive. This easement change will move the storm sewer and drainage easement currently under a corner of the house to the edge of the lot. Rieke made a motion to require a five foot easement along a portion of the east side of the lot and a ten foot easement along the entire north side of the lot, in exchange for vacating the current easement on this lot. The motion Has seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 2) The revised final application for payment for LandHehr Heavy Moving, Inc. was presented to the Council for reviet-J. 3) Automatic Systems Co. invoice for equipment for Well project #3 Has presented. Sadlo made a motion to approve the bill of Automatic Systems Co. of $7,300; Beconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 4) Have been Horking Hith Stearns County Engineer and APO Director Bill Hanson on the proposed Highway Signal project of HighHay 75 and expect to have a public hearing on the project early this winter. 5) Catholic CharitieB agreed to the City's proposal for the entrance to Fourth Avenue SouthHest. 6) Will try to get contractor to inBtall the sod on First Avenue Southeast as soon as possible. WATER SITUATION - MIKE AND KIM PETERNELL: Mike and Kim Peternell appeared before the Council to discuss their Hater situation. They stated that they have recently hooked up to City Hater because the Hater supply in their well was not ~l dO n íï 0"< ß - - £1 ~ adequate. Kim also stated that she felt she was in error in her letter of August 25, 1988. She now stated that her well I has been drained as of August 20th, rather than the August 13th as she stated in the letter. (The letter was sent prior to her receiving the chronology of pumping report.) Peternell's stated that prior to the construction of the new City well they had no problem with their well. Since then they have not had a constant supply. This summer their well was drained on one occasion, in July. At that time they asked the Mayor and Clerk on costs of hooking up to City water, as they compared with costs of drilling a new well. They stated that they felt the City well was the cause of their running out of water. Mr. Bettendorf explained the level of the water table had dropped considerably in the whole region because of the drought and that the observation well, which the City monitors the water table showed a minimal amount of drop in the water table in this specific area, on the occasions which the well was pumped. Peternells agreed that the City well may not have been the sole cause of their water problems but asked for some percentage of assistance in their costs. After further discussion Reber made a motion to deny the request until there was adequate proof of responsibility on the City's part. The motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. I At 8:55 p.m. Dehler made a motion to recess for five minutes after which the meeting would be a closed meeting to discuss strategy for labor negotiations; Rieke seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. The Mayor declared the meeting back in session as a closed meeting at 9:00 p.m. The meeting was adjourned. Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Administrator I