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Home My Public Portal About05/16/95 CCM14559 14560 14561 14562 14563 14564 14565 14566 14567 14568 14569 14570 14571 14572 14573 14574 14575 14576 14577 14578 14579 14580 14581 14582 14583 14584 14585 14586 14587 14588 14589 14590 14591 14592 14593 14594 14595 14596 14597 14598 14599 14600 14601 14602 14603 14604 14605 14606 14607 14608 14609 14610 14611 14612 ORDER CHECKS - MAY 16, 1995 A T & T $ 11.26 Advantage Paper 59.46 American Linen Supply 40.20 Blitz Foto 27.49 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik 7,364.18 Budget Printing 806.17 Candlelight Floral Commissioner of Revenue Commissioner of Transportation Crow River News Dept. of Public Safety - OISM Ditter, Inc. 245.00 Eull's Manufacturing 617.70 Farmers State Bank of Hamel 3,328.04 Feed Rite Controls 35.00 Fortin Hardware 143.07 Genuine Parts 142.42 Glenwood Inglewood 45.6 Gopher State one Call 152. Grainger 66.56 Great West Life Assurance 600.0 Harmon Glass 278.5 Hennepin County Support 534.00 Hennepin County Treasurer 93.35 Henry & Associates 33.35 Holiday 12.82 416.00 8.10 37.28 G 788.05 j t�FL1b" , 22,529.88' it,r° of 18.00 0 5 270.00 /� J.R.'s Appliance Disposal Sandra Larson Law Enforcement Labor Services 100.00 MCFOA 60.00 MEMA Treasurer 30.00 Metro West Inspection 7,452.96 Midwest Asphalt 97.74 Midwest Automotive 550.83 Minn Comm 38.60 Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety 40.00 Minnesota State Treasurer 86.65 Northern States Power 2,080.35 Northwest Associated Consultants 1,615.56 P.E.R.A. 2,442.25 Plaisted Companies 878.99 Postmaster 32.0 Richard Rabenort 40.3 Reynolds Welding 17.89 Steven M. Tallen 3,310.98 Twin City Water Clinic 20.00 U.S. West Cellular 99.14 U.S. West Communications 34.60 Uniforms Unlimited 349.32 Viking Safety Products 224.19 Weekly News 67.00 Westside Wholesale Tire 107.14 Wright Hennepin Security Services 35.41 Ziegler, Inc 756.44 PAYROLL CHECKS - MAY 16, 1995 $59,272.14 14353 Steven T. Scherer $ 859.47 14354 Richard R. Rabenort 1,257.17 14355 Michael J. Rouillard 519.47 78 PAYROLL CHECKS - MAY 16, 1995 (CONT'D) 14356 Scott A. Stillman 1,105.17 14357 James D.Dillman 1,185.95 14358 Robert P. Dressel 1,051.84 14359 Edgar J. Belland 1,038.05 14360 Jeffrey E. Karlson 1,188.63 14361 Cecilia M. Vieau 683.88 14362 Laura L. Sulander 859.45 14363 Sandra L. Larson 759.19 14364 Joseph R. Heyman 836.28 14365 Jon D. Priem 771.80 $12,116.35 79 MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 16, 1995 The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on May 16, 1995 at 8:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers with Acting Mayor Ann Thies presiding. Members Present: John Ferris, James Johnson, Ann Thies and Philip Zietlow. Members Absent: Mayor Anne Theis. Also Present: Police Chief Rick Rabenort, Public Works Director, City Engineer Shawn Gustafson, Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen, City Attorney Ron Batty and Clerk -Treasurer Jeff Karlson. 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to adopt the agenda with following additions: a. Park Commission's Annual Park Tour b. Update of Trunk Highway 12 Corridor Study c. Update of Squad Car Mileage and Maintenance Motion passed unanimously. 2. CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Ferris, seconded by Zietlow, to approve the consent agenda, as follows: a. Resolution No. 95-18, "Resolution Granting Conditional Use Permit Regarding Accessory Structure to Jennie Goelz" Motion passed unanimously. 3. MINUTES Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 2, 1995, as amended, as follows: Page 6, paragraph 1, to read, "...to publicly thank all the volunteers..." Motion passed unanimously. 4. JOSEPH AND NANCY BIZZANO - FINAL PLAT APPROVAL Ron Batty said he did not have enough time to review the new driveway easement which was needed in order for Bizzano's final plat to be approved. Batty said the Council should authorize the mayor and clerk to sign the resolution upon his approval of the driveway easement. Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to adopt Resolution No. 95- 19, "Resolution Granting Final Plat Approval to Joseph Bizzano and Nancy Bizzano," subject to the city attorney's approval of the driveway easement. Ayes: Ferris, Johnson, Thies and Zietlow. Nays: None. Resolution No. 95-19 adopted on a 4-aye and 0-nay vote. 80 5. PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF APPRECIATION John Ferris presented a letter of appreciation to Clarence Koepp of Wright Hennepin Electric's Operation Round Up program and to Paul and Pat Meisel, owners of Theta Industrial Products, Inc., for their contributions of $1,800 and $400, respectively, to the Medina Police Department. The money was used to purchase electronic equipment for the police department. 6. STEVE TALLEN - EXPLANATION FOR INCREASED PROSECUTION COSTS City Prosecutor Steve Tallen said he was present to respond to the Council's concern over the March, 1995 prosecution bill which was 30 percent higher than usual. Tallen said there was recent legislation which expanded the powers of the city to obtain motor vehicles through forfeiture proceedings when the owner was convicted of DWI. Tallen said one the results of the new forfeiture provisions was that DWI cases against the more serious repeat offenders were much more difficult to settle. Tallen said another rule change which contributed to higher costs was that every repeat offender received a complaint which amounted to an additional hour of his time per complaint. Tallen said more repeat offenders would appeal their DWI convictions by using the "double jeopardy" defense, which would also increase prosecution costs. Tallen said it was likely that the supreme court would rule that the double jeopardy defense was not a valid one and his workload would return to normal. Tallen added that 60 percent of the prosecution costs were for drunk driving offenses. He said the problem was not going to go away. Tallen said the only way to cut costs would be to employ a less aggressive DWI prosecution program. 7. SQUAD CAR MILEAGE AND MAINTENANCE Phil Zietlow asked how many miles were on the squad cars and what the maintenance expenses were on each car. Rick Rabenort said he still working on it and would provide a report to the council when he had all the information he needed. 8. UPDATE ON ELM CREEK INTERCEPTOR Jim Dillman said the Met Council recently included Medina in their Elm Creek Cluster Planning Group which also included the cities of Maple Grove, Plymouth and Brooklyn Park. Dillman said the planning group was looking at issues pertaining to the Elm Creek Interceptor, transportation, and housing. Dillman said a cost sharing proposal was involved because not enough money was being collected in SAC charges. Dillman said the Met Council was projecting that Medina would reach full development by the year 2050. Phil Zietlow asked if there was any estimate of what Medina would have to pay up front for the interceptor if Medina wanted more sewer capacity. Dillman said he was not sure what cost sharing mechanism the Met Council would come up with. 81 9. COUNTY ROAD 116 SEWER PILING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Shawn Gustafson said the sanitary sewer and piling was in place and that the line was televised after installation. Gustafson said a six inch sag in the 12-inch sewer line was discovered which needed to be fixed. Gustafson said Lametti & Sons had installed the line correctly; however, he believed that when steel sheeting was pulled out of the trench, the forces of the backhoe moved the soils to the east creating the`six inch dip in the line. Gustafson said the amount of deflection in the 12-inch line probably meant that one of the pilings would need to be repaired. Gustafson said Bonestroo would inform Lametti that a 40 foot section of the line would have to be re -installed to grade at no additional cost. As soon as the line is fixed, the city would pay the remainder of the $50,000 it owed for the construction work. Gustafson said if Lametti used steel sheeting again, they would recommend that the sheeting stay in place. Gustafson said the sewer line was still operational and would not effect the Foxberry Farms development to the north of the piling. Phil Zietlow asked what would happen if the one of the piling was sheared and all Lametti did was raise the pipe. He also asked what it would cost Lametti to repair a piling. Gustafson said Bonestroo would inspect the repair work before authorizing payment for the construction. Gustafson estimated it would cost Lametti roughly $20,000 to repair one piling. 10. TIF CASHFLOW PROJECTION Jeff Karlson said he and Jeanne Vanda of Public Financial Management put together a revised cashflow projection for the tax increment financing districts which included remaining TIF revenues, special assessments, project expenses and 1994 year end balances. Karlson said the legislature was considering changes to the TIF laws which would place more restrictions on existing TIF districts, particularly a provision which would limit pooling of tax increment revenues. The revised cashflow demonstrated that there were adequate funds to support the remaining debt and expense obligations but showed no significant cash surplus for other projects. 11. 1994 AUDIT REPORT City Auditor Dave Hinnenkamp of Kern, DeWenter, Viere presented the audit of the financial statements of the City for year ended December 31, 1994. Ann Thies asked why the City did not maintain adequate historical cost fixed asset accounting records. Hinnenkamp said the difficulty was not in keeping track of new fixed assets, but in keeping track of the disposal of fixed assets. Hinnenkamp said the primary concern was to make sure that fixed assets were insured. 82 There was some discussion about the status of the Woodlake Landfill Reserve Fund. Jeff Karlson said the state's new landfill environmental cleanup program, which allowed for state acquisition of closed landfills, could allow the city to use its landfill reserve fund for other waste abatement issues. Karlson said the state was in the process of negotiating with Woodlake Sanitation/BFI for the transfer of ownership to the state. Karlson said there were still some concerns which needed to be resolved before the city knew for sure what the status of the reserve fund would be. Hinnenkamp pointed out that the sewer rates were not enough to cover the operating expenses and depreciation costs in the Sewer Fund. The net loss of the fund in 1994 was $34,511. Phil Zietlow said Medina's sewer rates were high and it would be difficult to raise them any higher. Zietlow added that if there was no capital money to replace the sewer infrastructure, the city should begin educating sewer users of that fact and the possibility of future assessments if infrastructure had to be replaced. Hinnenkamp said overall the financial condition of the city was very good. Moved by Ferris, seconded by Zietlow, to accept the audited financial statement of the City for year ended December 31, 1994. Motion passed unanimously. 12. FEE INCREASE FOR SEPTIC SYSTEM INSTALLATION Loren Kohnen asked that the permit fee for new septic systems be increased from $75 to $100 because of the number of inspections that had to be made on the new systems. Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to approve an increase in the permit fee for new septic systems from $75 to $100, effective June 1, 1995. Motion passed unanimously. 13. PARK COMMISSION ANNUAL PARK TOUR In a memo to the Council, Park Commission Chair Tom Gregor invited the City Council to tour all the Medina parks on May 17, 1995. 14. TRUNK HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR STUDY Ann Thies provided the first draft sections of the EIS for the Trunk Highway 12 Corridor Study. Thies asked the Council and staff to review the draft sections and to let her know if there were any questions, comments, or concerns which should be brought up at the next Policy Committee meeting on May 10, 1995. 15. PAYMENT OF BILLS Moved by Johnson, seconded by Zietlow, to approve payment of Order Check Numbers 14559-14612 for $59,272.14 and Payroll Check Numbers 14353-14365 for $12,116.35. Motion passed unanimously. 83 16. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to adjourn the meeting at 10:24 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. u� Ann C. Thies, Acting Mayor ATTEST: Karlson, Clerk -Treasurer May 16, 1995