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1999-09-20 CC Minutes . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL September 20, 1999 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor John Olson, Councilmembers Robert Gundersen, Patti Stalberger, Duane Berning and John Vetsch, City Administrator-Clerk Linda Goeb, City Attorney Mike Couri and City Engineer Peter Carlson Mayor Olson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: · Delete Items 5b(3) and 5b( 4) . Add Item 4d(3) - Fire and Rescue Truck · Add Item 4d( 4) - Discuss shared parking lot for park and ice arena Stalberger made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Stalberger made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 20, 1999, meeting. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. No one was present to address the Council under the Citizen Forum portion of the agenda. Gundersen made a motion to approve payment of Check No.'s 12174 - 12204 as presented. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Gundersen made a motion to approve the Financial Statement for August 1999 as presented. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed the two option presented by the Public Works Department for storage of the City's pickups and snow plow until the Fire Department moves to the new site. One option is to rent a heated garage from Don's Bus Company 0' for $200 per month to store the two pickups and the snowplow. Another option(?io have the Public Works personnel take the pickups home overnight and to squeeze the snowplow into the maintenance building. The consensus of the Council is to park the pickups in the City Hall parking lot until the Fire Department moves to its new location. Gundersen made a motion authorizing the Public Works to spend up to $1200 for grass and erosion blanketing to seed the ditch along Barthel Industrial Drive. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL September 20,1999 Page 2 of 3 Stalberger made a motion to accept the Public Works Department Report as presented. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. City Engineer Pete Carlson explained that the Oakside tennis courts surfacing has been damaged. He met with the contractor to make him aware of the situation and they are in the process of determining how best to correct the problem. Carlson reported there will be a cost overrun on the Oakside Park tennis court bids. He explained that the select granular borrow used for the tennis courts will exceed the bid quantity by approximately 30%. Granular borrow is typically bid as wither a placed volume or as a loose volume. The bid proposal was set up as loose volume, but the bid quantity of 1400 cubic yards was computed as a placed volume. If the bid was set up as a placed volume, the contractor would have bid a higher unit pnce. Carlson presented a proposal for analyzing the benefit of a full diamond interchange for 1-94 at Wright County Highway 19. The study will look at the benefit of adding the eastbound entrance ramp and the westbound exit ramp. The work plan will consist of reviewing prior traffic studies and evaluating the current and year 2000 peak hour traffic patterns. The study could be completed within three weeks at a cost of$3,000. Berning made a motion to proceed with the study analyzing the need for a full diamond interchange at a cost of $3,000. Gundersen seconded the motion. All voted aye. Carlson presented an estimate on the cost of paving the driveway and parking area at the wastewater treatment plant of $29,000, or $17.35 square yard. The Council agreed to include the paving project as a part of the total bid for the wastewater plant expansIOn. Carlson updated the Council on the progress of various city projects. City Administrator Goeb explained that the City's current firearms ordinance allows hunting on properties within the city limits that are west of County Road 19 and north of County Road 37. She recommended that Council update the ordinance by prohibiting hunting and the discharge of firearms totally within the corporate limits. . . . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL September 20, 1999 Page 3 of3 Gundersen made a motion to adopt ORDINANCE #1999-6 titled AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1982-1. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed the proposed water treatment plant and the rate structure needed to finance the treatment plant. The Council believes that the connection fees should be increased to help pay for the plant. The City's two representative will present the city's concerns at the next Joint Powers Board meeting. The administrator will check with the Fire Chief to see if he has located a city who needs the fire/rescue truck. If not, an ad will be placed in the LMC Bulletin. At this time, the city has no definite plans for the construction of a parking lot at the northwest end of the new City Park land that could be shared by the ice arena. The Ice Arena Board will be advised by the city representatives that the parking lot will not be constructed at this time. Gundersen made a motion to adjourn at 8:30 PM. Stalberger seconded the motion. All voted aye.