2022-11-14 STMA Arena Board MinutesST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE ICE ARENA BOARD MINUTES
November 14, 2022
6:00 pm
Present: Chairman Larry Sorensen and members, Keith Wettschreck, Kari Dwinnell, Aaron Cocking Ryan Gleason,
Walter Hudson and Tim Lewis. Absent: None. Also present: City Administrator Adam Nafstad, Finance Clerk Kristie
Moseng, STMA Arena Manager Grant Fitch, School/Ground Director Jason Bichler, and Megan Esterberg STMA Youth
Hockey Association. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Chairman Sorensen.
Set Agenda
Members Dwinnell/Cocking moved to set the agenda as presented. All voted aye.
Approval of Minutes
Members Hudson/Dwinnell moved to approve the minutes of the September 12, 2022 Board Meeting as presented. All
voted aye.
Finance Reports
Nafstad presented the finance reports and noted the minor changes to expenses from the original emailed report.
Members Hudson/Gleason moved to approve the October List of Claims totaling $51,386.11 and the September Financial
Report as presented. All voted aye.
Arena Manager’s Report
Fitch reported that LiveBarn is hoping to be up by Christmas. They are coming to do a sight survey and install cameras,
once that is complete, it goes pretty quick. HockeyTV has been disabled. Communication, social media, signage in rink
will be delivered within the next couple of weeks per Fitch. Chairman Sorensen gave a ‘thanks’ for the Ice Usage Stats.
Fitch updated the board on the new web-based scheduler and explained coordination efforts with Youth Hockey’s
scheduler. Nafstad noted the Usage Stats could be broken down between the two sheets and Fitch explained that if you
split the hours listed on the report, it would be close to balance, he will do two reports in the future.
Old Business
Chairman Sorensen said there were none.
SCR Maintenance Agreement
Fitch reported that the 2nd compressor in 4.5 years has failed. SCR is proposing a blanket agreement. With the 2nd
compressor replacement and additional outstanding repair invoices they are close to meeting the blanket amount. Nafstad
clarified historically the Arena has had some sort of maintenance agreement, but did not with the new system during its
warranty period. Fitch asked SCR to give a proposal for preventative maintenance and coverage for existing rink, but add
on the refrigeration that includes both rinks. Earlier in 2022 a compressor failed and the cost was shared between the
Arena Board Capital Improvement Fund and the School.
The board discussed reviewing the maintenance agreement annually and as part of the budget process.
Members Lewis/Gleason moved to approve maintenance agreement with SCR in the amount of $29,532. All voted aye.
Youth Hockey Association
Megan Esterberg STMA Youth Hockey Association mentioned they had no new items.
Adjourn
Members Hudson/Gleason moved to adjourn at 6:27 pm. All voted aye.
Attest:
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Kristie Moseng, Finance Clerk