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1994-06-06 CC Minutes . COUNCILMEMBERS Vetsch MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 6., 1994 PRESENT: Potter (8:26);. Anderson. Barthel. Berning (8:26). STAFF PRESENT: City Administrator Powers. City Engineer Robertson. City Attorney Couri (10:14pm) OTHERS PRESENT: Judy Rose. Judy Roden. Dale Langsdorf. Eugene Valerius. Char Zachman. Ken Lindsay. Mike Rutkowski. Doug Psyk. Aaron Brom. Bernie Marx. Clemens Marx. Gary Schwenzfeier. Jeff Kopp. Dave Vetsch. Ed Ostendorf. Kevin Mealhouse ~ . ~'; The meeting was called to order by Acting Mayor Anderson @ 7:30pm. Barthel/Vetsch unanimous to approve agenda as amended. Barthel/Vetsch unanimous to approve consent agenda as amended. Vetsch/Barthel unanimous to approve 5/16/94 Council minutes. COMMUNITY CONCERNS: Bernie Marx: Drainage issues=> 8 acres of low ground has expanded to 13.4 acres. Robertson indicated that the ditch that runs north through the .roperty is very flat (.75"/100r). and that any siltation in the ditch will ..,aise the water level. Cleaning the ditch is a solution. but the ditch is privately owned. Anderson/Barthel unanimous to direct Robertson to draft plan/cost estimates for the ditch cleanup. and to direct Powers to investigate whether the stormwater fund can be used for private ditch cleanup. Dou~ PsYk: Drainage issues=> Mentioned that he had a couple of plans to alleviate drainage. but requested that he wait until the city attorney was present. Frankfort Twp. Sewer Committee (Dave Dayon): (not present.. . tabled until he arrives) Dave Vetsch: (not present...tabled until he arrives) MAINTENANCE Tractor/Loader Purchase: Powers discussed a financing option available to the City through Piper Jaffray which involves pooled requests from other cities at a low interest rate (approximately 4.3-4.5% APR). Anderson and Vetsch each raised concerns about the longevity of the existing tractor/loader. questioning why a piece of equipment that was to have lasted 10 years needs replacing after five years. Barthel replied that .4I'he tractor/loader is obsolete and needs to be replaced. Anderson/Barthel unanimous to table this issue until the other Council members are present. Pesticide Applicator's License for Rutkowski: Powers replied to the Council's concern about Rutkowski's lack of a pesticide applicator's ~ license by stating that he had discussed the situation with Rutkowski and mutually agreed on a 6/17/94 due date for the license. &NGINEERING 54 Street Drainalle Estimate: Robertson discussed the cost estimate ($1500) for repairing the swale to the south of 54 Street east of Main Avenue. Since it is a privately owned swale. the expense would be assessed to the property owners. Anderson/Vetsch unanimous to notify property owners of the cost and the assessment to the property. leaving it up to them whether to finance the cost. , Barthel Industrial Drive Feasibility: Robertson'discussed this project, which would extend pavement south of 51 Street to 50 Street. Estimated project costs are $95.000, excluding the cost of soil borings and survey work. Robertson asked for Council approval of the expense of the soil borings (approximately $2000-2500). Vetsch expressed concerns about the assessibility of the project. Powers replie4 that the proje~t would be assessable to all property owners along Barthel' In~ustrial I)rlve. Anderson/Vetsch unanimous to authorize up to $2500 for the cost of the soil borings. ~estwind Park: Robertson discussed concerns about the property designated ~or a park in the Westwind area. Specifically. he feels that a wetland delineation needs to be performed. He mentioned that RCM could do it at a cost of about $1.860. Rose replied that. since Wright County is the "local government unit" for these issues within Albertville. the county will do the delineation at no _cQst_to the City. Anderson/Barthel unanimous to direct Powers to check with SCS and Robertson on this issue. Widmer: Norm Gartner (Meyer-Rohlin) had asked that this letter from his firm to Widmer be included in the council packet. The letter concerned sanitary sewer connection issues between the U. S. Post Office in Albertville and Widmer. ADMINISTRATION Dave Vetsch: The Albertville Volunteer Fire Department needs a water tanker truck replaced. There is $60.000 currently in the fund for this purpose. with an additional $20.000 to be allocated next year. The purchase price for the truck is in the $75,000-$80,000 range. [Potter and Berning arrive during this discussion.] ~nderson/Vetsch unanimous to authorize letting of bids for a new tanker .ruck. Government Orllanization Meetillll: Honorariums: Powers discussed the guests for the 6/29/94 meeting. and asked for authorization for $50 honoraria (fees) for each attendee. -~ , Berning/Anderson unanimous to authorize $50 honoraria for each guest. ~ions Shelter Permit Fees: Powers discussed the building permit fees charged for the Lions shelter. Donatus Vetsch had requested that the City pick up these fees. Anderson/Barthel unanimous to pay the permit fees out of the park budget. Li~hting Fla~ Pole: Powers discussed the bids for lighting the flag pole in front of City Hall. and recommended the Council accept the bid for in- ground lighting. Powers felt that it would last longer and look better than adding the lights to the existing City Hall lights. The sense of the Council was to go with the lowest bid. , Berning/Vetsch unanimous to approve the low bid'of $165 from Unlimited Electric of Monticello. . Or~anized Collection: Powers discussed his research on this issue in light of the recent U. S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively barred cities and counties from banning interstate hauling of garbage. The League of Minnesota Cities recommending waiting for a while to see if any other city has litigation in this area. Potter mentioned that perhaps we should check with Howard Lake, since that city just recently started the organized collection process. The Council directed Powers to talk with Howard Lake about their experiences with organized collection and report back to the Council. ~ire Hall Committee Meeting: Powers asked for Council direction about when to schedule the next Fire Hall Committee meeting. since the 6/2/94 meeting had to be rescheduled. The Council directed Powers to contact Cheryl Robertus and ask her to get together with Jim Walsh to determine a date/time for the next meeting. Performance Appraisal for Dale: Powers inquired as to who will be conducting his 90 day performance appraisal (Anderson/Berning or the entire Council) and a date for said appraisal. It was the sense of the Council that the entire body perform the appraisal in a closed setting. Anderson/Vetsch unanimous to schedule this meeting on Wednesday. June 22. at 7:30pm. Frankfort Twp Sewer Committee: Dave Dayon from the Frankfort Township Sewer Committee talked about joint planning for sewer services. and suggested a meeting to discuss this item. The sense of the Council was to set up a meeting on Thursday. June 23. Lee Kasper Draina~e Concern: Powers discussed the letter from Lee Kasper. 11449 NE 60 St. concerning a ditch behind his house that is in a general state of disrepair. causing drainage problems. The Council directed Robertson to investigate the cost of correcting this problem, and directed ~owers to check if this could be paid from stormwater fees. Tractor/Loader: This area was readdressed with the full Council present. Powers stated that the Council has to decide whether or not the tractor/loader needs to be replaced at this time. If the Council decides it does need to be replaced. then the financing program outlined earlier would be of great advantage to the City. ! , Vetsch mentioned that he feels this issue has been discussed enough. and feels it should be addressed next year. ~etsch/Anderson unanimous to postpone consideration of purchasing a tractor/loader until April 1995. Check # 8513 (Rice Lake Contractin~): (This check was pulled off of the consent agenda) Vetsch expressed a concern about paying this bill before a final inspection of the WWTP was performed. Mealhouse indicated that the final inspection has yet to occur. and that there are several inspection concerns about the WWTP. Vetsch/Berning unanimous to table payment of this check until further information has been gathered. ( , . Barthel Industrial Drive: Potter. absent from-the previous discussion. asked about this project--specifically if NE 52 St east from BID was included in the figures. Robertson said it was not. and Powers took responsibility for the error. stating that he only asked for the BID estimate and not the NE 52 St estimate. The Council directed Robertson to re-estimate the bid based on this addition. Potter took the meeting into recess. pending the arrival of Couri, @ 10:08pm. Potter reconvened the meeting upon Couri"s arrival @ 10:14pm LEGAL ~50 St Assessment at the earliest. not materialize, meeting. Appeal: Couri said the trial was postponed until 7/18/94 The potential settlement with plaintiff Greg Vetsch did thereby obviating the need for the scheduled closed _Psvk Draina~e: Couri mentioned that this issue may have been alleviated with a plan to place a holding pond on the northeasterly lot of the addition. This would allow the development to occur pending further development of the adjoining Marx property to the north. Marx objected to this plan, stating that the overflow from the holding pond would fall on his property. Potter expressed the sense of the Council that this issue has taken altogether too much of the Council"s time. and that the Council should made a field visit to the property and check the historical flows of the area. The Council directed Powers to obtain old. predevelopment air photos of the area. and set up a meeting with Kerry Sexton of Wright County SWCD to discuss this issue. Kenco"s Certificate"s of Occupancy: Couri advised the Council to withhold certificates of occupancy for any future sites in Parkside I until a gravel base has been laid. 4Ifnderson/Barthel unanimous to adjourn @ 10:59pm . Mike Potter, Mayor Dale Powers, City Administrator C:\WORDFILE\MINS0606.94