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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07.16.79 Council Minutes c.: c: MINUTES COUNC I L MEET! NG REGULAR JULY 16,1979 1. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7:00 P.m. Present: Mayor Akin, Councilmen Johnson, Kuchera, Whittier Absent: Councilman Orr (Had indicated earlier that he would be delayed) Also Present: Administrator Ford, Attorney Gorgos 2. Motion by Kuchera, second by Johnson to approve the minutes of July 2, 1979. APIF, motion carried. 3. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to approve the new proposed Equipment Rental Rate Schedule for General Services Department with the deletion of a minimum on the compressor and effective August 1, 1979. APIF, motion carried. 4. The council discussed a letter which had been received from Mr. Harbee Tharaldson representing the Downtown Businessmen and requesting that the City review and con- sider the possibility of acquiring and converting to downtown parking on a municipal basis, a vacant lot now available, at the intersection of Oak and 2nd Street. After a considerable amount of time spent on this matter the Administrator was instructed to obtain more specific information and bring it back to the council. 5. Motion by Kuchera, second by Whittier to grant to the City a subdivision waiver at 503, 507, and 511 Linden Street, in accordance with the survey which is attached to the request for waiver and to permit the City Attorney to convey this property out to the buyer in conformance with the waiver. APIF, motion carried. 6. The council deferred action on a request from the Park and Recreation Manager to expend a budget amount of $2500 for partial painting of the Arena and requested that he review the Arena needs in search of other more pressing requirements and to bring the matter back to the council. 7. Councilman Orr arrived at 7:30 P.M. 8. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to approve the purchase by the Fire Department of two side suction valves at a quoted rate of $575.00, the money which was not .budgeted, to come from the General Fund Contingency chart of accounts. APIF, motion . carried. 9. Motion by Kuchera, second by Johnson that the recommendation of Fire Chief Tom Jensen be approved and that Mr. Leonard Weisbrich be accepted as a member of the Farmington Volunteer Fire Department, to begin his 6 mos. probationary period on July 9, 1979. APIF, motion carried. 10. The City Attorney reported to the council that in the matter of the dispute concerning the Fire alert pagers, that he had talked with the Attorney for the Vendor and that he expected some sort of a counter-offer of settlement to be forth coming. The council asked members of the Fire Department who were in the audience, whether or not alternative systems had been looked into and whether or not inquiries might be made of the Dakota County Fire Chiefs Association as to types used elsewhere. No action taken. 11. Motion by Whittier, second by Orr to approve the request by the Police Department to purchase a file cabinet in the amount of $114.00 and to authorize the funds to come from the General Fund, contingency, chart of account. APIF, motion carried. 12. Motion by Whittier, second by Orr to approve the request to purchase an under tailgate sander by the General Services Department in the amount of $1662.24 from Garwood Equipment and to authorize the transfer of the budget shortfall of $377 from the General Fund contingency, chart of account. APIF, motion carried. 13. The council took note of correspondence received notifying them of a meeting to be held on July 19, 1979, at 7:30 P.M., at the Empire Town Hall dealing with the subject of conservation, or preservation of agricultural land. 14. The council was informed that the Minnesota Departmen~ of Transportation had approved a grant to the City for the inventory phase of a project for correcting regulatory and warning signs in the amount of $594.00. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera that the Council authorize and direct the City Administrator to enter into an agreement for this work with Jack Anderson and Associates. APIF motion carried. 15. Motion by Kuchera, second by Orr to approve the expenditure of $761.00 as payment for the 1979-1980 dues for membership in the league of Minnesota Cities. APIF, motion carried. 16. The council reviewed a memo from the Administrator, setting forth various preliminary budget matters to which the council might want to address themselves prior to getting into budget considerations. Several comments were made and the Administrator was requested to incorporate the comments and his response into a study and bring it back at budget time. 17. Motion by Akin, second by Johnson that the bills be approved for payment as presented. APIF, motion carried. 18. The Mayor suggested and the council agreed that the Administrator look into the providing of fire protection to the Townships and particularly with the facilities that now exist at the Fairgrounds and with the commercial growth taking place immediately adjacent to the City. 19. The same request was made regarding day care centers and to deal both with some sort of ordinance to control them and the possibility of a license and attendant fee. 20. Motion by Kuchera, second by Whittier authorizing and directing the City Administrator to execute agreements with both Apple Valley and lakeville, regarding the providing of building inspection services to the City of Farmington by those communities. APIF, motion carried. 21. The agenda item entitled, request for final payment, locust Street project, was deferred. 22. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to approve the fund transfer of $11,874.00 from defunct fund number 5-58-16, Refunding Bonds of 1965, to General Fund, contingency chart of accounts. APIF, motion carried. A' " ~ . ., ;~ Minutes of July 16, 1979 cont. 23. The council agreed with the recommendations of the HRA to approach the new rehab funding grant program in conjunction with the County on a first-come, first- serve, basis. 24. Motion by Akin, second by Kuchera to set the first of two public hearings for use to consider public comment on revenue sharing for 7:30 P.M., August 6, 1979. APIF, motion carried. 25. The council confirmed the opinion of the Mayor in that the Administrator had already been given the necessary authority to secure a replacement in the Finance Department, Deputy Treasurer, including the contracting of services of an Employment Agency. 26. The council asked for a short memo informing them of the status of the Railroad right of way abandonment, and what involvement the County and other communities have to this point. 27. The council discussed the memo presented to the council concerning the arrangements that had been made with the Mid-America Dairy concerning the City and the dairy connection to the new Metro Waste Control Commission interceptor. Along with that considered the memo by the Administrator pointing out the extreme increase in f1<::1W which had been tabulated. It was the consensus of the council that the Administrator immediately make arrangements to secure the necessary expert assistance and consultation in getting to the bottom of the cause of this problem and to report back to the council. 28. Councilman Orr asked for some information to be distributed to the council concerning the possibility of adopting a boulevard tree planting ordinance and the status of the civil defense plan in Farmington, with emphasis on the status of, and the future of, the use of sirens. 29. Motion made and seconded to adjourn at 10:10 P.M. R5ec~11y..submitte~ ;1 ~N;r;~~ Wi 11 i am J. Ford City Administrator APPROVED f'IIP /1q WJF/kf