1986-03-03 CC Minutes
CITY OF ALBERTVILLE
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ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301
PHONE 497-3384
COUNCIL MINUTES
3/3/86
The regular meetIng of the CIty CouncIl was called to order by Mayor JIm
Walsh. Members present Included Gary Scwenzfeler, Donatus Vetsch and
Bob Braun; CouncIl member Don Corneluls was asbest. Others present Included
Don BernIng, Barry Johnson, Maureen Andrews and Gary Meyer.
There was a motIon made by Gary Schwenzfeler to approve the mInutes of the
February 18th meetIng. The motIon was then seconded by Bob Braun. All
were In favor of Its passage.
The CIty CouncIl was Informed that BIll Heldelber~of the HeIdelberg Inn
made hIS payment-In-full for hIS LIquor, Clgeratte and Amusement LIcenses
on February 20, 1986.
The CouncIl revIewed the letter beIng sent to all busIness how obtaIn
lIcenses from the CIty. The letter Informs them of when lIcense fees are
do. No actIon was requIred.
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There was a motIon made by Gary Schwenzfeler and seconded by Bob Braun to
approve a lImIted LIquor LIcense for the ST. MIchael FoundatIon for a Fund
RaIser. All were In favor.
~hl CouncIl was Informed that the WrIght County Baord of Revelw hearIng
wa~ ~scheduled for AprIl 23, 1986. Maureen was asked to get the meetIng
rescheduled as there IS a conflIct wIth the AprIl 23rd date.
An update on the ValerIus AnnexatIon was dIscussed. The CouncIl was Informed
that Peter Stalland would be wIll to brIng out a sIngle-wIde unIt so that
people could see how the homes a re constructed.
The Leln WaIvers obtaIned by PCI from all theIr subcontractors were revIewed
by Gary Meyer. It was hIS recommendatIon that the CouncIl release the
payment of $43,609.51, WhICh the CIty has been holdIng untIl the Leln
waIvers were obtaIned.
GAry was asked If It IS necessary to have leln waIvers If there IS already
a Preformance Bond. HIS recommendatIon IS to have one or the other but
not necessary both.
The PCI payment was approved at the CouncIl January 27th meetIng pendIng
Gary Meyer's approval of the lelng waIvers. (Just a remlnder--That
motIon was made by GAry Schwenzfeler and seconded by Bob Braun, wIth all
In favor of the motIon.)
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The CIty CouncIl was updated on the JOInt Power's specIal meetIng, February
20th. Areas of dISCUSSIon Included:
Make our CIty Your CIty
We inVIte Home, Industry, BUSiness
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1. Changes In votlng proceedures.
Albertvl11e would only approve a 3/4 vote for rate lncreases.
All other votes would have to remaln unanlOUS for as long
as Albertvllle lS holdlng the JOlnt Powers' bond because
of the Clty's responslblllty for paYlng back the bond.
2. Frankfort Lawsult.
Frankfort wl11 walve the rlght to reCleve any money, lf
In the future each communlty agree that they wl11 be pald
each tlme there In annexatlon.
In addltlon, Albertvllle and St, Mlchael must agree to
reCleve no futher tower rent.
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Other areas of dlScusslon:
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-Changlng the name to JOlnt "J01nt Powers Water Board"--
why lnclude "Sewer".
-Net Income--What lS left over after payment of operatlng
expenses.
-The bonds wordlng "later lssued thereunder"-lf there were
to be any other bonds lssued under the flrst bond--there
were none so the wordlng mlght Just as well be removed.
-New Bonds--Does the JOlnt Powers have to go to Albertvl11e
to lssue addltlonal bonds or can any of the Cltles
lssue the bond.
-Hanover suggested that money be set aSlde (a percent) to
repay the loan and also use as a contlngency fund for
repalrs.
-What happens lf the bonds are pald off. How lS the balance
spl1t.
-Why should rates be lncrease when the excess revenue can
not be used for Capltal Improvements.
No actlon was requlred on dlScusslon at thlS tlme.
The followlng bUl1dlng permlts were approved on a motlon by Bob Braun and
a second by Donatus Vetsch.
Barthel Constructlon
MAT Propertles
Barthel Constructlon
Trlad Construclton
Llfe In Chrlst
Lutheran Church
New Home
Remodel1ng
New Home
New Home
Remodel1ng
$649.50
$626.45
$635.90
$675.90
$ 43.50
All were In favor of approvlng the BU11dlng permlts.
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The Slte Plan Applcatlon Fees were set at
$10.00 for Resldentlal (up to 4 umts)
$25.00 for Resldentlal (5 unlts and up)
$25.00 for Commerclal
$25.00 for Industnal
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There was a motIon to accept these fee charges by Gary Schwenzfeler and a
second by Donatus Vetsch. All were In favor.
JIm Hennum was present to dISCUSS the former Lapham Apartments project.
he Informed the CouncIl that Mr. Lapham IS no longer Involved In the
project but that Hennum has decIded to proceed wIth the project anyway.
JIm H. questIons the fIndIng of the PlannIng CommIssIon recommendatIons.
In order to clearlfy these questIons, the mInutes of the January 27th
CIty CouncIl meetIng were read. The mInutes ef the 27th show that Ray
Vetsch was present to dISCUSS the PlannIng CommIssIons recommendatIon
to deny the varIance. At the tIme of saId meetIng the subject was tabled
untIl someone appeared before the CouncIl requestIng a PublIC HearIng.
JIm Hennum has requested a PublIC HearIng. There was a motIon by Gary
Schwenzfeler and a second by Donatus Vetsch to set the hearIng for AprIl 7th
at 8:00 p.m. JIm Hennum was asked to meet wIth Maureen to dISCUSS a
dIfferent p~tlonlng of the bUlldlgn on the lot for better use of the
land avaIlable. JIm Hennum agreed to come In and work on the plans.
Ken LIndsay's request for summer help was dIscussed. Gary Schwenzfeler
made a motIon and Bob Braun seconded It, that the CIty would approve
one summer youth program partIcIpant. All were In favor.
Sewer lIne cleanIng was ~ldcussed, PrIces are beIng checked Into. Barry
suggested that It mIght be best to have the lInes cleaned before the new
system comes on lIne In July. There wIll be addItIonal dIScussIon on thIS
matter at a later CouncIl meetIng.
Barry was asked to check on Seal CoatIng schedule.
The County IS dOIng crack sealIng now. Ken should start our work once the
snow IS gone and the frost IS out of the ground.
Barry Informed the CouncIl of the events of the meetIng WIth the MInnesota
pollutIon Control Agency on February 24th. The CouncIl was Informed that
our payment would be release once a letter had been sent by the MPCA
regardIng the concerns they stIll have on the project.
The next Item Barry ~~cussed was the FeasIbIlIty Study for the Beaudry 2nd
AddItIon and Barthel IndustrIal Park's ResIdentIal-Phase II. BId dates
and PublIC Hearlngw wIll need to be set based on the fInal approval of the
CIty CouncIl. Barry wIll need to check wIth the Meyer-Rohlln draftsmen
to determIne when the plans can be ready.
The parkIng proble off 60th STreet was dIscussed. The CouncIl wIll look
Into puttIng No ParkIng SIgns up on one sIde of the street before next
WInter.
Barry asked the CouncIl If he should have PCI Install
In the new bUIldIng and charge the CIty for the work.
part of the grant award. The CouncIl agreed that the
as well be completed by PCI for consIstency purposes.
the plumbIng fIxtures
ThIS work IS not
work could just
IntervIews for the AdmInIstrator are set for March 12th, In the evenIng.
JIm Walsh wIll not be SIttIng on the selectIon panel, Instead Bob Braun
and Donatus Vetsch wIll JOIn Gary Schwenzfeler and Gary Meyer on the panel.
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Donatus Vetsch made a motlon to approve the bllls and Gary Schwenzfeler
seconded the motlon. All were In favor and all bllls were pald.
A motlon to adjourn was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Gary
Schwenzfeler. All were In favor.