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Home My WebLink About10/13/2008 Council MinutesAPPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 5 DATE: : October 13, 2008 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:55 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup, O'Donnell, Reinert, 9 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Director of 13 Administration, Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; Community Development 14 Director, Mike Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Attorney, Scott Baumgartner; City 15 Clerk, Julie Bartell, 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 There was no one present for public comment. 18 SETTING THE AGENDA 19 The agenda was approved as presented. 20 021 Centennial Fire District Update, Chief Jerry Streich — Fire Chief Streich introduced himself 22 as the new Centennial Fire Chief. October is fire prevention month in the state; the department 23 will be out promoting fire safety through the month, including presentations at schools. He also 24 mentioned that the department is recruiting firefighters and an informational session will be held 25 on November 1, 9:00 a.m. at the Lino Lakes Fire Station for those who may be interested in the 26 position. 27 CONSENT AGENDA 28 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Council Member Gallup 29 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 30 31 ITEM ACTION 32 33 1A. Consideration of Expenditures: 34 October 13, 2008 (Check No. 83967 through 84144, $742,120.39 Approved 35 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 3446 through 3463, $6,239.62 Approved 36 37 1B. Approval of September 22, 2008 Council Work Session Minutes Approved 38 39 1C. Approval of September 22, 2008 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 40 Aik 41 1D. Approval of applications for Exempt Permit from Lawful Gambling lir 42 License for St. Joseph Catholic Church: -1- COUNCIL MINUTES October 13, 2008 APPROVED 3 i. Turkey Bingo event on November 23, 2008; Approved 44 ii Venison Feed (raffle) on November 25, 2008 Approved 45 46 1E. Approval of Resolution No. 08-123, Authorizing execution of 47 a Letter of Engagement for city legal prosecution services Approved 48 49 1F. Approval of Application to Conduct Excluded Bingo submitted 50 by Blue Heron PTO, for event on November 20, 2008 Approved 51 52 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 53 There was no report from the Finance Department. 54 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 55 3A Tentative Offer of Employment for Recreation Supervisor — Administration Director 56 Tesch reported that staff has completed an interview and hiring process for the vacant position of 57 Recreation Supervisor and is now recommending that staff be authorized to make a conditional 58 offer of employment to Ms. Tanya Beekman. 59 Council Member O'Donnell moved to authorize a tentative offer of employment to Ms. Tanya 60 Beekman for the position of Recreation Supervisor. Council Member Gallup seconded the mk61 motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 62 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 63 4A. Approval of Resolution No. 08-119 accepting a donation from Cecelia Woodrich to 64 the Lino Lakes Police Explorers — Police Chief Pecchia reported that the Police Department is 65 requesting authority to accept and thank Cecelia Woodrich for her generous donation of a Smith 66 & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver to the Lino Lakes Police Explorers. 67 68 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 08-119 as presented. Council 69 Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 70 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 71 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 72 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 73 A. Approval of Resolution No. 08-113, Certifying Collection of Delinquent Weed 74 Abatement Charges to the County Auditor — Community Development Director Grochala 75 explained that staff is presenting delinquent weed abatement charges for certification to Anoka 76 County for collection with property taxes. Affected property owners were properly notified and 77 were allowed ample time to pay the delinquent charges. 78 79 Council Member Gallup moved to approve Resolution No. 08-113 as presented. Council •80 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. -2- COUNCIL MINUTES October 13, 2008 APPROVED 1 2 6B. Approval of Resolution No. 08-115, Approving Final Payment, 2008 Seal Coat 83 Project - City Engineer Jim Studenski explained that staff is requesting authorization for final 84 payment and a compensating change order for the 2008 Sealcoat Project to Allied Blacktop, Inc. 85 The project has been completed to the city's satisfaction and the accompanying compensating 86 change order is found to be appropriate. Staff is recommending payment. 87 88 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve Resolution No. 08-115 as presented. Council Member 89 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 90 91 6C. Approval of Resolution No. 08-114, Approving Final Payment, 2008 Overlay 92 Project — City Engineer Studenski explained that staff is requesting authorization for final 93 payment and a compensating change order for the 2008 Overlay Project to contractor WB Miller, 94 Inc. The project has been completed to the city's satisfaction and the accompanying 95 compensating change order is found to be appropriate. Staff is recommending payment. 96 97 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 08-114 as presented. Council 98 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 99 100 6D. Approval of Resolution No. 08-116, Approving Final Payment, CSAR 14/8 101 Landscaping Improvement — City Engineer Studenski explained that staff is requesting 102 authorization for final payment and a compensating change order relative to the CSAH 14/8 .04 3 Median Landscaping Project to contractor Peterson Companies, Inc. The project has been completed to the city's satisfaction and the accompanying compensating change order is found to 105 be appropriate. Staff is recommending payment. 106 107 Council Member Gallup moved to approve Resolution No. 08-116 as presented. Council 108 Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 109 110 6E. Lake Drive/35W Improvement Project, Michael Grochala 111 i. Approval of Resolution No. 08-121, Approving Change Order No. 14 112 ii. Approval of Resolution No. 08-122, Approving Change Order No. 16 113 114 Community Development Director Grochala reported that staff is presenting for council 115 consideration two change orders relating to the Lake Drive/35W Improvement Project. The 116 change orders relate to drainage improvements and additional grading. The project is nearly 117 complete and is within budget. Staff recommends approval of the change orders. 118 119 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve Resolutions No. 08-121 and 08-122 as presented. 120 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council 121 Member Reinert recorded as voting "no". 122 123 6F. 2008 Development and Individual Assessments, Jim Studenski 024 Approval of Resolution No. 08-118 and No. 08-120, Adopting Assessments, 2008 AN25 Developments — Community Development Director Grochala reported that staff is presenting 26 for council consideration some 2008 development assessments for Grandview and Oakwood -3- COUNCIL MINUTES October 13, 2008 APPROVED .7View Enabling Residence projects. The developers involved have reviewed and approved the 8 assessments. Staff is recommending approval. 129 130 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 08-118 and No. 08-120 as 131 presented. Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 132 il33 Approval of Resolution No. 08-117, Adopting Assessments, 2008 Individual Properties 134 Which Requested Connection to City Utilities — City Engineer Studenski explained that staff 135 received requests from several property owners to connect to city utilities. These property 136 owners have agreed to assessments for the work they request and are waiving their rights to a 137 hearing and appeal process under state assessment law. The three properties involved are 7778 138 Lake Drive, 6347 Ware Road, and 6508 West Shadow Lake Road. 139 140 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 08-117 as presented. Council 141 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 142 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 143 September 8, 2008 City Council Meeting Minutes as corrected at the October 6, 2008 work 144 session. 145 146 Council Member Stoltz moved approval of the minutes as presented. Council Member Gallup 147 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 048 NEW BUSINESS 149 There was no new business. 150 151 ADJOURNMENT 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 67 1.68 Council Member Reinert moved to adjourn at 6:55 p.m. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried. Community Calendar— A Look Ahead October 14, 2008 through October 27, 2008 Wednesday, October 22 6:00 p.m., Police Workroom Special Council Work Session Monday, October 27 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session Monday, October 27 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Council Meeting These minutes were considered and approved at the regular City Council Meeting on October 27, 2008. Julianne B. ell, City Cl -4- r,456trePN' John /rgeso , ayor