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September 21, 1989
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for
the City of St. Joseph met on Thursday, September 21, 1989 at
7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mike Loso; Members of the Council
Donald "Bud" Reber, Steve Dehler, Ross Rieke. Clerk/Adm.
Rachel Stapleton. Leo Sadlo - absent, out of town.
OTHERS PRESENT: Ann Leutmer, Leah Percich.
AGENDA APPROVAL: Reber made a motion to approve the agenda
with changes; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Minutes of the September 7, 1989 meeting were
approved with a motion by Dehler; seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
MAYOR REPORTS: 1 ) Mayor, Clerk/Adm. and City Auditor met and
discussed the problems with the computer system and action to
be taken to get the computer system up and running in the
best interests of the City. After discussing options, it was
agreed to operate one computer solely, to perform the
financial functions. The other two are using other software
for data processing and other functions.
2) The Lions have nearly completed the bathroom and storage
building project in Millstream Park. The State Building
Inspector stated that there is not ample service to serve the
facilities in the Park. NSP will provide an estimate for
installing a larger electrical service to the Park and will
include estimates for both underground cable and overhead
cable.
3) Mayors' Conference will be held in Rochester this year.
Reber made a motion to approve the Mayor's attendance at the
Mayors' Conference; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
COUNCIL REPORTS: REBER: 1 ) Baseball Association would like
to completely enclose the playing field with fencing. This
would provide more esthetic value than playing ability. A
quote was received of about $4,400. Council referred this
matter to the Park Board for recommendation.
2) Concerns have been expressed about putting refuse in
another's dumpster without their permission. Council
requested the City Attorney recommend on the legality of this
issue and if appropriate to prohibit it locally.
3) Kennedy School has informed their employees to park in the
provided parking lot and not on the street. Council
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requested a ,letter be sent to Kennedy School thanking them
for their cooperation in this matter.
4) Complaints were received that the Autobody Shop was
discharging paint particles and fumes through the ventilator.
Clerk requested to follow up on this to find cause and what
steps have been done to remedy the situation.
RIEKE: Planning Commission met with only four members
present. Council referred the matter to the City Attorney to
present an ordinance amendment to change the two thirds
requirement for a quorum, to a majority.
DEHLER: Park Board approved their budget requests for 1990,
which include installation of the jogging game field course,
sandboxes for the tot lots, archery range primary
development, and picnic tables for Morningside Park.
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, LIQUOR: Reber made a motion to approve
an amendment to ordinance #71.9 extending the hours liquor
establishments are allowed to be open on Sunday night. The
amendment allows them to be open until 1:00 a.m. Monday.
Rieke seconded the motion.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Rieke.
Nayes: Dehler. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, LIQUOR: Reber made a motion to approve
an amendment to ordinance #71.11, which clarifies methods of
controlling liquor consumption at times when persons under 21
are allowed in liquor establishments. The motion was
seconded by Dehler.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Mayor recessed the meeting at 8:40 p.m.
Mayor reconvened the meeting at 8:54 p.m.
REFUSE REQUEST: The Council considered a request of Esther
Merkling for relief of monthly refuse costs for the third
quarter, for her rental units, because of the type of renters
she has. After discussion of the refuse hauler count, the
City definition of rental unit, and actual costs, Reber made
a motion to adjust the billing to reflect the actual count of
the property which is tHO currently. Rieke seconded the
motion.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Rieke.
Nayes: Dehler. Motion carried.
KREBSBACH REQUEST: Dehler made a motion to waive $100 of the
fees for the special use and variance requests of Krebsbach
Oil Company as requested because they only required one legal
ad and mailing. The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
EXPENDITURE LIMIT: The Council considered the request of
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possible adjustment, and to state more precisely what is
covered under this limit.
FIRE CHIEFS' CONFERENCE: Reber made a motion to approve the
Fire Chiefs' attendance at their annual conference; seconded
by Rieke.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
CAPITAL OUTLAY - FIRE DEPARTMENT: Rieke made a motion to
approve the capital outlay requests of the Fire Department of
1) 30 faceliners, about $20 each, total $600
2) Medical bag, to replace worn out bag, about $100
3) Install spare radio equipment (endcoder) in computer
room, estimated cost $100 to $150.
The motion was seconded by Reber.
Ayes: Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
CAPITAL OUTLAY - MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT: Reber made a motion
to approve the following capital outlay purchases:
I 1) Milwaukee 1/2" drill
2) 10 rolls of plastic snow fence about $450
and to defer action on the request of repairing the F-800
Ford truck until further review. The motion was seconded by
Dehler.
Ayes; Loso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
EASEMENT RELEASE: Rieke made a motion to approve the release
of a temporary construction easement as follows:
Know all men by these presents that the City (formerly
Village) of St. Joseph, A Minnesota Municipal Corporation
does hereby release all of Lot 8, Block 1 , Wagner-Notch
Subdivision, according to the plat thereof on file or of
record in the office of the County Recorder, Stearns County,
Minnesota, from that certain sanitary sewer line easement
filed in Book 55 of A & A, page 847, as Document No. 429353.
The motion was seconded by Reber.
Ayes: LDso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Rieke made a motion to adjorn at 10:00 p.m., seconded by Reber.
I Ayes: LDso, Reber, Dehler, Rieke.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Rachel Stapleton
Clerk/Administrator