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1992-03-17 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL March 11, 1992 Albertville City Hall 7:30 PM PRESENT: Mayor James Walsh, Councilmen Duane Berning, Mike Potter, and Mark Barthel, City Attorney Mike Couri, City Clerk Linda Houghton, and City Secretary Ann Bednarczyk. ABSENT: Councilman Donatus Vetsch Mayor Walsh called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The Council reviewed the agenda and made the following additions under: Maintenance: Restriction of truck traffic Administration: Application for Gambling Permit Remove City Logo until April 6th meeting Potter made a motion to approve the amended agenda. seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel The Consent Agenda items were discussed next. Berning questioned check #6241 which is payable to Lindenfelser Excavating for raising manholes. He feels it is the responsibility of the engineer. Walsh and Berning will meet with Thore to discuss the situation. Walsh will set up the meeting. Berning questioned the Maintenance Department's vehicle journals and requested that a note be placed in Ken's employee file regarding the fact that the truck had never been greased. Linda clarified that check #6257 should be changed to reflect that it replaces check #'s 5421-5424. Barthel made a motion to approve the Follow Up Sheet from the March 2, 1992 meeting. The motion was seconded by Potter. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the March 2, 1992 meeting. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. The street sign project is nearly complete. The signs have been ordered for Westwind. Ken is to check with Donatus Vetsch regarding their location prior to installation. Weight restrictions on City Streets was discussed next. Main Avenue and Barthel Industrial Drive are the only 9 ton capacity streets in Albertville. Can the City put signs on residential streets regulating weight? Couri will check the City Ordinances regarding road restrictions. . . . CITY COUNCIL 3/11/92 PAGE 2 Potter will make sure the builder puts curb blocking in Psyk's Addition to prevent curb damage. Barthel made a motion to adopt Resolution 1992-10 (A RESOLUTION RESTRICTING WEIGHT ON ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO 5 TONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES SUCH AS SANITATION TRUCKS, SCHOOL BUSES, ETC.) The motion was seconded by Berning. All voted aye. The Council directed Ken to file a damage report on the fence located between City Hall and the Post Office by the next Council Meeting. The Council also directed Ken to contact Wright County regarding when they will begin street sweeping and crack sealing. Ken is to coordinate the sweeping of the sidewalks with the street sweeping. Ken is also to schedule crack sealing to coincide with the County. Potter made a motion to accept the Planning Commission's recommendation to appoint Tim Phillips to fill the vacancy in the Planning Commission. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Planning Commission had requested clarification of proper procedure for scheduling public hearings. The Council's decision was that all requests for public hearings should first go before the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission will direct Linda to schedule a public hearing after they feel they have the proper documentation, etc. to warrant a public hearing. Fire Chief Wacker requested an increase in the Fireman's Relief Fund from $240/year to $400/year. Walsh would like further information. Potter and Barthel are to work with the Fire Department to research this and will present their findings to the Council. The flow meter has been repaired and has been shipped back to Albertville. It should arrive any day and will be installed as quickly as possible. Walsh will meet with Thore and the MPCA regarding the stipulation for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Thore wrote a letter to St. Michael regarding the proposed site grading on the Eicher and High School properties. Berning would like to get going on 50th Street as quickly as possible. Thore will set up a meeting with the Frankfort Township Engineer before anything gets underway. . . . CITY COUNCIL 3/11/92 PAGE 3 The City has no signed Security Agreement or Promissory Note with Fraser Steel at this time. Fraser is proposing to assign TIF money to the City for the next 8 years in lieu of hoist, overhead cranes, etc. Couri is asking that the Council approve striking the language from the Security Agreement relating to overhead cranes, hoist, etc. and that the Council approve the City entering into the Security Agrement in favor of the City which would assign Fraser Steel's TIF monies to the City if Fraser defaults on the loan. Potter made a motion to approve the changes to both Security Agreements as noted by Couri. The motion was seconded by Berning. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the Financial Statement dated February 26, 1992 through March 11, 1992. Potter seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the payment of check #6230 through check #6263. The motion was seconded by Potter. All voted aye. Mrs. Jon Krizek of Applejax was present and stated that Kevin Mealhouse had already inspected their building (the old Ronay's). Potter made a motion to approve the liquor licenses for Applejax. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to table the application for a Charitable Gambling License for Applejax until there is further information available. The named organization on the permit application is MN Therapeutic Camp, P.O. Box 163, Brainerd, MN. The Council expressed its desire for the charitable gambling to remain local. The Council directed Couri to check into the laws regarding this. The motion to table the application was seconded by Potter. All voted aye. Potter discussed the seminar he attended regarding noxious weeds. He stated that the County will not spray ditches and that weed control is entirely the responsibility of the City. Linda is to contact the League of Minnesota Cities and request that they forward their weekly bulletin to each of the Council members at their homes. Linda is to check into rates at different financial institutions for the CDs that will soon reach maturity. Potter boundaries. Albertville information interested. attended a meeting regarding the proposed school He stated that the entire Corporate limits of will be within I.S.D. #885. He has given the to Linda so that it will be available to anyone who is . . . CITY COUNCIL 3/11/92 PAGE 4 Linda requested that the City purchase a new American flag for City Hall due to the fact that the one we have is in a very poor state of repair. The Council said to replace as soon as possible. Linda was directed to contact the Sheriff's office and instruct them to closely monitor the traffic problem on Lansing Avenue. There are too many speeders in this area. Linda was directed to notify Ken that the light outside City Hall is still not working properly and to have him fix it immediately. Barthel made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 PM. The motion was seconded by Potter. All voted aye.