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Home My WebLink AboutCC MINUTES 10141975 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 105719 Box: 35 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1975 Document: CC MINUTES 30141975 1 f CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COU14C I L MINUTES October 14, 1975 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:30 P.M. Present for roll call : Sundland, Miedtke, Stauffer and Haik. Absent: Sauer Also present: Wm. Soth, City Attorney Jim Fornell , Adm. Asst. The following corrections were made to the minutes of the September 23, 1975 meeting. Page 2, para. 8: Remedies to traffic problems were suggested by "Mr. Jones "rather than "Mr. Ernst". Page 5, para. 7: The Hansen firm is authorized to perform the "1975 audit" rather than the "1976 audit". Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve the minutes of September 23 as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve the minutes of the September 30, 1975 Special Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The following corrections were made to the minutes for the Special Council meeting held October 7, 1975: Page 2, para. 8: Voting on the Sundland-Haik motion regarding the up- grading of 29th Avenue should be corrected as follows : Aye: Sauer, Sundland, Haik May: Miedtke, Stauffer Motion carried. Page 2, para. 9: The motion to approve changes in election judges was carried. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve the October 7 minutes as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. There was a discussion with Marlys Berg, Chairman of the Human Relations Committee regarding the Committee's minutes of September 16, 1975: the • September 17, 1975 memo from the City Manager to Marlys regarding the youth worker position and the Chairman's resignation from the Committee because of her educational commitments. 2 Mrs. Berg said she assumed that several questions the Council had regarding the • reference in the minutes to the Metro Council 's contacts with HUD concerning the rent subsidy program would be clarified at the Committee's next meeting. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Haik to accept the re- signation of Marlys Berg from the Human Relations Committee and to direct that a Certificate of Appreciation be presented to Marlys for her two years of service to the City of St. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table action on Ordinance 1975-007 until the October 28th Council meeting to enable Chief Brown to present the Police Department's reasons for favoring the passage of the ordinance. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution #1975-039. RESOLUTION NO. 75-039 A RESOLUTIOM TRANSFERRING CETA MOP!IES RECEIVED TO PAYROLL, PENSIONS AND INSURANCE ACCOUNTS. • Motion carried unanimously. Fran Schuck of Constructive Design was unable to attend the meeting but his plans for remodeling Parkview were studied and it was determined that the questions raised concerning the placement of the vault room would be drawn to Mr. Schuck's attention by Mr. Fornell and any revision of the plans can be made by change order following the presentation of the plans to the District #282 School Board, October 15th. Mayor Miedtke read Councilman Sauer's letter indicating the councilman's appro- val of proceeding with the renovation of the school building for a city hall . Councilman Haik indicated she still opposed the project because she did not feel it was apparent to the public what the actual costs would be to move the city's offices from their present location to the school ; she was not convinced the move would result in greater efficiencies for the staff, and she did not feel the same consideration had been given to reducing the estimated costs of remodeling the City Hall as had been devoted to remodeling costs for the school building. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Mayor Miedtke to approve the plans for the remodelling of Parkview School building for city offices and to authorize the Manager to advertise for bids. Voting on the motion: • Aye: Stauffer, Miedtke Nay: Haik, Sundland Motion not carried. • 3 Councilman Sundland then indicated his willingness to change his "nay" vote to • an "aye" because "he did not want to delay the inevitable approval of the project" but wanted the fact noted as a part of the official record that he had not been in favor of the move from the present city hall to Parkview from the time of its first consideration. Recall of the motion: Aye: Stauffer, Miedtke, Sundland Nay: Haik Motion carried. A discussion followed regarding the possibility of Hennepin County using the vacated portion of the city hall for a public library and Councilman Sundland said he did not think the Library Board would look with favor on using a building which is in close proximity to-a-liquor•rstore and lounge for a library. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve for city employees the State Deferred Compensation Plan for Local Government Employees. Motion carried unanimously. • Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to direct the City Manager to contact the Postal Service regarding the possible designation of the City as "St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418 and 55421 and to indicate the Council 's approval of furthering the unofficial use of "St. Anthony Village" in reference to the City. Motion carried unanimously. Congressman Fraser's letter regarding revenue bonds was filed as informational . Senator Roger Laufenburger's letter regarding the status of bills dealing with aid allotments for MSA streets was filed as informational . Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table action on Maplewood's resolution which would reduce additional property taxes on residential property improvements of a maintenance nature. Council will await recommendations from the League of Minnesota Municipalities regarding the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve the payment of $659.40 for city participation in the North Suburban Day Activity Center, Inc. Voting on the motion: Aye: Miedtke, Sundland, Haik Abstention: Stauffer (Because she does volunteer work there) Motion carried. 4 The letter from the Board of Hennepin County Commissioners regarding revenue • and tax levy schedule was filed as informational . MR. Fornell was requested to try to set up with Ramsey County officials the public information meetings on the improvement of County Road "D" for either the first or third weeks of November. The Investment Report from Carol Johnson was directed filed. Councilman Stauffer reported the cooperation of the District #282 assuming the costs of the Community Services Department. A special Council meeting to discuss Council salaries is scheduled to be held in Parkview at 4:00 P.M. on October 20, 1975. Councilman Haik and Stauffer expressed their interest in having the listing of health services available to elderly residents of the City included in the next Newsletter. The October 30th meeting of the Association of Minn. Municipalities was noted. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to grant all licenses listed in the October 14, 1975 agenda with special attention paid to the car starting licenses. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve payment of $2,341 .92 to the Dorsey firm for services during the month of August. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve payment of $50.00 to the American Public Works Association. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to adjourn the meeting at 8:35 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Cit anag r