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1989-12-18 CC Minutes . COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 18, 1989 The regular meeting of the Albertville C1ty council was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier Members present included Bob Braun, Don Cornelius, Donatus Vetsch and J1m Krystosek Others present included Maureen Andrews, Lorie Villareal, Bob M11ler, Thore Meyer, Bob Sullentrop, Ken L1ndsay and Steve Klitzka The agenda of the evening's meeting was rev1ewed by the Council Don Cornel1us made the mot10n and Donatus Vetsch seconded it to approve the agenda All were 1n favor and the motion carried The minutes of the December 4th meet1ng were rev1ewed by the Council Ken L1ndsay pointed out that there was one correction to the minutes On page one, last paragraph, should read snow blower not snow plow . There were no other corrections or add1tions so a mot10n was made by ITim Krystosek and seconded by Bob Braun to approve the minutes of December 4th. All were 1n favor and the mot10n carried The Counc11 first dealt with the public hearing for the Fraser Steel Company's Industr1al Development Revenue Bonds A motion to open the Public Hearing was made by Don Cornel1us Donatus Vetsch seconded the motion All were in favor and the motion carried The Notice of the Public Hear1ng was not read because of its length It was noted that the Notice had been prepared by Briggs and Morgan per statutory requirements Maureen Andrews gave a progress report on how the project was coming together and noted that at the time of the hear1ng there was a possib111ty that Fra5er Steel would be turning back their allocation of Industrial Development Revenue Bonds because the bonds had not been sold and it appeared that there would be problems closing on them before the December 22nd federal deadline The Council was 1nformed that 1t had been dec1ded that the hearing should st111 be held in the event that the bonds could be sold 1n a weeks time or 1n the event that additional allocation would be requested in 1990, After a review of the documents. a motion was made to close the public hear1ng. The motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Don Cornel1us ~ll were in favor and the mot10n carried Steve Kl1tzka of the Park Board was present to g1ve a Park Board update The Park Board had sponsored a Christmas raffle for which the .drawing was held on December 15th The Counc11 was 1nformed that the Board had Just broke even and it has been determined that the tim1ng of the raffle may have been the reason Steve provided the Counc11 w1th the 11st of W1nner-s wh1ch 1ncluded the following 1st Prize (B1cycle) 2nd Pr1ze ($100 Cert1f1cate at Children's Palace) 3rd Prize ($50 Cert1ficate at Ch1ldren's Palace) 4th Prize (Video) 5th Prize (Supreme Pizza) 6th Prize (Video) 7th Pr1ze (Lg Pizza) 8th Pr1ze (Med Pizza) Greg Bern1ng Dave Cornel1us Albertville Albertv11le Galen Bicking Albertville Jonathan Reynolds Norman Bern1ng Leon Bern1ng Natal1e Dick A H1eba1n Albertv11le Rogers St M1chael St M1chael St M1chael The Counc11 was informed that all W1nners were be1ng sent notificat1on letters by the Park Board Steve acknowledge Landscap1ng at the Park also the for Board informed the Counc11 that he had ordered plaques to donations of the Albertv11le Area Jaycees and M1dwest the Four Season's Park These awards were to be presented meeting on Thursday, December 21st at 7 00 p m ~ It was noted that some problems ~ockey rink and the warming house hopefully correct them early It was and would be posted outlining the park have already been occurr1ng with the and that steps were be1ng taken to noted that signs were be1ng made and regulat10ns Steve next commented that he would like to see the playground and p1cn1C area of the Four Season's Park open by mid June As far as the blacktopp1ng goes, he is requesting to see it included 1n any street 1mprovement proJect done 1n 1990 He noted that he felt that it was crit1cal to get the walk1ng paths completed as soon as possible followed by the Parking lot The tennis courts will likely wait unt11 a later date because of the expense assoc1ated with building courts It was p01nted out that Paul He1nen, J111 Merges, Ken. Ray and Steve would be tak1ng turns volunteering their t1me to patrol the skat1ng r1nks dur1ng the hours they are available for fam1ly open skat1ng on the weekends A comment was made by Steve that he was under the impress10n that "NO ALCOHOL" s1gns needed to be posted in the park To this Bob Miller commented that the C1ty has an ordinance in effect that states "NO GLASS CONTAINERS". but nothing pertaining to alcohol It was noted that 1f the City wants an ord1nance pertaining to alcohol in the park during the w1nter or Just pertaining to the warm1ng house that the ordinance would have be amended to state "NO ALCOHOL IN WARMING HOUSE" It was noted that once the ord1nance was amended that the s1gns can be posted . PAGE 2 At th~s po~nt brought up the Rules for Ice Use to be rev~ewed by the Council He stated that these were rules that have been established . throughout the years but that they had never been brought before the Council for rev~ew or enforcement Ken stated that he had gone over the rules with representatives of the broomball teams and Hockey Assoc~ation and that they d~d not have any problems with the contents of the rules It was noted that extra cop~es had been requested so that all the managers would have cop~es of them A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Jim Krystosek to approve the Rule for Ice Use All were in favor and the motion carried. The Council next reviewed the bids for the sale of the old pickup and plow There were three b~ds to be open which ~ncluded 1 Garrard Zachman $806 00 Elk River 2 Frank Bobendrier $700 00 Albertville 3 B~ll Praught $503 00 Albertville Don Cornelius made a mot~on and Donatus Vetsch seconded it to accept the bid from Garrard Zachman for $806 00 for the sale of the old pickup and plow Before the motion carried ~t was brought to the Counc~l"s attention .that the w~nch comes off the truck It does not go w~th the sale of the truck Don then amended h~s motion to exclude the w~nch from the bid or the bid would be be reJected Donatus Vetsch seconded the amendment All were in favor and the motion carried The Council was next ~nformed that the City had been contacted regard~ng the Lakes & Prairies Program It appears that ~n order to hire the maintenance employee that the City w~ll need to pay a $99 00 administrative fee to cover the expenses assoc~ated with the program There was some d~scussion regarding how many hours the person would be working and the Council was ~nformed that they would be working about 5 5 hours per day up to a maximum of 500 hours Hear~ng no other discussion a motion was made to approve the $99 00 admin~strative fee The mot~on was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Bob Braun All were ~n favor and the motion carr~ed Bob Sullentrop next reviewed w~th the Counc~l a pay request for LaTour Construct~on The Council was ~nformed the request was for the work done on the ~nstallat~on of the storm sewer pipe in Barthel"s Industrial Park It was noted that this request excludes bids C and D, because none of th~s work was done The amount of the request was $63,345 53 and included a 5% retainage . PAGE 3 A mot10n to approve the pay request was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek All were in favor and the mot10n carried ~ The 11censes Counc11 next reviewed an ordinance perta1ning to an 1ncrease in The following changes were made OFF-SALE NON-INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR OFF-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR ON-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR SPECIAL EVENTS ON-SALE NON-INTOXICATING SUNDAY ON-SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR $ 100 00 $ 200 00 $2,000 00 $ 50 00 $ 200 00 It was noted that both the Sunday On-Sale and the Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor licenses were already as h1gh as State Statute would allow so no change had been made to these two licenses Hear1ng no other comment, a motion was made to approve Ordinance No 1989-20 ent1tled, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING LICENSE FEES FOR RETAIL SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES The motion was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Bob Braun All were in favor and the motion carried The Council next reviewed an ordinance regard1ng Charitable Gambl1ng It was noted that the C1ty can collect $100 00 per appl1cation for adm1nistrat1ve charges and requ1re that 10% of the net prof1t (m1nus expenses) be used on designated City projects After some add1tional d1scussion 1t was agreed to table this ordinance unt11 such t1me that the Counc11 has an opportun1ty to discuss the issue with the different organizat10ns ~ The Counc11 next reviewed the Income Received and B11ls to be Pa1d It was noted that the Council would 11ke to see mileage checks turned 1n on a more regular basis, it was agreed that they would be done more often, There was also some questions regard1ng the the bU1lding perm1t fees Hear1ng no other quest10ns the Council approved income and bills A mot10n was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius to approve check numbers 10074 through 10108 All were 1n favor and the mot10n carried The Personal Policy discussion was tabled until a later date A motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Bob Braun to change the follow1ng meeting' JANUARY 1ST to JANUARY 2ND JANUARY 15TH to JANUARY 16TH FEBRUARY 19TH to FEBRUARY 20TH All were in favor and the motion carried The Council held June 30th possible 1n the take place ~ next discussed the 1990 Summer Olympic Run which will be The purpose of the run is to include as many cities as torch run from Colorado to St Paul where the Games will PAGE 4 A mot1on was made to get 1nvolved w1th the program The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun All were 1n favor and the ~motion carried The following l1censes were approved Coin Operated L1censes for Albertv1lle Bar and the 152 Club ($50 00 per license) -- The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius All were in favor and the mot1on carried C1garette Sales License for the Albertville Bar, 152 Club, Don's Auto, Hackenmueller's and Pat's 66 ($25 00) -- The motion was made by Don Corne11us and seconded by Donatus Vetsch All were in favor and the motion carried 3 2 Off-Sale Licence for the Albertville Bar ($100 00) -- The motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Jim Krystosek All were 1n favor and the motion carried Sunday Liquor L1cense for the Albertville Bar ($200 00) -- The motion was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornelius All were 1n favor and the motion carr1ed The Counc1l was 1nformed that the City's Insurance Po11cy had been prepared and w1ll be ava1lable soon It was noted that the Council should make a mot1on to continue the coverage as it is currently held A mot1on was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Donatus Vetsch All were in favor ~and the motion carr1ed The 1990 Sheriff's contract was approved on a mot1on by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Bob Braun All were 1n favor and the mot1on carr1ed The m1nutes should note that the contract pr1ce increased by $ 25 an hour Build1ng Cornelius and carried Perm1ts No 39 through 69 were approved on a motion by Don a second by J1m Krystosek All were 1n favor and the mot1on The Council was informed meetings to finish the 1990 Budget that there would need to be several work They would be scheduled as needed There was a mot1on to set a joint pub11c hearing for Plann1ng Comm1ssion and the City Council regard1ng the Relocat1on of the NSP Overhead Power11ne The hearing was set for January 18th at 7 00 p m The mot1on was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek All were 1n favor and the motion carried There was Donatus Vetsch mot1on carried a mot1on to and seconded adjourn the meet1ng The motion was by Jim Krystosek All were . 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