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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.03.22 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR January 3, 2022 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hoyt at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Hoyt led the audience and Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. ROLL CALL Members Present: Hoyt, Bernhjelm, Porter, Wilson Members Absent: None Also Present: Joel Jamnik, City Attorney; David McKnight, City Administrator; Chris Regis, Finance Director; Gary Rutherford, Police Chief;Justin Elvestad, Fire Chief; Samantha DiMaggio, Community Development Director; Kellee Omlid, Parks and Recreation Director; Katy Gehler, City Engineer/Public Works Director, Cynthia Muller, Administrative Assistant Audience: Kelsey and Eric Jezierski, Kristy Rhoades 4. APPROVE AGENDA MOTION by Wilson, second by Porter to approve the agenda. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. S. ANNOUNCEMENTS 6. CITIZEN COMMENTS 7. CONSENT AGENDA MOTION by Porter, second by Wilson to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Approved December 20, 2021, City Council Meeting Minutes-Administration b) Acknowledged the Annual Report of City Council, Boards and Commissions Attendance-Administration C) Approved ORDINANCE 022-766 Amending Title 1, Chapter 10 of the Farmington City Code Regarding Mayoral Salary-Administration d) Approved Liability Coverage Waiver Form -Administration e) Approved a Contract for Professional Engineering Services for the 2022 Pond Maintenance Project—Public Works f) Approved Bills- Finance APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS 9. AWARD OF CONTRACT 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a) Jim Bell Park and Preserve Master Plan Advisory Committee Council Minutes(Regular) January 3,2022 Page 2 The master plan for Jim Bell Park and Preserve was approved in November 2007, and needs to be updated with community input for the 2022 referendum. Staff proposes the following groups have a representative on the advisory committee: Baseball Football Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Softball Community member Parks and Recreation Commission member Rambling River Center Youth member Youth and adults with disabilities Staff will pick representatives from these groups and they will be required to be City of Farmington residents. In addition, staff proposes the following ex-officio members on the advisory committee: City Council School District An engineer(contracted) Jeremy Pier, Parks and Facilities Supervisor Lynn Gorski, Assistant City Administrator Kellee Omlid, Parks and Recreation Director The formation of this committee is the first step in the master plan process. The committee will meet three times from February through July. Their role is to listen, provide input and take that back to their groups. A timetable will be discussed tomorrow with Hoisington Koegler Group. Council suggested looking for a 65+age resident and not necessarily on the Rambling River Center Board. There was a concern about the end of July date and council suggested presenting the end result in June and hold meetings February through June. That will provide more time to educate the residents. Council asked if staff will be taking applications or if each group will propose someone. Staff has already identified people on the groups that they know and for some groups staff will reach out to the president of the group. If this is approved, staff will reach out to them tomorrow. Staff is using contacts in the community. Council encouraged staff to formalize the selection process more for seats from the general public and have a selection process. This is a lot to go through in nine months. Staff should take the timeline into consideration when selecting members. They need to get information to their groups quickly. MOTION by Porter, second by Bernhjelm to appoint Councilmembers Wilson and Bernhjelm as City Council representatives and approve the advisory committee members. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS a) Annual Organizational Matters Appointments were approved for the following assignments and committees: Council Minutes(Regular) January 3,2022 Page 3 MOTION by Wilson, second by Porter as follows: (1). That Councilmember Bernhjelm be designated as Acting Mayor from January 3, 2022, through December 31, 2022. (2). That the Dakota County Tribune be designated as the official publication from January 3, 2022, through December 31, 2022. (3). Continue the Agreement for Legal Services with Campbell Knutson, Joel Jamnik as City Attorney for 2022. (4). That Old National Bank of Farmington, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., RBC Capital Markets and Castle Rock Bank, be designated as the Official Depositories from January 3, 2022, through December 31, 2022. (5). That all sworn personnel in the Farmington Police Department be designated as process servers for the calendar year 2022. (6). Approve a $1,000,000 Faithful Performance bond for the City Clerk. (7). ORDINANCE NO. 021-765 Establishing Fees and Charges for licenses and permits for 2022 was adopted November 15, 2021. (8). Appointments to Boards and Commissions — Candidates were interviewed December 13, 2021, and appointments will be made at the January 18, 2022, Council Meeting. (9). Appoint Councilmember Wilson as the primary and the new Councilmember as the alternate representative to the ALFAmbulance Board. (10). Councilmember Bernhjelm will serve as Director and Councilmember Porter will serve as the Alternate Director to the Dakota Communications Center Board of Directors through December 31, 2022. (11). Appoint Mayor Hoyt as the primary and Councilmember Wilson as the alternate as the City's representative to the CEEF Committee. (12). Appoint Councilmember Bernhjelm, Staff member David McKnight and a Planning Commission member to the Farmington/Empire Planning Advisory Committee. (13).Appoint Councilmember Wilson, Staff member David McKnight and a Planning Commission member to the Farmington/Castle Rock Discussion Group. (14).Appoint Mayor Hoyt, Staff member David McKnight, and a Planning Commission member to the Eureka/Farmington Planning Advisory Committee. Council Minutes(Regular) January 3,2022 Page 4 (15). Appoint Councilmembers Bernhjelm and Wilson to the MUSA Review Committee. (16).Appoint Councilmembers Bernhjelm and Porter to the Liquor Operations Committee. (17). Appoint Councilmembers Bernhjelm and Porter to the Farmington Intergovernmental Committee. (18). Appoint Mayor Hoyt as a member and Councilmember Porter as alternate to the Dakota Broadband Board. (19). Appoint Peter Gilbertson as Primary and David McKnight as alternate to the Dakota Broadband Executive Committee. (20). Councilmember Wilson will serve as the primary representative and Councilmember Porter will serve as the alternate through December 31, 2023, on the Airlake Airport Advisory Commission. (21). Appoint Jennifer Gabbard as Director and Jim Constantineau as Alternate to LOGIS for 2022. (22).Appoint by RESOLUTION R01-22 David McKnight as the Responsible Authority for data practices and Jennifer Gabbard as Data Practices Act Compliance Officer and Gary Rutherford as Responsible Authority for law enforcement for 2022. (23).Approve City Council By-laws as presented. (24).Approve the Council Policies as presented or advise of any desired changes. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 13. COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE Porter: Kudos to Police Chief Rutherford and the Toys for Town volunteers. Wilson: Looking forward to meeting the city council candidates. We are in another pandemic year and he encouraged residents to look out for each other. Jamnik: Thanked council for the re-appointment as city attorney. McKnight: 2022 is the 150th Anniversary of Farmington. There will be social media posts once a week highlighting this milestone in Farmington's history. DiMaggio: The new building inspector started today which will bring additional help for inspections. Regis: Finance is gearing up for year end activities. Council Minutes(Regular) January 3,2022 Page 5 Omlid: Outdoor rinks and warming houses are open. Flooding will take place at the rink at Farmington Elementary tomorrow. The city/school district/county applied for a safe routes to school grant for Boeckman Middle School. Gehler: Weekly recycling through DSI started this week. Dick's will be picking up Christmas trees and residents should make an appointment for that. There are various locations to drop off used holiday lights through January 31. Elvestad: In 2021 the fire department responded to 1,061 calls which was an increase over last year. Hoyt: Wished everyone a happy 2022. There was a lot going on in the city in 2021. He thanked councilmembers for everything they have done and for sticking to our goals and priorities. Staff is getting the work done. There are people in the community that are matching their bill with a tip, such as a $40 restaurant bill with a $40 tip. 14. ADJOURN MOTION by Wilson, second by Bernhjelm to adjourn at 7:27 p.m. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Respectfully submitted, Cynthia AuCCer Cynthia Muller Administrative Assistant