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1994-11-07 CC Minutes . / ALBERTVILLE CITY COUBCIL ~ November 7, 1994 Albertville Cjty Hall 7:30 PM PRESENT: Mayor Mike Pot ter, Co:unci I members Sharon Anderson, Albert Barthel, Duane Berning, and John Vetsch, City Clerk Linda Houghton, City Engineer Pete Carlson; City Attorney Mike Couri Mayor Potter called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. Berning made a motion to approve the agenda as pr~sented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the Follow-Up Sheet from the October 17, 1994, meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 17, 1994, regular meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 25, 1994, special meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the ~ motion. All voted aye. There was no one who wished to address the City Council under the Citizen Forum section of the agenda. Ken Lindsay requested a meeting with the City Council to discuss the definition of "informal on-call" as it is used in his job description. He would also like to discuss the question of compensation if he is required to be on-call and within a 5-7 mile range of his residence indefinitely. The Council decided to check with the city attorney when he arrives for his legal opinion before making a decision. Berning made a motion to increase the hourly wage for Dave Kock, the temporary maintenance worker, from $7.00 per hour to $7.50, based on the terms of the employment contract with Mr. Koch and Lindsay I s eval uationand reconunendation. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council reviewed the Report to Employee report submitted by Mike Rutkowski's doctor. According to the report, Mike is able to come back to work on a very limited basis, if light work is available. The Council concurred that until Mike is able to work at full strength, he should remain off duty. . Ken reviewed the City's scores on the MPCA survey with the Council. The survey was completed earlier in the year and the results have just become available. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November 7, 1994 Page 2 of 5 Ken discussed having Mike Rutkowski attend a wastewater treatment school while he is off-duty. Since Mike would actually be in the City's employment while attending the school , the Council agreed, that to limit the City's exposure to liability for a reinjury, Mike should not attend the school on City time. Ken explained to the Council that it now takes longer than eight hours to complete the snow plowing procedures. He requested that he be allowed to hire temporary help as needed. The Council agreed that the clerk or the administrator will make the judgment call to authorize additional help. City Attorney Mike Couri reported that negotiations are still continuing on the new administrator 's contract. He expects to have the contract completed by late in the week. . Couri also reported that the judgment in the 50th Street assessment appeal has been returned. All of the assessments have been cut back by 20\, with the exception of Rita Bistodeau. Her assessment has been capped at $3,000. Greg Vetsch's assessment for his driveway will remain the same, but the street assessment is reduced 20\. Couri told the Council that they have the right to appeal the decision to the appellate court. The Council's consensus is to accept the judgment as passed. Couri also indicated that the landowners also have the right to appeal the judgment. Couri advised the Council to set a reassessment hearing to make the changes in the assessment roll as ordered in the judgment. Anderson made a motion to conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, November 29, 1994, at 7:30 PM for the purpose of reassessing the 50th street landowners. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Couri advised the Council that it would be appropriate to set a meeting with Ken Lindsay as he has requested. Anderson made a motion to set a closed meeting on Wednesday, November 16, 1994, at 7:30 PM. Barthel seconded the motion. All voted aye. " . City Engineer Pete Carlson updated the Council on various projects: (1) A catch basin will be installed on the Dundee property to take care of the drainage problems. (2) The curb in Psyk' s 6th Addition has been compl eted. Because of the soft soil conditions, a two inch lift of asphalt will be used. The wear course may be delayed another year to make sure that the soils have correc~ed under the street. (3) Pete has completed the wetland delineation map of the Marx property. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUBCIL Movember 7, 1994 Page 3 of 5 Pete discussed the County Road 19 and 1-94 interchange possibility. He believes the cost of the project is too cost prohibitive for the City, without financial support of partners, i . e., Wright County and/or MNDOT. Al though the Transportation study completed by Wright County discusses the interchange, it is not identified as "needed". Pete explained that a "needs" study must first be prepared proving that the interchanged is indeed needed. This study is expensi ve--in the area of $30,000. An addi tional $55,000 would be spent preparing the Environmental Assessment Worksheet. Wright County will not participate in the costs. Pete has contacted MNDOT requesting their participation, but he has not gotten a response. As the first part of the "needs" study, the wetlands area must be delineated. Peter further explained that if the interchange is targeted for completion in 1996, the delineation should be done as soon as possibl e. Counci I member Anderson que~tioned what the delineation portion of the needs study alone would cost the City. Pete was unable to estimate the cost of only the delineation. . Anderson made a motion to have Linda check with Wright County Soil and Water Conservation to determine if they could do the delineation and what the costs would be and to have Pete break out the costs for the delineation only. Both estimates will be brought to the next Council meeting for discussion. Barthel seconded the motion. Barthel, Anderson, Berning and Vetsch voted aye. Potter abstained. The motion carried. Mayor Potter removed himself from the City Council and directed Acting Mayor Berning to proceed with the meeting. Potter addressed the Council and explained that the project that precipitated the need for the interchange is time sensitive. The need to have the interchange opened by 1996 is real. Delays in proceeding with the delineation of the wetland areas may cause the project to fold. The Council questioned Potter if the property in question has already been purchased by the planned developer. Potter stated that there was nothing in wri tten form. Councilmember Berning indicated that he is uncomfortable in approving expendi tures when the Ci ty has no certainty that the development will proceed regardless. . Anderson asked to amend her previous motion to reflect that the delineation-only fortion of the project could be set up to begin immediately after the Council reviews the cost estimates from both Pete's firm and WCSWC in an effort to save time. Barthel agreed to second that amendment to the original motion. Berning, Vetsch, Anderson, and Barthel voted aye. Potter abstained. The motion carried. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL November 7, 1994 Page 4 of 5 Barthel made a motion to approve the Financial Statement for the period October 13 - November 2 as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to approve payment of Check 'IS 8868- 8906 and P1168-P1172 as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to accept the resignation of Virgie Bistodeau from the Park BOard effective immediately. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Barthel made a motion to .approve the Joint Powers Board's request to allow a change in the completion date for the removal of the water tower as detailed in the Termination of the Water Tower Lease. The tower and the building will ~e removed yet this year but removal of underground apparatus and restoration will not be completed until the spring of 1995. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Barthel made a motion to approve RESOLUTION '1994-14 entitled A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN OFF-SITE, ONE DAY GAMBLING LICENSE FOR THE ALBERTVILLE JAYCEES. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Potter and Pete Carlson will attend the Wright County Transportation meeting on November 16. Vetsch made a motion to contribute $500 to the Roy Simms Library in 1995. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council chose not to respond the proposed amendment of the Wright County Zoning ordinance. . Linda presented four quotes on upgrading her computer from a 386 to a 486. Because each of the quotes are nearly as high as the cost of a new 486 computer, she recommended that the Council table further consideration of the upgrade. The Council reviewed the proposals from four auditing firms for preparing the 1994 audit report. Babcock, Langbein and Company submitted the low quote of a not-to-exceed amount of $4,400. Because of the low quote, the fact that Babcock has prepared the audit for the previous two year~ and is familiar with the City's books, ana major changes in staffing and procedures will occur at the beginning of the year, Linda recommended that the Counci I accept Babcock's.proposal to prepare the 1994 audit. The Council concurred with Linda's recommendation but demand that the audit is completed no later than April 15th. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COO"CIL Novemb~r 7, 1994 Page 5 of 5 The Counci 1 discussed packages for the employees. the option of different No decisions were made. insurance Dale has accepted a position with the City gf Eagle Lake and wi 11 start that position on Monday, November 14th. Linda wi 11 contact the Wright Vocational School and a temporary agency to get help. Anderson made a motion to adjourn at 10: 30 PM. seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning Michael Potter, Mayor Linda Houghton, Clerk