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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05141985 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII II II ioiazo Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1985 Document: CC MINUTES 05141985 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY . COUNCIL MINUTES May 14, 1985 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call : Sundland, Marks, Ranallo, Enrooth, and Makowske. Also present: David Childs, City Manager; and' William Soth, City Attorney. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council meeting held April 23, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to grant the following licenses as listed in the May 14, 1985 Council agenda: Amusement Devices Theisen Vending for Snyder Bros. Cigarette • Dave's St. Anthony Mobil Mico Oil Company, Inc. Mille's Apache Coffee Shop in Apache Medical Building Heating Air Conditioning Associates Environmental Systematics Wind Sheet Metal , St. Paul Craftsman S.M. , Inc. , Stacy, MN Contractors Steenberg-Henkel , St. Paul Lloyd's Home Improvements, Inc. , Columbia Heights Kloster-Madsen, Inc. , Bloomington _ Du-All Service Contractors, Inc. , Minneapolis Mohr Advertising Service, Brainerd Vinewood Builders, Inc. , Fridley Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of all verified claims listed for April 30 and May 14, 1985 in the May 14, 1985 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. 1 -2- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve payment • of $10,785.20 to Minar Ford, Inc. for the budgeted purchase of a squad car for the Police Department. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve payment of $125,274.20 to General Safety Equipment Corporation for the budgeted purchase of a new fire pumper for the Fire Department. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolu- tion proposed by the Metropolitan Emergency Managers Association. RESOLUTION 85-026- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DISPATCH AND USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES BY CITY MANAGER IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS Motion carried unanimously. As he had informed the Council in his May 10th memorandum, Mr. Childs reiterated that the bids from the Home Insurance Company for the City's insurance coverage had almost doubled from last year, for the most.part because of major problems in the insurance industry and specifically because the insurance company had embarked on a program of major increases for cities of medium size like St. Anthony, and was • adamant about writing the entire package or none. Home's quote for City coverage was $243,692 as compared to $118,386 paid in 1984. As an aside, the Manager told the Council members, Mounds View had hired a special risk manager for $3,500 whose main service had been to predict their rates would double - which they did. Elmer Iversen, Midwest Area, Inc. . agent who writes the City's insurance, reported on his unsuccessful efforts to find another insurance provider which he attributed primarily to the fact that most of those companies were leaving the state because there was no cap on liabilities and because the legislature had, to date, failed to come to grips with the problem. This left Home Insurance, who now chose not to write any business which didn't generate at least $5,000 a policy, Mr. Iversen said. The insurance agent's recommendation was for the City to "hang tight" until the end of May when the existing policies would expire, to see if the League of Minnesota Cities Trust Fund couldn't come up with a viable alternative to Home's quote for the City's coverage, since Mr. Iversen anticipates the rates would be even higher after next March. When Councilman Ranallo suggested staff should start seeking bids in December, the insurance agent told him that had- been done this year but since there had been no market except Home Insurance, that company was getting all the state business. He promised to shop early for bidders, if the City continued to want him to write its coverage, although Mr. Iversen indicated, he would not expect the situation to change unless the legislature does something about setting liabilities. Mr. Childs told the Council he had expected some raise in St. Anthony's Workers' Compensation rates because the City has had some claims but he views the League's quote of -$58,544 as more in line than the $100,498 bid for that coverage from Home Insurance. He agreed the City should wait until the last possible moment • to see if the Insurance Commissioner's plan for self-insurance 'is reinstated. -3- Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to table action on the • selection of a vendor for the City' s insurance unti-1 the Council's May 28th meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor presented plaques to two St. Anthony Village High School foreign exchange students which designated them as "honorary citizens of -St. Anthony Village as well as the United States Monika Boese, whose- home is near Hamburg, Germany, said her home with the Mel Pibal family at 2933 Crestview Drive, was very similar to that with her family in Germany. Ku'immo Kuusimaki of Finland indicated' he had also been lucky to have George and Helen Peterson, 2604 Pahl Avenue N.E. , for his American family. Mayor Sundland indicated he had heard Monika speak at the Nativity Church and said he especially appreciated meeting Kuimmo, since the foreign exchange student had consented to write for -him a Letter in._ Finnish_to the city- officials in. .Salo, Fin- land, informing them that their city had been selected as St. Anthony's Sister City. The plaque recipients expressed their appreciation of the Council 's recognition and told of their plans for the remainder of their stay in the U.S. Larry Jones, Bulletin reporter took photos of the presentation by the Mayor and the plaques intended for three other foreign exchange students who were not present., were referred to the High School for presentation. Letters from Doug Hill and Mayor Bruce Nawrocki of Columbia Heights, asking .Mayor Sundland to proclaim November as Epilepsy Month, as well as a copy of the proposed proclamation, had been included in the agenda packet and the Council consensus • was to grant the request. Councilman Makowske reported that the Ramsey County League of Local Governments would be meeting in the New Brighton City Hall the following evening. The Manager told Councilman Enrooth that, except for an occasional evergreen bough included with acceptable tree branches, the chipping program had gone well , with between 25 and 30 residents requesting and paying for that City service. However, Mr. Childs indicated Larry Hamer anticipates setting aside only one day for the project next year. Councilman Ranal'lo reported that, because he is chairing the League of Minnesota Cities annual conference in St. Paul , June 12-14, his duties on June 11th would prevent him from attending the Council meeting scheduled for that same evening. The Councilman indicated he believed the Council would find both the .conference sessions and speakers interesting and informative, especially the Emergency Pre- paredness seminar which would be conducted by Mr. Childs and Carol Carlson of New Hope, which had been put together by Ed Jasinski , a former St. Anthony resident who is now responsible for training the trainers for statewide emergency preparedness programs. Councilman Ranallo reported he and Councilmember Marks had earlier that evening attended a meeting of young people who were associated in some manner with the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse Information Committee, who were trying to establish a youth center in the Park View cafeteria. where young men and women could "hang out • Friday and Saturday nights" i'n a supervised atmosphere, which would not be quite as structured as if sponsored by either a church or school . One adult member of the Committee was present for the planning session and Councilman Ranallo told the other �I -4- Council members he had been especially impressedwith two of the City's young • policemen, Officers Scholl and Ohl , who had offered to supervise the center activities and he perceived, appeared to have a sincere interest in helping the young people to get their center. Councilman Marks reported that at the last meeting of the Executive Committee for the Youth Service Bureau he had been given a report which indicated the Bureau had provided counseling services for 60. cases in St. Anthony to date, with three . additional cases undertaken between December and March. The Councilman suggested it might be beneficial for the new Youth Bureau Director to meet with the Mayor and Council to discuss some of'-these cases on a "nameless basis" of course, and at the same time to give the City officials some sense ofwhat the Bureau does, how they operate, and how effective their programs have been up to now. Councilman Ranallo recalled--the Bureau had asked the City for about $7,000 last year, which he doubted would be feasible- with current budgetary restrictions, but he agreed it would take more than a few minutes during a Council meeting to find out just what the Rureau would be providing for that amount and to clear up some of the questions which Councilman Marks had been unable to answer about how the statistics were developed. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to request staff to try to set up a Council work session with the Director and other members of the Youth Service Bureau for 6:30 P.M. , Monday, June 3rd, if that date is acceptable to the Bureau Director. • Motion carried unanimously. The June 4th meeting with the Community Services Committee was noted and the Mayor reminded the Council members that the annual dinner for the Association of Metro- politan Municipalities would be held at the Sheraton Midway at 5 :30 P.M. , May 30th. Mr. Childs told Councilman Ranallo only two residents had called to question why the Fire Department had conducted the house burning training exercise on Edward Street on what they perceived to be a rather windy day. The Manager pointed out that there were fewer negative figures in the April liquor sales summary. Both that report and the April Fire Department report were ordered filed along with the Hance Law Firm listing of St. Anthony prosecution activity during April . Council members indicated they were glad to see cost savings for 1984 contained in the report from Seven Council Fire Department Joint Powers Purchasing Consortium which had been included in their agenda packet and Mr. Childs indicated he perceived the program had been a very successful one for the Village. During the consideration of the May 9th staff notes, the Manager corrected the amount the 1979 squad car had been sold at County auction for from $600 to $950 and indicated the decision had been made for the City to try to -sell the next available squad car itself. The report that the St. Anthony National Bank had proposed to sponsor a. community • concert in Central 'Park with the help of the City was greeted with enthusiasm by the .Mayor and Council . Mr. Childs indicated members were being sought to serve on -5 • an Ad Hoc Committee to set up the activity and said the bank might also be interested in sponsoring other concerts in the park by local musicians like the St. .Anthony High School Jazz Band. Councilman Makowske noted that the St. Anthony Community Orchestra would be giving a concert at Lake Harriet and Councilman Ranallo said he understood the Jazz Band would be playing at either St. Thomas or St. Catherine colleges sometime in the near future. The adverse effect he perceives from making cities subject to the Supreme Court ruling which applied the Fair Standards Act to San Antonio bus drivers was explained by the City Manager who said City employees in the Public Works, Fire and Police Departments shared his concerns about the impact the outdated legislation might have on their negotiated agreements with the City related to . "comp time", overtime and other benefits. Mr. Childs' suggestion that members of the Minnesota Congressional delegation should be educated about the legislation was accepted enthusiastically by both the Mayor and Councilmembers. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to authorize letters to be written to Senators Durenburger and Boschwitz, Representatives Sabo and Sikorski , and to the Department of Labor, with copies to the National and Minnesota League of Cities, the AMM and RCLLG, expressing St. Anthony's concern about the impact the application of the Fair Standard Act to union contracts might have on the agreements already reached with the City employees. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager next reported what he perceived would be both administrative and • budgetary problems for the City if recent labor relations action related to Police officers "getting out of classification" for investigative duties were applied over the board as proposed by the L.E.A.S. and reported about in a recent LMC bulletin. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the third reading and adopt the ordinance amendment which would establish setbacks for accessory buildings. ORDINANCE 1985-0.02 AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO ACCESSORY BUILDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 12, SUBDIVISION 2, ITEMS 2 & 4, OF APPENDIX I (ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 P.M. for a special executive meeting with the City Attorney which followed immediately. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen. Crowe, Secretary ayor - ATTEST: tl , CityCer -