CITY OF
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL, 710 HWY 35 SOUTH
Mayor Brad Foss called to
order a regular meeting of the City of
Darrell Anderson moved to
approve the Minutes of the
REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICALS
Ed Emerson: the City and Town
Joint Planning Committee has met regarding annexation requests and hopes to
have rules for annexation ready by end of October.
General Fund $14,969.59, Library
$2,503.85, Park & Rec $382.00, Water $1,122.64, Sewer $1,743.80
Jon Cermin moved to approve
claims, second by Darrell Anderson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Consider Update to Well #3, and Consider Phased Approach for Additional Water Well and Water System Improvements, Including Televising and Surging of Well #8
Nick
Schultz of Mineral Plus: well #3 was surged last week, once sand was pumped
out, surge pump was pulled and old pump reinstalled, went from 50 gal/minute to
100 gal/minute without sand, a new pump and valves are needed, we recommend
that an 85 gal pump be installed, a larger pump could stress system.
Mike
Bryant: pumping of well #3 didn’t influence other wells, bacterial test came back
clean, a second test is being conducted.
DNR recommend pulling a well every 7 years.
Darrell
Anderson moved to authorize expenditure of $8,218 to upgrade well #3, second by
Jon Cermin, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Ed
Emerson: next step is to address surging of well #8 while equipment is in town
and then to pull well #9 to perform maintenance on pump, including televising,
for a cost of about $13,000.
Jon
Cermin moved to proceed with rehabilitation of wells #8 and 9 for a cost not to
exceed $13,000, second by Arnie Carlson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Gilbert
Gabanski, Hydrologist with GTG Consultants: maintenance of wells is Phase 1,
next phase is to review all data for pumping of existing and old wells, study
and evaluation of what is known and interpret that information to see how it
fits with where water is needed. Some of the old wells may be able to be made
usable utilizing today’s technologies. If we can update existing wells, it will gives
us time to locate, plan, and fund a new well.
Charlie
Jones: updating of wells and having existing raw data analyzed is a great idea.
Arnie
Carlson moved to accept proposal of GTG Consultants to conduct study and
analyze data for a cost not to exceed $6,000, second by Darrell Anderson, roll
call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Andy
Kirchoff, and Joe Covelli of Life Link III: we are an EMT service, we are
working towards updating to ALS/Paramedic service, we need support of
communities we serve to proceed with update.
The better the pre-hospital treatment is the better the quality of life
for the people who utilize our service.
Financially our goal is to maintain current level of subsidy charged to
municipalities, charges to insurance companies and Medicare would increase. No
other surrounding community is ALS certified.
ALS requires additional training.
Jon
Cermin moved to support proposal of Life Link III, second by Lori Erickson,
voice vote, motion passed.
Consider Funding Request of $1,500
for Presentation before State Historical Society:
The
Auditorium/Festival Theatre will be considered for placement on the Register of
Historic Buildings. Warren White
requests that the City cover the his cost to appear before the State Review
Board in
Jon
Cermin moved to authorize funds for covering costs of travel and presentation
for a cost not to exceed $1300 from City Projects Fund, second by Lori
Erickson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Consider Louisiana St Funding
Options, and
Chris
Strom: City has received a MISP Grant of $459,138 and Xcel has agreed to pay
$530,000 towards the
Wendy
Sander: need to talk to auditor and financer to see if TIF can handle cost of
project.
Charlie
Jones: also will need to consult attorney to determine if any of project is TIF
eligible.
Darrell
Anderson: could bring sidewalk up to school and then connect it to school
walkway so that area along athletic field could be used for parking. Pine St residents have been flooded
repeatedly, they would like to see curb and gutter extended down
Consider
Agreement with
Xcel
Energy has agreed to share in costs of Louisiana St project with inclusion of
under ground conduit for power line, they have signed the agreement. Agreement doesn’t include River Enhancement
funds that become available when power line project starts.
Jon
Cermin moved to approve the Agreement with Xcel Energy for sharing Louisiana St
costs, second by Lori Erickson, voice vote, motion passed.
Consider
Bid for WWTP Improvement Options Study
Only Mid-State Associates submitted a proposal to take a fresh look at the existing treatment facility for possibility of updating and reusing of existing facility and what population it could support. They are sure they can increase capacity, won’t know how much until they look into it. They will come back with a proposal in 60 days.
Arnie Carlson moved to accept the bid and of Mid-State Associates, second by Lori Erickson, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Consider
Establishing a 25 MPH Limit on
Acting
Police Chief Jack Rydeen has recommended a 25 mph speed limit for
Lori
Erickson moved to establish a 25 mph speed limit for
Consider
Beer & Wine License for Dam Bistro
Jon
Cermin moved to approve a Class B Beer and Class C Wine License for the Dam
Bistro, second by Lori Erickson, voice vote, motion passed.
Consider Operators Permits
Lori
Erickson moved to approve Operators Permits, second by Arnie Carlson, voice
vote, motion passed.
Jon
Cermin moved to take a break, second by Arnie Carlson, voice vote, motion
passed.
Jon
Cermin moved to reconvene, second by Lori Erickson, voice vote, motion passed.
Consider Request to Forgive Water Bill Charges
Don
Teeselink of Duchman Custom Builders LLC is the builder/owner of a house at
Arnie
Carlson moved to forgive the sewer charge of $897.60 for 454 Woodale Ave,
second by Darrell Anderson, voice vote, motion passed.
Consider an Ordinance Establishing Impact Fees
Charlie
Jones: if unsure of what water and sewer improvements will be can lower or
postpone that assessment until you do know, just leave those assessments off
for now and add later. A new water tower
may not be needed for 10 years, can leave in study but not impose fee at this
time, then can bring back in a couple years and decide if and when will be
needed. 1/6 of the anticipated costs are
proposed for the Library fee.
Attorney
Brian Nodolf suggested corrections of typos in proposed Impact Fee Ordinance
and changing language for Public Facility to Public Library, and added language
for Park Fee subject to State Statutes and inclusion of language for hardship
cases.
With
water improvements fee lowered to $220 per REU, sewer improvements fee lowered
to $1,110 to be applied to all new construction, with park fee of $780 and
library fee of $640 to be applied to new residential construction, the total
Impact Fee for per Residential REU is $2,750 and the total Impact Fee per
Commercial and Industrial REU is $1,330.
Park and Library Impact Fees can not be assessed against Commercial and
Industrial construction.
Lori
Erickson moved to adopt Ordinance #05-06 for Impact Fees of $2,750 per
Residential REU with addition of hardship language and corrections subject to
verification of impact of existing sewer hookup fee and library calculation,
second by Jon Cermin, roll call vote, 4 ayes, motion passed.
Consider First Draft of Year 2007 Budget
The Council
reviewed the first draft of the 2007 Budget, new construction this year
computes to an allowable levy increase of 9.81%. It will not be necessary to use reserve funds
to meet levy cap this budget. The
Council directed Administrator Emerson to speak with WalMart about paying a fee
for Police Services like that to be paid by Menards.
Consider a Resolution on the Publication, Filing,
Inspection and Adoption of a Code of General Ordinances for the City of
Resolution
is recommended by Attorney Jerry Edger to set date of Public Hearing and
consideration of adoption of re-codification of Code of General Ordinances for
the City.
Lori
Erickson moved to adopt Resolution #06-34, for the Publication, Filing,
Inspection and Adoption of a Code of General Ordinances for the City of St
Croix Falls, second by Jon Cermin, voice vote, motion passed.
Consider Acceptance of Option to
Language
in purchase option regarding testing and surveying building with representative
of Holiday Corp has been worked out and agreed too. Building is being sold “as is”, any problem
discovered after sale would be responsibility of purchaser, if problem found
during inspection we have option of not purchasing building or accepting cost
of correcting problem. There is a
restrictive covenant on the property, it can not be used for a gas station or
car wash.
Ed
Emerson: there are tiles under the parking lot that collect water and direct it
to the Fish Hatchery, and while legal description of property includes Lots 13
and 14, the map of the property for sale does not, as we would want these lots
also, map may need to be corrected.
Jon
Cermin moved to accept the purchase option for the
Brad Foss, Mayor Bonita Leggitt, City Clerk