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Home My Public Portal About02/16/82 CCM13 PAYROLL CHECKS - FEB. 16, 1982 6562 Robert Anderson 585.78 6563 Charles Hoover 793.87 6564 Michael Rouillard 719.71 6565 James Dillman 558.62 6566 Robert Dressel 560.90 6567 Ronald Duran 651.99 6568 Ivan Dingmann 600.00 6569 Steve Scherer 124.00 6570 Director of Internal Revenue 905.80 6571 Commissioner of Taxation 370.30 6572 Pera 350.31 6573 Social Security - Retirement Div. 173.07 6,394.35 ORDER CHECKS - FEB. 16, 1982 1080 M & P Utilities 4,653.00 1081 Pera 512.55 1082 Social Security - Retirement Div. 173.07 5,338.62 141 The Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on Tuesday, February 16, 1982 at 7:35 P.M. Present: Mayor, Thomas Anderson; Councilmembers, Wilfred Scherer, Sarah Lutz, Williim Reiser; Clerk -Treasurer, Donna Roehl; Planning and Zoning Administrator, JoEllen Hurr; Police Chief, Charles Hoover; Attorney, Richard Schieffer, Engineer, Paul Pearson Absent: Councilmember, Thomas Crosby 1. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Councilmembers agreed to discuss the following additional items: Cable TV Planning Commission Appointments 2. MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 2, 1982 Motion by Reiser, seconded by Lutz to accept minutes of February 2, 1982, as presented. Motion declared carried 3. POLICE DEPARTMENT Employment of Additional Officer Chief Hoover stated that he would like to begin looking for an additional full time officer. He explained that the Suburban Police Recruiting System would provide a list of screened candidates for a charge of $650 plus $10. for each officer presently employed. He also reported that they would like to present their program to the city council. Discussion as to whether or not the city would need to have a part time officer. Chief Hoover stated that it would be helpful to have a part time officer when regular officers were taking vacations. William Reiser suggested that Police Department investigate whether it could get along with- out a part time man. Thomas Anderson asked that the Chief schedule a representative of the Suburban Police Recruiting System at a City Council meeting. Chief Hoover stated that the Public Safety Commission discussed the job description mat- erial that had been prepared. 4. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Wichita Trail Paul Pearson reviewed letter he had written to the Council regarding work that needs to be completed on Wichita Tr. before the city can accept as a city street. Wilfred Scherer suggested that a decision be delayed until snow has melted, an inspection made and necessary work ordered at that time. Ziegler Corporation, Road Grader Warranty Discussion of letter dated February 12, 1982, from the Ziegler Corporation, whereby they stated that they would continue warranty on welding repairs made to main frame of 14G grader until August 26, 1984 which is also the expiration date of the cities contract with them. Clerk was asked to write a letter to Zieglers asking that the frame be warranted until February 1, 1987 or that it be replaced with a new frame, at no cost to the city, immed- iately. 5. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT Substandard Lot size JoEllen Hurr reported that the Planning Commission will continue the Public Hearing on substandard lot size regulations at their March 9th meeting. • She also reported that the council resolution regarding a building moritorium on substandard lots did not specify a time limit. Thomas Anderson asked that the matter be brought to the Council on March 16th so that ordinance amendment could be published on March 31, 1982. Motion by Lutz, seconded by Scherer to extend moritorium on no building on substandard lots until March 31, 1982. Motion declared carried Hennepin County Landfill Sites 15 JoEllen Hurr reported that the County Ways and Means Committee would hear testimony on landfills on Thursday, February 18th. She stated that she would attend the meeting and present resolution which the City Council had adopted regarding no landfills in County parks. Woodlake Sanitary Landfill JoEllen Hurr reported that Hennepin County has not given the city an answer on long term liability the county would provide. She also reported that work on land alteration had begun without notification to the city, as had been requested,and that she had visited the site and had seen a great deal of work completed. Rollin Smith of Woodlake had told her that a well had been run over and she had taken pictures of barrels that had contained a type of solvent. She reported that she, Bruce Liesch and Glen Cook would inspect the landfill on Wednesday to determine if regulations for land alteration were being followed. Thomas Anderson suggested that the city take a stronger posistion regarding enforcing rules and regulations for conduct of operation of landfill and any other permits they might have. Mark Franklin JoEllen Hurr stated that Mr. Franklin had not obtained his building permit and that she had informed him of the deadlines and amount of money owed under Resolution 82-1. She also reported that both existing towers had been removed since she had driven past on February 12th. John Mikkelthun a resident of Medina Morningside, asked if the terms of the resolution were null and void in view of the fact that Mr. Franklin had not met the deadlines listed in the resolution. He asked that he be notified if Mr. Franklin asks to appear before the Council at a future date and he would like to voice his objection, at this time, to granting a variance for a radio tower, at any later date. Richard Schieffer explained that the Council could agree to time extension or deny a time extension under terms of the resolution. Planning Commission Appointments JoEllen Hurr reported that Jack Wahlfors and Anne Theis were interested in being reappointed to the Planning Commission and that Ron Fortin had stated that if someone was interested in serving he would not ask for reappointment. She stated that Anne Heideman and Kathy Andrews were interested in serving, but Ms. Andrews had only lived in Medina for about a year. Council discussed the need for an appointee to reside in the city for a longer period of time than one year. Motion by Lutz, seconded 1g Scherer to appoint Anne Heideman to the Planning Commission for a three year term ending 11arch, 1985. Motion declared carried Motion by Reiser, seconded by Scherer to reappoint Anne Theis and Jack Wahlfors to the Planning Commission for three year terms, ending March 1, 1985. Motion declared carried Manufactured (Mobile) Homes Discussion of a bill before the state legislature whereby manufactured home would be con- sidered proper structures on all residential lots. Motion by Lutz, seconded by Scherer to ask that staff write to legislators expressing opposistion to H.F.1738 and S.F.1677 because manufactured homes are not appropriate to good city planning. Motion declared carried 6. PERSONNEL POLICY Discussion of section regarding longevity pay and whether it should be included in the general policy or individual department policies. Anne Heideman stated that they would begin work on individual department policies before Council adopts the Personnel Policy. 16 7. ROLLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB Discussion of memo from Richard Schieffer regarding various aspects of the Rolling Green Country Club licensing. Mr. Schieffer also reported that he is continuing to work on the possibility of the city acquiring one of the clubs water wells. Council agreed to discuss license fees of all establishments at their April 6th Council meeting. 8. FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINGENCY FUND Thomas Anderson explained that $10,000 had been budgeted in 1981 for future fire department use. Donna Roehl reported that the cities auditor advised the adoption of a resolution setting up a separate fund for fire department use. Motion by Scherer, seconded by Reiser to adopt Resolution 82-4 establishing a fund for future fire department use with a beginning amount of $10,000. Motion declared carried 9. CABLE TV Discussion of letter from Orono whereby a request for $300. was made for pursuing the possibility of serving a larger area with Cable TV. Information received indicated the possibility of securing a better franchise if a larger area were to be served. Motion by Lutz, seconded by Scherer to pay $300. toward on -going costs of investigating Cable TV service in Medina. Motion declared carried 10. BILLS Motion by Lutz, seconded by Reiser to pay the bills; Order Checks # 1080-1082 in the amount of $5338.62 and Payroll Checks # 6562 - 6573 in the amount of $6394.35. Motion declared carried Motion by Scherer, seconded by Reiser to adjourn. Motion declared carried Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M. �T' �??Z J 4-i,l--- Clerk February 16, 1982