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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 Monday, July 20, 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, 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: Buckvold made a motion to approve the agenda with the additions of items 4k
Letter of Resignation and item 9 Letter of Resignation; seconded by Loso and passed
unanimously by those present.
Consent Agenda: Loso moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Goracke and passed
unanimously by those present.
a. Minutes – Requested Action: Approve the Minutes of July 6, 2020.
b. Bills Payable – Requested Action: Approve Check Numbers 056430-056480 and Payroll EFT #
111905-111912 and Accounts Payables EFT # 1933-1935, and Regular Pay Period 14, 14.01 &
Fire Dept. Pay Period 2.
c. Treasurer’s Report – Requested Action: Accept the 2nd Quarter and June 2020 Financial
Reports.
d. Donations – Requested Action: Adopt Resolution 2020-021 Resolution Accepting Donations.
e. COPS Grant Acceptance – Requested Action: Accept the COPS Grant and Authorize the Police
Chief and Administrator to Move Forward with Hiring (1) Full-Time Officer in Accordance with the
COPS Grant.
f. Transfers – Requested Action: Authorize the 2020 transfer as presented.
g. TIF District 3-1 Decertification – Requested Action: Adopt Resolution 2020-020 Decertifying TIF
District 3-1 Central MN Credit Union and Closing TIF Fund 152 to the EDA Fund 150, Effective
12/31/2020.
h. 2019 TIF Reports – Requested Action: Accept the 2019 TIF Reports as Presented.
i. Part-Time Open Gym Attendant Hires – Requested Action: Authorize the hiring of Markell Torres,
Hannah Stevenson, Dale Peterson, and Tamia Watts at $12/hour upon successful completion of
pre-employment screening.
j. Development Agreement Amendment – Requested Action: Motion to approve amendments to
the Foxmore Holllow Development Agreement.
k. Letter of Resignation – Requested Action: Accept the resignation of Mary Generous as the
Billing/Permit Technician, allow staff to draft an amended job description, advertise for and fill the
position.
Country Manor Senior Living Campus Plat 2 Final Plat: Haffner explained the request from Country
Manor to expand the lots, bringing the total lots from 12 to 10.
Loso moved to adopt Resolution 2020-022 Approving the Final Plat of Country Manor Senior
Living Campus Plat 2; seconded by Buckvold and passed unanimously by those present.
Country Manor Senior Living Campus Plat 2 Vacation of Drainage & Utility Easements: The applicant has
requested the vacation of drainage and utility easements to allow structures to be constructed over or
under the easements without restrictions. All utility companies have been notified and there are no issues.
Schultz opened the public hearing,
Renee Swenson, Lanigan Way SW: Swenson owns one of the bordering lots and asked how many lots
there will be to which Haffner noted that there will be a total of 10 lots as opposed to 12.
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Goracke moved to adopt Resolution 220-023 Approving the Vacation of Certain Drainage and
Utility Easements.
Interim Use Permit (IUP) – 34 College Ave N: Schultz stressed concern over the number of rentals in the
downtown area and asked how the city will encourage development.
Loso moved to adopt Resolution 2020-024 Adopting Findings of Fact Approving an Interim Use
Permit for five years to allow for a non-owner single-family residential rental at 34 College Ave N,
St. Joseph; seconded by Buckvold and passed unanimously by those present.
September 19th Vendor Event, Carl Berg: Berg approached the Council noting that he has dialed back on
his plans and making them similar to the two smaller events that were approved.
Schultz suggested Berg come back with a site plan, number of vendors, and a COVID-19 Plan to the
August 3rd meeting and the rest of the Council agreed by consensus.
Park Board Ordinance Amendment: Ambuehl presented the draft amendments of Ordinance 203 and
noted the Ordinance will come back to the Council on August 3rd for approval.
Loso made a motion to have the amendment to Ordinance 203 be on the Agenda for the August
3rd meeting for approval; seconded by Schultz and passed unanimously by those present.
Letter of Resignation: Administrator Ambuehl submitted his resignation with his last day being September
4, 2020.
Schultz moved to accept the resignation of City Administrator Kris Ambuehl with his last day
being September 4, 2020; seconded by Goracke.
Aye: Schultz, Goracke, Buckvold Motion Carried: 4-1
Nay: Loso
Schultz made a motion to begin the hiring process for the City Administrator position; seconded
by Goracke and passed unanimously by those present.
Department Reports: Each department head provided their monthly reports to the Council.
Adjourn: Loso moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:00 PM; seconded by Goracke and passed
unanimously by those present.
Kris Ambuehl
Administrator