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November 26, 2018
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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in a workshop
session on Monday, November 26, 2018 at 5:00 PM in the St. Joseph Government Center.
Members Present: Acting Mayor Dale Wick. Councilors Bob Loso, Troy Goracke, Anne Buckvold. City
Administrator Judy Weyrens
City Representatives Present: City Attorney Tom Jovanovich, City Engineer Randy Sabart, Police Chief
Dwight Pfannenstein, Finance Director Lori Bartlett, Community Development Director Therese Haffner,
Public Works Director Terry Thene.
Acting Mayor Dale Wick called the workshop to order and stated that the purpose of the workshop is to
discuss items of concern and that action will not be taken at this meeting. The Council discussed the
following:
Organizational Study: Weyrens stated that Flaherty and Hood are continuing to work on the
revised compensation study. All the jobs have been reviewed by the Department Heads and from those
descriptions a new organizational chart has been prepared. The next step in the process is establishing
the points and the pay scale. It is anticipated the study will be completed shortly.
Industrial Park: Weyrens updated the Council that the developer, Cory Ehlert and Kevin Cox,
have yet to sign the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the ROW needed for the proposed
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Industrial Park. While the developer indicated they had access to 19 Avenue, it appears as they have
reached an impasse with the property owner regarding the price. The Developers are questioning if the
City would provide additional funding to the project. The Council expressed concern as the City has
already committed to contributing $ 40,000 in Engineering and have secured a grant in the amount of $
1,245,000 including the expenses for time spent securing the funding. While they Council agreed the
project is important to the City, they do not wish to supplement the project with additional funding. The
Council also expressed concern that the MOU has not been executed and requested Weyrens have it
executed before the next council meeting.
Department Updates: The Council spent the remainder of the meeting receiving and update for
each department.
Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 6:30 PM
Judy Weyrens
Administrator