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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.17.75 Council Minutes 1-F7 APPROVED 'N/7I75- MINUTES COUNCIL MEETING REGULAR MARCH 17, 1975 The meeting was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by the Mayor Present: Mayor Daily, Trustees Akin and McElmury Absent: Trustees Graphenteen and Kuchera Also present: Administrator Ford, Attorney Gorgos Motion by Akin, second by McElmury that the minutes of March 3, be approved as presented. Apif, motion carried. Motion by Akin, second by McElmury that Mr. Dan Thelen be approved as a new mem er of the Farmington Fire Department with the usual six month probationary period. APIF, motion carried. Motion by Akin, second by Elmury that the request of the Fire Department hereby be approved and that they be allowed to institute the services of a department chaplain on a non-member, non-pay basis, working through the Farmington Ministerial Association on a six-month rotational schedule. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin to adopt resolution #R29-75 declaring the month oT May, 1975, to be Senior Citizens Month in conjunction witH the Presidential Proclamation stipulating the same. APIF, motion carried. Mr. Dick Graham, Executive Director of the Darts Program with Dakota County, made a presentation to the council concerning the first years completion of that pro- gram and indicating to the council the anticipated activities for the coming year and third year of operation. There were serveral questions put to Mr. Graham by the council in a general discussion of how the program is working. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin to adopt resolution #R30-75 which endorses on behalf of the City Council the DARTS program as it is presently operating. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin that the amount of $4509 be paid to Jim Haugen Ford-Mercury, Inc. , as payment in full for a 1975 Ford Pick-up vechicle. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin to adopt resolution #R31-75 authorizing perman- ent transfer of funds in the amount of $2500 from the Liquor Fund to the PIR fund. APIF, motion carried. Motion by Daily, second by McElmury to approve the budget adjustments requested in memo from the Administrator dated March 7, 1975 dealing with disbursements in the Capital Outlay non-allocated section of the budget. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin that the budget adjustments requested in A inistrator's memo dated March 10, 1975, involving the General Fund, Capital Outlay PARAC, Feely land acquisition and miscellaneous be approved. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin adopting resolution #R32-75 authorizing the execution of a note to the Farmington Water Board. APIF, motion carried. The City Council instructed the City Administrator to prepare and present to the Council a proposed official city map for their consideration. The Administrator informed the council that in response to their inquiry, School District 192 expressed their willingness to form some sort of continuing committee to keep alive the possibility of a Community Education Program in Farmington. The Mayor then appointed Councilmen McElmury and Kuchera as a committee of 2 to meet and confer with representatives from the School district in this matter. The Council instructed the City Attorney to prepare and present to them at the first meeting in May, a comprehensive Floodplain Ordinance. The City Attorney presented to the council, a letter which he had prepared indicating that any further negotiations in the matter of the City of Farmington Vs Daisy G. Nelson was not possible and that he informed the Council that acting upon their prior authorization for payment, he was requesting the City Administrator to prepare a draft in favor of Daisy G. Nelson and to tender such payment. He further in- dicated that due to the court order the receipt of a deed would not be necessary prior to payment. 118 The council took note of a notice to the Clerk of meeting of Board of Reveiw from the Dakota County Assessors Office. It stated that the Council will sit as a Board of Review on June 11, 1975 and the council set the time of such sitting at 7:30 P.M. with the Administrator to make the necessary acknow- ledgements to the Assessor and the publication and posting of such notices. Motion by Akin, second by McElmury to adopt resolution #R33-75 ordering a feasibility study on project 75-4, storm drainage correction, Trunk Highway 3 and Trunk Highway 50. APIF, motion carried. Motion by McElmury, second by Akin to adopt resolution #R34-75 accepting the feasibility on project 75-4, Storm Drainage Correction, TH 3 and TH 50, and setting a public Hearing for April 7, 1975 at 8:00 P.M. and instructing the Attorney and Administrator to mail and publish appropriate notices based on a proposed storm sewer district. APIF, motion carried. The Mayor informed the council member Graphenteen who had previously indicated it was necessary for him to resign from the council because of relocation in his regular job also had asked the Mayor to pass on to other members of the council, to employees and members of boaT45 and,commissions within City govern- ment, his gratitude and thanks for the previous which it had given him in working within the official local government community as council member. The Mayor added to that that he had in turn thanked Mr. Graphenteen on behalf of the council and employees for his contributions made during his tenure. Councilman Akin informed the council that he had attended a recent multi-state conference CATV. He said that the single most important point made with him during the conference was that most CATV franchises were in financial trouble. He also informed the council that Lloyd Wettencamp, who is president of the Farmington franchisee was elected president of that industries association at the conference. Motion by Akin, second by McElmury that the municipal services account rela- tive to Mr. Russell Larsen be credited in the amount of $276.76 on advice of attorney who informed the council that that amount had been declared as a debt owing to the city by the above named claimant & that that amount right- fully should have been discharged through subsequent bankruptcy proceedings. It was moved that the above be adopted by resolution #R35-75. APIF, motion carried. The City Attorney informed the council that the appeal arising out of the Neilan Condemnation matter would be considered by the Supreme Court during the Month of May. The Mayor informed members of the council that he had received a letter from Dakota County Board Chairman Hollenkamp notifying the members of the council of a meeting to be held Wednesday, March 19, at 7:30 P.M. The meeting was to deal with several county wide problems relative to the relationship between the County and Metro agencies. Councilman Akin indicated he would attend. The Administrator reviewed briefly with the council, problems which he was en- countering in obtaining FCC licenses to apply to the radios which had been removed now from the Police Department and were available for use by the General Services Department. The council urged the Administrator to proceed in an attempt to secure those licenses. Motion by Akin, second by McElmury that the bills be approved for payment as presented. APIF, motion carried. Motion made and carried to adjourn at 10:00 P.M. Respectfully submitted, William J. Ford City Administrator WJF/kf