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Home My WebLink About1979 [06] Jun 21 i00 Thursday, June 21, 1979 , "kl Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the City Council of the City of st. Joseph met in special session on June 21, 1979 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. Members Present: Mayor Hugo Weyrens; Councilmen steve Dehler, Mike Husen, I Herman Schneider, Bud Reber; Secretary Laurie Terwey (Clerk Bob Johnson at Clerk's Institute); city Engineer Joe Bettendorf; City Attorney Tom Jovanovich. others Present: Police Chief Bill Lorentz, Police Advisory Commission President Gerald Derr. Police Chief and Gerald Derr: Reviewed police applicants test scores. Randall Bush was the recommended applicant by the PAC. A motion was made by Reber seconded by Schneider to hire Randall Bush as new patrolman. Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Dehler, Husen, Weyrens. Nayes: None Motion carried. The Police Advisory Commission recommended that the City adopt the stearns County pay schedule for the police force. The schedule was reviewed by the Council. Chief Lorentz asked for a new salary nego- tiation date of January 1st. The Council decided to pay the new patrolman $800.00 per month. A new pay rate will be established when the 1980 budget is put together. Alley Surfacing Hearing: City Engineer Joe Bettendorf reviewed alley surfacing proposal. Andy Bechtel asked if the alley would be lowered in places for drainage. 1 Engineer said tha proposal is to have it drain to a center V. Art Reber wanted to know who all would be affected. Dehler informed him anyone abutting the alley. Art Loso asked about heavy truck damage to the surface. Engineer said the only problem time would be in April and May when the frost is coming out of the ground. Engineer Bettendorf told the property owners present that the cost of surfacing the two block area would be about $11,000.00. Street Commissioner steve Dehler presented five different suggestions as to how the property owners could pay: 1) $7.00 per front foot for all owners. 2) A 3/4 - 1/4 split for businesses and residential owners per front ft. 3) A 3/4 business - 1/4 residential split per parcel. 4) Businesses pay total cost equally. 5) Each property owner pay equally per parcel. Al pfannenstein Jr. asked if the City pays for any of the cost. Engin€er told him the City pays for alley intersectiops. Don pfannenstein thought the City should help to pay for the surfacing. Art Reber didn't think they should. City Attorney Tom Jovanovich said the City should get a signed agreement from the property owners as to which form of assess- ment would be used. He offered to draw up a petition to be signed. Art Reber asked if one property owner against the petition would make a difference. Attorney said no, except they would have to go through a more lengthy process of public hearings. Al pfannenstein Jr. would not mind paying more to get it surfaced because he is a~xious to get I it done. The Mayor asked if any property owners who were not present at the meeting are against the proposal. Dehler said Ed Dold would rather not do it right now. Harry Knevel questioned whether the proper- ties involved are all zoned commercial. Engineer said most on the north side of the alley are zoned R-2 (residential) and most on the south side are commercial. Mr. Knevel mentioned that businesses could write the QOQ u,--,'U amount off as business expenses on their taxes but residents couldn't. Joe Bettendorf said the estimates are probably high. He also suggested that any of them who wanted their back driveways surfaced could contact surfacer (after one is hired) to get it done at the same time. Mayor -- Weyrens asked property owners if they could decide together which form of assessment would be used and let Attorney Jovanovich know before the meeting on June 28. Art Lamprect wanted to know if the alley be- - tween the old bank building and Loso's store would be closed. There are no plans for that right now. Chief Lorentz said there will be no parking allowed in the alley. A motion was made by Schneider seconded by Reber to close the hearing. Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Dehler, Husen, Weyrens. Nayes: None Motion carried. Sno-Joes Hearing: Don Wieber of the Sno-Joes Snowmobile Club presented proposal of a building to be erected by the Sno-Joes at the old dump grounds: - 28' by 28' building on a floating concrete slab - 12' for City use - 16' for Sno-Joes - oil furnace - chimney - 2 overhead doors and 2 side doors - complete wood structure - red cedar - shingled roof site proposed is not in Millstream Park area but the Parks Commission would like it to be. Husen was concerned about appearance of the building because of high visibility. Dehler suggested putting it where the present old structure is. Discussion whether it would be fair to approve this proposal because the Boy Scout building was not approved. Council members will meet with Don Wieber to look at the proposed building site. Rec. Assn. - Parish 4th Coinm. - J.C. 's - Hearing: Mayor Weyrens cited uncontrolled Spring Fling. Chief Lorentz talked about beer stand problem of checking LD. 's. He suggested checking them and then stamping them to prevent re-checking. This pertaining to the ball parks, July 4th, Spring Fling, and Octoberfest. He suggested some kind of a fence put up and I.D. 's checked as they enter. July 4th Committee has not hired anyone for patroling the grounds. Chief Lorentz will hire two deputies for the day. They will be paid by the Parish. Harry Knevel suggested putting the minor serving problem in the church bulletin. Chief Lorentz wanted to know what the Council thought about drinking in cars at the ball parks. Terry Schwab said that all players at the park received a notice that no beer or drinks were to be brought in. Joe Faber questioned whether the Recreation Association could lease out the park facilities to other organizations to use and sell beer. Attorney Jovanovich said it was not legal to allow other organizations to profit from the Rec. Assn.'s license but he will check further and inform Terry Schwab. Joe Miller requested a beer license for the 4th of July Parish celebration. Clyde Axtelle Hearing - Dog Complaint: Clyde Axtelle said he owns three dogs and would like to keep them. He uses them for hunting and also protection. He would be willing to buy licenses for all three. Bill Lowell asked whether a family could have more than two dogs if they were in different 00/t L) ,) ~J names on the license. The Council informed the men that the ordinance says no more than two dogs per household and that's the way they wanted to keep it. Harry Knevel protested having to pay a license fee when other dogs are - running around free in the City. The Mayor informed him that Chief Lorentz is presently contacting all dog Oí'ffierS who haven I t purchased a license and issuing warnings. ;\Ir. Knevel proposed that the Oí'ffierS who get a warning ticket from the Police Department should have ten days to buy a license without a penalty. The City Council resolves that we strongly enforce Ordinance No. 1974-A with Police Department issuance of violation warnings and redemption and a 10 day grace period from issuance of warning and the City actively recruit a dog catcher. The motion was made by Husen seconded by Schneider. Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Husen, Weyrens. Abstaining: Dehler Motion carried. City Engineer and Al Donabauer: Al Donabauer from Donabauer Well & Pump presented well problem. He recommended drilling a larger hole. Engineer Betten- dorf also said that a 16" well í'lould be better. Attorney Jovanovich informed Council that they will have to have two bids for the job. Engineer will contact Health Department to get a permit allowing them to drill. He will also get another quote for drilling. Bar Violation Policy: Question of treating the bar owners equally when a viola- tion occurs. A motion í'laS made by Husen seconded by Reber to have La Playette appear before the city Council at 8:00 p.m. on July 5th. Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Dehler, Husen, Weyrens. Nayes: None Motion carried. July 4th Beer License: A motion was made by Reber seconded by Dehler to grant the church a beer license for the July 4th celebration. Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Dehler, Husen, Weyrens. Nayes: None Motion carried. City Engineer: Discussion on engineering firm change by Joe Bettendorf. He assured the Council that the job of Plant upgrading will be completed as agreed even though he and Gayle Eastwood are changing firms. He will have more information at the next meeting. Engineer Bettendorf suggested contacting the pollution Control Agency to see if the plant upgrading program could be expanded. This would slow down the process but would probably result in a better plant. The normal PCA program takes on the average 7 to 8 years. Discussion on other programs such as FHA and HùTI, and also about hooking into st. Cloud lines. Joe Bettendorf will check into the different possi- bilities to see what would be the best solution for the City. Engineer informed the Council that time is running out to put seal coating on the streets. The best times are in July and August. The cost is about $400 to $500 per block. Mr. Bettendorf will talk to City Clerk to decide which streets need it most. Bud Reber: Discussed new maintenance building. He would like to see Great plains Supply Company do the job because it would be the same as the existing building they put up. Tom Jovanovich: city Attorney reported on Sunday liquor. Bars should serve meals in order to have a Sunday liquor license but the definitions leave it on5 ~ C· ~ ~ ~--' ~ open to the Council to decide. Mike Husen questioned the liability problem to the City. Attorney Jovanovich requested his hourly wage be raised to $35.00 per hour. II A motion was made by Reber seconded by Husen to raise City Attorney's fee to $35.00 per hour effective July 31st. - Ayes: Schneider, Reber, Dehler, Husen, Weyrens. Nayes: None Motion carried. Mayor Weyrens: Presented a request from Howie zimmer to have two yard refuse container at Millstream Park instead of cans. The cost would be $10.00 per month. Tom Jovanovich will check the Recreation Association lease to see who would pay the fee. Question of whether housing inspector could inspect rental housing in the City. Council will check further. Meeting adjourned at 12:25 a.m. #~~'d~ Laurie Terwey Secretary -