1997-01-06 CC Minutes
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Albertville Cit.y Sail
7:00PM
PUS""': Mayor Mark Olsen, Councilmembers '.tricia
S~"lberger, Curt ",U.7re., Duane .erning, John Vetsch, and Ci ty Cl erk
Linda Houghton
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Mayor Olsen called the regular meeting of the Albertville City
Council to order.
Thejagenda was amend.d by adding Item 6c.5 .{Appointments to
pO~ition ofteaporary Maintenance Worker I}. Olsen made a motion
to approve tlie ag..da as amended. Berning seconded th, motion.
All voted aye. .
Tbe minutes of the Oec"er16, 1996, meeting were amended on
Page 1, Paragraph 8 to read". . . the City has taken no action to
accept the project". Olsen made a motion to approve the minutes as
amended. aerning ..conded the motion.
.ern+ng.a.. .a IDOtion to authorize pa:rmefl.t of bills as
pr..ented(Cbeck I'. 10683 -10692). Muyre. seconcledthe motion.
All vot.edaye.
No .one .in tb.e audience reque.tedto addre..the Council under
Co_unity rorum.
Berning.made a motion ,to approve th_ Financial statement for
DecembeJ:' aa pr..ented. Muyre.seconded tbe motion. All voted aye.
Be.rning _de a motion to approve th.Pollow-up Sheet from the
December 16, 1996, meeting as presented. Muyresseconded the
motion. All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve the D~emb.r 1996 WWTr
Operations Report as pre.ent4tcl. Muyressecondedthe motion. All
voted aye.
The Council elisoua.ed the appointments reconmendedby Mayor
Olsen in Resolution .1997-1. Councilmember Berning questioned
whether he wasrequir-' to attend the .etings of the Planning &
Zoning Conaission. on a regular ba.is, <or only when. a regular
Commts.sioner isab.ent. The consensus of the Counci 1 was that
Berningsho\lld attend tbe meetings aa>the Council liaison but would
vot.onissues only in the absence of a regular Commissioner.
Councilmeml)er Muyres explainedto<the Council that he has
accepted the position of vice president. in his firm, and as a
result, he will ber.locating to Chicago as soon as he sells his
home il:\ A.lbertville. )Be agreed to remain on the Council and accept
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the appointments rec~nd.d by Mayor Olsen until a replacement can
be found in the n.xt few months.
Berning mad. a motion to approve USOLtrlIOB '1997-1 titled A
RESOLMI08 HUI.a. UlOllh~\'8 !'OCD!AI~ orJ'ICE8 AIm POSI'lIO.S
WI'tBI. .,... CIn OF aLaD'I'VILLB POll ftB.t'D1l 1997. Muyres seconded
the motion. Allvoted.ye.
Berning mad. a motion to approve.. U80LU'lI08 '1997-3. titled
APPOIIrftID'I' OP I'IU DUD"''' pBIUIOImBL. Muyres seconded the
motion. All vot.q ay..
Berning.. made a motion to approve the 1997 contract for
building inspection .ervice. with Diversified Inspection Services.
Muyres seconded.tbe18Otion. All voted aye.
'he. Councilrevi..ed tbepetition fromltenooto extend sewer
and wa.ter servi.ce to .erve thefomer Gilmer property abutting CSAH
37. A portion of the property is propoeed for industrial
development and the remainder is medium deuaityresiciential. City
Engineer Pete Carl... ..ti_ted th..H:oat of a Feasibility study
. would be approximatel,$2 ,,000.
Berning mad. a motion to acc.pt the p.tition for extension of
municipal..rvic.. .to the. former Gilmer property and to order a
Fea$ibi lityStudy prepared by the o.i ty . engineer , contingent upon
the petitioner depo.iting funds with the City to cover the .costs of
the study. . 'l'heco.ts of the .tudywill be apar~ of the project
cost and will be ......ed proportionately over the benefitting
properties. Muyres seconded.the motion. All voted aye.
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'l'he.Counci I di.cu..ed the trunk. .access charges as detai 1 ed in
Resol utiontl!)97-5 for 8ani tary Sewer District No.1. The< trunk
acces.. charge a..ure. th.t the cost of trunk line installation is
reoovered from benefitting properties. In S.anitary Sewer .District
11., Ke.noo has paid all cost. for installing the trunk 1 ine and wi 11
be. reimbursed for a portion of those cost.sWhen other properties
benefit through oonnection to the lines.
Berning made a motion to adopt U80LU'rIOR .'1997--5 titled
I)B'1'DtJlID'lIOB 01' SJUlI'lUY 8BIfBR 'lAC (ftUa.. ACCE88)1'D8 (Sanitary
Sewer Distriot No.1). Vet.ch seconcied the motion. All voteci aye.
'l'he counoil discussed the Snow plowing .nd Ice Control PolioI'
as revised on DeceD\ber4, 199~. Tbe Council agreed that the policy
clearly states public side"alka are plowedbythe.City and details
that plowing will start after two inohes of snow has fallen. The
public works coordinator is responsible for determining two inches
of snow ha.fallen.
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Muyr4llS made a motion directing the Public Works Conmittee to
tneetwith the "dnU.nistrator and .Ken Lindsay from the Public Works
Department for~he purpose of ironing out the problems associated
with .the how'.s and wheats of snowplowing and. directing the
a4ministrator to formulate and draft an acceptable policy, based on
the Public Norks findings. Stalberger seconded the motion. All
voted aye. J
Ken requested that the Council consider additional
compensation for part-time employees when their hours exceed an
eight hour work day. I 'Yuyre. made a' mo.tion to refer the matter to
the Public Norks C~ttee for consideration, findings and a
recommendation. Berning. seconded the. motion. Allv.oted aye.
Lindsayreporte<l t.hat the City of Robbinsdale has a plow truck
forsal e.. . Lindsay inquired as ~ to the cit.y administrator all;d
himself cheekinginto the vehicle. Yuyres state<;ithatthe public
WorksConmittee and the administrator must develop a plan regarding
all the issuea' involved with public works~
Muyres ~_de. a1llOtiondirecting the city administrator to
develo.pan operational plan, dealing with staffing needs, equipment
needs, Public Norks storage space, in-sourciog/vs.out-sourcing,
etc. I' with input from t.he Public Works C01Ml1ttee and the public
Works.personnel. 'Pbe operational plan will be available for the
Council to review at the February 3rd Council meeting. Stalberger
seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Don Jensen from Itenco, Inc. made a s.econd request for the Ci ty
to pi ow KaI\land Avenue, a portion of 57th through the intersection
of 57th street and 150 I of 58th street west of Kallandi Avenue.
Jensen stated that new residents are. living along these stteets .and
deserve to have a fair and reasonable level of City' maintenance
services on these. roads. City Bngineer\ Carlson stated t.hat. the
streets inv.olved in the request we.re paved under good conditions
and he sees no problem with the city plowing this area.
stalberger _de a motion directing that the City provide snow
plowing service to the areas of parkside3rdAddition defined in
Kenco I s . request , .provided that Itenco removes the requipment parked
on the streets. Muyres.econded the motion. Stalberger and Muyres
voted aye. Berning, Vetsch and Olsen voted no. The motion failed.
Stalberver made. a motion to appoint Dennis Licciardi, Jim
Merges, and Larry MeDermei t as temporary part-time Maintenance
Worker I with submission of requireci documents for employment.
Berning second4lld the motion. All voted aye.
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'.city Engineer Pete Carlson reviewed the. Preliminary
Engine~:tingstudY for the 1997 Northeast. .Sanitary. Sewer and Hater
Main Exten.ion project. Approximately 225' acres of property would
benefit from the .ewer trunk line and approximately 290 acres would
benefit .from the water trunk line. The estimated cost of. the
project, based on a 1997 construction, is $440,000 for thettunk
sanitarysewe.r and lift station and $658,600 .f.or the trunk water
main. Carlson stated the project is feasibl,e and suggested that
construction .could be phased.
Muyres made a motion to adopt D80LU'J.'IOII 11997-2
RESOLU'J.'IOII ACCBrrIIIG.t'IIB nASIBILIn HUDY AIm ORDDIBG
IlBARIWG !'OR t'IIBlIOR!'JIaSIr fttJlOt zrrBIISIOWPRO.JEC'l' .
seconded the motion. All voted aye.
The Council heard from per.onnel from Premier 94 Truck Service
regarding repairs made to City's Ford truck. The city
admini.tratlOrudMayor Potter understood that the cost of repairs
would be $1900. 'l'he.ctual bills totaled $4,500+. J.oe SnJder, shop
supervisor, the 1 ink between the . City and premier. is no lOAger
employed wi thPremier. pr..u.er 94peraonnel beli.ev. .that the city
administrator ,who was listed as the contact person with the City,
gave verbal authority to proceed with the repairs. City
Administratorllale informed the city Council at t~e December 16,
1996', Councilm;eeting that the original estimate was approximately
$1,950. Mr. Snyder found additional areas of work. . Public Works
Coordinator visited Joe. Snyder at Premier 94 to verify. Mayor
Potter wa.. contacted about the probability the total cost for
repair could reach $1,9501. Nor furtherc9ntact was made related to
costs going beyond tbeposaible$1,950. Hale refreshed.. those
present that no one but the City Council has authority to approve
any purchase or expenditure beyond $1,000.
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Berning
Vetsch made amotion to approve payment of Check 110595 in the
amount of $4,528.45 to Premier 94 Truc.k Service. . Further, the
motion requires that the question of written bids and authorization
procedures. be addresa.ed. at . the FebruaryCounci I meeting . Muyres
seconded the motion. Vetsch, Muyres and Stalberger voted aye.
Berning and Olsen voted no. The motion carried.
City J:ngineerCarlsonreviewed his 'report on the. wastewater
treatm.ent facilit1 operations with the Council. There .is. a. concern
over the am.ount o.f sludge in pond 13 resulting from phosphorus
treatment. Sludge removal needs to be considered ina long range
plan. He advised the Council that they.. will have to look at
another upgrade to the facility soon. At that time, he .recommended
that the council consider options, to. modify the facility to cut
some of the operation and maintenance costs. \
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Wright County Commissioner Judie Rose was in the audience and
wasrec09nize4 by Mayor Olsen. Rose explained that she is working
wi th several area conmunities who are dealing with .sl udge removal.
She invited the City of Albertvi lIe to participate in these
di;Scussions.
Carlson stated that no Council'.' action is re(luired at this
time. 'He recommended that PSOraciIity Manager Kelly Browning
attend the meetings on behalf of theCi ty Commissioner Rose is
holding with, other conmunitiea. Browning added that she will get
estimates for sludge removal. .
Vetsch made a motion to have PSOsecure'estimates. on sludge
removal, for the Cc:n,lnci l' s information and to authorize Browning to
represent the .Ci ty at ColllDi.ssioner Rose 'a meetin9}S with area
c011ll1luni,ties deal ing with 51 udge removal. Muyres seconded the
motion. All voted aye.
Carlson reported that the City has no reali:stic project to be
considered for federal funding at this time. MftD01' has indicat,ed
for years that they will not participate in funding an additional
1...94 Tamp at CSAB 19.
Berning made a motion directing the city engineer to contact
Wright County for a packet to consider for next year's application
deadline. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye.
The COuncil discussed the proposed Resolution. #1997-4
(Establishment of a strategic Plan ,for the Future of Albertville).
City Clerk Linda Boughton suggested that theestabl ishment of a
long range plan should be the joint effQrt of ,the Council and staff
and recommended that the Council consider scheduling a work meeting
for, the sole purpose of identifying goals. The Council agreed and
Mayor Olsen established a work meeting for ~anuary22, 1997, at
7:00 PM in the Council chambers.
Berning made ,a motion to direct the planning & Zoning
Commission to reconnend oandidates forvacanc,ies on the Commission.
Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
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!(uyresmade a, motion not t~ purchase the Hardware Maintenance
Support Agreement for the OptechIII-P Eagle Voter Tabulation
Machine. stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
City Clerk Linda Houghton reviewed the lett'ers from the stat.e
Auditor's Office regarding the administrative fees incl udedTIF 11.
According to ,the state Auditor, the administrative fees listed in
the amount of $26,473 exceeds the 5\ limitation in administrative
fees. These expenses were attributed to the district in the 1980' s
and Linda is unsure whether records exist verifying the ALBERTVILLE
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administrative fees.Sbe and tbe city attorney will continue to
researcb tbe re~ords.
Berningmadfvamotion to scbedule a public' hearing to consider
the vacation of a portion of CSAH 37 for Febru~ry 3, 1997, at 7:15
PM. .Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Councilmember Vetsch reported that he ldelivered the. snow
plowing cont.ract for Westwind to Mark Weber for .consideration and
has had no -contact with him since.. ..Clerk Houghton reported that
she has not received the contract in her office as of this date.
BerninC) made-a motion to adjourn at 9:50 PM. Muyres seconded
the motion. Al1~voted aye.
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