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1989-01-17 CC Minutes . COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 17, 1989 The regular meeting of the Albertv111e called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier included Don Corne11us, Donatus Vetsch and Counc11member Bob Braun was absent Others Maureen Andrews, Thore Meyer, Bob Sullentrop and City Council was Members present J1m Krystosek present included Lorie Villareal The agenda for the even1ng's meet1ng was rev1ewed by the Counc11 A motion was made by Don Corne11us and seconded by Donatus Vetsch to approve the agenda All were in favor and the mot10n carried The m1nutes of the January 3rd meet1ng were rev1ewed There were no corrections or additions so Don Cornelius made a motion to approve the m1nutes of January 3rd Donatus Vetsch seconded the mot10n All were 1n favor and the motion carried . The Counc11 first dealt with the appointment of the new Counc11 member A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch to appoint Jim Krystosek to serve the rema1ning term of off1ce of Counc11man Gary Schwenzfe1er, sa1d term of office expir1ng the f1rst business day of 1991 Don Cornelius seconded the motion All were 1n favor and the motion carried Bob Sullentrop spent some time with the Council in rev1ew1ng the West Albertville Drainage Study, wh1ch was prepared by the City's engineers The study evaluates the options that eX1st to deal with storm water dra1nage as the area develops in the future The area involved 1n the study is the undeveloped land between County Roads 35 and 19, and a maJor portion of land west of 19 The zoning for the area includes agricultural, residential and commercial The Council reviewed the information and then set a work meeting for Tuesday, January 24th to reV1ew the informat10n further . . Some of the quest10ns the study reV1ews 1S how to handle water run-off 1n general, where to locate retent10n ponds 1f they are deemed necessary, and what levels of control are necessary to meet 50 year and 100 year flood requ1rements Whatever type of control structures are planned will probably be phased in as the land develops The drainage plan must be established before the area can be developed The planning 1S part of the C1ty'S overall long-term planning for drainage outlet throughout the ent1re City The income received and the b11ls to be pa1d were reviewed next Maureen pointed out that the amount on the PERA bill would be changed from $146 44 to $160 24 due to salary changes Donatus asked about the fire contract money from Frankfort Townsh1p It 1S a little higher than last year The Patty Salzwedel and the MN Playground bills were questioned After rece1ving adequate answers, Don Cornelius mot1on and Jim Krystosek seconded it to approve the received and the bills to be paid All were in favor and 9282 through 9317 were paid made a income checks . The Counc11 was 1nformed that the League of Minnesota Cit1es' Seminar for Newly Elected Off1c1als had been scheduled for Saturday, January 28th The fee is $50 J1m Krystosek and Donatus Vetsch expressed 1nterest 1n attending th1s seminar pending their 5chedules Maureen presented the Council an investments schedule wh1ch she and Brad Farnham, the City's financial adv1sor. had prepared for the Counc1l's review The schedule showed how Juran and Moody could invest the City's money through some "Super Fund" investments, wh1ch means that the moneys would rece1ve a higher than market 1nterest rate on the money invested It was pointed out that these moneys would be invested so that they would mature under the $100.000, which means there does not need to be any addit10nal pledge collateral There was some discussion that the C1ty should go ahead and 1nvest if we can get 3 or 4% more 1n interest rates It was pointed out however, that the City's local lending inst1tut10n (Secur1ty State Bank) should also be given the option to 1nvest the CitY'5 money A motion was then made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek to g1ve Juran and Moody and Security State Bank the same opt10n to invest the C1ty'S money pend1ng interest rates All were 1n favor the motion carried . -2- . . . A resolution for facsim1le signatures was quickly reviewed by the Council This resolution would allow Gary to have a signature stamp for Mayor signature purpose5 A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius to allow a signature stamp for mayor s1gnature purposes All were 1n favor and the motion carried Maureen stated that the personnel pol1cy update will be followed up at the work meeting Build1ng permit information for 1988 was included in the packet for the Council's review A summary of bU1lding permits for 1988 included 25 new single family homes, one apartment bU1ld1ng, one commercial bU1lding and n1ne b11lboard or on-premise signs, three accessory buildings, two fences, eight decks, two off1ce or commercial additions and three m1scellaneous permits A Council was last summer for the Charge (SAC) needs of the year informed that pend1ng the schedule prepared $210,000 00 bond that the Sewer Ava1lability to 1ncreased from $475 to $575, as the f1rst Donatus Vetsch made the motion and Jim Krystosek seconded 1t to increase the SAC charges from $475 to $575. All were 1n favor and the motion carr1ed Don Cornelius made a motion to approve a $12 cigarette license for Pat's "66" service station/convenience store Donatus Vetsch seconded the motion. All were in favor the mot1on carr1ed Approval of the raises for City employees, as approved at the salary negotiations meeting on January 3rd, retroactive to January 1st, was next on the Council's agenda The salary increase were as Maureen Andrews Lorie Villareal follows $26,000 a year $6 25 per hour now $6 50 per hour 7-1-89 $24.500 a year $6 00 per hour Ken Lindsay Mike Rutkowsk1 The mot1on was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Donatus Vetsch to approve the salary increases for 1989 All were in favor and the motion carried The Council next heard discussion on a 40 feet area being u5ed for commuter park1ng Harry Weber called the County on th1s -3- . . . piece of property to establ1sh ownership It seems this property was State owned r1ght-of-way and was transferred to the County The County Board says that a "qu1ck claim deed" to that property was supposed to have been issued to the C1ty 1n May of 1982 but it turns out that the County never followed through The County has expressed that the City has f1rst cla1m to the property and 1t was the general consensus of the Counc11 that the C1ty should follow through w1th the "quick claim deed" to that property Bob M11ler w111 follow up on this matter at a later date It was also agreed that the City should check with Bob M11ler to see what would happen if we were to sell it Ken"s overtime was discussed next The Counc11 agreed to pay Ken the amount of overtime necessary through the f1rst of the year to bring his overtime hours back down to 25 hours It was also brought to the Council"s attention on whether or not Ken and Mike should take time off at the same time The Council felt that it was not a problem providing that 1t does not become a habit They both can be reached by pager if an immediate problem should arise Friendly City Days was discussed next Maureen and Jim attended the meet1ng on January 16th The Fr1endly City Days comm1ttee was told that the Counc11 would be rotat1ng positions in attending the meetings Maureen gave a brief synopS1S of the things discussed Jim also commented One item of 1nterest that was talked about concerned the choices available for Grand Marshall and Honorary Grand Marshall Herb Scherber and Don Bern1ng are being cons1dered for Grand Marshall and Howard Viking for Honary Grand Marshall It was also pointed out that perhaps we should take the "City" out of Friendly City Days and Just call the celebration Albertville Friendly Days The next Friendly City Days meeting w111 be Monday, January 30th at 7 30 p m The City Hall has a humid1ty problem The air is extremely dry Don Cornelius offered to let the C1ty use a hum1dif1er that he is not using The issue of the trees by the Menzel property was brought up again It was pointed out that orig1nally, Loren Merges wanted the trees Ken will be asked to check w1th Loren to see if he still wants the trees -4- . . . The compilat~on of statements and schedules for the months of November and December 1988 were ~ncluded ~n the Counc~l packet for review There was no other bus~ness so Donatus Vetsch made a motion and Jim Krystosek seconded ~t to adJourn the meeting All were in favor and the meeting adJourned ~~'-i.~~ -5-