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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.18.12 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR June 18, 2012 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Larson at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OFALLEGL4NCE Mayor Larson led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Larson, Bartholomay, Fogarty Members Absent: Donnelly, May Also Present: Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; David McKnight, City Administrator; Kevin Schorzman, City Engineer;Todd Reiten, Municipal Services Director;Brenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director; Cynthia Muller, Executive Assistant Audience: 4. APPROVE AGENDA Councilmember Bartholomay pulled item 71) Bills for comment. MOTION by Fogarty, second by Bartholomay to approve the Agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Fogarty, second by Bartholomay to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Approved Council Minutes(6/.4/12 Regular) (6/11/12 Workshop) b) Approved Temporary On-Sale Liquor Licenses VFW-Administration c) Approved 2013 ALF Budget -Administration d) Acknowledged Resignation Fire Department—Human Resources e) Acknowledged Resignation Fire Department—Human Resources f) Acknowledged Resignation Liquor Operations—Human Resources g) Acknowledged Resignation Finance—Human Resources h) Approved Appointment Recommendation Liquor Operations—Human Resources i) Adopted RESOLUTION R24-12 Appointing Willington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Company as Successor Trustee for ICMA-RC 457 Deferred Compensation Plan—Human Resources j) Approved Rescue Squad Membership—Fire Department k) Adopted ORDINANCE 012-645 Amending Zoning Code Related to Screening and Fencing- Planning 1) Approved Bills APIF,MOTION CARRIED. 4 Council Minutes(Regular) June 18,2012 Page 2 I) Approve Bills Councilmember Bartholomay asked about the bill for Frontier Ag and Turf for leasing two mowers. He suggested staff look at purchasing rather than leasing to determine the savings. Municipal Services Director Reiten explained the City has been leasing John Deere mowers for several years on a one year lease. The reason for leasing has to do with auditing. We do not have the money upfront right now to purchase it so we are leasing it. Next year it will be included in the budget to purchase the mowers. Some of the contingency money would be used along with adding this item in the budget. There would be an$18,000 savings in the parks general fund. For auditing purposes,when you lease equipment and then want to purchase it, you have to have the amount of the purchase upfront. Options will be brought to the budget workshop. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS a) Adopt Enabling Resolution and Ordinance EDA Composition Revision- Administration The EDA has requested changing their composition from five Councilmembers and two ex-officio seats to two Councilmembers and three residents, holding official,undesignated seats. The current two ex-officio seats would become official seats and the initial term for the third resident seat would be for five years. Subsequent terms for the residents would be for six years and Council seats would run concurrent with their Council term. The EDA would not have taxing authority,but would make budget recommendations to the Council for Council approval. The stipend for the three resident seats would be$10/meeting. There were no public comments and Council continued this item to the July 2, 2012, Council meeting to have a full Council present. MOTION by Fogarty, second by Bartholomay to continue the public hearing to July 2,2012. APIF,MOTION CARRIED. 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT 10. PETITIONS,REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Curbside Clean-up Day Update—Municipal Services Lakeville Sanitation collected 415 tons of garbage and JR's Advance Recycling collected approximately 150,000 lbs of electronics. There were 141 appliances collected. Staff budgeted$160,000 for the event and the cost was$132,000 for a savings of$27,000. There will be a household hazardous waste drop-off on September 8, 2012. b) Adopt Ordinance—Amending Waterworks Code-Engineering The Water Board has proposed four changes to this ordinance. These are to align the ordinance with current practice. The first change is to designate the City Engineer/Municipal Services Director to function as the Water Department Supervisor for the City. The second change deals with the repair of faulty meters. The Water Board felt it was necessary to have a way to ensure that meters that are not reading correctly get fixed. The third change deals with leaks in service lines. Current practice is if there is a leak and the party chooses not to fix it,the City can turn it off to prevent damage. The last change relates to the use of large quantities 5 Council Minutes(Regular) June 18,2012 Page 3 of water. This allows contractors doing large projects to obtain water from the hydrants. MOTION by Bartholomay, second by Fogarty to adopt ORDINANCE 012-646 amending Section 8, Chapter 3 of the City Code. APIF,MOTION CARRIED. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Councilmember Fogarty: Congratulated the 2012 high school graduates. Thanked City Planner Smick for the business visits last week in the industrial park. There are a lot of businesses that are very positive about what is happening in the City. New Farmington Royalty was crowned at the pageant during Dew Days. Flavors of Farmington was a fantastic event. She thanked City employees for getting the message out early about the location change and being so helpful over Dew Days. She will be attending the LMC Annual Session in Duluth. Councilmember Bartholomay: The business visits last week went very well in the industrial park. Dew Days had a good turnout. Next Wednesday there will be ribbon cuttings for Family Fresh Market and Ameriprise Financial. City Administrator McKnight: There has been a resignation on the Parks and Recreation Commission. Council will conduct an interview prior to the July 2, 2012, Council meeting. Council has been given a copy of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan update. This will be discussed at the July 9, 2012,workshop before being placed on the July 16, 2012, Council agenda. City Engineer Schorzman: Spruce Street is closed by the arena and also Rambling River Park due to high water. Mayor Larson: The Farmers' Market will be held Thursday, at 3:00 p.m. in front of City Hall. He encouraged residents to support local businesses. Profits from the liquor store stay in the community. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Fogarty, second by Bartholomay to adjourn at 7:24 p.m. APIF,MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, Cynthia Muller Executive Assistant 6