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1989-02-06 CC Minutes . . . COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 6, 1989 The regular meet~ng of the Albertville C~ty Counc~l was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfe~er Members present ~ncluded Jim Krystosek, Donatus Vetsch, Don Cornel~us and Bob Braun Others present included Maureen Andrews, Bob Miller, Bob Sullentrop, Ken Lindsay and Lor~e V~llareal The Counc~l Vetsch carr~ed agenda for the evening's meet~ng was reviewed by the A mot~on was by by Don Cornel~us and seconded by Donatus to approve the agenda. All were ~n favor and the mot~on There were no add~tions or corrections so Don Cornel~us made a motion to approve the m~nutes of the January 17th regular meeting and the January 19th work meeting J~m Krystosek seconded the motion All were in favor and the mot~on carr~ed The Counc~l choose to table the approval of the January 24th work meeting until the next meeting ~n order to allow them t~me to review the m~nutes Ken L~ndsay was present to receive authorizat~on from the Council to order the alarm system for the th~rd l~ft station (located in Barthel Industrial Park). Ken explained to the Counc~l that with the installat~on of th~s alarm that the system would be completely tied to the pager system ~nstalled last year at the main plant Ken briefly rev~ewed w~th the Council that the expected cost of the ~nstallation would run about $1,475 00, which the following breakdown Equipment Installation M~scellaneous Mater~als $1,220 00 180 00 50 00 to 75 00 TOTAL $1,450 00 to 1,475 00 . Ken explained to the Council that dellvery of the system is expected to take four to six weeks, 50 at the earliest the alarm will not be lnstalled untl1 late March Ken stated that there would need to be some trenchlng done ln order to run the necessary wires but that this work is minlmal There was some dlScusslon regardlng whether or not there was money available at thlS tlme or if the Clty should walt until settlement from the County was made available It was explained that because the sewer fund is an enterprlse fund that the money needed to operate the system, including the funds needed for capital outlay, is generated through sewer bl11lng collections and therefore does not relay on the the County settlement from taxes There was also a questlon raised by Jlm Krystosek regarding how the alarm system works and what is the purpose Ken explalned the the alarm warns the operator that the system is not operating properly, which can result in sewer backups and other maJor problems After some other limited discussion a motlon was made by Don Cornellus to purchase and lnstall the alarm ln order to complete the warning system Jim Krystosek seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carr led . The next item Ken dlscussed was the fact that he had broke off a gate valve in the Westwind Addltlon on Frlday, February 3rd He brought the gate valve ln for the Councl1 to look at and requested that ln all future proJects that all gate valves and manhole be brought up only to the flrst lift of blacktop so that this does not happen again It was pointed out that at a meetlng this fall when the matter was brought up then it was agreed that all future speclficatlons would be written in such a manner that these items will be flush or Just below the surface of the street grade of the flrst lift No other actlon was taken on thlS matter Bob to the drainage dralnage flnancing Sullentrop next reviewed wlth the Councl1 the supplement WEST ALBERTVILLE DRAINAGE STUDY, which redefines the areas outllned in the original report so that water distrlcts can be establlshed for the purpose of the improvements Bob walked the Council through the changes made explalnlng that Distrlcts 2A, 2B, and 2C were comblned lnto one dralnage area (Area 4) and that the old Area 4 would be deleted from the plan All the other distrlcts would remain unchanged under the current presentation -2- . . Bob went onto explain the 1mpact of comb1n1ng the three distr1cts together Some of the items pointed out included that it would take addit10nal t1me to d1scharge the storm water runoff if the district is enlarged, that there would need to be another d1scharge pond to hold the runoff until the exist1ng storm sewer would be ready to handle the add1t10nal water the out to a occurs area There was some discuss10n regard1ng the proposed d1tch and percentage of slope at which it w1ll be bU1lt It was p01nted that the ditch that will be installed w1ll only be 1nstalled rough grade and that as the development along the ditch more work would likely occur 1n the ditching and retain1ng There was a request by the Council see the cost of the total proJect, wh1ch would included the construct10n of the retention ponds and the f1n1shed ditch1ng system It was p01nted that the costs that have been discussed do not include the acquis1t10n of land. wh1ch will be needed in order to locate the storm water dra1nage area and retention pond . The concern was expressed that th1s project seems really expenS1ve and that the costs seem unusually high It was p01nted out that the project w1ll be expenS1ve but that 1f the C1ty wants to develop that it will have to be done. There was also some discussion regarding the other alternat1ves the City has for discharg1ng storm water and 1t was the general conSC1ence of the Council that by discharg1ng 1nto County D1tch #9 that there could untimely delays that could take years to resolve because of the parties 1nvolved along Co Ditches #9 and 21 and Regal Creek As part of this drainage issue there was also discuss10n regard1ng the legal aspect of establish1ng a storm water tax1ng district and what needs to be done. It was pointed out that there would need to be some type of feas1bi11ty report done on proJect. that the districts would need to be established through public hearing once the boundaries were firmly estab11shed as well as the establishment of the ord1nance author1zing the taxing d1stricts Once the d1stricts are put into place then hearings would then need to be held pr10r to the work be1ng ordered and constructed. After some staff needed to to the Council for the m1ddle attend additional d1scuss10n 1t was agreed upon that get together and work through these 1tems prior having a work meet1ng The meeting was scheduled of the next week so that Thore would be able to The next 1tem on the agenda was the reV1ew of the v1deo tape of the water cas1ng under the freeway Bob Sullentrop reviewed -3- . w1th the Counc11 the f1nd1ngs of the tape in an effort to determine whether or not the City w111 be able to lay water 11nes 1n the cas1ng so that the land laying north of the freeway will 4It be able to be service w1th water There was some discussion during the viewing of the tape regarding the size of the cas1ng and the potent1al S1ze of pipe that m1ght go through After the Council fin1shed rev1ewing the tape 1t was suggested that it might be to the City's advantage to have a f1rm who installs these types of casing (through a jack1ng and bor1ng technique) review the tape to see 1f the City would be able to install the water line 1n the casing in its current condit10n There was some discussion regard1ng whether or not 1t would be cheaper to jack and bore another cas1ng under the freeway and try to recover the expense from the M1nnesota Department of Transportation, or go through the expense of bidding the 1nstallat10n of the waterline 1n exist1ng casing and hop1ng that 1t works It was finally agreed to that Meyer-Bohlin should attempt to have someone review the tape to get an experts opinion on what options are available to the City Bob w111 have someone look at the tape and w111 report the find1ngs back to the Counc11 Bob Miller next updated the Council on the f1nd1ngs regard1ng the commuter parking lot north of the Weber home 4It Bob informed the Council that he McPhail's office at the Courthouse to see regard1ng the matter and was told that information regarding the matter had checked with B111 what they had on f1le they d1d not have any Bob suggested that he m1ght be able to get some information he needs from the reV1ew of the Weber's abstract Maureen was asked to contact Harry to see if she could get h1s abstract for Bob to review In addition, Bob informed the Counc11 that he would be meeting w1th someone from the Wright County Eng1neers off1ce to see if they will be able to shed any 11ght on th1s matter The next 1tem on the agenda was income received and b11ls to be pa1d Don Cornel1us made a mot10n and Jim Krystosek seconded it to approve the income received and bills to be pa1d. All were 1n favor and checks 9318 through 9382 were pa1d The Council rece1ved information regard1ng a City Employee Health Plan be1ng present to the City through MedCenters The Counc11 was informed that MedCenter offered the City three d1fferent rate schedules which differed 1n the amount of coverage -4- 4It ~ . ava1lable to the employee It appears that because of the d1fference in ages and sex of the employees that the rates would d1ffer, but that when combined together the C1ty could still select the MEDCHOICE plan, which has the most extens1ve coverage and st111 meet the amount budgeted for the four employees 1n the 1989 Annual Budget After some additional discussion the Counc11 agreed to enter 1nto the agreement w1th MedCenter for 1nsurance coverage A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius to accept the 1nsurance plan presented All were in favor and the motion carried The Council next reviewed and d1scussed a rate 1ncrease for the J01nt Power's Board Once the increase is in place 1t will amount to about a $ 05 increase for each 1,000 gallons of water used Hear1ng no obJect10ns a motion to approve the rate 1ncrease was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun All were in favor and the motion carried The Counc11 next approved the agreement w1th Gruys, Johnson and Associates to do the 1989 Annual Aud1t The mot10n was made by J1m Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornel1us to have Gruys, Johnson do the annual aud1t All were in favor and the motion carried . The Council next discussed the Local Government Forum which is scheduled to take place in St Cloud on February 23rd Members showing 1nterest in going 1ncluded Mayor Schwenzfeier, Counc11 members Cornelius, Vetsch and Krystosek Maureen stated that if her schedule would allow it that she would like to attend as well Donatus Vetsch brought up the issue of a joint C1vil Defense Siren between the Cities of Albertville and St Michael There was some discussion regard1ng whether or not NSP was suppose to have installed on or near the WESTWIND property. It was agreed that th1s matter should be looked 1nto 1n more deta11 and brought back to the Council once more 1nformation 1S ava1lable The next item discussed by the Counc11 was an article 1n the M1nneapolis Star and Tr1bune regard1ng a new computerized shock dev1ce used 1n rev1v1ng someone who has suffered a heart attack. The article gave a summary of how the machine works and explained that 1t only take 11mited amount of tra1n1ng to learn how to use 1t It was suggested that 1f any of the serV1ce organ1zat10ns would be interested in donating the equ1pment the City would pay for the tra1ning of the firemen who would operate 1t It was also suggested that maybe the City should look at purchas1ng the -5- . . . . equ~pment even ~f the serv~ce organizat~ons do not show any interest in the mach~ne Donatus Vetsch stated that he would talk to the groups to see ~f they are interested in look~ng equ~pment It was pointed out that if ~t would save one the equipment would have pa~d for itself d~fferent into the life that J~m Krystosek gave an update on the Newly Elected Off~cial-s meeting that he had attended in January He brought back some new ins~ghts on local government wh~ch he shared with the Council He also ~nformed the members that he rece~ved a handbook for new Council members which he would be glad to share with them There was no other business so Don Cornel~us made a mot~on and Bob Braun seconded it to adJourn the meeting All were ~n favor and the motion carried '-fY\~~~ -6-