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Home My WebLink About1988 [12] Dec 15 :¿j 8 'j E., ~ t¡ _!_ December 15, 1988 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for I the City of St. Joseph met on Thursday, December 15, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Councilmen Donald "Bud" Reber. Steve Dehler at 7:45 p.m., Leo Sadlo, Ross Rieke at 7:45 p.m. Clerk/Adm. Rachel Stapleton. OTHERS PRESENT: Judy Weyrens, Sister Miriam Ardolf, Dick Taufen, Sister Kathleen Kalinowski, Joe Bettendorf. AGENDA APPROVAL: Reber made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MINUTES: Minutes of the November 17 meeting were approved as corrected with a motion by Sadlo; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MAYOR REPORTS: No report. COUNCIL REPORTS: SADLO: 1 ) There are no repair parts on hand in the event of an accident to the forcemain. Sadlo made a motion to approve a capital outlay request of the sewer I department for force main repair parts of $660; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 2) A leak was detected in the water treatment filtering tank and each corner shows evidence of wear. Sadlo made a motion to approve the repairs and cut an opening in tank (for a dump valve to be installed), by Dispatch Welding at $2,800; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 3) Fire Chief recommended approval of new firefighter. Reber made a motion to approve the appointment of Randy Torberg as a fireman; seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 4) Permanent water service for the proposed new dental building would have to come off Second Avenue. Policy doesn't allow opening streets during winter months. The property owners will have to provide a temporary source if needed prior to spring. I Rieke and Dehler arrived at 7:45 p.m. j r~ 11 Q n .'~" " _ _ ,-,. _.~ '<J I REBER: 1 } There is an overhead wire, possibly cable TV, in Clinton Villa~e. Overhead wires are not allowed in that area. 2} Snow removal of from all sidewalks is required. City should alert property owners. RIEKE: Planning Commission met and checked on status of Housing Ordinance appeal fee; advertise for a replacement member on Phil Durkee's resignation; status of Scherer Trucking. A proposal was presented to set up a bait shop out of the Krebsbach garage building. Mike Contardo presented his building plans. St. John's students requesting possibility of a bus shelter by Centennial Park. The students will check with MTC to see how their system operates. DEHLER: 1 } Park Board approved warming house attendants for this winter. Only the Baseball Park rink will have attendants. The other rink will be prepared for use, and any group who wishes may use it by signing out the key and being responsible for the property. Dehler made a motion to approve Joe Bukovich. Eric Weisser, Nichols Bukovich, and Jason Barker as warming house attendants; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Loso, Reber. Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 2) Centennial Celebration Committee had two meetings and will be working on events for the celebration in conjunction with local organizations. The Council generally agreed to set aside $2,000 as seed money for the celebration, in order to provide incentive for organizations to contribute. PUBLIC HEARING - COMMUNITY NEEDS: At 8:00 p.m. a public hearing was held to review the results of the community needs survey and hear comments, needs, and concerns of the community. particularly low to moderate income persons. Clerk discussed that an increased need for water storage was felt by the City over the past years. The drought of last summer made the situation critical. There were times when the system could not keep up with the demand. This need prompted the City to look at possible financing available. The city is burdened with a large amount of tax exempts properties and the wastewater facility installed in 1986 put a large burden on the city residents financially. Many of our residents are low to moderate income and elderly. Because of this the City is looking at possible grant monies available to assist our community in financing a larger water tower and new mains in some areas. In order to prepare a grant application it was necessary to do a survey of what the local residents perceive as needs, and the number of low to moderate income persons in our city. The purpose of this grant is to benefit mainly low to moderate income persons and will be geared to benefit those persons, should we be awarded the grant. Joe Bettendorf, City Engineer, presented the survey results as follows and requested comments or questions during -I r<~n ··-to ... . ...i_ ~__? ~_) ,-} the presentation. Total surveys distributed - 1987 I Total returned 681 Return rate 31% :J;ncome levels Low to Moderate 75% Above 25% Community needs Water tower Recreation Industrial development Public Buildings/Park improvements Mr. Bettendorf called for any other needs and it was generally agreed that a water tower was the top need. The status of St. Benedicts water system was discussed. St. Bens has not yet decided if they wish to join the city system yet. The new water tower would be located on property recently purchased, near the railroad tracks. New mains would go down College Avenue and up Minnesota Street to the treatment facility. Question was asked if this could be coordinated with the Highway 75 signal project if order to have minimum construction on County Road 2. The timing will probably not work out to do them together but will attempt to control reconstruction of street expense through both projects. Question if there would be a difference in water pressure with a new tank. The new tank would be higher than the existing one which would increase the pressure some. Question: Are the plans to build for growth with oversizing the tower and mains? The plans are to consider the growth factor. A 500,000 gallon tank is proposed and 10 inch mains although the mains could be increased to 12 inch. Proposed costs are Tower 600,000 Transmission 500,000 -------- Total project 1,100,000 Grant monies would be used to offset the costs of the project for low to moderate income persons. If St. Bens would want to participate in this project would they be able to keep their own system? Sr. Kathleen indicated that they would get rid of their tower. Joe stated that there would have to be a metering system both ways. Also discussed were need for chlorination and fluoridation of water. The hearing closed at 8:50 p.m. The Mayor declared a recess at 8:50 p.m. The Mayor reconvened the meeting at 9:00 p.m. lh~-1 n'-1' '-.. ~j REFUSE CONTRACT FOR 1989: Council discussed the proposed refuse contract for 1989 with Park Refuse, Inc. It was decided to pursue methods of recycling, composting and reducing the volume. Sadlo made a motion to approve the contract for a six month period, and during this time recycling and composting would be worked on. Also will consider eliminating rental housing from the residential service. The motion was seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. FREEZE RUN POLICY: Council will try to get Lee's Ace Hardware as a supplier of a freeze stat device which will monitor water temperature to help control freezing of water lines, to make it available to any resident who wishes one. A letter, stating the city policy, will be sent in January, to those properties on the list which are determined to be at risk of water freezing. Reber made a motion to purchase a freeze stat to be installed in Bill Meinz's house only. This is a special city caused problem. Other residents may purchase a device at their own cost. All residents will be charged for the water which is run. The motion was seconded by Sadlo. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Mayor declared a recess at 9:30 p.m. for Christmas snacks, compliments of Mrs. Leo Sadlo. Mayor reconvened at 9:55 p.m. WATER DAMAGE PROBLEM: Reber made a motion to reimburse Louis Terwey for water damage cleanup due to meter malfunction, but , that the City set a policy to establish what is payable. The -"1Uotion was seconded by DÈ¥hler. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: Rieke made a motion to approve the bills payable as presented; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 1989 LICENSE APPROVAL: A motion was made by Reber and seconded by Sadlo to approve the following 3.2 beer, cigarette, amusement and entertainment licenses for the 1989 calendar year. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: Dehler. Motion carried. La Playette, Inc. - Cigarette, Entertainment, 11 Amusement Loso's Store - Cigarette EI Paso Club - 3.2 Off Sale, Cigarette, Entertainment, 6 amusement Krebsbach Oil Company - Cigarette Bernick's Full Line Vending, Inc. - Cigarette -¡ (~; r::: ') '''-.' v " /..) - .. ~ ~"'~ Sal's Bar & Grill - 3.2 Off Sale, Cigarette, Entertainment, 10 Amusement Hollander's Country Store - 3.2 Off Sale, Cigarette St. Joseph Liquor Shoppe - Cigarette Bo Diddley's - 3.2 On Sale St. Joseph Meat Market - Cigarette Kay's Kitchen - Cigarette Mike Deutz & Dale Schneider, St. Joseph Gas & Bait -Cigarette American Le~ion Post #328 - 3.2 On Sale, 3.2 Off Sale, Cigarette, 5 Amusement Midway on Main - 3.2 On Sale, 3.2 Off Sale, Cigarette, Entertainment, 6 amusement Herk's Restaurant & Pizza Place - 3.2 On Sale, Cigarette Linnemann's Store - Cigarette Little Louie's Pizza, Inc. - 3.2 on sale, 2 Amusement, Entertainment. St. Joseph Recreational Association - Cigarette, 3.2 on sale St. Joseph Joes - 3.2 on sale EMPLOYEE: Sadlo made a motion to approve Steve Erickson to step one on the salary schedule, on his successful completion of 6 months full time employment, as recommended by the Chief of Police; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. The Mayor extended the meeting 20 minutes at 10:30 p.m. 1989 BUDGET: The Council reviewed the proposed budget for 1989 and altered various items. Dehler made a motion to approve the budget as altered for 1989; Sadlo seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. SALARY INCREASE: Dehler made a motion to increase the employee salary levels by 5% for 1989; seconded by Reber. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ADJOURN: Sadlo made a motion to adjourn at 11:00 p.m. Rieke seconded the motion. Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Administrator