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1992-11-16 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November 16, 1992 Albertville City Hall 7:30 PM PRESENT: Mayor Jim Walsh, Councilmen Mike Potter, Duane Berning, Donat us Vetsch, and Mark Barthel, Ci ty Engineer Thore Meyer, City Attorney Bill Radzwill, City Clerk Linda Houghton Acting Mayor Vetsch called Albertville City Council to order. later in the meeting. the regular meeting of the Mayor Walsh will be arriving The agenda was amended under the engineering department to add approval of Resol ution #1992-40 (Wetlands Mi tigation Plan for Pysk's 5th Addition) and under the administration department to add a discussion of the old City Park warming house and the injury to Maintenance Foreman Ken Lindsay. Barthel made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Joint Powers request for approval of the amendment to the Operating and Authorization Agreement with regard to a rate increase was removed from the consent agenda until Mayor Walsh is in attendance. Potter made a motion to approve the follow-up sheet from the November 3, 1992, meeting. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 3, 1992, regular Council meeting. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 4, 1992, Canvassing Board meeting. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve the minutes of the November 10, 1992, special meeting awarding the bid for the sidewalk project. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Judy Roden addressed the Council over the debris still on site of the Strickler property along County Road 19. Steve Birkeland, one of the tenants of the building, has cleaned up his portion of the property, but the debris stored on the north side of the building does not belong to Birkeland or Custom Canopy. Linda was directed to contact Vei t Demol i tion immediately the following morning and authorize a clean-up of the properties known as Custom Canopy (west of Hack's) and Rugged Road (on County Road 19). The City has a $3,000 deposit escrow account to pay the costs of clean- up on the Custom Canopy property. The costs of cleaning up the Rugged Road site will be assessed directly to the property . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November 16, 1992 Page 2 of 4 owner on his real estate taxes. Linda was directed to get another bid on a backflow preventer valve. Ken has gotten one bid from Davies Water Products for a 2" 909 Watts Backflow Preventer for $465.50. Linda is authorized to purchase the valve for the lowest available price. John Holker, of the Hoglund Bus Company, has appraised the old Ford plow truck at $2,800. The City had advertised for sealed bids on the truck, but no bids were received. The appraised value does not include the V-plow. Hoglund Bus Company will attempt to sell the truck for the City for a 10% commission fee. Differing opinions of the Council members has prevented the truck from being taken to Hoglund Bus Company at this time. Berning made a motion to enter into a consignment agreement with Hoglund Bus Company to sell the 1973 Ford plow, wing, sander, and V-plow at an asking price of $3,300. The truck will be delivered to Hoglund Bus Company tomorrow morning wi th a picture of the V-pi ow to be delivered as soon as it is available. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council reviewed the October Wastewater Treatment report and noted that even wi th the new high school connected to the system, the report shows a monthly average flow of 106,000 gallons per day. Capacity of the current facility is l15,000 gallons per day flow. Potter made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION '1992-38 entitled A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF $115,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING IMPROVEMENT BOND OF 1992; FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT. This bond along with the current debt service fund balance will refund the $790,000 General Obligation Improvement Bond of 1988. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION 'l992-39 entitled AMENDMENT OF DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION '1992-40 entitled RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WETLAND MITIGATION PLAN FOR THE 1992-3 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (UTILITIES AND STREET IMPROVEMENT), PSYK' S FIFTH ADDITION. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. City Engineer Thore Meyer explained that there will probably be excess soi 1 s from the 50th Street improvement project. The specs for the project require that the dirt be delivered within a one-mile area. Thore asked where the City needed fill materials. The Council agreed that if the 50th Street property owners did not . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November l6, 1992 Page 3 of 4 need the fill, the dirt should be delivered to the empty City property along Barthel Industrial Drive. As a second choice, any excess could be used at the Westwind park area. Mayor Walsh arrived at the meeting at 9:l5 PM and conducted the rest of the meeting. The Council reviewed the October 7, 1992, letter from Trudy Dahlheimer expressing her concerns over drainage when 50th street is improved. Thore was directed to view the area and report to the Council if any action should be taken to establish a drainage way easement. Potter made a motion to approve the Financial statement for the period October 28 - November 12, 1992, as presented. Barthel seconded the motion. Potter made a motion to approve payment of Check #6884 and Check #'s 6909-6942. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. Linda will contact Anthony Kempernich fromMNDOT to see if the City can hook onto the original lights along the interchange and find out what costs would be involved. Attorney Radzwill advised the Council that the entire costs associated with the clean-up of the Rugged Road property (Maynard Strickler, property owner) can be collected on the real estate taxes. Linda was directed to send a letter immediately to the property owner advising him of the City's intention to begin clean- up of his property. Vei t Demol i tion wi II be di rected to bury the footings and smooth the dirt at the Custom Canopy si te when they remove the debris. Potter made a motion to adopt a resolution entitled RESOLUTION APPROVING CLASS B GAMBLING LICENSE FOR FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION which allows pull-tabs to be sold from KD's Family Restaurant. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Counci 1 was advised that Ken Lindsay has suffered an injury to his back muscles and is under medical supervision. He is currently using sick leave to rest and allow the muscles in his back to heal. It is the Council's opinion that Ken should not risk rein juring his back by coming back to work too soon. Three of the City employees have requested a meeting with the Council to address a grievance over a wage freeze. The Council will meet in an open session on December 1, 1992, at 7:00 PM to address the employees' grievance. After the open meeting, the . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November 16, 1992 Page 4 of 4 Council will meet in successive closed sessions with each employee individually to discuss job performance. Linda was asked to direct the maintenance department to re- lay any sod torn up by snowplowing as soon as possible after the incident. The maintenance department will be directed to report to Linda on each incident. A 1 et ter wi 11 then be sent to the property owners explaining what action has taken place. The Council agreed to allow the Fire Department to burn the old City Park warming house as soon as possible to enable the open skating area to be increased in size. The maintenance department will be directed disconnect the electricity at that building as well as at the electric pole immediately and remove anything from the inside of the building. The Council agreed to do a performance evaluation on Linda by December 1 and will meet with her to discuss the evaluation that evening after the other employee meetings have been conducted. The Council agreed to table action on the amendment to the Joint Powers Operating and Authorization Agreement on the rate increase until the next regular meeting. Walsh reported that Joint Powers is considering updating the hook-on fees for apartment buildings, etc., similar to the formula we use to determine SAC charges. Potter made a motion to notify Joint Powers that they must agree to remove footings and foundation of the water tower to the depth of at least lO feet, remove all pipes from the ground, and install a 1" water service line to the property before the City will agree to terminate the water tower lease. st. Michael must also agree to terminate the water tower lease. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council agreed to try changing the maintenance department work schedules so that one employee works from 7:30 - 4:00 and the other employee works from 8:00 -4:30 beginning with the next pay period. The Council will evaluate the change at the next meeting. Barthel made a motion to the motion. All voted aye. at 10:05 PM. seconded Linda Houghton, City Clerk