2024-07-15 City Council Minutes
ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES July 15, 2024 – 7 pm
Council Chambers
Albertville City Hall
1. Call to Order
Mayor Hendrickson called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.
2. Pledge of Allegiance – Roll Call
Present: Mayor Hendrickson, Councilmembers Cocking, Hayden, Olson and Zagorski.
Staff Present: City Administrator Nafstad, Fire Chief Bullen, City Attorney Couri, Finance
Director Lannes, and City Clerk Luedke.
3. Recognitions – Presentations – Introductions – None
4. Public Forum
Ms. Sherri Schmidt, 5647 Lander Ave NE, was in attendance. She said for the last 20 years, she has
had continuous flooding in her back and side yard. She explained the issues she has been having
which includes continuous standing water in her yard and said City staff has come out and looked at
her property and had said the City could fix the flooding issues by installing drain tile, but nothing
has been done as of yet. She said her neighbor in the back has an embankment and his sump pump
drains into her yard and said she felt this was part of the reason why her area was always under
water. She said she called the City regarding the sump pump drain and was told it was legal to do
this. She answered questions from Council.
City Administrator Nafstad explained the issues and reported the flooding is due to two different
subdivision projects that were not coordinated when the projects were constructed and added the
newer development was higher and causing drainage issues. He said at this time, there was no way
to drain the water out of the area because there is not a storm sewer connection in her area. He
continued that part of the Main Avenue project will be to extend a storm sewer line from Main
Avenue down 56th Street to correct the issue. He answered questions from Ms. Schmidt and the
Council.
The Council thanked Ms. Schmidt for attending the Council meeting.
5. Amendments to the Agenda
There were no amendments to the agenda.
MOTION made by Councilmember Olson, seconded by Councilmember Cocking to approve the
July 15, 2024, agenda as submitted. Ayes: Cocking, Hayden, Hendrickson, Olson and Zagorski.
Nays: None. The motion carried.
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Regular Meeting of July 15, 2024
6. Consent Agenda
All items under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City staff and will be
enacted by one motion. In the event an item is pulled, it will be discussed in the order listed on the
Consent Agenda following the approval of the remaining Consent items. Items pulled will be
approved by a separate motion.
A. Approve the June 17, 2024, regular City Council Meeting minutes as presented.
B. Authorize the Monday, July 15, 2024, payment of claims as presented, except bills
specifically pulled which are passed by separate motion. The claims listing has been
provided to City Council as a separate document and is available for public view at City
Hall upon request.
C. Accept Account Receivable Report.
D. 2nd Quarter Budget to Actual Report.
E. 10% Annual Gambling Contribution Report.
F. Authorize purchase and installation office furniture from Business Essentials for the
Wastewater Treatment Facility not to exceed $15,000.
G. Authorize purchase and installation of a water heater from Weidner’s for the Albertville
City Hall not to exceed $11,795.
H. Authorize purchase of five replacement wireless access points plus mounting brackets, 4
for the City Hall and 1 for STMA Ice Arena old rink, and installation assistance from
Marco not to exceed a total of $5,300.
I. Approve a Special Event Permit and Temporary Liquor License for the Albertville
Lions for their Annual Cruisin’ & Rockin’ Car Show on September 7, 2024, from 2 pm
to 9 pm.
J. Approve a Special Event Permit for Family Youth Community Connections (FYCC) for
their 10th Annual Open Streets event on September 14, 2024, from 10:30 am to 1 pm.
K. Approve a Temporary Liquor License for the Church of St. Albert Annual Parish
Festival on September 14 and 15, 2024, to be located at St. Albert Parish Center.
L. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-19 approving a services agreement with Allina Health
Emergency Medical Systems for training and medical direction services through July 1,
2026.
M. Approve Payment Application No. 15 to Gridor Construction in the amount of $325,406
for Wastewater System Improvements.
City Administrator Nafstad requested to move item 6L under the Finance section for further
discussion with the City Attorney.
MOTION made by Councilmember Cocking, seconded by Councilmember Zagorski to approve
the July 15, 2024, consent agenda as amended. Ayes: Cocking, Hayden, Hendrickson, Olson and
Zagorski. Nays: None. The motion carried.
7. Public Hearing – None
8. Wright County Sheriff’s Office – Updates, reports, etc.
Wright County Sheriff Deputy Cassidy reviewed the incidents that occurred in the City of
Albertville within the past few weeks. He answered questions from Council regarding recent
activities within the City.
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Regular Meeting of July 15, 2024
9. Department Business
A. City Council
1. Committee Updates (STMA Ice Arena, Planning, JPWB, Parks, Fire Board,
FYCC, etc.)
Councilmember Zagorski provided an update from the Planning Commission meeting which
included information on the public hearing on a new daycare development, KinderCare. He reported
that the Commission discussed the private road maintenance agreement and reported the developer
was working with the current property owners on the agreement.
City Administrator Nafstad provided background information on the private road that the new
development would be accessed to and explained the road agreements already in place with the
business currently on the private road.
Councilmember Olson provided an update from the FYCC meeting which included a discussion on
the FYCC budget and the resignation of Paula Adamski.
City Administrator Nafstad provided information on the number of applications received and the
process to be used to hire Paula’s replacement.
B. Building – None
C. City Clerk – None
D. Finance – None
E. Fire
1. Albertville Fire Department – June 2024 Incident Data
Fire Chief Bullen reported he had provided the June 2024 Incident Data report for Council review.
2. Approve Services Agreement with Allina Health Emergency Medical Services
Fire Chief Bullen reported the City Attorney requested to remove this item from the Consent agenda
to add a sentence to the agreement under the indemnification clause.
City Attorney Couri said the service agreement has a mutual indemnification cause and explained
what the indemnification clause meant. He reported that under Minnesota Statute, the City as a tort
liability maximum of 500,000 per person 1.5 million or incident or per occurrence and the
agreement does not include a limit in the clause so he recommended adding language to incorporate
a limit amount to the agreement.
Fire Chief Bullen reported that the current Resolution stated the agreement was subject to review by
the City Attorney therefore the Resolution would not need to be amended but the agreement would.
There was Council discussion regarding the service agreement and the recommendation from the
City Attorney. The Council directed City staff to amend the Allina Health Emergency Medical
Systems agreement as advised.
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Regular Meeting of July 15, 2024
MOTION made by Councilmember Cocking, seconded by Councilmember Zagorski to adopt
Resolution No. 2024-19 approving a services agreement with Allina Health Emergency Medical
Systems for training and medical direction services through July 1, 2026 as amended. Ayes:
Cocking, Hayden, Hendrickson, Olson and Zagorski. Nays: None. The motion carried.
F.Planning and Zoning – None
G.Public Works/Engineering – None
H.Legal – None
I.Administration
1.Follow up Budget Discussion
City Administrator Nafstad reported at this time there was no further discussion needed on the
budget and added City staff would bring back additional information to the next budget workshop
scheduled for August 5.
City Administrator Nafstad answered questions from Council regarding damages to City property
during the recent storms. He reported there had been some downed trees and power outages during
the storm and noted Public Works staff set up generators at the lift stations and completed general
cleanup of leaves and twigs within the City.
10.Announcements and/or Upcoming Meetings
July 22 Joint Power Water Board, 6 pm
Parks Committee, 7 pm
August 5 Council Budget Workshop, 6:15 pm
August 5 City Council, 7 pm
August 12 STMA Arena Board, 6 pm
August 13 Primary Election
August 14 Planning Commission, 7 pm
11.Adjournment
MOTION made by Councilmember Cocking, second by Councilmember Hayden to adjourn the
meeting at 7:45 pm. Ayes: Cocking, Hayden, Hendrickson, Olson and Zagorski. Nays: None. The
motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
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Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk