The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My Public Portal About01/03/78 CCMORDER CHECKS--JANUARY 3, 1978 7137 Ogpno Comm. Ed. Service $ 269.30 7138 SChiefee and Carson 1,231.75 7139 McCombs -Knutson 364.50 7140 Crow River News 45.20 7141 northwestern Bell Telephone Co. 99.95 7142 Wright Hennepin Electric 175.32 7143 Fortin Hdw. 121.46 7144 Jet Quick Printing 103.06 7145 Henn. Co. Finance Division 20.00 7146 Concord Press 40.09 7147 Don E. Mayer 60.25 7148 Amoco oil Co. 69.52 7149 Mobil Oil Credit Copr. 391.73 7150 Loretto Auto Repair 206.20 7151 State Treas. Surpthus Prop. 8.19 7152 Physicians Health Plan 741.98 7153 Un. of Minn. 55•00 7154 Charles Hoover 15.38 7155 Continental Sign Co. 21.99 7156 Setina Mfg. Co. 227.18 7157 Metro Animal Patrol 52.50 7158 Persians Office Equip. 129.00 7159 Harris Office Equip. 19.25 7160 Donna Roehl 12.08 7161 N.W. League of Munie. i4.75 7162 Dorweiler Agcy. 51.00 7163 Minnegasco 42.35 71$4 Stevens Well Co. 33.50 7165 Feed Rite Controls 177.93/' 7166 Steve Schmit Plmb. 55.00� 7167 Hach Chemical 129.94' 7168 Water Products Co. 36.84 7169 Lee Nistler Rubbish Ser. 24.00 7170 Metro WasteControl 302.19 7171 Leef Bros. 5.00 7172 Reynolds Welding Supply 26.46 7173 Northern States Power Co. 491.19 7174 Town's Edge Ford 130.67 7175 Chunk's Garage 12.00 7176 Perry's Auto Repair 75.61 7177 Bryan Agg. 102.66 7178 George Moran Trucking 992.78 7179 Firestone Stores 886.o0 7180 General Tractor and Equip. 350..00 7181 Paul °gland 14.00 7182 Earl Anderson 146.00 7183 U. of Minn. 35.00 7184 Metro Waste Control 8,538.75 7185 State Treas. Bldg. Ins. 1,139.16 7186 Robert Hosp 375.00 7187 8ICOMNIPEstern Life Ins. Co. 3.60 7188 State of Minn. Soc. Sec. 146.44 7189 PERM 1.63 7190 PERA 380•79 19,201. 12 PAYROLL CHECKS JANUARY 3, 1978 4758 Thomas Crosby $50.00 4759 Nancy Laurent 50.00 4760 William Reiser 50.00 4761 Arthur Theis 50.00 4762 Wayne Neddermeyer 70.00 4763 Charles Hoover/ 463.42 4764 Jerome LaFond 405.22 4765 Michael Rouillard 383.16 4766 Robert Dressel 323.94 4767 Ronald Duran 348.84 4768 LeRoy Giese 291.17 4769 Paul Ogland 290.37 4770 Donna Roehl 359.50 4771 Jeanne Mabusth 263.69 4772 Sylvia Rudolph 170.00 4773 Verna Hoover 36.00 4774 Robert Anderson 272.72 4775 Ronald Reiser 10.00 4776 Physicians Health Plan 25.06 4777 Western Life Ins. Co. 33.42 4778 Director of Int. Rev. 441.20 4?79 Comm. of Taxation 243.70 4780 State of Minn Soc. Sec. 146.44 4781 PERA 262.20 5040.05 The Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on Tuesday, January 3, 1978 at 7:35 P.M. Members present: Acting Mayor, Arthur Theis; Councilmembers, William Reiser, Thomas Crosby, Nancy Laurent; Clerk, Donna Roehl; Planning and Zoning Adm., Jeanne Mabusth; Attorney, Richard Schieffer Members absent: Mayor, Wayne Neddermeyer Minutes of December 20, 1977 Nancy Laurent requested that Item 2, Page 199 be corrected: "No Parking"after 10:00 P.M." signs at the end of Blackfoot Trail and Deer Hill Rd. Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to approve minutes of meeting of Dec- ember 20,1977, as corrected. Motion carried unanimously 1. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Road grader repairs Ron Duran reported that it had cost $1461.15 over the $4900.00 quote to repair the road grader. He noted that the repair costs for the grader have amounted to over $11,000 in the past 2 years. Members discussed costs of a new or used grader. Motion by Nancy Laurent, seconded by Thomas Crosby to pay Ziegler $6361.15 for grader repairs. Motion carried unanimously Clothing allowance Nancy Laurent reported on various cities clothing allowance for public works personnel. Donna Roehl asked if giving a dollar amount clothing allowance such as the police department receives would be a solution. Ron Duran will provide figures as to costs, from uniform suppliers. 2. NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to designate Wayne Neddermeyer as delegate to the Northwest League. Motion carried unanimously Motion by Nancy Laurent, seconded by William Reiser to designate Arthur Theis, Thomas Crosby, and Nancy Laurent as alternates to the the Northwest League of Municipalities. Motion carried unanimously 3. COMMUNITY DB;VELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, PUBLIC HEARING 8:05 P.M. Larry Blackstad, representing Hennepin County office of Planning and Development, explained new regulations regarding projects. The new HUD regulations require 51% of persons benefit- ing from a project must earn $15,520, combined household income, or less, before a project is eligible for funding. Types of activities that can 1,e funded without the income requirement are: Planning, Housing and Rehab. and access for the handicapped to public and private institutions. He suggested conducting an income survey of an area where a project may be needed. Arthur Theis asked for discussion from the general public. Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to close the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously Public hearing closed at 8:25 P.M. Members discussed the need to install a new well for the Hamel area. *Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to conduct a survey of income qualification. for the area served by the Hamel water system to determine whether or not the area qualifies for HUD funds. Motion carried unanimously 4. TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS, LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT, 8:40 P.M. Jeanne Mabusth explained that there are no requirements in the zoning code for lot sizes for 2 family dwellings. Richard Schaeffer explained that some planners consider 1 and 2 family dwellings inter- changeable and there must be strong reasons for regulations. Medina would be amending Sec. 23 of the Zoning Code by changing lot size requirements. He advised that Council should decide a minimum lot size for 2 family dwellings. Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to close the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously Hearing closed at 8:50 P.M. Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to direct the attorney to prepare an amendment to ordinances to allow 2 family dwellings on a minimum lot of 2/3 acre in an R-A or R-1 district with a Special Use Permit, provided that sewer is available and that a public hearing is held, with notification to property owners within 300 ft. of the proposed project. Motion carried unanimously 5. NURSING SERVICE Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by Nancy Laurent to appoint Joanne Haislet as delegate to the Joint Powers Nursing Service, that she attend meetings and report to council and that she seek an alternate delegate. Motion carried unanimously 6. HUNTER FARMS Darrell Farr appeared to request release of a portion of the $82,000 being held in escrow by Medina guaranteeing completion of the roads in the Hunter Farms development. Engineer had reported that he would need to take further tests before recommending release of any portion of the escrow amount. Mr. Farr reported that he has spent approximately $40,000, thus far, on the road construction. Richard Schieffer reported that it is common practice to reduce a bond amount when project work is partially completed. Thomas Crosby stated that he would agree to retention by the City of 1 times the amount the engineer determines is needed to complete the roads. Engineer will be contacted for a further recommendation. 7. FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET Thomas Crosby reported that he had discussed with the Mayor and Clerk of Long Lake the proposed Long Lake fire department budget. He listed costs as: $6000 depreciation, $4000 replacement and repairs, $3000 capital outlay, $2000 radios, and $6000 payments to volugteers. He stated that one of the following could be done by the city: 1. Pay the amount requested by Long Lake 2. Discuss with Orono the basis for reimbursement, comparing computations of Long Lake with Hamel's budget 3. Reconsider boundary changes C.O. Dorweiler, representing the Hamel Fire Department presented report on expenses, receipts and proposed budget. He felt that they were serving as much territory as reasonable at this time, in that the State Fire Marshall frowns upon serving to large of an area. Thomas Crosby stated that Medina should continue to work on a year to year basis with the various departments and to seek information regarding funding that may be available. Be added futther that he would recommend entering into contract with Hamel as to budget they have submitted, to determine the feasibility of expanding the Hamel area to the south and to discuss with Orono their contracts with other departments that serve Orono. C.O. Dorweiler suggested the Medina Police Department make a determination as to call time and feasibility of Hamel serving additional areas to the south. 8. POLICE DEPARTMENT RADIOS Motion by Nancy Laurent, seconded by William Reiser to purchase a radio for the police car for approximately $265.00. Motion carried unanimously 9. 1978 APPOINTMENTS Donna Roehl informed Council that the only appointments that need to be made each year are Acting Mayor, Official Newspaper and Bank Depository. She called Council's attention to the January 4, 1977 minutes regarding this matter. Thomas Crosby, Nancy Laurent and William Reiser stated that they had no desire to ehange5 any of the appointments. Matter was tabled until January 17th. 10. SALARIES Thomas Crosby suggested that each department present request before any discussion and that Final approval be delayed until entire council is present. Police Department: Chief Hoover requested a 15% salary increase for his officers, more than that for him self. Be stated that he is being paid what sargents in other departments are getting. He also requested the part time wages be increased to $5.00 per hour. Thomas Crosby inquired as to what additional expenses would be involved if 3 police cars were retained. Chief Hoover replied that 3 ears are now insured and that each would not be used as much as they are now being used. Public Works Department: Director, Ron Duran requested a 15% increase for employees and more if job requires much responsibility. Discussion of uniforms and insurance. Donna Roehl reported that family health insurance will increase to $113.85 per month per employee. Assessor: Assessor, Willis Kohnen requested an increase to $4250 per year. He compared his work with that of Maple Plain because the assessed valuation is similar although Medina is larger and has more variety of assessable categories. The Maple Plain assessor is now receiving $4250. Clerk: Clerk, Donna Roehl requested $6.00 per hour for any number of hours the Council directed her to work. She presented comparable figures of other city clerks and her per hour average for 1977 based on the hours she had worked. PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINSTRATOR Administrator Jeanne Mabusth stated that she will not request an increase at this time. Thomas Crosby asked that salary increases be finalized at the January 17th meeting. 11. CIGARETTE LICENSES Motion by William Reiser, seconded by Thomas Crosby to grant cigarette licenses for 1978 to Countryside Cafe, and Big Woods Saloon. Motion carried unanimously 12. STATE BUILDING CODE ORDINANCE Discussion of ordinance as presented by Mr. Schieffer. He was requested to redraft the portion of the ordinance regarding the fees to be charged. Motion by Nancy Laurent, seconded by Thomas Crosby to adopt Ordinance 168 regarding State Building Code Adoption. Motion carried unanimously 13. GARY LINDGREN Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by William Reiser to approve Resolution 78-1, Acquiring Land for public purposes. Motion carried unanimously Richard Schieffer stated that he would recommend payment of special assessments at the time property is sold to such buyers. Donna Roehl stated that in the case of Wm. Fenholt the property had been assessed prior to become tax forfeit and Hennepin Co. can pick up the specials and levy with taxes. 14. COPY MACHINE Donna Roehl presented the following quotes on copy machines: A.B. Dick Co.-$3345, Xerox- $4085, Royal-$2795. Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by William Reiser to purchase the Royal machine for $2795. Motion carried unanimously 615. PLANNING COMMISSION, MEETING ATTENDANCE Jeanne Mabusth gave a report on members attendance at Planning Commission meetings. Council agreed that some members should be asked if they have become to busy to attend meetings on a regular schedule. 16. BILLS Motion by Nancy Laurent, seconded by William Reiser to pay the bills; Order checks # 7137-7190 in the amount of $19,201.12 and Payroll #4758 - 4781 in the amount of$5040.05. Motion carried unanimously Motion by Thomas Crosby, seconded by William Reiser to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously Meeting adjourned at 12:05 A.M. Wei Clerk January 3, 1978 PAYROLL JANUARY 17, 1978 4782 Charles Hoover $470.50 4783 Jerome LaFond 392.45 4784 Michael Rouillard 396.40 4785 Robert Dressel 377.55 4786 Ronald Duran 425.21 4787 LeRoy Giese 343.92 4788 Paul Ogland 321.73 4789 Farmers St. Bk. of Hamel 18.75 227- )1 (I) e),.(1)A1