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1986-03-17 CC Minutes ..,c~~:>r': . . . CITY OF ALBERTVILLE ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: 497-3384 COUNCIL MINUTES 3/17/86 The regular meeting of the Albertville City Council was called to order by Mayor Jim Walsh. Members that were present include Gary Schwenzfeier, Donatus Vetsch, and Bob Braun; Don Corneluis was absent. Others present included Maureen Andrews, Barry Johnson, Gary Meyer; Don Berning was also absent. There was a motion to accept the minutes as read. Gary Schwenzfeier and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. The motion was made by All were in favor. The first issue taken yp by the Council was the City Administrator's position. The miutes are to reflect the following: There were 43 applicants for the position, from which five were selected to be interviewed. Two of the five finalist chose not to interview so just the following person inter- viewed: Donald Levens Diane Wells Maureen Andrews There was a motion that Maureen Andrews be hired as the Albertville City Administrator. Again the minutes are to reflect the following items: Resignation from the position should include at least a 30 day Notice of Resignation so that the Council has an opportunity to conduct a replacement search. Salary for the position will be reviewed at budget time. Maureen Andrews has made a committment to stay 4 years, if "all things remain equal". The position will be reaffirmed each year, but not the person holding the position. The motion to approve Maureen Andrews' hiring was made by Gary Schwenzfeier amd seconded by Bob Braun. All were in favor. Gary Meyer than took a couple minutes to discuss the hiring process and how the final choice was made. Maureen was asked to contact the other two final canidates by letter to inform them that they wre not selected as the City Administrator. The Council approved the On-Sale and Off-Sale Liquor licenses for the Make ou' City. . . . . . . . Your City We invite Home, Industry, Business -~ ~ . . . ., _.~K~ . - / .- .-- following: Floyd Woods for the 152 Club--Off-sale and On-Sale Licenses Sylvester and Elroy Barthel for the Albertville Bar--Off-Sale and On-Sale Licenses Hackenmueller's--Off-Sale License These licenses were approved pending the reciept of Insurance Certification. The motion to approve these licenses was made by Bob Braun and Seconded by Gary Schwenzfeier. All were in favor. The Council discussed the meeting to be held with Frankfort Township on Apirl lst at Frankfort Hall. The meeting is to discuss the Frankfort Lawsuit. In a related area there were some question about the Joint Powers' Audit Repost. Jim will look into them and get back to the Council at a later meeting. Ken Lindsay was present to discuss the following items: Upcoming Stabilization Pond Seminar to be held April 2l-24. There was a motion by Donatus Vetsch and a second by Bob Braun to send Ken to the Seminar. All were in favor. Ken will also be taking the Class C Operator Leicense Exam at the same time. There was also discussion of when is the best time to do crack filling. Ken will wait until the frost is our of the ground and will then do the crack filling. The Council was shown the new application for sewer dig-in. The only Idifferecne between the old and new application is that the procedures are no on the document. No action was required on the change. Ken informed the Council that the clutch on the truck is being replaced. The Council will get a report fron Don's at the next Council meeting. Continued the discussion on the Sewer Line Cleaning. Ken has gooten quotes from several different companies who do this type of work. The low quote came in from Roto-Rooter. Both Ken Lindsay and Barry Johnson made the following recommendations: 1. That the entire system should be cleaned before the new plant goes on line. 2. The City should set up a maintenance program for sewer cleaning similiar to that for the street department. The Council discussed these recommendations and asked that Ken and Barry run down the known trouble spots:hroughout the system. Ken was also asked to check with the school to see what the are doing with grease removal. Ken will repost his findings back to the Council. . . j ... .- -........-=:.. " . . . MINUTES Ken Lindsay also discussed the need for "NO-PARKING" signs for Barthel Industrial Drive. The issue was tabled until prepared a map showing were the signs are needed. Ken Barthel, LeRoy Berning and Bob Rohlin were preset to discuss a proposal they are working on. They were trying to get the Council's feelings on the following issues: I. Prosed Zoning Changes for 3 lots 2. Exchange of designated Park Land. . Some of the thisngs that were discussed include the following 1. One proposal exchanges the current park land for the land across Barthel Industrial Drive (this land is really low). 2. Any exchange for Park land would be for a smaller lot. 3. The Council would not want to see driveways out onto Barthel Industrial Drive, so there would be a need to use Cal-de-sacs. 4. If the park exchange would be for the property east of Barthel Industrial Drive there is some concern about childern crossing a heavily used road. Barthel Construction was asked to work up some of their ideas and bring them back to the Council for more discussion. Vern Hackenmueller was present to discuss the possibility of blacktopping the road in front of his store. There was some discussion that this work could be included with the Barthel Phase II and the Beaudry 2nd Addition work in an effor to lower the cost of the project. Barry Johnson was asked to update the Feasibility Study that had been done on the projct in August of 1983, on a motion made by Gary schwenzfeier and a second by Donatus Vetsch. All were in favor. Owners of the old Albertville Antiques store were present to let the Council know that they felt that the Franklin Outdoor Advertising sign was non-conforming according to the City's sign Ordinance for the following reasons: l. The Ordinance suggest that no advertising device should be within 2,000 feet of antoher sign along the Interstate. 2. New billboards can not be erected on a tract of land which contains an existing building. 3. The loss of visual contact of the building will reduce the calue of the reastate because the building is blocked by the size of the sign. 4. They believed that the billboard is too large. 5. They believed that the billboard is unsightly, . . '" ,-,," .... ~ ~'-.""~ . . . M.LNUIt..~ as well as non-conforming. Keith Franklin of Franklin Outdoor Advertising made some rebuttal statements to the Old Albertville Antiques charges: 1. Sign increased the value of the property on which the sign is located because of the revenue that it brings in. 2. Billboard must be located in a commercial or industrial zoned area. 3. Must meet State and Federal permit standards which are enforced by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. 4. Antique sign is not readable from Freeway. 5. City recieved taxes from the Permit Fees. 6. Each sign must be reviewed by the Planning Commission and the City Council on an individual basis. 7. Size of Billboard is regulated by the State. 8. The State does not regulate the height of the billboard. The minutes should reflect that the billboard in question was approved at the June l7, 1985 Council meeting. In addition, Mr. Franklin also meet withMrs. Deihn about working something out between the 2 parties. The issue was tabled until the April 2lst meeting so the Council would have and opportunity to review the situtition. (Please find attached a list of the people present who were involved in the discussion.) Other items discussed by the Council were: Contacting property owners about posting "NO-DUMPING" signs on their property, where people are dumping unclean fill. Checking into a recycling grant. Looking into Citywide Garbage Collection. There was a motion by Donatus Vetsch and a second by Gary Schwenzfeier to take bids on the issue. All were in favor. Approved a Limited Liquor License for St. Albert's for an April 4th Fund Raiser. Maureen Andrews was asked to contact the City of Hanover to get a copy of their fee schedule for variances and Public Hearings. There was a motion by Bob Braun and a second by seconded by Gary schwenzfeier to approve the bills. All were in favor. Maureen was asked to contact the Sheriff's Office about slowing the traffic down on Main Avenue. There was a motion to adjourn. All were in favor. ., . J,