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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996 [05] May 16 Page 2960 May 16, 1996 I Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, May 16, 1996 at17:00 P.M. in the City Hall. ! BEBBERS PRESENT: Mayor Donald Bud Reber, Councilors Ross Rieke, Bob Loso, Ken Hiemenz, Cory Ehlert, Clerk/Administrator Rachel Stapletþn. OTHERS PRESENT: Ellen Wahlstrom, Bob Wahlstrom, Dick Taufen, Jim I Graeve, Steve Streng, Steve Frank, Dave Theisen, Shannon Hinnenkamp, Al Kalla, Todd Fultz, Mark Zimmer, Ri chard Pederson. Mayor Reber called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. with all Councilors prese nt. AGENDA: Loso made Ayes: Reber, Nayes: None. a motion to approve the agenda, seconded Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Motion carried. by Ehlert. I 1 Agenda i I as CONSENT AGENDA: Hiemenz made a motion to approve the Consent follow s, seconded by Loso. , that did not i I 1 i , BILLS PAYABLE: Rachel Stapleton presented the bills payable, overtime I and cal louts. Loso made a motion to approve the bills payable check numbers 22445 through 22493, overtime and callouts as presented, i seconded by Rieke. Discussion - Council discussed the letter they! I received from the Chief of Police concerning the use of accumulated I holiday ho urs. The Personnel Committee will review] the current policy requiring holiday hours to be used within 30 days and bring their recommendation to the Council. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. 1. Minutes of the May 2, 1996 Council meeting. 2. St. Joseph Township Fire Contract. 3. Waive the delinquent utility bill fee for those customers receive their utility bill in the last mailing. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. I BAYOR REPORTS: 1) Councilor Loso agreed to represent the City of St. Joseph at the dedication of Brian Klinefelter Memorial Park (formèrly Morningside Park) on Sunday, May 19, in the Mayor's stead. 2) Mayor requested a letter of thanks is sent to the student who participated in the post Pinestock cleanup Sunday mo~ning. I I , Planning Organization assessment for the City is estimated The assessment has been increased due to the populati'on i I 4) Mayor Reber clarified the Council's role in the East Minnesota 1 Street proje ct. He encouraged the members of the Council to direct problems or situations to the engineers to resolve. If the matte~ , , 3) The Area at $5,0 79. increase. I Page 2961 May 16, 1996 needs to come the Council's before the Council the City Engineer wil 1 bring it to attention. 5) The Chief of Police has contacted most of the members of the Council concer ning attending funerals of other officers. Mayor Reber suggested the Council consider allowi ng the Chief or his designate to represent the City of St. Joseph at the funeral of slain 0 fficersl He recommended the Council consider this matter at the next Council meeting. COUNCILORS REPORT RIEKE: The cleanup after Pinestock went well. The CORE Committee met Monday following Pinestock and on discussing it felt this years evl' ent was one of the finest in many years. They felt the pre-Pinestock education in responsibility and a breakup of alar ge party a shor~ time before the event helped in awareness. CORE sponsored Community Day is tentatively set for September 15. i I EHLERT: At the recent Planning Commission meeting i 1) Bruce Ostendorf appeared before the Commission to discuss the need for another ingress\egress to the Northland Addition. Currehtly there is only one ro ad accessing the Northland Addition. 2) A hearing will be held for a Special Use permit to allow Tom Gustafson to operate a mechanical car repair business in a Genera'l Business zone. 3) Scherer Trucking was approved for a building permit to ere'ct a steel building on their property. I Floral Arts owners indicated the (temporary) restrictive parking s:ignS are ver y helpful. Hiemenz. indicated he called on Friday before I Mother's Day to get temporary sig ns installed to help the business on one of their biggest days. I LOSO: 1) The St. Joseph Recreational Association is celebrating their 20 year anniversary on June 14 with a City vs. Business ball game.! i 2) Centennial Park shelter is scheduled to be painted soon by the 'Park Board a nd any other City Officials that may volunteer. HIEMENZ: No report. I EAST MINNESOTA STREET IBPROVEftENT: Richard Pederson presented the tabulation 0 f bids as opened on May 15 for the East Minnesota St~eet project. Eleven bids were rece ived with Mid-Minnesota Concrete and Excavating, Inc. of Anoka submitting the low bid of $1, 100,799.58. Pederson recommended delaying action on the award to give the engineers time t 0 further review the matter. Hiemenz made a 'motion to delay action on the bid award unt il next week at a special meeting tö be held May 22 or May 23 as schedules permit, seconded by Loso. I' Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Page 2962 I May 16, 1996 WATER STORAGE FACILITY: Loso made a motion to approve the recommendations of the City Engineer, closing out the Water Storage Facility contract with CBI Na-Con, Inc. and keep the $377 retainage to cover the costs of minor unresolved items; seconded by Hieme nz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. WATER FUND RATE INCREASE: Council discussed proposals for funding the water treatment renovation. Loso made a motion to approve funding the debt with increased wat er rates, a filtration surcharge of $2.00 per month and the interest on the fund balance f rom the 1986 Improvement. The proposal calls for water rate increases of $.20 the first year and $.05 rate increases each year for the following four years. The filtration surchar ge will be reviewed annually and eliminated when the additional water revenues from usage meet the needs of the bond payments. The water rate increase of $.20 per 100 cubic feet (eff ective rate $1.20) will become effective September 1 with billing in November. The motion was seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. I The Council agreed to review the sewer rates at budget time. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Ellen Wahlstrom indicated she wants Joe Fitzgerald as a prop osed member of the Economic Development Authority. Steve Frank discussed the water rate and surcharge increases for the water tre atment facility, along with levy costs to service the East Minnesota Street debt. RECESS: Ehlert. Ayes: Reber, Nayes: None. Loso made a motion to recess for fifteen minutes. seconded by Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Motion carried. Mayor Reber reconvened the meeting at 8:15 P.M. CLERK/ADBIHISTRATOR REPORTS: 1) Local Performance Measures are a new requirem ent for a State Aid called Local Performance Aid (LPA). The Council is required to address th is matter at a Council meeting before June 30. 2) The State Demographer recently released the 1995 population and household estimate. The City of St. Joseph population is 4,304 with household estimate at 964. I 3) Council received the request for street lights in an area of Northland and agreed to have NSP address all the requests at one time. 4) Council agreed to consider a tobacco control ordinance at the next meeting. 5) We have received some interest in attendants for the compost area. I Page 2963 May 16, 1996 Several would help out simply to keep the facility open. OUTDOOR LIQUOR PERMIT ISSUES: Mark Zimmer appeared before the Council to requ est an Outdoor Liquor Permit for a proposed June 22 event with live bands and outdoor liquor. He indicated the music will end at19:00 P.M. and the outdoor area will be vacated by 10:00 P.M. Security will be provided and the event will operate according to the requirements of t he ordinance. Ehlert made a motion to approve theiOutdoor Liquo~ Permit and music as propose d by Zimmer; seconded by'Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Hayes: None. I'!otion carried. Zimmer questioned if allowances may be provided for an Octoberfest as last yea r. He indicated there were no incidents associated with last year's Octoberfest (exc ept a car was vandalized in the sand parking lot). The event was contained within a large tent. !Council was in . , general agreement to consider this matter at another!Council meeting an d have the City Attorney in attendance. i I I , BURN PERKIT: Shannon Hinnenkamp appeared before the Council to request a burn permit for untreated wooden building materials to clean up the area. He indicated he has the material piled on a concrete slab and the poles he intends to burn are 16 or 20 feet lo ng. They would be difficult to haul away. I Fire Chief Dave Theisen stated he had denied the request and discussed the pro hibitions of City ordinance and State law. He stated the DNR has 'authority over him. Coun cil concurred, and indicated they dol not have authority to supersede the Fire Chief and recom mended Hinnenkamp work with Chief Theisen. ' I DEVELOPBENT AND HEALTH CONCERNS: Ellen Wahlstrom appeared before the Council t 0 discuss a letter she had written with her concerns of East Minnesota Street as an arteri al roadway and associated health I concerns. She felt it functioned more as a residential stre et than an arterial. Council indicated it is a County Road and' has been an I arterial from the time it was US 52, although there are mostly : residences on this street. Wahlstrom que stioned if the issue of I controlling pollution was addressed in the planning stages for thi~ project. She recommended planting trees for noise and air pollution. She also felt develop mental problems were not taken into ¡ , consideration. I Steve Frank indicated an environmental impact assessment could be done. , I is receiving this information and may look at is too large an issue to deal with at this i I Rieke stated the Council it in t he future. This meeting. Jim Graeve questioned the status been w as discussed in the past. tra£fic. Rieke also broug ht up stop, to encourage trucks to use the location of mailboxes. , , of a truck route designation which has He felt there is an increase in Itruck traffic control such as a four. way . another route. Al so discussed w'às Page 2964 May 16, 1996 DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: 1) Director of Public Works Dick Taufen presented a proposal to install a knock out panel on the south wall of the water treatment building to provide for future tank changes. Reber made a motion to approve installation of a knock 0 ut panel as proposed, cost estimate $1,919.00; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: Hone. Motion carried. 2) Taufen discussed the signage for the two hour parking on Date Street. Coun cil was in general agreement to request a written proposal on parking on Date Street to meet their needs, from the business owners. 3) The brake job on the loader but on loading it for hauling gasket. Hiemenz made a motion motor. estimated cost $1,000, Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Nayes: Hone. came in about $2,000 under the estimate. it back to St. Joseph it blew a head to approve the cost of repairing the seconded by Rieke. Hiemenz, Ehlert. Motion carried. 4) Taufen discussed the status of the summer workers. ELECTION PRECINCT SPLIT: Stapleton presented a proposal to split Precinct One to better provide for the elections this fall. Council discussed the need, optional loc ations, and costs. After discussion of current and future costs of equipment Rieke made a motion to approve purchasing the equipment for $3,500 only after receiving in writing a guarantee from the company of full trade-in value with the purchase of similar or upgraded eq uipment, seconded by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Hayes: None. Motion carried. Loso made a motion to split Precinct One as follows: Precinct One - All voter residing Horth of Minnesota Street and West of College Avenue will vote in Precinct One. The polling place will be City Hall. Precinct Three - All voter residing South of Minnesota Street and West of College Avenue will vote in Precinct Three. The polling place will be St. Benedi ct's Haehn Student Center. And Precinct Two will stay as follows: All voters residing East of College Avenue will vote in the American Legion meeting room. The motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Hayes: None. Motion carried. ADJOURN: Rieke. Ayes: Reber. Hayes: Hone. Hiemenz made a motion to adjourn at 9:50 p.m.; seconded by Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Motion carried. I I I I Paf P 2965 May 16, 1996 Rachel Stapleton Clerk/Administrato~ I '.