1987-02-02 CC Minutes
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COUNCIL MINUTES
FEBRUARY 2, 1987
The regular meet~ng of the Albertv~lle C~ty Counc~l was called to order by
Mayor Loretta Roden. Members present ~ncluded Gary Schwenzfe~er, Donatus
Vetsch, Bob Braun and Don Corn11us was came late. Others present 1ncluded
Maureen Andrews, Barry Johnson, Gary Meyer and Ken L~ndsay.
There was a mot~on made by Gary Schwenzfe~er and a second made by Donatus
Vetsch to approve the agenda for the Counc1l meet1ng. All were 1n favor
and the mot10n passed.
The m1nutes of the January 20th Counc1l meet1ng were renewed. "Tlllere was
one correct10n relat1ng to Gary Schwenzfe1er's statement regard1ng the
respons1b1l1ty of Rlte Cable regard1ng clean up of areas where cable has
been 1nstalled there was a motlon made that the mlnutes be approved. The
motlon was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Gary Schewenzfe1er. All were
In favor and the mlnutes were approved.
The Counc11 revlewed the-Income Recle~ed and Bllls to=be-P-a1d- Tbere_was a
mot10n made by Donatus and a second made by Bob Braun to approve the payment
of bllls. All were 1n favor and checks 7698-7731 and check no. 35 were
approved.
Mr. James Dan1els of R1te Cable was present at the Counc11 request regardlng
the Counc1l's concerns relatlng to the 1nstallat10n of cable and clean up.
Mr. Dan1els supplled the Counc~l wlth a letter assurlng them that the company
would be responsIble for any clean up and repaIrs that may be needed as
a result of the1r construct10n.
He alos 1nformed the Counc11 that the company was close to hav1ng act1ve
su bscrlbers at the end of 1986 but due to an equ1pment fa1lure were unable
to actlvate the system. It was explaIned to the Counc11 that there was
not a formal date of complet10n but that 1t had been R~te Cable's lntent10n
to have some of the system up and operat1ng.
Mr. Dan1els then went on to explaln the R1te Calbe 1S In the process of belng
sold to Jones Intercable out of Denver. At the t1me of the CouncIl meet1ng
Mr Dan1els had olny a Ilttle 1nformatlon regard1ng the sale but assured
the Councll that he would keep them updated on the change. He also expla1ned
that Jones Intercable may be request1ng the C1ty of Albertv111e approve
a resolut10n relatlng to the transfer of cable serVlce from R1te Cable to
Jones, but that noth1ng was flnal regard1ng thIS posslble request.
There was a mot1on to change the February 16th Councll meetlng to February 11th
because of the Presldent's Day Hol~day. The motIon was made by Donat us
Vetsch and seconded by Gary Schwenzfe~er. All were ~n favor and the mot~on
was approved.
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The d~scuss~on regard~ng poss~ble lnvestment opt~ons that the C~ty has was
tabled unt~l a later date.
Maureen lnformed the Councll the TOPS group has asked that they be able
to use C~ty Hall for the~r meet~ngs on Monday even~ngs from 6:30 to 7:30.
The Counc~l was told that the group was aware that Counc~l meetIngs and
Jaycees meet three out of the four Monday n~ghts and that they would have
to work around thelr act~v~tles. It was suggested that Maureen talk to
the groups contact person to make sure that they are aware that there was
some concern regard~ng no~se level and that the group should be us~ng the
back door ~n an effort not to confl~ct w~th the meet~ngs tak~ng place In
the front meetlng room. W~th these conslderatlons It was agreed that the
group could use the back room.
The Councll was made aware of the number of bUlldlng permlts Issued In
1986. The breakdown Included 43 new houses, 8 garages and 14 m~cs.--
addltlons, decks fences and flreplaces. No act~on was requ~red on thlS Item.
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Ken L~ndsay was present to d~scuss h~s recent attedndance at the Collectlon
Semlnar. As part of that conference the group had speaker In to dlSCUSS
the Moundsvlew plpellne exploslon and Emergency serVlces Preparedness.
The Councll dlscussed focused onAlbertv~lle's preparedness for an emergency.
Maureen was asked to check wlth Greg Bernlng, CIVll Defense Dlrector to
see what he has avallable for emergencles and determlne ~f It m~ght be
benef~c~al to have some key people--Councll, Adm~nlstrator, Malntenance
Superlntendant, Flre Department, CIVll Defense and Sherlff's offlce --
get together and dlSCUSS th~ Clty'S plans for any emergency that mlght
arlse.
As a result of th~s dlScuss~on the quest10n arose regard~ng who 1S respons~ble
for check1ng w1th the Co-op to assure that there are not any potent~al
leaks caused by faulty equ~pment. It was suggested that Greg be asked to
look 1nto the matter so that the C1ty 1S sure that thlngs are belng
managed and controlled properly.
No act10n was taken on thls matter unt~l Greg Bern1ng has a chance to look
1nto the questlons brought up by the Counc1l.
Other 1tems d~scussed at the conference Ken attended 1ncluded the 1mportance
of keeplng good records, the effects of poss~ble law changes regard~ng
safety proceedures and equ~pment and dlfferent ways of cleanlng the collectlon
system. Ken felt that ~t was an ~nformat~ve semlar and felt that he had
gotten somethlng out of 1t.
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The oe~t Item that Ken d1scussed was that he wanted to have the Councll
approve the money to have Roto-Rooter come 1n and clean 1,475 feet of
sewer llne from Barthel lndustrlal Drlve to the Llft statlon as part of
the malntenance plan set up last year. Ken expla~ned to the Councll that
~f th~s l~ne would go~ng to be cleaned ~t needed to be done now wh1le the
ground was st~ll frozen and the vehlcles would be able to get out ~nto
the f~eld w~thout geetlng stuck. Roto-Rooter had agreed to clean the llne
for 25~ a foor plus pump and clean the l~ft stat~on at no add~t~onal
charge. A rem~nder to the Counc~l th~s was the same pr~ce the C~ty got
last year when dOlng s~m~l~ar work.
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The last ~tem brought up by Ken waa a request to purchase and ~nstall a
mercury vaper 11ght for the back of the build1ng. Ken told the Counc1l
that he had talked to Kev1n Mealhouse and lt sounded l~ke Kev1n would
be w~ll~ng to help 1nstall the lIght on the weekend. The cost of the
lIght was $29.99 at Coast-to-Coast and 1S a regular ma1ntenance 1tem.
The CouncIl packet 1ncluded a copy of Ken's January overtIme calendar
Wh1Ch shows 18.5 hours of overt1me for the month of January. No actIon was
needed on thIS ltem.
Gary Meyer dIscussed w~th the Counc1l the 1ssue of requ1r1ng a name on a
lIquor l~cense. ThIS d1Scuss1on came as the result of an Inqu1ry by
Hackenmueller's regard1ng whose name had be be on the llcense appl~cat1on.
It was Gary's content1on and the Counc11 agreed that 1t 1S ~mportant that
the 11cense be 1n the name of an 1nd1v1dual or 1nd1v~duals and not 1n
a Corpat1on's name. Th1S POlICY best protects the C~ty from posslble
trouble down the road.
The next ltem dlscussed was the retlrement party for Don Bernlng. Gary
asked the Councll for permisslon to work w~th Maureen to plan Don's party
for hls 34 years of ser~lce. The Councll informall agreed that th1S was
a good ldea.
There was a remlnder to the Councll that they had been lnvlted to the
Development Corp. meetlng on Saturday February 7th at 8:30 to meet
wlth Bruce Nelson on the marketlng plan.
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Gary Meyer then brought up hls "pet-peeve" regard1ng the C1ty slgn and
lack of messages on 1t. A~ter some d1Scuss1on It was declded that each
organ1zatlon would be responslble for putt1ng up and taklng down the1r
slgns and that dur1ng the down tlme the Clty would put up a slgn welcom1ng
people to Albertv1lle.
Barry Johnson and Gary Meyer next dlscussed the rent1ng of the farm land
out at the Wastewater Treatment Fac1llty. It was agreed that an announce-
ment of b1d openlng should be placed 1n the paper for the lease of the
land. In some earller d~Scuss1on the suggestlon of haVIng the farmer
who rents the land be respons~ble for mOWIng the land on the outs~des of
the dIkes. The follow1ng pOInts were ra~sed aga~nst follow~ng through WIth
th~s suggesbon:
1. The 1ncrease llabllty because of the steep slope on the dIkes
2. The lack of control on how many tlmes durlng the grow1ng season the
dIkes would be mowed.
3. The poss1ble effect on the bId pr1ce the CIty would get for leaSIng
the land.
4. The problem of wordIng the lease agreement regardlng the maIntenance
of the dIkes ~n questlon.
5. The poss1ble demage to the dIkes, monItorIng wells and fences by
farm equ1pment.
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For these reasons ~t was deCIded that the dIkes would be excluded from the
bId proposal. In addIt10n the Counc1l was Informed that there would be no
restrIct10ns regard1ng what could be planted on the land north of the ponds.
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At the end of the d1Scuss10n there was a mot10n to proceed w1th the b1d
not1ce. The mot10n was made by Gary Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Don
Cornel1us. All were 1n favor and the mot10n carr1ed.
At th1s t1me the Counc11 was 1nformed that a pattern seems to have been
set regard1ng a couple cehicles who are runn1ng off the gravel road up
on to the s1des of the d1kes. Maureen was asked to contact the Sher1ff's
Department so/that a patrol could be set up to watch for potent1al trouble.
Loretta Roden brought up the d1scuss10n regard1ng street ma1ntenance and
repa1rs. Maureen was asked to contact Spr1ngstead to see what types of
opt10ns would be ava1lable for f1nanc1ng major repa1rs to the present
street system. At the same t1me Barry was asked to update the feas1b111ty
study on the street system here 1n Albertv1lle. A mot10n was made by
Gary Schwenzfe1er and seconded by Don Corne11us to have BArry update the
feas1b11ty Study on streets. All were 1n favor and teh mot1n carr1ed.
Th1S 1tem w11l be brought up at a later date for add1t10nal d1scuss10n.
The follow1ng 11m1ted l~quor 11censes were approved:
St. M1chael's foundat10n for a fund ra1ser on March 7th at 8:00 p.m.
The mot10n was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were
1n favor and the mot10n carr1ed. .
St Albert's for the1r Pork Chop D1nner on February 13th. The mot10n
to approve was made by Don Corne11us and seconded by GAry Schwenzfe1er.
All were 1n faovr and the mot10n carr1ed.
There was a mot10n to adjourn. The mot10n was made by GAry Schwenzfe1er and
seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were 1n faove and the meet1ng was adjourned.
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