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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session
on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 6:00 PM at the St. Joseph Government Center, opening with the pledge
of allegiance.
Members Present: Mayor Rick Schultz. Councilors Bob Loso, Troy Goracke, Brian Theisen, Anne
Buckvold
City Representatives Present: Administrator Kris Ambuehl, Police Chief Dwight Pfannenstein, Public
Works Director Terry Thene, Finance Director Lori Bartlett, Community Development Director Therese
Haffner, City Clerk Kayla Klein, City Engineer Randy Sabart
Public Comments: NA
Approve Agenda: Loso made a motion to approve the agenda with the addition of item 10 LMC
Training ; seconded by Theisen and passed unanimously by those present.
Consent Agenda: Theisen made a motion to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Loso and
passed unanimously by those present.
a. Minutes – Requested Action: Approve the minutes of June 15, 2020.
b. Bills Payable – Requested Action: Approve Check # 056352-056427, Payroll EFT #111890-
111904, Reg Pay Period 12, Reg Pay Period 13, and City Council Pay Period 6, and 1st Half 2020
Tax Abatement Payments.
c. Mortgage Satisfaction – Requested Action: Approve the Mortgage Satisfaction for 26 2nd Ave NE.
d. 2020 Election Judge Appointment – Requested Action: Approve Election Judges for the August
11th Primary Election & November 3 General Election and Authorize Staff the Ability to Assign
Additional Judges to be Trained and Assigned, if Necessary.
e. Pay Application #4 – Requested Action: Approve Payment Application #4 in the amount of
$65,713.54 to Knife River Corporation for the 2019 Bituminous Street & CIP Improvements.
f. Sergeant Hire – Requested Action: Approve the promotion of Officer Matt Johnson to Sergeant
for the St. Joseph Police Department.
g. Bicycle Friendly Community – Requested Action: Authorize staff to submit the Bicycle Friendly
Community Designation Application.
h. EDA Revolving Loan/Jupiter Moon Ice Cream – Requested Action: Authorize the EDA to execute
a loan to Jupiter Moon Ice Cream in the amount of $10,000 at a 3% interest rate for a five-year
term.
Carl Berg, August/September Vendor Events: Berg approached the Council to plan two additional vendor
events in 2020. The first would be on August 1st and be exactly the same as the event on June 27th. For
the September event, Berg would like to utilize the open field and have more vendors and food trucks.
Loso made a motion approving the August 1st Vendor Event. The Vendor Event schedule for
September 19th is approved contingent upon staff approval. The motion was seconded by Theisen
and passed unanimously by those present.
Ordinance 502 Amendment, Rural Residential District: Haffner presented the proposed changes to the
Zoning Ordinance 502 Rural Residential District section.
Loso moved to adopt Ordinance 2020-006 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 502, Section
502.27; seconded by Theisen and passed unanimously by those present.
Theisen moved to approve summary publication of Ordinance 2020-06; seconded by Schultz and
passed unanimously by those present.
Councilmember Buckvold arrived at 6:13 PM.
City Picnic Tables: Thene stated he could get materials for building picnic tables for $200/table. Loso
does not want the tables to permanently be on the sidewalk and feels the City does not need forty.
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Schultz moved to table further discussions on the picnic tables; seconded by Theisen and passed
unanimously.
Parklet Proposal: Haffner presented the parklet proposal of having the parklet in front of Minnesota Street
Market and to have the parklet as a pilot program.
Schultz wants to have staff track the in-kind donations.
Goracke moved to approve the pilot program for the parklet; seconded by Buckvold.
Aye: Goracke, Buckvold, Theisen, Schultz Motion Carried: 4-1
Nay: Loso
COVID-19/Delinquent Utility Bill Accounts: Bartlett stated that the amount of delinquent bills has
increased since the City decided not to send delinquent notices to residents. She recommends going
back to sending delinquent bills so that residents don’t get too far behind on their accounts.
Council Consensus is to have staff begin sending out delinquent notices with the next billing
cycle.
LMC Training: Ambuehl reminded the council that the LMC training by Pamela Whitmore will take place
on July 13th at 6:30 PM in the Government Center.
Mayor Reports: Schultz met with the College of St. Benedict regarding community relations.
Adjourn: Loso made a motion to adjourn at 6:45 PM; seconded by Theisen and passed
unanimously.
Kris Ambuehl
Administrator