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• CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
3 MAY 24, 1994
4 I. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
5 The meeting was called to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor
6 Ranallo at 7:00 P.M..
7 II. ROLL CALL.
8 Councilmembers Present: Ranallo, Marks, Enrooth, Fleming, and Wagner.
9 Staff Present: Larry Hamer, Interim City Manager
10 Roger Larson, Finance Director
11 William Soth, City Attorney
12 III. APPROVAL OF MAY 24, 1994 COUNCIL AGENDA.
Motion by Marks, seconded by Wagner to approve the May 24, 1994 Council agenda
as presented.
15 Motion carried unanimously.
16 IV. APPROVAL OF MAY 10, 1994 COUNCIL MINUTES.
17 Motion by Marks, seconded by Fleming to approve the May 10, 1994 Council minutes
18 with the following change:
19 Page 3, line 36: Insert "including" between 12,800.00" and "scrap".
20 Motion carried unanimously,
21 V. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS.
22 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the following licenses:
23 Garbage Haulers:
24 Walter's Rubbish, Blaine, MN
25 Vasko Rubbish Removal, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Aagard Environmental, Eagan, MN
Vending_Machine:
28 Bernick's Full Line Vending
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4 Multiple Dwelling+.
5 3820 Macalaster Drive, Frances Sandberg
6 3200-3225 Diamond 8 Terrace, Northern Gopher Enterprises
7 Equinox Apartments/Sentinel Management
8 3804 Highcrest Road/Metes & Bounds Management
9 Contractors:
10 Card Construction, St. Paul, MN
11 Motion carried unanimously,
12 Motion by Fleming, seconded by Wagner to approve the following temporary 3.2 beer
13 permits for consumption in City parks:
14 Patricia Fagerlee (Robertson family picnic), June 11, 1994, Central Park
15 Karen Leivian (Leivian family picnic), June 18, 1994, Central Park
16 Patricia Fagerlee (Kravitz family picnic), June 16, 1994, Central Park
17 Councilmember Enrooth noted that the same person had applied for two different dates
which had not occurred in the past. Councilmember Fleming pointed out that it was
two different family picnics and Mr. Hamer indicated that Ms. Fagerlee would not
20 receive her deposit until after the second picnic date.
21 Voting on the motion:
22 Aye: Ranallo, Fleming, Wagner, and Enrooth
23 Nay: Marks
24 Motion carried.
25 VI. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
26 Motion by Marks, seconded by Fleming to approve payment of the following claims:
27 A. Rieke Carroll Muller Associates, Inc.
28 Rieke Carroll Muller Associates, Inc. for engineering services from March 27
29 to April 30, 1994 in the amount of$1,781.20.
30 B. Verified Claims,
31 Four pages of verified claims as presented by the Finance Director.
32 Motion carried unanimously,
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4 VII. NEW BUSINESS.
5 A. Resolution 94-036 - Award sale of$525,000 street improvement bonds
6 Bob Thistle, from Springsted, Inc., the City's financial advisors, was present to
7 make recommendation and answer any questions pertaining to the improvement
8 bonds. He distributed a sheet which indicated that five bids had been received
9 and his recommendation was to award the bid to the lowest bidder, John G.
10 Kinnard & Company Incorporated, with an interest rate of 5.6972 percent and
11 approve Resolution 94-036. The Council had no questions.
12 Motion by Wagner, seconded by Enrooth to approve Resolution 94-036 which
13 awards the sale of$525,000 street improvement bonds to John G. Kinnard &
Company Incorporated, as recommended by Springsted, Inc..
15 Motion carried unanimously.
16 Before Mr. Thistle left, Mayor Ranallo indicated Mr. Thistle, and he have
17 discussed making the whole City a Tax Increment Financing District with Jerry
18 Gilligan of Dorsey & Whitney. This action has precedent, which Mr. Thistle
19 was instrumental in accomplishing for another city.
20 B. Approval of the City's Insurance Renewal,
21 The City's insurance consultant, Mark Flaten, of American Risk Services, was
22 present to discuss his recommendations and answer questions about the City's
23 insurance coverage for June 1, 1994 through May 31, 1995. Included in the
24 agenda,packet were price quotations for property, auto, general liability,
25 workers' compensation and liquor liability. Mr. Flaten said there were no
26 significant changes other than that of liMoto
' lity. The insurance consultant
27 recommended changing coverage from Transcontinental as the
28 City's off-sale liquor liability carrier and Britamco Underwriters as the City's
29 on-sale liquor liability carrier.
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the City's insurance
coverage for the upcoming year as recommended by the insurance consultant as
32 follows:
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4 1. League of Minnesota Cities Insurance for property, auto, and general
5 liability;
6 2. League of Minnesota Cities Insurance for workers' compensation;
7 3. Transcontinental for off-sale liquor liability; and
8 4. Britamco Underwriters for on-sale liquor liability.
9 Motion carried unanimously,
10 C. 1993 City Audit,
11 Stuart Bonniwell, the City's auditor, was present to present the City's 1993
12 audit and answer questions about the audit. Councilmember Enrooth questioned
13 comments in the auditor's letter to the City Council dated April 15, 1994
regarding the utility billing system. The letter indicated the present utility
billing system software appears to be inefficient. Mr Bonniwell responded that
16 that comment stems from his observations that the present software system
17 which is sorely in need of upgrading, especially due to the addition of recycling
18 and stormwater charges on the statements. The Finance Director indicated that
19 he will check into improving the system. When asked about costs for such an
20 upgrading, the Finance Director said funds would come out of the capital
21 equipment fund.
22 Motion by Marks, seconded by Fleming to approve the 1993 City/H.R.A.
23 audits, as presented by Stuart Bonniwell.
24 Motion carried unanimously,
25 D. Award Quotations for Road Materials and Water Supplies for 1994.
26 Motion by Fleming, seconded by Marks to approve the quotations for the
27 purchase of road materials and water supplies for 1994, as recommended by the
28 Interim City Manager/Public Works Director:
29 Seal coating to Koch Oil Company
30 Hot mix asphalt to Midwest Asphalt
Cold mix asphalt to T. A. Schifsky and Sons
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4 Class 5 materials to Barton Sand and Gravel
5 Water supplies to Northern Water Works Supply
6 Motion carried unanimously,
7 E. Resolution 94-037• First amendment to Ramsey County CDBG Joint
8 Cooperation Agreement,
9 Ramsey County has requested Council approval of an amendment to the CDBG
10 Joint Cooperation Agreement allowing the County to remain eligible to
11 participate and receive revenue through the HUD program.
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve Resolution 94-037 regarding
the first amendment to the Ramsey County CDBG Joint Cooperation
14 Agreement.
15 Motion carried unanimously.
16 VIII. STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARY JO MCGUIRE.
17 Representative McGuire was not present, however, the Mayor said that if she did
18 arrive she would be allowed time to speak.
19 IX. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
20 There were no public hearings.
21 X. REPORTS.
22 A. Mayor,
23 The Mayor said he had met with Police Chief Engstrom and the Mayor and City
24 Administrator of Falcon Heights on May 17th. Mayor Ranallo perceived that
25 they were pleased with the agreement to receive policing services from the St.
Anthony Police Department and were looking forward to the starting date of
January 1, 1995. The Mayor said he also met with Lauderdale's Mayor and
28 Administrator, Police Chief Engstrom, and Interim City Manager Hamer to
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4 discuss policing services to that community, which began January 1, 1994.
5 Lauderdale's representatives appeared to be very pleased with the St. Anthony
6 officers actions, with children and adults. They indicated the officers acted in a
7 professional manner in every case. Mayor Ranallo stated that Chief Engstrom
8 has done an outstanding job.with coordinating his department's policing
9 services. Lauderdale also indicated they were pleased that St. Anthony struck
10 an agreement to police their neighbor, Falcon Heights. The Mayor had
11 suggested sponsoring an Open House in Lauderdale in the fall.
12 City Attorney Soth and the attorney for Falcon Heights are reviewing the
13 agreement. Mr. Soth indicated he did not anticipate any problems with the
14 agreement. Mayor Ranallo said he and Chief Engstrom will meet with
15 Lauderdale one month, Falcon Heights one month and the third month they
iswould meet jointly and continue the rotation throughout the year.
17 B. Council,
18 Councilmember Wagner attended a recent Ramsey County League of Local
19 Governments where he spoke with the Mayor of Falcon Heights, the latter
20 expressing his pleasure in the agreement for police services for his city. The
21 meeting was about property taxes and Wagner indicated there were many more
22 public there than usual. The public had questions about assessments (Ramsey
23 County does the assessing for the entire County), the majority of which the
24 County was able to answer. All this has very little effect on the City of St.
25 Anthony.
26 Councilmember Fleming spoke about the celebration of the redevelopment of
27 the south end triangle sponsored by the HEART group. She perceived it was a
28 success. Fleming attended a library meeting (she is a member of the Library
29 Task Force) that same night. She indicated the librarian is leaving. To keep
30 community interest in the library high, the Task Force is considering door to
31 door selling of the library. Councilmember Fleming is highly in favor of this
32 idea. She would like to have the next City Newsletter include an article about
33 the library. Lastly, Fleming said she will attend the Northwest Youth and
Family Services' Open House, May 25th.
35 Councilmember Enrooth had nothing to report at this time.
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4 Councilmember Marks said there will be a Sister City meeting on Sunday, May
5 29th. There will be two visits this summer from persons from Salo, Finland
6 and they have indicated a desire to attend a Council work session as well as a
7 regular Council meeting. He expects their arrival near the end of August.
8 Interim City Manager Hamer led a discussion about closing the Recycling
9 Center. He said he had sent a letter to all of the City's licensed haulers
10 requesting their compliance with the City's recycling regulations. He has not
11 received written response from all of them yet but anticipates he will in the near
12 future. Councilmember Enrooth indicated his displeasure at having to close the
13 Center but cannot justify keeping it open. The grant money will run out as of
14 June 30th and the City cannot afford to keep the Center open with City funds
15 alone. In addition, Enrooth noted that the Environmental Quality/Recycling
16 Task Force recommended its closing and emphasized the importance in
educating the people on recycling. No one appeared at the public hearing
regarding closing the Center and, Enrooth perceives, most people realize it is a
19 duplication of service. Councilmember Marks wondered if the City needs to
20 change its licensing for haulers. Hamer responded that the regulations do
21 specify that solid waste haulers must pick up recycling at least once a week. He
22 did concede, too, that the extra pick up for recyclables at multi-dwellings
23 (townhomes, condominiums, etc.) will probably mean increased costs.
24 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to close the St. Anthony Recycling
25 Center, effective June 30, 1994.
26 Motion carried unanimously,
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28 Interim City Manager Hamer noted that the 1994 Spring Clean Up Day was
29 successful and did not lose money. He said other communities indicated their
30 similar clean up days were successful also. Three members of the
31 Environmental Quality/Recycling Task Force volunteered their help, Trudy
32 Hentges, Doug Bergstrom, and Keith Pearson. Also, Steve Koes, who is a
33 Public Works employee, has been a Clean Up Day volunteer since its inception.
34 Mayor Ranallo asked Mr. Hamer about this year's road construction projects. Mr. Hamer
responded that the water line is three quarters of the way on Hilldale and that 3 sewer repairs .
were done. He reported that the engineer is keeping in close contact with the residents and
37 that rain has delayed some of the work on another road project.
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4 The Councilmembers changed summer work sessions as follows:
5 Cancel June 7th Add May 31st
6 Cancel July 5th Add June 27th
7 Cancel August 2nd Add August 3rd
8 XI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS..
9 There was no unfinished business.
10 XII. ADJOURNMENT.
11 Motion by Marks, seconded by Fleming to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 P.M..
Respectfully submitted,
13 Connie Kroeplin
14 City Clerk
15
16 Mayor
17 ATTEST:
18 City Clerk