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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 10261982 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII iozosa Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 10261982 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES October 26 , 1982 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo opened the meeting with. the Pledge .of Allegiance at 7 : 34 P.M. Present for roll call : Ranallo., Enrooth, and Letourneau. Absent: Sundland and Marks. Also present: David Childs , City Manager; and Larry Hamer, Public .Works Director. The Mayor Pro Tem reported that the Mayor had been called out of town for a family funeral and ..Councilman Marks had to attend a candidates ' meeting for his election campaign. He requested the October 12th minutes be clarified to indicate on page 6 that he. be.lieves it should take .only about - 30 days total for a properly presented proposal to proceed through the Planning Commis- sion and Council for a decision. The following change in wording was accepted: Page 6 , para. 4 : Substitute "total" for "after the Council. . . . . . . . . . recommendation". in lines #8 and #9 . • Motion by. Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as amended the minutes for the Council meeting held October 12 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. The Council had tabled action on two -license requests from Chick 's Billiards . The first, a request .for six amusement devices licenses was deferred until the Council had given a third reading for adoption to the ordinance which establishes the number of that type of devices which would be permitted in the City. The Council took the following action on the second: Motion by Mayor. Pro Tem Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to follow the staff recommendation that the application for an on-sale 3. 2 beer license be -denied for Chick ' s Billiards. at 2529 Harding Street N.E. , because the City ordinance does not allow beer to be served in any establishment except a restaurant and Chick 's does not meet the criteria for a restaurant. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman. Letourneau..and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to renew the heating license for Blaine Heating and Air Conditioning.. • Motion carried unanimously. When Councilman Enrooth questioned why a firm from Andover, Minnesota might apply for a starting and towing license in St. Anthony, Mr. Childs -2- told him the company probably answers calls in Minneapolis and is. . required to have either a license from Minneapolis or a suburb with a reciprocal agreement with Minneapolis , and since a license would cost him considerably more in Minneapolis , he probably decided instead to apply for a St. Anthony license which only costs $25 . The Manager said he is certain that disparity could be lessened somewhat with research into our rates . Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by .Councilman Enrooth to grant a starting- and towing license to Rich 's Towing, Andover. Motion carried unanimously. The billing from the League -of Minnesota Insurance Trust represented a year end adjustment of . the City 's workers ' compensation deposit premium, according .to Mr. Childs, who . said - the payment would probably be offset by up to a one-third dividend he anticipates from the trust. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $3 , 364 to the League of Minnesota Insurance Trust. Motion carried unanimously. The minutes for the Planning Commission meeting held October 19th had been included in the agenda packet, but because the entire meet- ing had been devoted to consideration of the new Sign Ordinance , it • had not been necessary to have a Commission representative present to report the minutes of that meeting. As noted in the October 20th staff notes , Fire Chief Entner repre- sented the City at the Wellness Workshop sponsored by the school district. The minutes of that seminar and for the staff meeting were ordered filed as informational . Also included in the agenda packet for the - Council 's information had been the copy of the consulting engineer's October 19th letter to Kenco, Inc. . related to the eleventh month inspection of the Anthony Lane North project by Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. The September Police Department and finance and liquor operations summary reports were accepted as informational. The Manager reported the City General Fund expenditures are about six percent under budget at the present time which the Mayor Pro .Tem indicated he believes is very good. - He- .said -he- also was very pleased to see the City 's liquor operation rated first among - the metropolitan suburbs . Mr. Childs said the liquor profits are still up, even though . sales were down somewhat, partially due to the fact that the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge was- closed most of the summer. He will submit a report on the liquor stores for the first three quarters , within a few weeks . Mr. Hamer and Councilman Enrooth discussed the revised schedule of hours of operation for the City 's skating rinks as listed in the • Public Works Director's October 4th memorandum with which .the Council- man indicated the . Skating Rink Committee concurs . -3- The Council members were reminded .of the November 18th Association of Metropolitan Municipalities membership meeting and noted the confirma- tion of the Mayor to the Federal Surplus Property Advisory Committee . Mr. Childs distributed .copies of the Fourth Judicial District Court Order dated October 22nd which denied the motion for a temporary restraining order from the Strenger- Corporation; d/b/a Chick 's Billiards because "the court has considerable reservations as to the likelihood that plaintiff will prevail on the merits of this action when the facts are viewed in light of established precedents" , which the Manager said would compel Chick ' s owners to abide by the City ordinance which permits all recreational establishments to remain open only until 1 :00 A.M. while their litigation against the City is in progress . Other agenda addendum included information on the Fire Department program on chimney safety, a change order on the bridge project, a proposed resolution aut:iorizing the purchase of a front end loader tractor and a report on the bids taken for reroofing the water treat- ment plant and the Old City Hall/Fire Station. Dir. Hamer reported that, because of top soil salvage , the City realized a savings of $1 , 680 on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project which requires a change order approval. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth • to approve Change Order #1 for $1, 680 for the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project. Motion carried unanimously. The Public .Works. Director said he is certain the bridge can be opened Friday, October 28th and the Manager indicated he mould inform the Council members as to the time when the ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled. The City desires to purchase a 1974 International front end loader tractor for $2 , 2.00 from the Federal Surplus program, according to Mr. Childs who said with this purchase the -City would be able to replace the 1954 vintage machine which is worn out. Mr. Hamer added that the cost of the new machine c.an. be taken from saving sand reclaimed from sealcoating for use this winter. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which authorizes the transfer of funds in the Public Works Department budget for the purch,a-se. of a front end loader tractor. RESOLUTION 82-04.9 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1982 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. -4- As indicated in Mr.. Hamer' s October 25th memorandum, bids had been taken for reroofing both the Old City Hall and the water treatment • plant; with the latter to be done this year. Mr. Childs recommended accepting the low bid from Allweather because the average lives of the proposed roofs would .be generally equivalent: Councilman Enrooth concurred because he believes the interest the City would make on the $3, 000 difference between the Allweather and Milton Johnson bid should certainly outweigh the benefits of the "insurance .policy received by the longer warranty" . Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to accept the bid and award the contract for reroofing the water treatment plant to the Allweather Roofing Company for $6 ,258. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo and seconded by . Councilman Letourneau to adopt. the resolution which accepts the Ramsey- County Winter Road Maintenance Agreement as recommended by the City Manager. RESOLUTION 82-047 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAMSEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY FOR WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES Motion carried unanimously. • The Finance Director had submitted- the pertinent data on the proposed interdepartment transfer of funds for the Police Department and Mr. Childs indicated that, although the Police Department overtime budget is $5,000 less than in 1981 , he has been unable to make changes in scheduling (due to contract wording) which he would like for 1982 which leaves the overtime fund approximately $5 ,000 below what is anticipated by the police Chief would be needed before the end of the year. The Manager hopes- to rectify- this .situation in the 1983 Union contract. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and .seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which authorizes the transfer of $5 ,675 within the Police Department budgets to cover .overtime costs the Police Chief anticipates for the remainder of 1982 . RESOLUTION 82-048 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1982 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. Ordinance 1982-007 which would change .certain recreational establish- ments from permitted to conditionally permitted uses was left on the table because there could not be the 4 votes for needed passage with. only three of the Council present. • Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo . and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve the.. third reading and adopt the ordinance which limits the number of amusement devices licenses in the City to 106 . -5- ORDINANCE 1982-010 AN OPDINANCE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF LICENSES FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICES; AAZENDING CHAPTER IV OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A SECTION Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs confirmed that there are' no additional license applications pending except that for six devices for Chick 's Billiards which had been tabled until after the above action had been taken. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem- Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant six amusement devices licenses to .Chick 's 'Billards . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 8 :03 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary Ma r ATTEST: City erk •