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1996-01-02 CC Minutes . . ,. J'.I~ILLE cln COURCIL JanuarJ' 2.. 1996 Albertville Cit~ Ball 7:00 PH P"8~: Mayor Michael Potter, Councilmembers Sharon Anderson, Curt Muyres, Duane Berning, and John Vetsch, Ci ty Administrator Garrison Hale and City Clerk Linda Houghton Mayor Potter called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. 'lhe (1) (2) agenda was amended as follows: Oelete Item 7b ~ Item 7d - Accept resignation of Michael Rutkowski effective January 15, 1996 and authorize staff to advertise a job opening for Maintenance Morker II agg 7e - Discussion of use of funds repaid to City from Joint Power Board ~ 7f - Authorize employment of temporary maintenance worker made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning the motion. All voted aye. (3) (4) Anderson seconded Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 4, 1995, regular Council meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 11, 1995, 'lruth in 'laxation meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 12, 1995, special Council meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 26, 1995, special Council meeting as presented. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Public Norks Coordinator Ken Lindsay discussed locking and unlocking the warming house at City Park. The Council agreed that public works employees should open the building in the morning and Mayor Potter volunteered to lock the building each night. No one in the audience requested to address the Council under Community Forum. The Counci I tabl ed Items 5c and 5d on the consent agenda because of the lack of a report from the city engineer. Potter made a motion to approve the Pinancial Statement for December as presented. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. . . . -, i ALBD'l'VILLE CI'l'Y COUIfCIL January 2, 1996 Page 2 of 5 Potter made a motion to approve the Follow-Up Sheet from the December 4, 1995, meeting as presented. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve RE80LO~IOI '1996-1 titled A RE80LO'!IOI MJUtllfG APPOllrfllBlft'S 'f() CD'!AIK OPPICES AIfD POSI~IORS WITHIK !'lIB Cln OP AL_WILLE POR IfIIB YDR 1996. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve RE80LO'!IOR '1996-2 titled ES,.ULIsmoarl OP A POLICY RBOARDlaO AIIRBXA....IOI PBlIfI....IOIIS. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion with Balfany Development, lines to their property. aye. to authorize the city engineer to meet Inc. regarding trunk and lateral sewer Muyres seconded the motion. All voted Potter made a motion to approve a 3.2 Liquor License for the Albertville Lions at ST. Albert;s Parish Center on Sunday, February 11, 1996, from 12:00 noon to 8:00 PM. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve a 3.2 Liquor License for the st. Michael Jaycees at the Snowmobile Race Site from 5:00 PM to midnight on January 5, 1996; from Noon to Midnight on January 6, 1996; and from Noon to 8:00 PM on January 7, 1996. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to accept the Pledged Security effective December 13, 1995, from Highland Banks. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to approve the recommendation from City Engineer Pete Carlson to proceed to thoroughly review and analyze the City's SAC and sewer rates. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Potter stepped down from the Council and turned the meeting over to Acting Mayor Berning at 7: 25 PM because of a potential conflict of interest. Anderson made a motion to approve RE80LO....IOB '1995-32 titled 80PPOR'!IIIG '!liE BERRARD J. RODa CORCORRa.... DftACllMDT/AlllfEXATION RBgOEST. Muyres seconded the motion. Berning, Vetsch, Anderson and Muyres vote aye. Potter abstained. The motion carried and RESOLUTION '1995-32 was adopted. Mayor Potter returned to his position a. mayor at 7 :/40 PM. --- . ALBERTVILLE CITY COORCIL January 2, 1996 Page 3 of 5 Muyres made a motion to approve RESOLUlfIOR '1996-3 ti tIed SUPPORlfIlfG mE BALPUY DBVELOPIIEIf'l' , IRC. COlfCURRJDft' DftACIIIIarf/URBXAlfIOII REQUES'!. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Anderson made a motion to approve RESOLU'!IOR '1996-4 titled SUPPOR'!IRG 'fIlE B_UO DD MARLOE VE'1'SCR COItCURRD'r DETACRMBB,!/ARBEXA,!IOR RBQOES'! pending a complete legal description being provided by the property owners. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Muyres made a motion to approve RESOLUlfIOIt '1996-5 tit I ed SUPPOR'rllfO 'rIlE DUIEL AIfD BRlooft VftSCB COlfCURRERT DftACIIImII'l/AlOfDI.'rIOII REQUES'r pending a compI ete 1 egal description being provided by the property owners. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning made a motion to table discussion on the Frankfort Drainage question unti I the February meeting because the ci ty engineer has not had a chance to review the proposal at this time. 'Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. . The Council reviewed the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the Parks ide Third Addition. City Engineer Pete Carlson has recommended that the Council approve the EAW with a negative declaration that an Environmental Impact statement (EIS) is not necessary. Berning made a motion to approve the EAW for the Parkside Third Addition with a negative declaration that an EIS is not necessary, as recommended by City Engineer Pete Carlson. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Potter made a motion to recommend to the Minnesota Municipal Board the list of eight candidates who have completed and returned a resume for consideration on the Consolidation Committee. Those candidates are Curt Muyres, Sharon Anderson, Michael Potter, Shawn Eas tman, Ken Ti ernan , Dani e I Robert us, Don Berning and LeRoy Berning. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Anderson made a motion to submit to the Municipal Board the name of Roxanne Packa for consideration as Chair of the Consolidation Committee. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Anderson made a motion to accept the resignation of Michael Rutkowski, Maintenance Wroker II/PI ant Operator in the Publ ic Works Department, effective January 15, 1996. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. . ALBERTVILLE CITY COURCIL January 2, 1996 Page .. of 5 Muyres made a motion to approve revisions to the job description of Maintenance Worker II/Plant Operator deleting all plant operator duties and assigning Pay Equity points for the Maintenance Worker II position at 149 point with a revision date of 01/02/96. Further, the following Pay Equity determination was made: "Maintenance Worker II (149): This position compares well with the benchmark for classification title "Maintenance/Public Works Worker" (Local Government Pay Equity Supplement for Cities, November, 1984 rating 149). Duties include maintenance of buildings, streets, parks, and related areas." Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to authorize the advertisement for applicants for the position of Maintenance Worker II and, further, to authorize the Personnel Conmi ttee to review appl icants and recommend a maximum of seven candidates for City Council consideration. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. City Administrator Garrison Hale recommended that the City Council hire Mike Potter, a former heavy equipment operator, to assist emergency snow plowing in the City. Hale also reconmended that the Council authorize the Personnel Conmittee to seek other . temporary, emergency help. Muyres made a motion to hire Mike Potter as a Maintenance Worker II, Pay Range 2, Step C, for the purpose of emergency snow plowing, contingent upon the city attorney verifying the legality of hiring an elected officialof the City Council, and to authorize the Personnel Committee to seek temporary Maintenance Worker II. Anderson seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed how to utilize/allocate the $57,500 repaYlHnt of the funds 1 ent to the Joint Powers Board by each participating community. Muyres made a motion to allocate $57,500 to the City's General Fund Working Capital Reserve. Berning seconded the motion. Muyres and Berning voted aye. Vetsch, Potter and Anderson voted no. The motion failed. Administrator Hal e suggested that since the Counci 1 has approved a Capital Improvement Projects list and prioritized that list, the Council may want to consider using the $57,500 to extend the water across the freeway at a cost of approximately $35,000 and to place the balance of the funds in the General Fund Working Capital Reserve fund. Both projects ranked in the top ten of the CIP list. . Potter made a motion to allocate a maximum of $35,000 to extend the water across the freeway and to place a minimum of . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUKCIL January 2, 1996 Page 5 of 5 $22,500 in the General Fund Working Capi tal Reserve. seconded the motion. Potter and Anderson voted aye. Berning and Muyres voted no. The motion failed. Anderson Vetsch, Councilmember Vetsch suggested the Council consider using the Joint Powers payment for investments, such as a revolving loan fund to encourage business in the City. Potter made a motion to table further discussion on the use of the funds until the Council sets a meeting with its financial consultants. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council received a letter from Mark McNamara of the Wright Soi I and Water Conservation District dated December 27, 1995. Included with the letter is a 1991 Wetland Conservation Act Certificate of Exemption for the Westwind Park area. Councilmember Anderson reported she is continuing to work on the curfew ordinance with representatives from otsego. Their goal is to have an ordinance in place by April 1st. Anderson made a motion to adjourn at 8: 25 PM. Muyres seconded the motion. All voted aye. /JJuk{ fJAv Michael Potter, Mayor t/}\ \ u