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1987-05-18 CC Minutes ~ . . . COUNCIL MINUTES MAY ~ 1987 10 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, Don Cornel~us and Bob Braun. Others present ~ncluded Maureen Andrews, Gary Meyer and Ken L~ndsay. There was a mot~on to approve the agenda for the May 4th meet~ng. The mot~on was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were ~n favor and the mot~on carr~ed. There were mot~ons made to approve the m~nutes of meet~ngs of May 4, May 5, and May 11. Before any mot~on were acted on the CouncIl d~scussed the followIng Issues: - The Barthel IndustrIal Park DraInfIeld and the need to ma~nta~n the system unt~l the one year startup perIod has gone by. There was some dlScuss~on about havIng Barthel malnta~n the area, but keep~ng the system unt~l the year has expIred. Meyer-Rohlln w~ll need to g~ve the C~ty an off~cal op~on of whether or not ~t needs to be ma~nta~ned. - A quest~on ra~sed about the Psyk Add~t~on road work. Don Cornel~us asked If ~t had been resolved who was responsIble for gettlng the curb area back ln shape. The Councll wanted to ~now If the problems had been resolved. WIth no other dIS[USSlOn, there was a motlon m~nutes of the Ma 4, 1987 Councll Mlntues. by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun. and the motlon ca rled. I I There was a motloh made by Gary Schwenzfeler Vetsch to approve I the mlnutes on May 5, 1987 All were ln foavrl and the motlon carrled. I to approve the The motIon was made All were ~n favor and seconded by Donatus (the Board of Revlew). There was a motloh made by Don CornelIus and a second by Bob Braun to approve the m~nut~s of the speclal Councll meetlng on May 11, 1987. All were ln favorl and the motlon carrled. I LeRoy Bernlng waslpresent to dlSCUSS wlth the Councll the posslbllty of Barthel havlng the streets ln Barthel Manor blacktopped on thelr own, under the superv~slon of the Clty'S Englneer. Barthel would llke to get the streets ~n r~ght away but would llke to pay for the costs all up front lnstead of bondlng for the proJect. It lS the understand~ng that the project would be done under the Clty'S spec~flcatlons and that the plans would have to be approved by the C~ty before any work could be done. It was declded to contlnue th~s d~scuss~on unt~l the next meetlng when Chuck wlll be at the meet~ng to get the opln~on of the Clty Englneer. COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 2 . LeRoy Bern~ng, represent~ng the Jaycees next requested that they be allowed to add an add~tlonal softball tournament to the th~er llcense that had been ~ssued earller In the year. It was the understand~ng of the Counc~l that any addltlon tournaments would need a seperate l~cense and could not be lncluded on the f~rst l~cense ~ssued. A mot~on was made by Don CornelIus and seconded by Gary Schwenzfe~er to approve a l~mlted 3.2 beer lIcense for the Albertv~lle Area Jaycees for a Softball Tournament to be held on July 17, 18, and 19 at the Albertv~lle CIty Park. The motlon was approved pend~ng the CIty recleval of the applIcatIon and $25.00 for the lIcense. Gordon LIeder was present from the AlbertvIlle's fIremen's RelIef Assocat~on to request that the CIty Increase ~ts share to the RelIef Assocatlon. The Clty currently put $125.00 towards the retIre fund and the Assoc~at~on would llke to see It Increase over a perlod of three years to $200.00 ($25.00/year) It was the oplon of the CouncIl that thIS tOpIC should be d~scussed dur~ng the next budget cycle and suggested that the f~re Department brlng forth the dIScussIon at that t~me. There was a motIon to thIS effect made by Gary Schwenzfeler and a second made my Don CornelIus. All were ~n favor and the mot~on carrIed. e Cyr~l and Earl Beaudry were present to d~scuss w~th the CouncIl the posslbllty of donatIng theIr property on Barthel Industrlal Dr~ve to the Clty of Ablertv~lle. They are trYIng to get thelr estates cleared up and would lIke to get the back taxes cleared up. There was some dIScussIon whether or not the spec~al assessments could be kept w~th the property If the property was sold for back taxes or does the C~ty become responsIble for them. It was requested that we' look lnto what optlons we have as a C~ty regardIng the spec~al assessments. It was agreed that the concept of the C~ty rec~ev~ng the land had some merlt, but that the ~ssue needed to be rev~ewed by the CIty Attorney and should be carr~ed over to the next meet~ng. There was a mot~on made to approve the b~lls. The mot~on was made by Don Cornel~us and seconded by Gary Schwenzfe~er. All were ~n favor and check 17895 through79l3 were approved. There was some d~scuss~on regard~ng the water problem between 55th C~rcle and 56th Street. It was agreed that the C~ty Englneer should look at the problem and that a letter should be sent to J~m Hennum regard~ng hIS agreement to correct the problem. Maureen was author~zed to attend the League of M~nnesota C~t~es Conference In Rochester June 9, 10, 11; and 12. e There was a request that a set of keys to the Wastewater Treatment fac~l~ty be kept In the off~ce of the CIty Admln~strator, so that In the case of an emergency someone can get ~nto the pond area. COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 3 . There was a lengthly dIScussIon relatIng to the keys. Don CornelIus, Donatus Vetsch and Bob Braun agreed that they felt that a set of keys should be kept at CIty Hall. Gary Schwenzfeler dId not agree. Ken state hIS reasonIng for Maureen not to have a set of keys IS that there IS a badger problem and that the CIty may need to keep a gun on SIte to get rId of the problem and the number of keys should be lImIted. Before the key Issue was settled, the touncll dIscussed the badger problem. It was agreed that It would be better to use pOlson to kIll the anImals Instead of a gun, because a gun can cause more problems In the long run. It was fInally decIded that Maueen should be gIven a set of keys wIth the understandIng that they are to be used on In the case of emergency or when a member of the CouncIlor Maureen accompanIes someone out to the SIte when Ken IS not avaIlable. The followIng bUIldIng permIts were approved: PermIt 1 27: Deck for LeRoy BernIng at 5669 Large Avenue-- $27.65. The motIon was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Gary Schwenzfeler. All were In favor and the motIon carrIed. e PermIt 128: New home for JIm ValerIUS at 11721 55th Street-- $685.90 The motIon was made by Don CornelIus and seconded by Donatus Vetsch. All were In favor and the motIon carrIed. PermIt 129: OffIces for Hordls Brothers at 5334 Barthel IndustrIal Drlve--$56.50. The motIon was made by Gary Schwenzfeler and seconded by Don CornelIus. All were In favor and the motIon carrIed. Gary Meyer revIewed the CertIfIcate of Insurance for Jones Intercable and Informed the CouncIl that It was In order. No actIon was needed. Ken LIndsay revIewed WIth the CouncIl the follOWIng areas that are In need of street patchIng: (estImates from Anchor Asphalt) 27X32 9X12 24Xl5 19X24 19X15 Manhole Gatevalve 56th Street and Lander Avenue 59th Street and MaIn Avenue 59th Street and B.I.D. 58th Street and Lannon Avenue $1,440.00 180.00 600.00 945.00 150.00 75.00 Lander Lander It was agreed that these areas need to be patched. Ken was told to get a couple of other bIds before gOIng ahead WIth the work. . It was suggested that the CIty look Into USIng some of the Llquated ~ages money on the street problems. Maureen was asked to have Gary Meyer look Into the pOSSIbIlIty of USIng the money for the next meetIng. ~ '" COUNCIL MINUTES PAGE 4 . The ltem dlscussed was the need to put slgn up In the Clty park regardlng "no dogs". It was agreed that Ken should order slgns statlng that no dogs are allowed In the park. Ken then dlscussed wlth the Councll the gas tank that had been approved at the last meetlng of the Councll. Hb lnformed the Councll that when checklng lnto the tank that he found that lt would be better to purchase a tank that had an electrlc motor lnstead of the hand pump one orglnally dlscussed because lt would be easller to handle. It was suggested by Don Cornellus that maybe the Clty should look lnto lnstalllng an electrlc pump system lnstead of speadlng the money for the gas tank. He stated that he belleved that over a perlod of tlme the electrlc system would pay for ltself and would be less work In malntalntalnlng the system. Ken state that lt mlght also be a good ldea to look at a LP heater for the bUlldlng out at the wastewater treatment faclllty lnstead of the electrlc one, as a cost saver. There was then some dlScusslon regardlng the moss In cell three of the wastewater treatment faclllty. It was agreed that the Councll needed to meet wlth Meyer-Rohlln to see lf the problem can'be resolved. Another lssue that needs to be resolved lS the staff gauges used to measure the water flow between cells. . It was requested that Gary Meyer look lnto who wlll be responslble for havlng the moss removed. There was some dlScusslon regardlng the gravellng the tops of the dlkes. It was agreed that thls lssue should be tabled for the tlme belng. There was some dlScusslon regardlng the utlllty companles comlng In to do work In the Clty of Albertvllle. It was suggested that the Utlllty compamanles be requested to notlfy the Clty as to when they are comlng In to do work. In addltlon lt was dlscussed whether or not the Clty could charge the companles for belng allowed to work In the Clty. The dlfferent franchlse agreements need to be looked at and the lssue needs to be dlscussed wlth the Clty Attorney. Gary Schwenzfeler requested that the Development Corporatlon try to meet wlth Ken Barthel regardlng the development of the Industrlal Park. Wlth no other new buslness there was a motlon made by Bob Braun and a second tiy Donatus Vetsch to adjourn the meetlng. In favor and the motlon carr led. .