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1988-12-06 CC SpecialSPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 6, 1988 A Especial meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Loretta Roden. Members present included Gary Schwenzfeier, Donatus Vetsch, -arid Bob Braun. Others present included Maureen Andrews, Ken Lindsay and David Vetsch. The purose of the meeting was to discuss the problem of someone tampering with the snow plow and the basic relationship between the Maintenance and Eire Departments. The Council was informed that it had come to Ken Lindsay `s attention that someone had been tampering with the snow plow lately; the first instance was that the chains on the sanding equipment had been readjusted which could have resulted in the misapplication of salt on the streets. The :second instance occurred when someone pulled the coil wire off the truck which resulted in the battery being worn down when Ken and Mike tried to ^.art the vehicle on Tuesday morning. There is no indication who might have been involved with either of these events, but it is the Council"s opinions that in any case these activities are not appropriate behavior for adults, and cannot be viewed as bein@; funny. There was some discussion regarding whether or not the City shoi_ild offer an award to see if anyone would come forward regarding the tampering of vehicles. The Council stated that if someone is found to be tampering with vehicles or vandalizing an other equipment that it woul� call for immediate dismissal from the ire Department. There was some discussion regarding the lack of space in the b+.tilding and what could be done to elevate some of the problem. The issue of the installation of the new wall was brought up. It was pointed out that it was installed3 feet bigger than originally agreed upon by David Vetsch and Ken Lindsay. David pointed out that it was his understanding that Ken had approved the. change in size, but pointed out that he was riot here when the three firemen (KE:vi.n Lidberg, Bob Wacker and Paul Heinen) installed the wall. Ken stated that he had been out snowpplowing and had stopped in while the group was working on the wall but that tie had not agreed to installation of the bigger area. He stated that it had been agreed that he would be back to help and that by the time he got back the work was completed and the wall was installed. Donatus suggested that maybe the Council should call in the three firemen to get their Fide of the story so that the problem can be resolved (,-,nce and for all. After some additional discussion, David said that the department would come back in and move the wall back to where it was originally agreed upon. i-. 06/88 MINUTES PA63E 2 There was also some discussion about the fact that what ever is done to resolve the storage problem now that it will only be a temporary solution because the City is quickly growing out of it space and that something will have to be done to resolve the problem once and for all. It was su gested that instead of moving the wall flack the three feet that the snow plow be moved out to the Wastewater Treatment Facility for the winter and that the pontoon be moved into storage for the winter months. feasJyTTrr►ere was sofie discussion about , whether o at it w�jit even be e- t�_ move tie equipment around. hen was asker5 i the building had a floor drain installed so that the snow melt would not sit on the floor. Ken said that there was a drain floor but that it drained directly into the ponds and that the salt run off would not have time to dissolve before going into the system. Ken stated that he did not think it was fair that his department was being inconvenienced because of something that the fire department did. Donatus stated that he felt that the Council should be deciding how this problem should be resolved and if that meant expandi.nq the park shelter storage that Ken would have to work along with the Council because at this time the City does not have the money available to undertake major building projects. Getting back to the tampering of vehicles there was some additional discussion regarding whether or not a letter should be sent to each of the firemen regarding tie incident, but in the end it was agreed that it would be better if David mentioned the matter at the next meetinand stress to g each of the members that this type of activity would not e tolerated by C i t y . David asked the Council what could be done about members that are not willing to pull their weight in the department. It was pointed out that the Firemen s By laws lay out disciplinary action reregarding firemen pperformar►ce and attendance. It was suggested that it might be advantages to set up a committee made up of representatives of the department and the Council to review the matter and take the necessary action so that the burden is not solely the fire chiefs responsibility. There was no other discussion, so it was areed that the fire department would move the wall and that David would talk to the department regarding the matter. This issue will be brought up again at a regular meeting of the Council for further discussion Since there was no other business a motion was made to adjourn the meeting. The motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Gary Schwenzfeier. All were in favor and the motion carried.