HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.20.75 Council Minutes MINUTES
COUNCIL MEETING
REGULAR
OCTOBER 20, 1975
1. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7:30 P.M.
Present: Mayor Daily, Councilmen Akin, Johnson, Kuchera, McElmury
Also Present: Administrator Ford and Attorney Gorgos
2. The Mayor declared the time for the taking of bids closed on the Sale of
$95,000 G.O. Improvement Bonds of 1975 and instructed the Bond Consultants,
Springsted, Inc., to open the sealed bids, which he did and were tabulated as
follows:
BIDDER NET RATE
Dain, Kalman $ Quail, Minneapolis, Minnesota 6.1419T_
Robert W. Baird & Co. , Inc. , Reynolds Securities, Mpls 6.191140
E. J. Prescott & Company, Minneapolis 6.19230
Juran $ Moody, Inc. , St. Paul, Minnesota 6.1980%
Allison-Williams Company, Minneapolis, Minn 6.2267%
The First National Bank of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minn 6.4426%
3. Motion by McElmury, second by Johnson that the award of the sale of $95,000
in G.O. Improvement bonds for Improvement Bonds of 1975, .Fund #6-83A-75 be awarded
to the low bidder, Dain, Kalman & Quail, Inc. , Minneapolis, Minnesota at a net
interest rate of 6.1419%, and that the council adopt Resolution #R96-75 awarding
the sale and authorize the issuance of said bonds. APIF, motion carried.
4. The council had in the previous meeting of October 6, 1975 set a public hearing
in the matter of the proposed rezoning of railroad property adjacent to Second St.
Due to a misunderstanding, the published notice of hearing did not appear and
therefore the Mayor indicated that no such public hearing would take place but
that a general discussion of the matter was in order. After a lengthy discussion
concerning the relative merits of various suggestions and recommendations, the
council referred the matter back to the planning commission with the request that
they come to the council with specific and firm recommendations as a result of
recorded votes taken.
S. Motion by McElmury, second by Kuchera the the following minutes be approved
as presented: Aug 28, Sept 15, Sept 17, Sept 22, Sept 29, Oct 4 and Oct 6, 1975.
APIF, motion carried.
6. Motion by McElmury, second by Kuchera that inasmuch as a satisfactory bond
sale ad--peen concluded and that said sale was a condition of executing the
contract #1975-4 and 1975-5 with Fischer Construction that the Mayor and Adminis-
trator now be authorized to execute said contracts and to adopt Resolution #R97-75
authorizing the above. APIF, motion carried.
7. The council declined to take any action concerning provision of ambulance
service in Farmington.
8. The Administrator discussed with the council and the City Attorney the problem
of collecting the money owed to the City by Mr. Henry Feilen in conjunction with
Pine Knoll Subdivision Development. The council instructed the Attorney to take
any and all necessary action including court order sheriff seizure in order to
collect this amount owing. Motion by Akin, second by Johnson that no building
permits be issued to Pine Knoll SuTdivision Developer until all bills have been
paid. APIF, motion carried.
9. In that conjunction the council authorized the Administrator to proceed with
the erection of street name signs in Westview Acres Subdivision and to continue
to press the collection of advance payment for costs from the developers of the
other two subdivisions.
10. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera that the Fire Chief be allowed to partici-
pate in the forth coming Pan-o-prog Celebration in Lakville on July 11, 1976, with
on piece of fire fighting equipment from Farmington, contingent upon the same
stipulations as in previous years, that adequate coverage for emergency be provided
for. APIF, motion carried.
11. The council instructed the Administrator to put on as an agenda item for the
meeting of October 23, 1975, discussion concerning proposed arena change orders.
12. Motion by McElmury, second by Daily that the bills, as presented, be approved
with t e ollowing changes and additions:
186
Add Richard Anderson $37.08
Change Pepsi-Cola Bottling to 79.00
Add Coco Cola 51.70
APIF, motion carried.
13. Councilman Kuchera commented that again there was a noticable increase
in lose dogs and suggested that the Administrator confer with the Dog catcher.
14. Councilman Kuchera also informed the council that he had received an
apology from Mayor Ed Mako of Lakeville for "Unfortunate remarks" made by
the Mayor at a recent council meeting in Lakeville.
15. The council asked the Administrator to press the Arena Engineer, Norris
Breivik for a satisfactory conclusion of the dispute concerning completion
date of the arena.
16. The City Attorney informed the council as to the status of various
litigations on going, including Lamppa, Neilan and Reitz. He also informed
the council that in the matter of the Feely special assessment appeal, the
court had ruled that the city could not take the assessment for the FAA and
spread it back over the other benefited properties. The net result of the
ruling means that a resolution will have to be adopted by the council amend-
ing the special assessment by removing approximately $2200 from Feely's
special assessments and presumably identifying them as ad valorem.
17. Motion made and carried to adjourn at 9:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
William J. Ford
City Administrator APPROVED
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