HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.21.25 Work SessionApri121, 2025
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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in a workshop
setting on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 5:OOPM in the St. Joseph Government Center.
Members Present: Mayor Adam Scepaniak, Councilmembers Adam Schnettler, Kevin Kluesner, Andrew
Mooney, Kelly Beniek
City Representatives Present: Administrator David Murphy, Finance Director Lori Bartlett, Public Works
Director Ryan Wensmann, Community Development Director Nate Keller, Police Chief Dwight
Pfannenstein, Recreation Director Rhonda Juell, City Clerk Kayla Klein
APO Update — Brian Gibson: Councilmember Kluesner provided an overview of what the APO (Area
Planning Organization) is and what it's purpose is. Kluesner brought forward that he voted in favor of the
cost -sharing proposed by the APO for the 331d Street bridge crossing over the Mississippi.
Gibson arrived at 5:18PM to answer any additional questions from the council. Gibson noted that only the
planning and phase 1 environmental would be paid through the cost -share formula. The rest of the
expenses would be paid by the jurisdiction in which the improvement takes place in.
Mayor Scepaniak highlighted the share percentages for each jurisdiction, which is based off of population.
St. Joseph is 4.92%.
Petition for Refuse Services: Staff received a petition for refuse services from residents living off Kiwi and
Kale Court. Currently this area is not a part of the city's refuse collection. This area was part of the 2019
annexation.
City Administrator Murphy noted that there isn't.a provision for just one portion of the services to be
provided; however, the council could create one.
Kluesner is in favor of allowing the residents in this neighborhood to be part of the city's refuse program
as they are currently being charged double what residents on the program pay.
Councilmember Mooney asked if this would be opening pandora's box by allowing this neighborhood to
choose what they pay for regarding city utilities.
Kluesner didn't think so and that other potential requests would be addressed on a case by case basis.
General council consensus was to allow for the neighborhoods of Kiwi and Kale Courts to participate in
the city's refuse program. The petition should include the signatures of all owners in the neighborhood.
Resident Tim Ebel stated that he would obtain the additional signatures as there were some of his
neighbors who were not home when he obtained the signatures initially.
The work session was adjourned at 5:47 PM.
Kay Klein
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City Clerk