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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/23/1973 Council Minutes124 April 10, 1973 Mr. Zelinka moved to authorize the Engineers to meet with the MSB and present our- proposed comp reshens i ve sewer plan. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried. Mr-. Zelinka moved to authorize Mr. Locher meet with Mr. Dougherty on this contract. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried. Mr. Jaworski presented the bids for a stream cleaner for the roads department. The low bid was for $747.00. Mr. Jaworski moved to purchase, the steam cleaner. Seconded by Mr. Ze I inka. Motion carried. Mr. Zelinka moved to adourn at 10:05 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. AYE MINUTES APPROVED AT THE MEETING OF April 23, 1973 Clerk- Treasurer Apri I 23, 1973 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Vi I lage Counci I was cal led to order on April 23, 1973 at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor Bohjanen. Councilmen present: Cardinal, Jaworski, Marier, Zelinka. Mr. Locher was also present. Mr. Dougherty was scheduled to appear before the board at this time but Mr. Locher reported that he had e call from Mre Dougherty this after- noon and that he would be unable to appear. The minutes of the April 9, 1973 meeting was corrected as follows: Page 3, paragraph 5 add the word "Girls" after- "Thanks ", page 3, paragraph 5, change "Zelinka" to "Bohjanen" to provide list. Mr. Cardinal moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Carried. The minutes of the special meeting of Apri I 10, 1973 were corrected as fol lows: Page 1, paragraph 8, last sentence change to read after the word "pay" add "that part of the total system used by Vi I lage and the rest becomes part of Sewer Service District #2 of which we become a part." Page 2, paragraph 5 add "sewer" after- "comprehensive." Mr. Marier said that when this special meeting was set up that Mr. Cardinal had moved to only consider the business of the Metro Sewer. There had been other bus- iness dealt with at this meeting and he felt that we should either stick by our motions or not make them. Mr. Jaworski agreed with him. Mr. Jaworski moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried with Mr. Cardinal abstaining. The clerk reported that hse had received two checks from Mr. James Ray our Insurance agent. One for 2,88.22 a refund on the automobi le insurance and one for $188.00, a refund on Mrs. Emerton's Treasurer's Bond. She had also received a request for a street I i ght on the corner of Marsham Lane and Old Highway #8. There was discussion on this. Mr. Cardinal moved to request NSP to install a street light on the corner of Marsham Lane and Old Highway #8. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. 1 1 1 April 23, 1973 There was a report that the light on Sunset and Main Street is out as is the one on Rondeau and Main. The Clerk is to call the electric com- panies on these lights. There had been ( -a call concerning the Park Bill. It will be heard on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. in room 118 at the State Capitol. Mr. Marier asked the Clerk to read the bill and he explained the major objections; I) the right of eminent domain; 2) the right of taxation 3) the right of other counties to come and take the and if our Village does not develop as soon as is required. There was discussion on this meeting with a suggestion of writing a letter stating our position on this bill. Mr. Marier felt .a letter would be fine but he also felt that some one should be there. Mr. Locher s a i d he woul d attend, Mr. Ze I i nka w i l l TI-ry to post- pone his trip in order to attend, and Mr. L'Allier will also be contacted. Mr. Jaworski called Mr. L'AI I ier and he wi I I try to make the meeting. Mr. Cardinal moved to authorize Mr. Locher to appear and testify for the Village at the hearing on the Open Space Bill. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Motion carried. Reported that the new type - writer is here and asked if the Council would want to carry a maintenance contract. This was tabled until the next meeting. Reported that she had received a tax settlement from the County in the amount of $6,168.95; had receive the Planned Use Report for the Federal Revenue Sharing that must be filled out and returned by the 20th of June, 1973; the $100,000.00 in Treasury Bills had matured on April 12, 1973 and she had reinvested the money; received a "Thank you" letter from Mr. Resch concerning the use of the Ha l I for a meeting. Mr. Wally Hill appeared to explain and answer question concerning the annual audit of the Village finances. There was a question as to why the Police Department was not separated from the general fund. After discussion, Mr. Marier moved to separate the Police Department funds from the General Fund. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Bohjanen asked if Mr. Hill had had time to look over the reports from the Circle Pines Utility on our gas system. Mr. Hill said, No, that this was his busiest timebut most of the work was now completed and he wi I I look into it. Mr. Zel inka moved to authorize Mr. Hi l l to pro- ceed at his own direction. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Marier reported on the P &Z meeting on April 18, 1973. The layout of the of the For -Jay greenhouses was discussed and explained that they had only dealt with the portion for 1973. The 1974 project will be considered at another time. Mr. Marier moved to approve the 1973 layout to include buildings #12 through #20, a double garage and storage building, fencing on the Old Highway #8 frontage, and screening on the North and South lines with either basewood or green ash. Mr. Jaworski asked where our Ordinance deals with Agriculture enterprises. He was told that this entire portion is one commercial property thus does not create a problem. Mr. Jaworski wondered why an operation needed a plat. Mr. Marier said this is not a 1 6 Ap ri 123, 1973 plat but I ayqut. Mr. Jaworski asked if this operation went beyond the layout. Mr. Jaworski asked if this operation went beyond the commercial zone, would it require more plans and re- zoning. Mr. Marier said that would be dealt with at the time. There was dis- cussion on whether or not there was a need for a bui I di ng permit for the construction of these greenhouses. Mr. Zelinka said that they had gone along with what they felt was the best for the Village and had obtained building permits for all structures. Mr. Marier cal led for a vote on the question. Motion carried with Mr. Zelinka abstaining. Mr. Marier reported on the request from McDonald Ind. for permission to erect a 500" two -way radio tower on Birch Street. The Board had felt that his plans were not complete enough for them to pass on. They had referred him to Mr. Gotwald for information as to the necessary plans. The special hearing on the McDonald Inc. radio tower was called to order at 9:45 P.M. Since the plans were incomplete, Mr. Cardinal moved to continue the hearing until May 29, 1973 at 8:45 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Marier added that WCCO has some interest in this action and asked that they be notified of the hearing. Mr. Ron Wi II iams appeared before the P &Z with plans for land leased from Acton Construction. His plans were also incomplete and he was referred to Mr. Gotwald for the necessary information. The Board also felt that Mr. Paul Miller, the owner of the land should make the presentation. Mr. Marier moved to recommend they appear at the next scheduled P &Z meeting. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Saterlee was on the agenda asking for a variance to erect a garage but it was discovered that a variance was not needed. Mr. Marier presented the sign permit application from U.S. Lakes Dev- elopment for the erection of a sign on Centervi Ile road and Co. Rd. "J ". Mr. Marier moved to approve the sign application for the corner of Co. Rd. "J" and Centerville Road near the relay tower. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. The second application for the S.E. corner of Birch Street at Centerville Road. There was discussion on this location and as to how far the sign must be set back. Mr. Marier moved to approve the application for the Co. Rd. 21 and Birch Street. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. This sign must be 100' from the nearest residence. Mr. Dielentheis agreed to this provision. The P &Z had reviewed the tw9 applicartts for the position of planning con- sultant for the Vi I lage and Mr. Marier moved to approve the recommendation of the P &Z for the hiring of Mr. Lee Starr of Backman, Yoder and Stay. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried. Mr. Cardinal reported on a request for the use of Sunrise Park as a campground for the Circle Pines Square Dancers in June of 1974 for their Annual convention. They will furnish all necessary sanitary facilites. They also will deposit $50.00 to insure clean -up of the area and would ask that a member of the Park Board inspect it on Sunday evening to r mke 1 1 127 April 23, 1973 sure the job has been done. Mr. Cardinal moved to approve there request. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. The Park proposal by the Lino's Clubhad been presented to the Park Board and Mr. Cardinal moved to approve their recommendation to approve the entire plan. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Mr. Marier amended the motion that new Councils would not be bound by this decision. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. The original motion passed with Mr. Jaworski abstaining. Mr. Cardinal had received a $50.00 check as a deposit for clean -up for the Park from Mr. Bertrand. His insurance wi I I be in the office before the tournament. They also asked permission to move the snow fence back and they will replace it in the original position when the tournament is over. This agreeable with the Council. The Park Board also requested that the new ball diamond on the Hall prop- erty be located on the property near Main Street in front of the Hall rather than on the part behind the Hall. There was discussion on whether to put a pernament fence at this site or to put up a temporary one since this diamond would probably moved in the future. Mr. Jaworski would like the permanent fence put up in Sunrise and a temporary one at this location. Mr. Cardinal made a motion to move the site of the Ball Diamond from back of the V i I l age Ha l l to the property located near Main Street in front of the Village Hall. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried. Mr. Cardinal moved to install the new fence at the Ball Diamond located on the Village Hall Property. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried with Mr. Jaworski voting, No. Mr. Cardinal had a request from the Lino School to use our snow fence for their ball diamonds as they did last year. The Council was agreeable to this with the request that the School take the fence down and roll it up when they have finished using it. Mr. Cardinal wi 11 take care of this. Mr. Jaworski reported that H &S Asphalt has started the road program. He asked Mr. Backlin for a progress report. Mr. Backlin reported the prime coating is almost completed. The county line is left to do. Work will start on the other roads this week and the seal coating should be done next week. They will start digging out on 77th, the County Line, 80th and Holly. There was discussion on some property owned by Mr. Arnold Theis abutting 77th. Mr. Bohjanen asked about Pine Street. Mr. Jaworski said he would contact Columbus Township on this. He had planned to attend their last Council meeting but was unalbe to get on the agenda. The Clerk was instructed to call Mr. Gotwald and find if he had contacted the Engineer for Hugo and if he had an answer as to their intentions on the County Line. Mr. Jaworski reported that he had two bids for the removal of the stumps on Peltier Drive. One from Lino Lakes Landscaping for $1,570.00 and one from Glenn Rehbein for $775.00. Mr. Jaworski moved to award the job to Mr. Glen Rehbein. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Motion carried. Also, Mr. Jaworski commented on the number of junk cars that have accumulated in our Village. He moved to have the cars that have accumulated in our Village. He moved to have the Police start issuing tags on April 28, 1973 and give the owners two weeks to remove them. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Motion carried. 128 Apri 125, 1973 Mr. Jaworski announced that the Park Association will hold a rummage sale this Sunday April 29, 1973, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Village Hall. He also requested one day in May to sell what is left over, the date will be decided on at a later time. The Council was agreeable to this. Mr. Zelinka reported that the Personnel Commission had met to review sal- aries and had made the fol lowing recommendations: Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the Patrolmen salaries from $425.00 uncertified and $150.00 certified to $150.00 uncertified and $175.00 certified with a raise of $185.00 after six months employment. Mr. Marier asked if the total cost of the total package had be computed. Mr. Zelinka said this is about a 7% increase based on 70 hours per month. Mr. Marier asked for the hours the Patrolmen work. Mr. Myhre said he only has a schedule for the nights on duty, not actual hours. Mr. Marier asked if he could furnish the Council with the hours, Mr. Myhre said, Yes, he would work into the schedule. There was discussion on the allowable amount of raise we could give under the wage restrictions. Mr. Locher said it was his understanding that these restrictions did not apply to municipalities. The vote on mot- ion was as follows: Mr. Bohjanen, Mr. Jaworski and Mr. Zelinka voted Yes. Mr. Marier, No, Mr. Cardinal abstained. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the Police Chief's salary from $225.00 per month to $250.00 per month and the Sargent's salary from 200.00 per month to 225.00 per month. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried with Mr. Marier and Mr. Cardinal abstaining. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the Depute Clerk's salary from 2.60 per hour to 3.00 per hour. Mr. Marier questioned the hours the Clerk was authorized for Deputy work and asked if this would be covered by the budget. The Clerk said that she was sure she could keep the Deputy's salary within the budgeted amount. The motion was seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Zelinka moved to increase the janitor's salary from 2.70 per hour to 3.00 per hour. There was discussion on how many hours he worked per week. The motion was seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the mechanics salary from 4.50 per hour to 4.75 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. There was discussion on the repair of vehicles and which was the most economical way to do this. Mr. Backlin has a record of all work done on each vehicle. Mr. Jaworski will complete a comparision cost between an established garage and our own shop on these cost. Motion carried with Mr. Marier abstaining. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the laroberes and truck drivers salaries from 3.25 per hour to 3.75 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Mr. Marier said his understanding was that when wehired a full time man that the total wages would be lowered but from looking at the payroll he felt that this was not happening. Mr. Jaworski said this was because we have such a backlog of work that should have been done a long time ago and the work is being done sooner and better. The overall cost is more but were doing more work and were hauling the sewage. Motion carried with Mr. Marier abstaining. 1 1 April 23, 1973 Mr. Jaworski felt that by the end of the Year there should be reduction in cost. Mr. Zelinka moved to leave the youth laborer wages at 2.70 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Marier. There was discussion on this with Mr. Marier moving to amend the motion to the effect that the starting salary for this age group be 2.40 per hour to go to 2.70 after 3 months. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried. The original motion carried. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the Weed Inspector salary from 2.70 per hour to 3.00 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried with Mr. Marier abstaining. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the Fire Marshall's salary from 190.00 per year to 204.00 per year. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Motion carried with Mr. Marier and Mr. Cardinal abstaining. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the salary of the Election Judges from 2.34 per hour to 2.50 per hour. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Zelinka reported that this next portion he wasn't sure just it was handled but he had told the Personnel Commission that he would present it to the Council. Their recommendation was to raise the councilmen salaries from 50.00 per month to 60.00 per month and the expense from 15.00 per month to 20.00 per month. There was discussion on how this was done with Mr. Locher reading from the Ordinance. To raise the salaries of the council, it must be done by ordinance and will not take effect until Jan.1, 1974. Mr. Zelinka so moved. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Motion carried with Mr. Marier voting, No. Mr. Zelinka moved to raise the expenses from 15.00 per month to 20.00 per month. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Motion carried. Mr. Marier voting, No, and Mr. Zelinka abstaining. Mr. Pete Scherer was in the audience and he felt that the Counci Imen should be paid 25.00 per meeting and the Mayor 35.00 per meeting. He felt that they were very underpaid. The Council thanked him for his thoughts. Mr. Bohjanen reminded the Council of the Board of Review Meeting on May 9, 1973, at 8:00 P.M. He was asked if the entire Council had to attend. He said Yes, that it was necessary to have a quorum and he suggested that they plan to attend. Mr. Bohjanen also reported there is a meeting on Apri 124, 1973 in the Anoka County Commissioners chambers concerning the County ditches. He hoped someone would be able to attend. Also there was a meeting of the Fire Chiefs and Mayors on the centra l anti on of the radio setup. Mr. Locher reviewed the contract with the MSB and reported that the had talked with Mr. Dougherty and that the amount they are willing to pay us was about 10.00 per load. He would like the estimated cost figures for the operation of the tanker and ask the Clerk to contact Mr. Juehl, of the Forest Lake School District to see if we could get a figure from him. 1 1 'r Ap r i I 25, 1973 Mr. Jaworski said his company charges 12.50 for a tractor and driver and extra for a trai ler. Mr. Locher was authorized to meet with Mr. Dougherty and continue the negoitations on the contract. Mr. Locher also had a letter from the Humane Society concerning Birch Wood Hills stables stating that they had called the owner and told her there should be a vet from the University of Minn. look at the animals there. They also say that itslnow up to the Village to sign a complaint against the owner. The Council asked Mr. Locher to contact the Humane Society and ask if they will sign the complaint. Mr. Locher will report back at the next Council meeting. Mr. Cardinal asked what the set backs were on County roads. Mr. Locher said it had been 75' from the right -of- way. That in the past the roadway was 100' now they want 120' and they want to change that 150'.: There is no definite figure. Mr. Marier felt that they should establish a figure and stop changing these requirments. The County says they need the 150' for Federal funding. The Council asked Mr. Locher to check with the State and find out if this is so. Mr. Zelinka said he had received a complaint form Mr. (Lawrence Johnson of Country Lake about the requirement of a water meter. The Clerk said that Mr. Johnson had written her office and she had answered and explained the entire operation to him. Mr. Marier questioned Requisition #239 he asked if amunition and guns for the Police could not be obtained through the County and was told no. #246 is for what? Mr. Cardinal answered, the Ci v i I Defense Float. #245 for tires for the Patrol Car. Mr. Myhre explained that he had not filled out the requ i sti on becuase he wanted the Counci I to decide which tires he should get. He didn't want to fill out a requisition for one type and have it turned down by the Council becuase he needs tires on the car now and cannot wait for another Council meeting. He said he would recommend the steel belted tires, they wear 40% longer and get 10% better mi leage. Mr. Myhre fi I led out the requisition for the steel belted tires. Mr. Cardinal moved to approve requisitions #239 through #250. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Cardinal moved to pay the bills #5079 through #5103 inclusive. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried. Mr. Cardinal moved to adjourn at 12:25 A.M. Seconded by Mr. Marier. AYE Minutes approved at the May 14, 1973 Meeting. Clerk- Treasurer May 14, 1973 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Vi Ilage Council was called to order by Mayor Bohjanen at 8:05 P.M. on May 14, 1973. Councilmen pre- sent; Jaworski, Zelinka, Absent; Cardinal, Marier. Mr. Locher and Mr. Carley were present. 1 1 1