1995-11-30 CC Minutes Special
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ALBERTVILLE CITY COURCIL
SPECIAL ~IRG
Rov~er 30, 1995
Albertville City Hall
7:00 PM
PRESENT: Mayor Mike Potter, Councilmembers Duane Berning,
John Vetsch, Curt Muyres, and Sharon Anderson, City Administrator
Garrison Hale, City Clerk-Treasurer Linda Houghton, and City
Attorney Mike Couri
Mayor Potter called the special meeting of the Albertville
city Council to order.
Anderson made a motion to approve the agenda as presented.
Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Mayor Potter reviewed the ordinance detaining the city
administrator's job description with the Council.
Councilmember Muyres suggested that the evaluation process be
a team-building approach with the Council identifying the
employee's strengths and weaknesses. Muyres recommended that the
administrator rate himself on each item of the Performance
Evaluation Sheet followed by each Councilmember discussing his/her
rating of the administrator on the same item. Muyres al so
suggested that when the evaluation of the administrator is
concluded, the administrator give the Council feedback on its
performance and recommend ways teamwork can be improved. The
Council agreed with Muyres' recommendations on the procedure for
the evaluation.
The administrator/Council evaluations were conducted.
City Attorney Couri reviewed with the Council a chart on
Consolidation Proceedings. The Minnesota Municipal Board (MMB) has
ini tiated proceedings for the consol idation of Albertvi 11 e and
otsego in accordance with M.S. 414.04. Each City is required to
submit a list of 10 individuals to the MMB for consideration as
candidates for the Consolidation Commission. Further, each City
must submit a list of three individuals, none of whom can be
residents of Albertville or otsego but who must be residents of
Wright County, to be considered as the chair. The Consolidation
Commission holds hearings and issues a report within two years.
Following receipt of the report, the MMB hol ds a consol idation
hearing, considers the Consolidation Committee's recommendation,
takes additional testimony, and then makes an order. If the MMB
orders no consol idation, the process ends. I f the MMB orders
consolidation, each City Council considers the order and votes to
approve or disapprove by resolution. If the Councils approve, a
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referendum election is held to determine if consolidation should
take place. If the Councils disapprove, 10% of the voters in the
last general election may petition for a referendum election to
decide if a consolidation should occur. In either situation, the
voting public makes the final decision to consolidate or not.
Attorney Couri advised the Council that he is unable to
represent Albertville in the consolidation proceedings because his
firm serves as legal counsel to both Albertville and otsego. He
advised the Counci I to seek outside counsel to represent its
interests and recommended an attorney from Northfield, Peter
Schmitz, who has worked on several consolidation proceedings.
The Council discussed the pros and cons of the consolidation
proceedings. Counci lmember Muyres suggested that the Counci I
conduct an executive meeting with an attorney to discuss options.
Mayor Potter advised the Council that the MMB has extended the
date on which the list of candidates must be submitted to January
9, 1996. The Council directed staff to place an ad in the Crow
Ri ver News asking for vol unteers interested in serving on the
consolidation committee.
Potter made a motion to appoint Councilmembers Berning and
Vetsch to the Frankfort Drainage Committee. Anderson seconded the
motion. All voted aye.
City Administrator Hale bri~fed the Council on the status of
various projects.
Anderson made a motion to adjourn at 10: 05 PM.
seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Muyres
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