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COUNCIL MINUTES April 11, 2011 APPROVED 93 94 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 95 96 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 97 98 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 99 100 6A) 2"d Reading of Ordinance No 08-11 amending Chapter 1010 of the City Code regarding 101 regulation of signs in election years- City Planner Smyser noted that the council approved first 102 reading of the ordinance on March 14. At that time the period of sign regulation previous to 103 municipal elections was changed from 46 to 30 days. Staff is recommending that the council proceed 104 with second reading and passage of the ordinance. 105 106 Council Member Roeser noted that he originally felt that the sign regulation period should be 107 consistent with the voting period (absentee included) but that period has recently been changed to 46 108 days previous to elections (an increase from 25 days currently). He shares the concern he's heard 109 from other council members about the cluttering of signs and their lack of enthusiasm at increasing 110 the period, however he also has some concern about allowing voter education for the whole voting 111 period. He spoke with the League of Minnesota Cities and was informed that some cities are 112 providing voter information by allowing links to candidate information on their website (for the full 113 voting period). When the city attorney was asked for his opinion on that practice, Mr. Langel 114 suggested that it would be legal and comes down to a web site policy question for the city. 115 116 Council Member O'Donnell moved to dispense with full reading of the ordinance. Council Member 117 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 118 119 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the second reading and passage of Ordinance No. 08-11 120 as presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 5; Nays none. 121 122 6B) 2011 Street Maintenance Projects: 123 i. Consider Resolution No. 11-41, Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction Contract, 2011 124 Overlay Project 125 ii. Consider Resolution No. 11-42, Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction Contract, 2011 126 Sealcoat Project 127 128 City Engineer Studenski noted the bid process and opening for each of the projects. Low bidders were 129 noted as well as their bids in comparison with the engineer's estimate. 130 131 A council member confirmed that the low bidders are companies that the city has worked with before 132 and that the proposed project costs are a good bargain for the city. A council member also confirmed 133 that the city has an adequate budget to deal with potholes this year. A council member noted recent 134 information about salt damage and requested a future discussion about the city's use of roadway salt. 135 136 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-41 as presented. Council Member 137 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 3