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Home My WebLink About01/10/1977 Council Minutes1 1 1 19 January 10, 1977 The first regular scheduled meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council for the year 1977 was called to order by Mayor Bohjanen on January 10, 1977 at 8:05 P.M. Council memb- ers present; Karth, McLean, Zelinka. Absent; Schneider. Mr. Locher and Mr. Gotwald were also present. The first order of business was the Mayor's appointments. City Attorney - Landol Locher; City Engineers - Milner Carley & Assoc. with Mr. George Gotwald direct contact; Beckman Yoder Assoc. - Planner; Mr. Gene Mobley - Building Inspector; Mr. Robert Vadnais - Plumbing Inspector; Mr. Allan Robinson - Weed Inspector; Mr. Gerald Beach - Tree Inspector; Mr. Arnold Kelling - Assessor; Mr. William Houle - Fire Marshall; M.A.P.S.I. - Animal Control; Mr. Charles Cape - Civil Defense Director; Anfinson & Hendrickson - Auditors; Donald Volk - Public Works Director. The Mayor interrupted his appointments to ask the Clerk to read the letters from the three local newspapers - Circulating Pines, Forest Lake Times and the Blaine- Spring Lake Park Life. Mayor Bohjanen said he felt the Forest Lake Times had done a good job for the City and he would recommend they be retained as the legal paper for the City. Mayor Bohjanen continued with the appointments naming Springsted Inc. - Bonding Con- sultants; Centennial State Bank - Bank Depository; and Anoka County as the Municipal Health Department. Mr. McLean moved to approve the above appointments. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bohjanen appoi,ntedthe Planning and Zoning Board as follows; Kenneth Gourley - 3 year term; Vi Schwankl - 3 year term; James Hill - 2 year term; Edward Karth - 2 year term; Pierre Nadeau - 1 year term; Vernon Reinert - I year term. Mr. McLean moved to approve the appointments. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bohjanen made the following appointments to the Park Board; Peter Scherer - 3 year term; Arlene Averbeck - 3 year term; Dick Olson - 2 year term; Frank Resch - 2 year term; Ted Gredvig - 2 year term; Randy Ringaman - 1 year term; Ina Liljedahl - I year term. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve the appointments. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bohjanen appointed the following to serve as members of the Personnel Commiss- ion; Steve Sprint - 3 year term; Richard Cartier - 3 year term; Richard Kulaszewicz - 2 year term; Larry Johnson - 2 year term; Joe Vamos - I year term. Mr. Karth moved to approve the appointments. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bohjanen felt the appointments to the Police and Fire Advisory Boards should be tabled until the Council could take a look at what is expected from those boards. Mr. McLean agreed. He felt the Council should set the goals for study. Mr. Zelinka felt it is very important that members of those boards be objective. Mayor Bohjanen felt that each Board should have one Council member. He wondered if it would be necessary to name two separtate Boards - possibly one Board could serve a dual purpose. More will discussed on this at subsequent meetings. Mayor Bohjanen named Mr. Harvey Karth as Acting Mayor for the year 1977, Mr. Karth agreed to serve in that position. Mayor Bohjanen added that he would recommend that Council liaisons remain the same as 1976. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve the Acting Mayor and the Council Liaison appointments. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. McLean moved to approve the minutes of December 27, 1976 as presented. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Bohjanen asked that the matter of the Centerville Police Contract be tabled until the January 24, 1977 meeting. Mr. Karth so moved. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. After some discussion, Mr. Zelinka moved to apply for the Errors and Ommission Insurance on an annual basis. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Karth had no road report. Mr. McLean reported on the approval of a time extension granted by the Metrop- olitan Council in conjunction with the work being done by the Planning and Zoning Board. Mr. McLean also reported on the meeting on December 28, 1976. Mr. McLean, Mr. Locher, Mr. Gotwald, Mr. Short and Mr. Gourley had met and gone through the proposal for submission to the Planning and Zoning Board at the scheduled meeting on January 19, 1977. This rough draft will then be presented to the Council for preliminary review before being sent to the Metropolitan Council for preliminary review. It will be before the City Council for final approval after any suggested changes have been incorporated. Mr. Karth asked for the use of the City Hall on January 26, 1977 by the Lino Athletic Assoc. for a meeting. Since this is a free evening, Mr. Karth moved to approve the request. Seconded by Mr. Zelinka. Motion carried unanimously. Mr.- McLean said a meeting to review the work done on the Chain of Lakes Park has been scheduled for January 26, 1977 at the Activity Center in Bunker Park. Mr. Torkildson will be sending invitations to all Council members, Park Board members and Planning and Zoning Board members. This meeting is scheduled for 8:00 P.M. Mr. Zelinka said there had not been a Personnel Commission meeting but he will be scheduling one probably before the next Council meeting. He has received four other proposals for employee insurance and will be presenting this to the Commission for a recommendation to the Council. The Clerk reported on the following items for Council consideration: ..Read a letter from Governor Rudy Perpich acknowledging the letter recommending the re- appointment of Mrs. Opal Peterson to the Metropolitan Council; ..Read a letter from the Anoka Soil & Water Conservation District announcing they will be doing an inventory of the natural resources in the County. Mr. McLean felt this has already been done by the City, the Metro Council, the DNR, the Rice Creek Watershed Board and possibly several other agencies. He felt this is overlaying work already done and someone should let them know how the communities feel about the waste of time and money. The Clerk was instructed to answer this letter in that line of thought. ..Reported the Tax Equivalency payment from the Metropolitan Council for the land acquired for the Chain of Lakes Open Space had been received in the amount of $3,012.73. ..Reported an informational letter from the Federal Revenue Sharing office had been received. There are some changes in the regulations. A planned use report is no longer required and the checks are mailed directly to the bank. ..All Council members have a copy of the actual use report for the last pay- 1 1 1 January 10, 1977 ments received. The numbers inserted were taken from the planned use report as filed last Fall. Mr. McLean questioned the break down. The Clerk was instructed to check these percentages. Mr. Locher presented the Council members with a copy of a sample Ordinance on the control of larger animals. Mr. Locher said there are several sections in this ordinance that he felt should be modified, especially in the fee section. No dec- ision wasmade. The members will read and make recommendations. Mr. Locher reported he had not had any contact from the Mediator in the Police Contract matter. Mr. Gotwald reported the plans and specifications for the sewers on La Motte Drive should be ready for Council consideration the first meeting in February. They are hoping to let the bids sometime in March. Mr. Gotwald reminded the Council that when a City reaches the populations figure of 5,000 it is eligible for State Aid for streets. He had computed the approximate amount of Lino Lakes could receive and felt it could be near the $65,000.00 figure. He discussed the possibility of a special census and felt if the Council had any indication of the City reaching that number, perhaps it might be wise to spend the money for a census. Mr. Gotwald said he will also check on the progress of the lift station on Laurene as to when it will be in operation. Mayor Bohjanen requested that letters be written to all out going Board members thanking them for their service and to all in coming Board members giving them he information as to meeting times and places. He asked the Council liasons to get the Boards organized for the information guide. Mr. McLean moved to approve requisition #725. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carr- el unanimously. Mr. Zelinka moved to approve checks #7575 through and including #7590, whith #7581 being voided. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zelinka moved to adjourn at 9:10 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Karth. Motion carried unanimously. These minutes were coOeLd and T7lov ec�#-jat the January 24, 1977 regular scheduled Council meeting. �j��2�� CLERK - TREASURER