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Home My WebLink About01-20-75 Hastings, Minnesota January 20, 1975 1670 The City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota met in a regular meeting on Monday, January 20, 1975 at 8:00 o'clock P.M. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall. ~~mbers present: Councilmen Kramer, Erickson, Novak, Latch, Schnirring, Elliott, Hallberg, Fischer and Mayor Petersen. Members absent: None. The Minutes of the Meeting of January 13, 1975 were approved as read. The .f\linutes of the Meeting of January 13, 1975 concerning the New Council were approved with the following Amendment: Councilman Schnirring seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution recognizing the retiring Councilmen. fvloved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Hallberg, to table the Engineer's report concerning the Ver- million River Bridge until the meeting of February 3, 1975, so that further study regarding the finances involved in this project and whether or not the timing is proper now to put the Bridge in this year. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. ~ Councilman Novak moved, Councilman Erickson seconded, to approve the informal quotation from K-R Communication System of $3,428.00 for the purchase of the Communication System of Pagers and Consoles for the Fire Dept. It is understood that if the price is increased since they submitted these informal quota- tions the Administrator would bring the matter back before the Council for re-consideration. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. .f\nyor Petersen appointed Councilwoman Mary Fischer to be the representative from the Council to the Association of Metro .f\~nicipalities. The Report from the Bi-Cenntenial Committee was accepted and put on file. The Administrator gave a report concerning the Federal Employment Law which has recently gone into effect under the emergency job program. He expressed his concerns as to the various unknowns which exist, at this time, concerning the law. The Administrator suggested that further investigation needed to be done, this was an information item now so that the Council would be familiar with it in case the Council would be asked questions with regard to the program. Councilman Novak moved, Councilman Elliott seconded, to retain the seating arrangement of the Council in the Mayor's hands and allow the decision to be made by the Mayor. Ayes, Councilmen Erickson, Elliott, Latch and Novak; Nayes, Councilmen Fischer, Schnirring, Kramer and Hallberg. Being a tie vote, the tvByor voted in favor of the motion. Motion passed. Councilman Hallberg moved, Councilman Fischer seconded, to approve the salary increase of l5~ an hour for the Janitorial positions that exist in the City Hall and the Police Dept. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. TIle City Administrator gave to the Council two reports from the Ice Arena and informed the Council that tlle Staff would continue to monitor the contents of these two reports. The one that was done by the City Staff would be forwarded to the Architect for his comments. Additional information would be forthcoming to the Council. VEIDlILLION RIVER BRIDGE APPROVE PURCHASE K-R COMMUNICATION SYSTE.f\I-FlRE DEPT MARY FI SCHER TO REPRESENT COUNCIL ON AMtvI BI-CENTENNIAL REPORT ACCEPTED REPORT ON CETA SEATING OF COUNCIL MAYOR 'S PEROGATIVE SALARY INCREASE CUSTODIAL POSITIONS REPORTS ON ICE ARENA 1671 SCHOOL & CONFERENCE Councilman Schnirring moved, Councilman Hallberg ATTENDANCE PER seconded, to authorize the City Administrator to send City ADMINISTRATOR employees to the various schools and conferences at his dis- APPROVAL cretion, as long as there were budgetary funds allocated for it. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. APPROVE RETIREMENT VOLUNTEERS-FIRE DEPT. MOved by Councilman Novak, seconded by Councilman Latch to approve the retirement of John Hankes and Joseph Kane from the Volunteer Fire Dept. of the City of Hastings. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. APPROVE RETI~~ ~bved by Councilman Schnirring, seconded by Council- DOC LATCH-FIRE man Elliott to approve the retirement of Clarence (Doc) Latch RELIEF ASSOC. from the Fire Relief Assoc. of the Fire Dept. of the City of Hastings. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. MATSCH & LATUFF TO WORKSHOP Under the motion of the City Administrator being authorized to send employees to schools and conferences, the Administrator is authorizing the attendance of Phila ~ntsch and Diane Latuff to the Professional Women's Workshop on February 4, 1975 MR. ELLIOTT TO The only Councilman to attend the League Conference LEAGUE CONFERENCE for newly elected Councilmen this year will be ~~. Bill Elliott. STA1US OF AIRPORT STIJDY FUNDS RIDE ALONG PROGRAM-POLICE DEPT. REVIEW LICENSE ORDINANCE APPROVE ASSESS- MENT POLICIES- STREET CONST. APPROVE SIDEWALK CONST. POLICY SANITARY SEWER WATER MAINS The City Administrator reported that Mr. McGoon had called earlier in the day to report that all of the money had been collected and delivery of the funds would be made later in the week. A meeting has been established for 11:45 A.M. Friday, January 24, 1975 for the City to receive a check from ~IT. McGoon to help defray the costs of the local share involved with the Airport Study. The City Attorney gave a brief report concerning the Ride Along Program for the POlice Dept. He requested additional time to investigate the various insurance aspects of the Program and that any action be deferred to the Fecruary 3rd Council Meeting. The City Attorney reported on the new Federal laws concerning license review of applicants that the City is involved with and suggested that a complete review of the Ordinance con- cerning licenses be updated and re~viewed by the Admlnistration~ The Council so instructed the Attorney's Office to procede. Councilman Schnirring moved, Councilman Fischer seconded, to approve the Assessment policies for street con- struction;:as set forth in the November 13, 1974 memo to the Council from Larry Winter. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. - t:: ...-. "'" C t-..: Councilman Kramer moved, Councilman Hallberg seconded to approve the sidewalk construction assessment policy as put forth in the November 13, 1974 memo to the Council from Larry Winter. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Councilman Kramer moved, Councilman Schnirring seconded, to reduce the percentage figure which is in Sub-Paragraph I, Sanitary Sewer Assessment Policy recorrnnendations of the Nov. 13, 1974 memo from Larry Winter, to reflect a 5% and not 10% as recorrnnended in the memo. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Councilman Schnirring moved, Councilman Kramer seconded to approve the Sanitary Sewer assessment proposals in the Nov. 13, 1974 memo from Larry Winter as amended, and that Item #3 is only an information item. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Councilman Fischer moved, Councilman Kramer seconded, to amend Sub-Paragraph #1 under the Water Main Assessment proposals of the Nov. 13, 1974 memo from Larry Winter to reflect a 5% as opposed to the 15% to 20% range as recorrnnended in the proposal. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Councilman Elliott moved, Councilman Hallberg seconded to adopt the Water Main assessment proposals of the Nov. 13, 1974 memo from Larry Winter as reflected in Paragraph #1 and #2 as amended. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Councilman Kramer moved, Councilman Schnirring seconded, to adopt the Storm Sewer Assessment proposals as pre- sented in the memo dated Nov. 13, 1974 from Larry Winter. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Moved by Councilman Hallberg, seconded by Councilman Novak to pass the third and final reading of the Ordinance "RENAMING CERTAIN STREETS IN TI-IE CITY OF HASTINGS". Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. Copy of said Ordinance is on file in the office of the Administrator. Moved by Councilman Kramer, seconded by Councilman Schnirring, to reduce the 1974 sanitary sewer assessment against Lot 1, Block 2, Bauer's 2nd Addition, owned by Donald Anderson, to conform with the newly adopted assessment policy wherein 5% of the lot's side frontage is"benefited" as opposed to the 10 ft. previously assessed. The amount assessed formerly $246.27, is reduced to $160.07 and the City will pay the balance of the assessment. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. The Administrator reported that the Engineering fund, per se, did not have monies in the line item budget for sending Steve Pederson to the Vo-Tech Schbol. It was a premature action to have eliminated those funds, the monies do exist within the engineering budget, the money will have to be taken from another line item and with that understanding, he would approve the sending of Mr. Pederson to the Vo-Tech School. Councilman Novak moved, Councilman Hallberg seconded, to approvE(Th.ebi11s as audited, warrants to be issued for same. Ayes, 8; ~yes, one. , ATTEST: . yo~ci an Latch moved, Councilman Kramer seconded, to adJourn!t 'e eting at 10:31 P.}.!. Ayes, 8; Nayes, none. 1672 ADOPT WATER MAIN PROPOSALS ADOPT STORM SEWER ASS 'Mf PROPOSAL THIRD READING OF ORDINANCE RE'NAMING STREETS RESOLVE OON ANDERSON ASS' MT STEVE PEDERSON TO VO-TErn SCHOOL PAY BILLS ADJOURN - t::: P-' ~ C I\: CLAIMS Travelers Insurance Co. Minn. Clerks & Finance Officers As sac ia t ion Commissioner of Taxation Northwestern Nat'l~Bk of Hastings Sta te Treasurer American Nat'l Bank & Trust Co. Northwestern Natl. Bank of Mpls. " " " " " " " " " " " " First Nat1. Bank of St. Paul American Nat1. Bank & Trust Co. American Linen Supply Earl F. Andersen & Associates Coca-Cola Bottling Midwest, Inc. Color Lab Cory Coffee Service Plan, Inc. Da lco Farm Service Store Inc. Fluegel & Hertogs Graphic Design, Inc. Hastings Gazette Husting & Engstrom, Inc. Johnson Hardware Judge E1ectr ic Metropolitan Waste Control Comm. Midwest Auto Supply Municipal Finance Officers Association of U. S. & Canada O'Connor Kranz Co., Inc. Pioneer Sporting Goods State Treasurer St. Paul Saw & Supply Co., Inc. Thomas P. Simmons United Telephone Co. Viking Industrial Center Wallace & Tiernan Water Products Co. Xerox Corporation Zephyr Cleaners Ziegler Inc. Dakota Electric Association St. Paul Va-Tech. Pe ter McCa nn John Yanz Joseph Chylik Leander Fe lling Harold Knoll Joseph Pavelka Gerald Nistler Nick Wasylik Charlotte Stoudt Russell Plath Howard Biskupski Kenneth Carl George Dummer laVere Fox Alfred Lundberg Calvin Ruedy Arthur Zgoda Pe ter McCa nn Janice Jesme Dianne Latuff Thomas Ginther Albert Herrmann Dona Id Lange Patrick Orman Dona 1d La nge Bona-Dai Beckstrom John Fuchs Sa lly Kluege 1 CLA IMS . JANUARY 20, 1975 NO. 12651 12652 12653 12654 12655 12656 12657 12658 12659 12660 12661 12662 12663 12664 12665 12666 12667 12668 12669 12670 12671 12672 12673 12674 12675 12676 12677 12678 12679 12680 12681 12682 12683 12684 ~2685 12686 12687 12688 12689 12690 12691 12692 12693 12694 12695 12696 12697 12698 12699 12700 12701 12702 12703 12704 12705 12706 12707 12708 12709 12710 12711 12712 12713 12714 12715 12716 12717 12718 12719 12720 DISPOSITION Group Insurance Registration Sa les Tax Federal Withholding P.E.R.A. Bond pa ymen t " " " " " " " " " " " " Supplies Signs Supplies Films Supplies Floor scrubber Supplies Lega 1 Services Office supplies Advertising for Arena Setting va 1ves Supplies Parts & labor Insta 11ment Supplies Membership service fee Parts & labor Supplies Permit fees Supp lie s Mileage Underground work Supplies Contract Copper Renta 1 Plan Cleaning services Supplies December billing Registration City Ha 11 labor Dog Catcher fees Parks overtime Parks overtime " " " " Police overtime " " Police clerical Police janitor Street overtime " " " II " " " " " " " " Street labor Engineering clerical " " Engineering Water overtime " " " " Wastewater overtime Skating Instructor Ice Gus rd Assft. Skating Instructor 1673 AMOUNT 3,071.27 24.00 1,325.18 3,985.10 6.22 10,151.00 465.00 16,767.50 4,027.50 20',273.00 26,391.30 13,558.81 78.79 96.36 65.00 4.29 201.25 2,384.00 65.00 383.00 20.00 66.60 54.00 13.98 200.34 4,595.41 66.49 70.00 192.80 88.89 10.00 23.10 6.00 4,910.08 13.50 245.00 264.43 371.55 1.00 28.61 13.50 20.00 24.34 99.50 14.07 67.65 106.13 74.58 51. 93 105.21 132.60 70.00 126.87 63.72 43.45 114.29 62.00 58.13 68.54 5.41 122.52 104.51 23.60 19.56 36.91 40.75 10.13 197.00 31.38 101.20 1674 CLAIMS NO. DISPOSITION AMOUNT Rick Kochendorfer 12721 Ice Arena maintenance 63 .60 Ma ry McMa hon 12722 " " ticket se ller 71. 69 Kathy Murray 12723 " " " " 7.50 Russ We 1ch 12724 " " Maintenance 259.70 John Wieners 12725 " " " 63.60 John Zgoda 12726 " " " 77 .40 Rand A. Willhite 12727 Youth Action Count 11 480.30 Sharon Brewer 12728 " " " 403.10 Michael Stanich 12729 Expenses 12.00 Wallace Erickson 12730 " 34.36 Hastings Lock Service 12732 Services 8.00 Northwestern Nat1. Bank of Hastings 12731 Investment 100,000.00 Hastings Pa int & Wa llpaper 12733 Supplies 60.80 Ho1zemer's Shoes 12734 Clothing allowance 28.94 Steve Pederson 12735 Mileage 30.00 Bernard Swanson 12736 Labor 71.50