1998-02-02 CC Minutes
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ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL
February 2, 1998
Albertville City Hall
7: 00 PM
PRESENT: Mayor Mark Olsen, Councilmembers Duane Berning, John Vetsch,
Patti Stalberger and Bob Gundersen, City Administrator David Lund, City Clerk Linda
Goeb, and City Attorney Mike Couri
Mayor Olsen called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order at
7:00 PM.
The agenda was amended by adding the following items:
Item 5e - Agreement with Wright County for the maintenance of County Ditch 9
Item 6cO) - Cleaning Fire Hydrants
Item 6c(8) - Newsletter
Item 6c(9) - Letter from anonymous party regarding addresses for the Cottages of
Albertville
Berning made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Gundersen seconded the
. motion. All voted aye.
Olsen made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 20, 1998, meeting as
presented. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve payment of Check #' s 10202 - 10218 as
presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve the Revenue/Expenditure Report for
December as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve the WWTF Operations Report for the month
of December as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve the PSG Annual Fee of $94,714. Gundersen
seconded the motion.
All voted aye.
Berning made a motion to approve the December Financial Report from
Minnetonka Voiture 1281. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
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Berning made a motion to approve the Joint Powers Agreement RE: Wright
County Ditch #9 as prepared by City Attorney Couri and City Engineer Carlson.
Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
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Berning made a motion authorizing the clerk to issue a check in the amount of
$1,500 as the 1997 and 1998 contribution to the Roy Simms Community Library.
Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye.
The Council discussed membership in the Economic Development Partnership
(EDP) of Wright County. City Administrator Lund will be meeting with Executive
Director Marc Nevinski in the near future to discuss the city's participation and the value
of membership. The Council asked Lund to prepare a recommendation on whether the
City should joint the EDP of Wright County after his discussion with the director.
The Council discussed reviews of the new city employees. Berning suggested
that the full Council conduct the review of each of the new employees and afterwards
meet with all the city employees for a general discussion.
Vetsch made a motion to schedule a meeting on Thursday, February 12, 1998,
beginning with the review of the City Administrator at 7:00 PM, setting the review of
Maintenance Worker II Guimont at 7:30 PM, and scheduling an all-employee discussion
at 8:00 PM. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye.
The Council reviewed the memo from Administrator Lund regarding the
problems with snow removal from Main Street sidewalks. The City's bobcat works well
to clear the 6' sidewalks but isn't practical on the older 4' wide sidewalks. The John
Deere snowblower is inefficient for clearing packed ice and snow. Presently the City's
policy is that the sidewalks will be bladed at a minimum of four inches from the surface
of the sidewalk and them further cleared with other City equipment. One of the problems
is that the County plows Main Avenue several times during the day and pushes more onto
the sidewalks each time.
The Council discussed various options, including having city personnel plow
Main Avenue, asking Wright County to pay for sidewalk cleanup, using the bobcat on the
4' sidewalks, likely causing damage to the sod along the sidewalk, etc. No consensus
was reached.
Stalberger made a motion to clear as much of the sidewalks as possible with the
bobcat and blade the narrower sidewalks as carefully as possible. The motion further
directs staff to continue working on another solution. Gundersen seconded the motion.
All voted aye.
Administrator Lund briefly reviewed a complaint regarding parking of a trailer on
the stub street on Kahler Drive and 62nd Street.
Gundersen made a motion directing that the City rescind permission to park a
trailer on stub street and to direct the Wright County Sheriff's Department that stub
streets are considered city streets for the purpose of the "Snow Bird" ordinance. Berning
seconded the motion. All voted aye.
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The Council discussed various options for extending City Hall office hours later
in the afternoon. Olsen made a motion to extend City Hall hours on Wednesdays from
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, beginning February 11th and to extend City Hall closings on
Thursday through February 19th. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.
The Council order staff to place an advertisement for sealed bids on the 286
computer (non-functioning) in the window of City Hall since several people have
expressed an interest in the computer.
The Council directed the Public Works Department personnel to inventory all
buildings for equipment that is not currently used. The Council will determine which
inventory could or should be sold.
Councilmember Vetsch requested that the Public Works personnel be directed to
clean out around all fire hydrants.
The Council discussed whether to mail the newsletter to each residence rather
than having the Crow River News insert the letter. Councilmember Stalberger agreed to
check into the additional costs of mailing.
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Two members of the City Council received an anonymous letter complaining
about the street addressing of the Cottages of Albertville. City Clerk Goeb explained that
she and the building official had worked together to assign the numbering system and he
could see no problem with the addresses.
Berning made a motion to adjourn at 10:05 PM. Stalberger seconded the motion.
All voted aye.
Mark S. Olsen, Mayor
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Linda Goeb, City Clerk
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