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Home My WebLink About03-07-77 Hastings, Minnesota March 7, 1977 The City Council of the city of Hastings, Minnesota met in a regular meeting on Monday, March 7, 1977 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. 36 Members present: Councilmen Erickson, Karnick, Novak, Latch, Trautmann, Shannon, Fischer, and Mayor Petersen. r Members absent: Councilman Collins. The Mayor asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the meeting of February 22, 1977 and hearing none declared the minutes approved as read. Moved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Karnick to pass the third and final reading of the Ordinance regarding the Natural Resources Commission. Ayes, 5; Nayes, Shannon, Fischer. Motion carried. Moved by Councilman Karnick, seconded by Councilman Erickson to pass the third and final reading of the Ordinance regarding the Planning Commission. Ayes, 5; Nayes, Shannon, Fischer. Motion carried. Moved by Councilman Latch, seconded by Councilman Erickson to appoint the following individuals to the Planning Commission: Gilbert Gergen, 420 E. 6th St.; Milton Terrell, 517 Ramsey St.; Otto Murry, 615 W. 8th St.; Arthur Groth, 2600 Westview Drive,; and Gary Kramer, 1338 W. 15th St. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. -- Moved by Councilman Latch, seconded by Shannon to table considerations for appointments Resources Commission to the March 21st meeting. Nayes, none. Councilman to the Natural Ayes, 7; Moved by Councilman Shannon, seconded by Councilman Fischer to approve the Mayor's appointment of Thomas Simmons, Westview Drive, to the Hastings Housing & Redevelopment Authority. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Latch to appoint Audrey Kuhn, 418 W. 12th St.; and George Irvin, 1913 Pine St. to the Hastings Charter Commission. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Erickson to reappoint Joseph Kugler, Anthony Willeke, and Marjorie Voelker to the Hastings Library Board.for three year terms. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Representatives from the State Highway Department of Minnesota gave a presentation to the City Council regarding the upgrading of Highway #61 which runs the entire north and south length of the City. As a result of the discussion the Council agreed to hold, on March 22nd, an informal meeting with the business men along Hwy #61 to discuss the proposed upgrading of that street. This meeting is to be held at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers. The Mayor requested the Press to run an appropriate article to assist in getting the word out about the meeting. The Mayor presented placques of appreciation for service to the City to the following individuals: Anthony Kramer, Donald Hallberg, Erwin Schnirring, Henry Sfark, Marcella Linde, Richard Walker, Theodore Shannon, Douglas Differt, Warner Wellman. ORDINANCE #53 Sec.Ser. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ORDINANCE #54 Sec.Ser. PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS APPOINTED TO PLANNING COMMISSION TABLE APPOINTMENTS TO NAT. RESOURCES COMM. TO 3-21-77 MEMBER APPOINTED TO HRA MEMBERS APPOINTED TO CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBERS APPOINTED TO HASTINGS LIBRARY BOARD MEETING SET TO DISCUSS HWY # 61 UPGRADING 3-22-77 RECOGNITION PLACQUES AWARDED 37 CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING & REZONING DAKOTA COUNTY GOV''!'..' CENTER PROPERTY AMEND SEC... 10.17 (C-3) & SEC. 10.21 PI- ZONING ORD. & CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT DAVE SULLA UPDATE ON' PARK USE ORDINANCE UPDATE ON MET. COUNCIL SYSTEM STATEMENT Moved by Councilman Fdscher, seconded by Councilman Shannon to call for a Public Hearing on March 21, 1977 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers regarding the amendment to the Zoning Ordinance concerning County property being rezoned from Agriculture to Public Institution. Be it further moved that Section 10.01, Subd. I, Official Zoning Map be amended so the Dakota County Government Center property on T.H. #55 is reBoned from Agriculture to Public Institution. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Latch, seconded by Councilman Erickson to pass the second reading of the amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, amending Section 10.17 Community-Regional Commerce and Section 10.21 PI - Public Institution and to call for a Public Hearing on Monday, Ma!~h 21, 1977 at 7:35 P.M. to consider said amendments. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. n \ . '--- j Moved by Councilman Trautmann, seconded by Councilman Novak to approve a Home Occupation permit for Dave Sulla, 1208 E. 3rd Street to repair small appliances. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. The City Planner gave an update on the ordinance in regard to Park uses. The City Planner gave an update in regard to the Met- ropolitan Council System Statement and requested that if there were any questions or inquiries that members of the Council had, to please contact him. RESOLUTION #83-77 Moved by Councilman Trautmann, seconded by Councilman APPROVE TAX INCREMENT Shannon to approve the Resolution supporting current Tax Incre- LEGISLATION ment Legislation. Ayes, 5; Abstained, Novak and Karnick. ORDINANCE # DUTCH ELM DISEASE CONTROL DISCUSS DISEASED ELM TREES AGENDA 3-21-77 RESOLUTION #84-77 HASTINGS STATE HOSP. CONTINUANCE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Moved by Councilman Trautmann, seconded by Councilman Karnick to pass the second reading of the ordinance on Dutch Elm Disease Control. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. The Council, after a brief discussion on the resolution in regard to diseased trees decided not to take any action now but that the item be forwarded to the agenda of the March 21st meeting. o MOved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Fischer to approve the Resolution in support of cont1nuad use of the Hastings State Hospital. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Erickson, seconded by Councilman Karnick to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda: Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. a) authorize payment of $25.00 monthly to Daryl Plath as Civil Defense Director. b) authorize advertisement of bids for 12,000 yds of gravel for the Street Dept. Open bids on 3-31-77 @ 10:00 A.M. and consider for award on 4-4-77 @ 7:30 P.M. c) accept the resignation of Douglas Differt from the Charter Commission. d) approve the appointment of Mary Richmond, 415 w. 18th St. as a part-time secretary for the Fire Dept., at a salary of $3.00 per hour. e) Dorothy Johns.on, part-time secretary for the Police Dept. finished the probation period, authorize a salary increase from $2.95 to $3.25 per hour. f) authorize payment of all bills as presented. g) accept resignation of James Peterson from the Planning Commission. D 38 Councilman Erickson introduced the following resolution RESOLUTION #85-77 and moved its adoption: AWARD BID FOR TRUCK STREET DEPT. BID FOR PICKUP TRUCK WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement for bids for furnishing the City with one (1) 1~ Ton Pickup Truck for the Street Department, the following bid was received complying with the advertisement: BIDDER BID PRICE [I O'Brien Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc. $5,129.52 WHEREAS, one bid (1) was received from Joe O'Brien Chevrolet- Cadillac, Inc. and no other Bidders appeared, or submitted bids; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota: The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Joe O'Brien Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc. for the purchase of one (1) 1~ Ton Pickup Truck for the Street Department, according to th ecifications therefore approved by the City Council and on file in the of ce f the City Clerk. A opted by the City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota a of March, 1977. f J-.J 7~h ity C1erk/Tr~surer Mayor , Councilman Shannon seconded the motion to adopt said resolution ~ and the same was passed by the following vote: Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Latch, seconded by Councilman Trautmann to authorize the City Water and Sewer Departmeatto bill tb the individual homeowners, who have freezeups in the winter time, the actual water and sewer used in the freezeup period. After the City assists in thawing the frozen water line, water must continue to run through the pipe for an ex- tended period of time to prevent further freezing. The charge will be based on the rate of the actual water used after the freezeup occurs. The higher sewer rate that is caused by the freezeup will not be used to calculate the sewer rate for the remainder of the year. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. The City Attorney again reviewed his proposal on a procedure for ordinance review. He gave the Council an update in regard to the matter. Moved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Trautmann to authorize the City Attorney to enter into the necessary negotiations to change the descriptions on the documents to correct the "Dike description" in regard to the property the City owns along the Vermillion River, a portion of which abuts to the County property and the Franzmeier property. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Fischer, seconded by Councilman Shannon to authorize the City Staff to send out a letter to all individuals in the benefited area of the proposed Vermillion River Flood Control Project. Be it further moved that the assess- ment information be sent out in geneaa1 terms which fairly well reflects the figures which are before the Council tonight on the general assessment breakout. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. AUTHORIZE CHARGE FOR WATER USAGE-POST FREEZEUP PERIOD ORDINANCE REVIEW UPDATE CORRECT DESCRIPTION OF "DIKE" NOTIFY OWNERS OF BENEFITED AREAS IN FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT Moved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON Latch to authorize the advertisement for bids for the City Hall CITY HALL REMODELING improvements to the extent of the project presented to the Council. Bids to be opened on April 14, 1977 at 10 a.m. and to be considered for award by the Council on April 18, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. 39 S.W. WATERMAIN PROJ. BID AWARD TO 3-21-77 Moved by Councilman Latch, seconded by Councilman Shannon to have the Council accept the receipt of all bids that were presented to the City in regard to the S.W. Water- main Interconnection Project. The Council will withhold the award of bids, retain the bids and bid bonds of the lowest three bidders and will consider the matter further at the meeting of March 21, 1977. Ayes, 7; Na"s, none. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON OLD MILL PARK PLAN Moved by Councilman Erickson, seconded by Councilman Trautmann to authorize the advertisement of bids for the Old Mill Park Plan which the Council had previously accepted. Bids to be opened on April 12, 1977 at 2 p.m. and forwarded to the City Council for consideration at the meeting of April 18, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. RESOLUTION #86-77 IE: TAXIJG HOME IMPROVEMENTS Moved by Councilman Fischer, seconded by Councilman Erickson to adopt the resolution in support of the concept of Senate File 103, proposed by Senator Robert M. Benedict that would put a moratorium on the taxing of home improvements. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. ADJOURN UJ ,t-L ~~~ r!.-;ry ([L R:~K Moved by Councilman Shannon, seconded by Councilman Trautmann to adjourn the meeting at 9:36 P.M. Ayes, 7; Nayes, none. ATTEST: n \. II u / MARCH CLAIM NO. Gov't. Training Service 256 University of Minn. 257 Minn. Dept. of Public Safety 258 Xavier & Marie Kaiser 259 Commissioner of Revenue 260 State of Minnesota 261 r--! Dept. of Natural Resources 262 Wallace H. Erickson 263 I Local 320 264 State Capitol Credit Union 265 N.W. Nat'l. Bank, Hastings 266 Fluegel & Hertogs 267 United Fund 268 Colonial Insurance 269 N.W. Nat'l. Life. Ins. 270 Commissioner of Revenue 271 State Treasurer 272 State Treasurer 273 Chamber of Comm. of U.S. 274 Commissioner of Transportation275 Jeanette Marthaler 276 Medical Economics Co. 277 John Anderson 278 Northern States Power 279 Marjorie Kelley 280 First Nat'l. Bank of Hast. 281 A1binson's 282 Advance Ambulance Equip 283 Air Comm 284 Bahls Motor & Imp. 285 Clutch-U-Joint 286 ~ Coca-Cola Bottling 287 Cory Coffee Service 288 Capitol Electronics 289 Coast to Coast 290 Gordon DeLanoy 291 Dakota Law Enforcement 292 Dakota County Fire Ass'n 293 C.H. Edlund 294 Bob Freiermuth Sanitation 295 Fair Book & Office 296 Graphic Design 297 Kenneth Hanson 298 Hastings Vet. Clinic 299 Hall Equip , Inc. 300 Hilker Industrial 301 Halogen Supply Co. 302 Hastings Lbr. Mart 303 Int'l. Bussiness Machines 304 ITT Continental Baking 305 Judges Electric 306 Kane's 66 Service 307 Clarence Latch 308 League of Minn. Cities 309 Memorial Hospital 310 Midland Products 311 Minn Fire Inc. 312 Mutual Benefit Life 313 N.W. Bank of Hastings 314 Nat'l. Fire Protection 315 O,Connor-Kranz 316 Joe O'Brien Chev-Cad 317 Elmer Pederson 318 Paper,Ca1menson Co. 319 Regency Chemical Corp. 320 Schwan's Sales 321 So. St. Paul Trailer 322 Screen Shop 323 7, 40 CLAIMS 1977 DISPOSITION Registration Registration Registration Land Purchase Sales Tax Audit Application fee Expenses Dues Payroll deduction Federal Withholding Fees & Salary Feb. deduction Premium Payroll deduction State Withholding Social Security PERA Registration Deposit Reimbursement Supplies Return BOI1l~ Gcc. fee monthly billing mileage DEposit to cover checks Supplies " " AMOUNT 60.00 144.00 8.00 10,000.00 108.34 9.803.49 15.00 71.05 235.00 70.00 6,926.30 2,056.25 10.00 170.50 85.51 5,513.30 1,975.26 12,908.21 90.00 100.00 3.46 4.25 10.00 9,868.74 13.05 7,000.00 14.44 12.19 394.90 6.50 265.20 26.00 78.65 16.50 54.25 1,738.77 10.00 10.00 20.02 964.00 12.50 18.00 200.00 118.00 1.55 129.35 374.36 118.20 18.54 17.49 61.50 4.00 24.91 1,050.00 67.70 92.05 19.29 629.25 10.20 8.75 51. 28 116.95 385.00 105.34 90.83 26.40 199.00 70.00 Services Parts & Labor Services Supplies Supplies Parts & Labor Supplies Supplies Dues Dues Services Services Supplies Supplies Library Labor Services Supplies Parts & Labor Supplies Supplies Supplies Supplies Parts & Labor Gas Expenses Subscriber Service Services Supplies Supplies Premium Supplies Supplies Supplies Parts & Labor Rent Supplies Supplies Supplies Supplies Wupplies 41 CLAIM NO. DISPOSITION AMOUNT Sellner Signs 324 Services 60.00 Swanson Plbg. & Htg. 325 Service 10.50 Transport Clearings 326 Services 10.00 Texgas Corp. 327 Supplies 511. 64 Urban Design 328 Subscription 11.00 Walters Climate Inc. 329 Supplies 64.61 Frank & Evelyn Wall 330 Witness fee 52.88 Werth Foods 331 Supplies 32.85 Zoning Bulletin 332 Subscription 25.00 Lorraine Brown 333 Rent 350.00 r~ Roger Tonsager 334 Mileage 158.00 Thomas Simmons 335 Expenses 9.00 Clerk of County Crt. Div.2 336 Filing fee 25.00 Barbara Thompson 337 mileagejexpenses 28.25 '----' Joe O'Brien Chev-Cad. 338 Fire Chief Car 4,819.00 Peter McCann 339 Ci ty Hall Labor 26.48 Elizabeth Tingquist 340 Clerk/Clerical 198.70 Janice Jesme 341 Planner Clerical 154.9Q Alfred Altendorfer 342 Police Overtime 24.73 Paul Foyte 343 " " 48.16 Lloyd Gath 344 " " 63.71 Tomas Griebling 345 " " 13.02 Ronald Hi llmer 346 " " 37.93 Gerald Nistler 347 " " 22.63 Richard Tate 348 " " 59.30 Einer Theodorson 349 " " 44.76 Nick Wasylik 350 " " 34.14 Dorothy Johnson 351 Police C1ericliT 83.10 Charlotte Stoudt 352 Police Clerical 143.73 Kelly Plath 353 Police Janitor 76.35 James Putz 354 Police Overtime 48.56 Albert Herrmann 355 Water overtime 88.56 Donald Lange 356 " " 55.70 Terri Crockett 357 Arena Labor 102.60 Penny Fasbender 358 " " 9.20 0 Chris Horsch 359 " " 5.60 Mitch Horsch 360 " " 135.05 Jim Klimek 361 " " 23.60 Mike Klimek 362 " " 4.80 Paulette Lucking 363 " "l ~ 27.60 Greg McGree 364 " " 87.00 Mary McMah~n 365 " " 22.50 Sandy Murray 366 " " 34.00 Dan Rickert 367 " " 28.40 Lori Rickert 368 " " 20.00 Bev Schmitz 369 " " 92.10 Bruce Steingart 370 " " 13.60 Jane Wesolowski 371 " " 5.60 Emmett Plan 372 " " 107.64 Arthur Baumeister Jr. 373 Contract 825.00 Leonard Olson 374 Mil eage 21.30 State of Minn. 375 Set of Statutes 175.00 University of Minn. 376 Registration 90.00 Hastings Star 377 Advertising 118.34 Frank Truax 378 registration 6.00 Enunett Plan 379 mileage 17.40 Bernard Swanson 380 Services 133.25 D