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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/12/1976 Council MinutesJuly 12, 1976 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 8:00 P.M. on July 12, 1976 by Mayor Bohjanen. Council members present; Karth, McLean, Schneider, Zelinka. Absent: none. Mr. Locher and Mr. Gotwald were also present. The minutes of June 28, 1976 were corrected by Mr. McLean as follows: page 5, 2nd paragraph; at the end of the 4th line add the word 'interior', after the word 'structure' add 'and the outside work'. Mr. McLean moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Robert Burman, County Commissioner, was present and presented the Council with maps on the soils types within the City of Lino Lakes. Mr. Burman said he had read the letter from Mr. Karth on West Shadow Lake Drive to the Board of Commissioners and a meeting will be set up soon for consideration of this matter. Mr. Burman will be reporting back to the Council on any decisions made by the Board. Mr. Burman also had a list of tax forfeit lands in Lino Lakes. One parcel is Lot 19 and part of Lot 20 in Arthur Thom Acres. Since this land is adjacent to the trailer park and could be valuable in the installation of a sewer system. Mr. McLean moved to indicate an interest by the City in obtainhng that parcel. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Several parcels bordering the ponding area across the highway from the intersection of Highway #49 and Highway #8 are also tax forfeit. Since this could serve as a drainage for the area, Mr. Zelinka moved to indicate interest by the City in obtain- ing those parcels. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion carried unanimously. There was some discussion on the meeting being held in Hugo with the Ramsey County Open Space. Mr. McLean requested Mr. Burman to check for information as to the plans affecting the lands in Lino Lakes that border Bald Eagle Lake. Mr. Burman said he would. Mr. Burman also discussed plans for the upgrading of old Highway #8 and also Birch Street. The work on Birch has been delayed due to the upcoming installation of the intercepter. He will keep the City informed of the plans of the Highway Department. The Council thanked Mr. Burman for his time and information. The Clerk reported on the following items: ..Mr. Zelinka had requested the numbers of building permits issued for the constr- uction of new homes since 1970 be computed. This had been done and 229 new homes have been errected. Multiply this figure by 3.2 persons per home and the pop- ulation figure is 733. There was discussion on the possibility of doing a census within the next few years. Mr. Gotwald said the amount of monies received for high- way construction and maintenance would more than pay for having the census done. He felt the City would receive around 45 to 50 thousand dollars per year plus $1500.00 per mile for maintenance. This is only available for Cities with a population of 5000 or more. Mayor Bohjanen suggested checking for the cost of doing a census. Mr. Gotwald said Little Canada had just done this and he would talk to them. ..A request for the use of the Hall for a Boy Scout Court of Honor on July 20, 1976 had been received. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. ..The auditors that had been in the office felt that the Civil Defense Department 1 July 12, 1976 was eligible for State Aid Funds. The Clerk had contacted Mr. Bergman and had been told that all applications for matching funds should be directed through Mr. William Flynn, the area director. This information will be passed on to Mr. Cape. ..The last Federal Revenue Sharing check for this period had been received. The check totaled $8,650.00. ..Information on the proposed publication of a State Register was read. This is an official publication of rules and regulations issued by the State. There is to be a Guidebook to State Agencies and instructions mn how to use their res- ources. A sample copy of the State Register is available and the Clerk was in- structed to ask for this and to inquire as to the obtaining of the Guidebook. ..A letter on funding for the rehabilitation of homes had been received from the Metropolitan Council and also a letter from Anoka County stating they had appl- ied on behalf of the City for these funds. The Clerk was asked to contact Mr. Kline as to the publicity on the availability of these funds for the local res- idents. ..A fire Report from the City of Lexington had been received. ..The Tree Inspector's report was read. ..A letter from Shoreview with a proposal on a study to be done on Highway #49 and asking if the City is interested. Mr. Gotwald will check on this and report back to the Council. Mr. McLean so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. ..A letter from North Central Public Service Company announcing a rate increase for gas customers effective July 28, 1976. The letter also states that another increase will become effective after November 28, 1976. Mr. McLean asked if this Council should not be challenging these raises - Does silence indicate acceptance - and who challenges this on behalf of the people? Mr. Locher checked the Ordinance dealing with the gasfranchise allowing North Central to operate within the City of Lino Lakes. The reates are to be set with the consent of the Council. The Clerk was instructed to write a letter citing Section 6 of Ordinance 43 and ask how these raises were arrived at; what is the basis of the rate increase. Also state this information is necessary before the Council will support the raises, making it clear there is no reason to believe the the City residents had ever been overcharged. ..Read a letter from the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission asking for three copies of the sewer construction program for the next five years, and several other requests. Mr. McLean felt this is asking for the same information that was in the Resolution just passed for the Metropolitan Council. The Clerk was instructed to mail a copy of the Resolution to Mr. Gnerre with a cover letter. ..The Lino Lion's Club asked for the use of one ball field at Sunrise Park on August 1, 1976 to conduct a soft ball tournament. The application with the $100.00 deposit for clean up and $1.00 for a beer permit had been received. The Club is covered by a nation wide insurance program. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve the application. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. ..An application for a license for on sale and off sale 3.2% beer at Luther's July 12, 1976 Sport Shop signed by Arnold Nutter had been received. Mr. Karth moved to approve the license. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Sch- neider asked what the license fees are and when they were established? The figures were discussed and Mr. Locher is to check on the date and report back to the Council. Mayor Bohjanen had no report at this time. Mr. Karth asked Mr. Schneider if he had checked with the bank concerning paying for the new pick up. Mr. Schneider said with $1,000.00 down and the balance due in December, the interest would amount to $160.00. Mr. Schneider suggested hold- ing any decision until the tax receipts are received and then a decision can be made by phone. Mr. Zelinka questioned selling the old truck. Mr. Karth said there was quite a lot things that could be sold. Mr. Zelinka suggested that Mr. Volk make a list of the salable articles for Council consideration. Mr. Karth moved to finance the truck per Mr. Schneider's suggestion with confirmation by phone after tax receipts. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Karth reported that Mr. Volk is on vacation this week. Also the transmission on the older Lo -Boy is gone. The tractor will only move in reverse. Mr. Volk has removed the side mower from the newer tractor and put the rotary on. He has not gotten an estimate on the repairs, but felt somewhere between $500.00 to $600.00 and the trade in value is about the same amount. Mr. Karth suggested parking the tractor for the rest of this year. Mr. Zelinka suggested the work on the tractor could be done in the shop. This work can be done over the winter months and have it ready for Spring. He sugg- ested Mr. Hagen take a look and determine the extent of needed repairs. Mr. McLean reported on a special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board for the consideration of allowing a building permit on property located at the end of Marshan Lane. The Engineer had proposed a street be put in by the owner with a turn around. There was not a quorum at the meeting, therefore no decision was made. The ownership of the land to the North was in question and this is to be determined and the people will return at the regular meeting scheduled for the 2Ist. of July. Mr. Schneider reported on the auditing firms that he had contacted. Two of the firms have visited the office and have written reports. Each Council member has a copy of their report. Mr. Schneider had talked with the third firm and they will be in the office some time this weeks He asked permission to meet with all three firms and eliminate one before bringing this matter before the Council. Mr McLean asked when and Mr. Schneider suggested before a regular Council meeting. After some discussion, Mr. Karth moved to meet with the two selected by Mr. Sch- neider at 7:30 P.M. before the regular meeting scheduled for July 26, 1976. Sec- onded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Schneider questioned Mr. Locher on the $50,000.00 CD on deposit with Drovers State Bank and Mr. Locher said he had talked with Mr. Kronholm several weeks ago, but will check with him again and report back to the Council. Mr. Schneider questioned the Clerk on the status of the copy machine. She said it needed to be serviced and also the last roll of paper is in the machine. Mr. Schneider moved to have the copy machine serviced. Mr. Zelinka asked about July 12, 1976 a service contract and was told the service contract had been dropped after one year. Mr. Zelinka asked about taking the machine into the company for service, he also suggested that in the 1977 budget a new machine be budgeted. Mr. Gotwald suggested that a leasing program be considered. They find this method most fea- sible. Mr. Zelinka seconded Mr. Schneider's motion. Motion carried unanimously. The Clerk asked permission to purchase copy paper and Mr. Zelinka moved to auth- orize the purchase of copy paper not to exceed 8 rolls. Seconded by Mr. Schneider. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka had no report and in view of the financial condition, he would delay action on the proposed salary increase for Mr. Volk until funds are better known. Mr. Schneider asked the basis for the 5% increase and Mr. Zelinka said the Personnel Commission felt that Mr. Volk had worked for two years without a raise, and they felt this was because of problems not of his making. Mr. McLean asked if the Personnel Commission was questioning the judgement of the Council and Mr. Zelinka said, apparently they were. All he is doing is passing on their recommendations. Mr. Schneider asked how the salary compared with other communities and was told the salary range here is about $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 lower. This was for the year 1974/75. The City is low in comparison to the salary scale, but then Mr. Volk doesn't have the years of experience. Mr. Zelinka said he had talked about this before but felt that something should be done to require that house numbers be visible from the street. He said that for the Police or the Fire Department to find a home when the numbers are not vis- ible is almost impossible. He suggested this matter be considered by the Planning and Zoning Board with a recommendation to the Council that all house numbers be put on all residences or on the driveways in numbers large enough to be visible at night. He offered several suggestions - either home owners, the City or a ser- vice organization provide these numbers. There are three areas that should be handled 1) get numbering corrected; 2) some streets have illogical numbering; 3) make house numbers mandatory for new construction. Mr. Zelinka moved to direct the Planning and Zoning Board to resolve this problem. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. All new house numbers to be approved by the Building Inspector. Mr. Locher discussed the new Bingo Law and felt that until an interpretation of the law is available, the Council should pass a Resolution to deal with the permit requested by St. Joseph Church. The general consensus was this law needs to be studied. Mr. Zelinka moved that St. Joseph's Church does not have over five bingo per year, the requirement for a bingo manager be waived. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. There was discussion on the current requirement of 22 acres for transfer of title. Mr. McLean felt that since variances will be approved for less than this amount of land, the law should be changed. Mr. McLean felt that one figure should be set and not required a variance for each parcel that does not meet these require- ments of the present law. Mr. Gotwald had inspected the request from Northwestern Bell Telephone for per- mission to install buried cable on Peltier Lake Drive. He recommended approval July 12, 1976 of this request. Mr. Karth so moved. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Gotwald presented the feasibility report for the utilities in the Lexington Park Lakeview area. He recommended a meeting be set to formulate a method of financing and assessing this project. Mr. Karth moved to set a meeting for July 29, 1976 at 7:30 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Karth requested the use of the Hall, July 28, 1976 at 8:00 P.M. for a meet- ing. Mr. McLean so moved. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Under Old Business, the matter of the hook up fees was discussed. Mr. Gotwald suggested a charge of $50.00 plus the S.A.C. for now and review in six months. He felt the fact these lines were installed by the developer and the City is not involved with financing, this should be sufficient. The user charges should cover the maintenance on the lines. After some discussion, Mr. Karth moved to set the hook up fees at $30.00 for the first inspection and $15.00 for each additional inspection. This amount over and above the current S.A.C. Mr. Locher said the Ordinance would have to be amended in order to set these charges. Ordinance 57A for the fees and Ordinance 57B dealing with the S.A.C. The motion died for a lack of a second. Mr. Zelinka moved by Ordinance to set the fee at $75.00. This fee to include all inspections, hook up and a contingency fee. This fee to be in addition to the current S.A.C. as levied by the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. Also, this fee may be changed from time to time by Resolution. This would repeal Ord- inance 57A and amend 57B. Mobile homes, apartments and condominiums to be rates as one unit. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve requisitions #685 through and including #689. Sec- onded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve checks #715 through and including #7184, checks be- ing held until funds are received and deposited. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve payroll checks #3603 through and including #3621, with #3613 being void. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Schneider reminded the Council the insurance is renewable August 26, 1976. If a defferent company is to be considered, it should be soon. Mr. McLean moved to adjourn at 12:05 A.M. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Aye. Thes minutes were appro,ed, with correction on CLERV - TREA URER