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1986-09-15 CC Minutes CITY OF ALBERTVILLE . ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE 497-3384 COUNCIL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 15, 1986 The regular meetlng of the Albertvllle Clty Councll was called to order by Mayor Walsh. Members present lncluded Gary Schwenzfeler Donatus Vetsfh. Don Cornellus and Bob Braun. Others present lncluded Maureen Andrews. Gry Meyer. Barry Johnson, Don Bernlng and Ken Llndsay. , There was a motlon to approve the mlnutes of the September 2nd meetlng The motlon was made by Don Cornellus and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were In favor and the mlnutes were approved. Maureen Andrews was asked to outllne the PERA Insurance program for the next meeting. No other actlon was needed. The followlng bUlldlng permlt was approved: Permlt 148: 5794 Lander Avenue for Gordy Bernlng -- New Pole Structure (Garage) The motlon was made by Donatus Vetsch and and seconded by Bob Braun. ~ All were In favor. (pendlng payment) The publlC hearlng for Ordlnance 1986-4 was contlnued so that Barry Johnson could reVlew lnformatlon belng sent to hlm on permlt fee structures and ~elght Ilmlt standards. The meetlng was contlnued to the October 6th Councll meetlng pendlng Barry's reclevlng the lnformatlon needed. The motlon to contlnue the meetlng was made by Gary Schwenzfeler and seconded by Don Cornellus. All were In favor. Mr. Vern Hackenmueller was present to dlSCUSS the blacktopplng of the road In front of hlS store on 62nd Street. The tOplC was opened for dlScusslon and the followlng comments were made: That there lS some Justlflcatlon for the Clty sharlng In the cost of lmprovement because the Clty uses the road to go to and from the Waste- water Treatment faclllty on a dally basls. It was Gary Meyer's suggestlon that lf the Clty does determlne that lt wlll share In the cost that the declslon would have to fully document the reason why the Clty lS wllllng to share In part of the cost. Barry was asked to conflrm to the Clty what blds would be reasonable and get quotes from a couple dlfferent bldders. It was determlned that the proJect would not have to b1d for 30 days because of lt Slze. 4IIr It was suggested that blds go out the week of teh Counc11 meetlng and have the open1ng at the next Counc11 meetlng (October 6th). It was futher dlscussed that the ad would only need to be 1n the paper for one week. Make our C,ty Your C,ty We Inlllte Home, Industry, BUSineSS COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 2 . Gary Schwenzfe~er stated that he does not feel that the C~ty should get ~nvolved w~th shar~ng the cost of such an ~mprovement, because of the precence ~t could be sett~ng. Vern Hackenmueller was asked for h~s comments on the proJect. He sa~d that he does not feel that he should have to be the sole bearer of the costs for the ~mprovement when there ~s more traff~ce us~ng the road than Just that go~ng ~n and out of h~s park~ng lot. He also feels that there are a large number of heavy veh~cles us~ng the road that go past h~s store and ~s not sure where ~t ~s headed. It was suggested that the road be posted regard~ng we~ght l~m~tat~ons as well. The quest~on of where the C~ty would come up w~th ~ts share of the cost came up. No act~on was taken on th~s matter. e There was then a mot~on to proceed w~th b~ds for the next meet~ng. The b~ds were to ~nclude 2 alternat~ve b~ds. The f~rst for pav~ng u~ to the end of the property and the second for Just pav~ng through the f~st dr~veway. The ~nformat~on was be forwarded to the Counc~l and Mr. Hackenmueller so that a percentage of shared costs could be determ~ned as well as where the money would come from. The mot~on was made by Donat us Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornel~us. The vot~ng went as follows: Gary Schwenzfe~er Obsta~n Oonatus Vetsch Yes Don Cornel~us Yes Bob Braun Yes J~m Walsh Yes The next ~tem on the agenda was the dog problem on Larabee C~rcle. The ~ounc~l was updated on the compla~nt that the C~ty had rec~eved from some of the property owner l~v~ng on Larabee C~rcle regard~ng the Aalderk's dog runn~ng at large. Mr. Ke~th Aalderk was asked to tell hlS slde of the story and then the persons mak~ng the compla~nt were told that they would have any opportunlty to tell the~r s~de. Mr. Aalderk told the Counc~l that h~s dogs are e~ther ~n a kennel, ~n the house or loose under h~s superv~s~on. He also told the Counc~l that he felt he was be~ng treated unfa~rly by the ne~ghbors. It was po~nted out that on more than one occas~on Mr. M~chael Veron~kas had called the dogs over ~nto h~s yard to play w~th them and had been lnformed by the owner that he would prefer that the dogs be left alone. Mr Aalderk was asked ~f h~s dogs were l~censed and he lnformed the Counc~l that they were not. He was then told that he should take steps to correct that s~tut~on. Mr. M~chael Veron~kas, an aJo~n~ng property owner then stated the corncerns of the ne~ghbors. He expla~ned that the dog (black lab w~th blue collar) comes ~nto the~r yards and ~s caus~ng a publ~c nus~ance. . COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 3 . The Councll was then lnformed that Ms. Deb Goth had taken plctures from her property of the dog loose on the Veronlkas property. Mr. Aalderk questlon lf lt was hlS dog because he sald hlS had not been loose because of Just havlng pupples. At thlS pOlnt the group got out of order and was told that they would not be allowed to speak wlthout havlng flrst been recognlzed. Gary Meyer then read from the Odrlnance pretalnlng to the keeplng of dogs and pOlnted out that dogs are to llcensed, not runnlng at large and what the deflnatlons pretalnlng to thlS problem were. Ms. Patty Veronlkas questlon how the owner can have control over the loose dog when he lS busy dOlng somethlng else. It was then pOlnted out that the adJolnlng property owners can detaln the dog once lt has entered onto thelr property and the call the Sherlff's Department so that a tlcket can be wrltten. It was then pOlnted out to the adJolnlng property owners that two or more adJolnlng property owners can slgn a complalnt and a tlcket wlll then be lssued. The Councll sald that lf they recleved a complalnt they would be wlll to look lnto the matter futher, but untll such tlme there was 11ttle that could be done. . Gary Meyer and Barry Johnson next went through the letter recleved from the U.S. Army Corp of Englneers. The Councll was lnformed that there had been dlScusslon wlth Paul and Thorl Meyer and that lt was the consensus of everyone that thlS letter was Just releaslng the Corp of maklng any recommendatlons regardlng the proJect. It was then pOlnted out that lt was the feellng of Meyer-Rohlln and the attorney that no response was requlred at thlS tlme. Gary dld suggest that the record note that the Clty was under the understandlng that the Army Corp of Englneers has an lnspector on duty out at the constructlon slte throughout the ent1te construct10n perlod and at no tlme was work ever stopped or problems noted. Gary also suggested the the records show that the Water Balance test had been completed by the tlme the Clty recleved thls letter and had pas~ed the standards set forth by the MPCA. Barry lnformed the Councll that on Wednesday, September 17th that Hlmself, Maureen and Ken would be meetlng wlth Mlke Wrlght of the Corp to go through the flnal walk through. e Barrynext updated the Councll of the startup of the new plant. The Councll was told about a delay of the startup on September 3rd but was lnformed that the system went on llne Septerber 4th. Barry next explalned that when they went to sW1tch the 11ft statlon over to the new system that there were some problems and 1n trYlng to resolve 1t they found that the wrong lmpelers had been lncluded ln the orglnanal package and that he had contacted the suppl1er so that the correct ones would be sent and that we would not be charged for thelr errors. COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 4 ... . Barry updated the Counc~l on PCI progress on complet~on of the plant. He told the Counc1l that there was st1ll work to be done and that unt1l those thlRgS were completed that he dld not suggest that we meet wlth them. Barry recleved some cost for gravel~ng the tops of the dlkes, but lt was dec1ded that no act~on would be taken unt~l the settlement wlth PCI was taken care of. Barry next went through the b~d from Anchor Asphalt for the patchlng of Lander Avenue. The b~d came ln at $7,290.00. Barry ~nformed the Counc~l that Buffalo Bltumlnous suggested a pr~ce approx1mately 70% h1gher than the Anchor Asphalt b~d. There was a mot1on made by Bob Braun and seconded by Don Cornellus to have Achor Asphalt preform the patch~ng needed on Lander Avenue. All were 1n favor and the mot~on carr1ed. Maureen was asked to contact PPM regard~ng the resolut1on sent to the Clty regard1ng the water tower and ask that they have the resolut~on certlfled by the secertary. . Ken L1ndsay was present at the meet~ng to request that Roto-Rooter be h1red to clean the sewer l~nes Wh1Ch have been determ1ned to requ~re clean1ng thlS year. Maureen expla1ned that the $2.10/1,000 gallons of water user fee allows for $3,000.00 a year for sewer Ilne clean1ng. There was a motlon made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornellus to have Roto-Rooter come 1n and clean the sewer Ilnes. All were 1n favor. ho'lll r1!\ SOIlUO'-u..... Ken next brought up the p01nt about~farm~~ the extra land at the plant. After some d1suss~on 1t was dec1ded to ask that any farmer 1nterested ln farm1ng the land be asked to mow around the outs~de of the dlkes to .. cut down on Ken's mown~ng t1me. Barry was asked to get back to Maureen regard~ng how much land 1S avallable so that an ad could be put ~n the paper. The advert1sement should run for two weeks. Ken requested that the C1ty purchase a small duck boat or John boat to go out 1nto Cells one and two ~n order to remove catta~ls that are start1ng to grow. The pr~ce of boats was d~scussed and ~s the feel1ng of the Counc1l that a new boat would run about $300.00. Ken was told that he chould try to rent a boat for 1 day to clean out the cat tal Is at th1S t1me. It was suggested that he m1ght be able to rent a boat for one day for $15.00. Maureen was asked to wr~te another letter to Hord1s Brother's and ask them to correct the manhole that they covered when they blacktopped the~r dr1veway. The letter was also to request that the contact the people that are haul~ng wood away from the~r property and ask that they be more care- ful secure the wood done because ~t ~s falling off the trucks and rema~n~ng 1n the street r~ght-of-way. 4It The agreement between frankfort Townsh~p and Albertv1lle was d1scussed. frankfort has dec1ded to agree w1th the settlement regard1ng the C~ty of Albertv1lle not act1vely seek~ng annexat10n of the townsh1p for ten years. I eOUNCIl MINUTES PAGE 5 . The d1Scuss1on of the City glving up the $5,000.00 for rental of the water tower was d1scussed and the Counc11 was 1nformed that the C1ty of St. M1chael was not 1nterested 1n forego1ng the1r share so the C1ty of Albertv1lle would not forego ours. It was the consensus that 1f 1n the future St. Michael was willing to givs up their $5,000.00 that the City of Albertv1lle would be1ng w1lling to recons1der the 1ssue. There was a mot1on to approve the terms of agreement between frankfort Townsh1p and Albertv1lle, pend1ng reV1ew of the wr1tten document. The mot1on was made by Gary Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were 1n favor. There was a motion to set the public hear1ng on the budget for October 6th. The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornel1us. All were 1n favor. There was a mot1on to set the assessment hear1ngs for Beaudry's 2nd Add1t1on, Barthel Res1dent1al--Phase II, Psyk's 4th Add1tlon, Barthel Manor and Barthel Maple H1lls for October 6th at 7:00 p.m. The mot1on was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Gary Schwenzfe1er. All were In favor. There was a mot1on made by Don CornelIus and seconded by JIm Walsh to change the atart1ng t1me of the CouncIl from 7:30 to 7:00 p.m. . All were 1n favor. . The Counc1l was 1nformed that the current carr1er of our general 1nsuance coverage w1ll not be renew1ng 1n December. Arlan w1ll be 100k1ng 1nto the League's Insurance. There was a mot1on to pay bIlls. The mot1on was made by Gary Schwenzfeler and seconded by Don Cornel1us. All were 1n favor and checks 7441 through 7460 and 26 of the sewer account were approved. There was a mot1on to adjourn. The mot1on was made by Gary Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Bob Braun. AlII were in favor and the meet1ng was adJourned. .