HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 06232009I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
3 JUNE 23, 2009
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5 CALL TO ORDER.
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7 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
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9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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1 I Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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13 ROLL CALL.
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15 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Roth, Stille, and Thuesen
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17 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison and Fire Chief John Malenick.
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20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
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23 I. APPROVAL OF JUNE 23, 2009 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.
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25 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve the City
26 Council Meeting Agenda of June 23, 2009.
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28 Motion carried unanimously.
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30 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
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32 A. Presentation of CenterPoint Energy Grant for the City of St Anthony Fire Department
33 Jay Hibbard CenterPoint Energy presenting
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35 Fire Chief Malenick announced that the City has been awarded a CenterPoint Energy
36 Community Partnership grant. The grant will be used for the replacement of dispatch pagers
37 carried by firefighters. The new pagers will be more reliable and will allow them to take
38 advantage of new technology.
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40 Mr. Jay Hibbard, CenterPoint Energy, addressed the City Council and provided information
41 about the CenterPoint Energy Community Partnership grant. Mr. Hibbard presented Mayor Faust
42 and Fire Chief Malenick with the $2,000 grant.
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44 Mayor Faust thanked CenterPoint Energy on behalf of the City Council and citizens of St.
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47 III. CONSENT AGENDA.
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49 A. Consider June 9, 2009 Council meeting minutes
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
June 23, 2009
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B. Consider licenses and permits.
C. Consider payment of claims.
D. Resolution 09 -059, Renewal of Municipal Insurance Coverage and the Waiver of Tort
Liability Limits for the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Program
E. Resolution 09 -060•
Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the Consent
Agenda items.
Motion carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING.
None.
REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF.
None.
GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL.
A. Consider Resolution 09 -061, Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with
the City of Falcon Heights and Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Said
Agreement. Mike Momson, City Manager, presenting_
City Manager Mornson provided an overview of the contract agreement for police services with
the City of Falcon Heights.
Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 09-
061; Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with the City of Falcon Heights and
Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Said Agreement.
Motion carried unanimously.
B. Consider Resolution 09-062, the Contract Agreement for Police Services with
the City of Lauderdale and Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Said
Agreement. Mike Morrison, City Manager, presenting_
City Manager Momson provided an overview of the contract agreement for police services with
the City of Lauderdale.
It was noted that a lot of negotiation was involved in the contract agreements with the cities of
Falcon Heights and Lauderdale.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
June 23, 2009
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1 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to adopt Resolution 09-
2 062; Approving the Contract Agreement for Police Services with the City of Lauderdale and
3 Authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Said Agreement.
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5 Motion carried unanimously.
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7 C. Consider Ordinance 2009 -005, Section 72.36; Parking during Snow Removal (2nd
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10 City Manager Morrison reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated this is the second
11 reading of Option 2. This option proceeds with the current ordinance.
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13 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the Second
14 Reading of Ordinance 2009 -005; Section 72.36; Parking during Snow Removal (Option 2).
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16 Mayor Faust noted the proposed ordinance states that no person shall park a vehicle on any city
17 street for a period of 48 hours, commencing immediately after 2 inches or more of continuous
18 snowfall or until snow removal has been completed curb to curb. This ordinance was in place
19 last year. Prior to that there was a parking ban from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., November ls` to April 0
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21 Councilmember Stille stated his opposition to Option 2. He stated his position that it is easier to
22 implement the snow plowing exercise with the previous parking ban from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. He
23 stated it is more efficient, there are safety considerations, and the effects are positive to the
24 integrity of the community. He requested support from the Council in encouraging staff to follow
25 the parking ordinance. He pointed out that there are times after snowfalls where cars have been
26 parked on the street for two to three days, which violates the snowplowing ordinance and the
27 parking ordinance prohibiting vehicles from being parked on the street for more than 24 hours.
28 He stated if these ordinances are enforced it will go a long way towards mitigating negative
29 impacts from proceeding with Option 2. He stressed that the streets should be used to park
30 vehicles, not to store them.
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32 City Manager Morrison indicated he would recommend giving discretion to the Police
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35 Councilmember Stille clarified that he is encouraging that the Police Department be more
36 forceful in towing vehicles in accordance with the parking ordinance, but not at the expense of
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39 Councilmember Gray stated his agreement with enforcing the parking ordinance to ensure that
40 vehicles are not parked on the street long term.
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42 Councilmember Thuesen stated he is not in favor of allowing vehicles to be parked on the street
43 until there is a snowfall. He stated his support of the previous ordinance restricting parking at
44 certain times. It is easy to implement and enforce and it has been proven in the past that it works.
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June 23, 2009
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1 Mayor Faust noted the consensus of the Council to direct staff to proceed with greater
2 enforcement of the current parking regulations.
Ayes — 3, Nays — 2 (Stille and Thuesen). Motion carried
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9 City Manager Morrison reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated that as part of the
10 recodification of the City Code, the attorneys assisting staff with the process advised that it was
11 not necessary to codify the City's Personnel Policy as most of the regulations and laws were
12 originated and supported by State or Federal statutes and legislation, and that no need existed to
13 codify them as part of the City's Code. However, because the City's authority to request
14 background checks of prospective new hires and liquor license holders existed as a part of the
15 codified City's Personnel Policy, it was inadvertently removed when the City's recodified Code
16 of Ordinances was approved and adopted by the City Council. Staff is requesting that this
17 language be returned to the City's Code of Ordinances so that the Police Department may be
18 again authorized to conduct Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) criminal background
19 checks on prospective new hires and licenses.
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21 Councilmember Roth requested staff to look into how many years into the past the background
22 checks go. He noted there was an incident in the news where a gentleman became an apartment
23 complex manager, and the background check did not uncover information about his past 14 years
24 ago because the check only went back 10 years. He asked if employees have been hired recently
25 without background checks being done as a result of the City not having the necessary authority.
26 City Manager Morrison replied that due to the hiring freeze, the only hiring being done at this
27 time is part -time liquor employees. There have not been any employees hired until this is taken
28 care of Liquor licenses have been approved, as the City has the ability to do a partial
29 background check. The biggest concern is to have background checks done on solicitors going
30 door to door.
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32 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the First
33 Reading, Waive the Second and Third Readings, and adopt Ordinance 2009 -006; Amending
34 Current Code to Allow Background Checks.
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38 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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40 City Manager Momson reported on the following:
41 ■ There are no agenda items scheduled for the July 14, 2009 City Council meeting. The
42 third reading of Ordinance 2009 -005 could be scheduled for the July 18, 2009 City
43 Council meeting if the Council chooses.
44 ■ June 16, 2009— Roseville meeting to discuss Highcrest Overlay Project
45 • June 17, 2009 — New Brighton meeting to discuss sharing of resources equipment,
46 purchasing, and employee training.
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
June 23, 2009
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1 Silver Lake Village Update:
2 o Condos: 130 total of which 115 are sold. 7 of these sold this year. Total value of
3 $1,651,746.
4 o Cottages: 26 total of which 23 are sold. 6 of these sold this year. Total value of
5 41,553,293.
6 o Co -op: 42 total, 20 reserved; 78 unit rental
7 ■ Workman's Comp Rate is .78, the lowest it has ever been. 1.00 is considered the normal.
8 ■ The Fire Department will be volunteering with Muscular Dystrophy this year.
9 ■ Officer Huddle received the following awards for his work with the Roseville Swat
10 Team: MN Police Officer Association Police Officer of the Year Award Honorable
11 Mention; Department Medal of Honor, SOTA Swat Officer of the Year; Minnesota
12 Police Chiefs Medal of Honor; and Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association
13 Honorable Mention.
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15 Consensus of the Council was to direct staff to cancel the July 14, 2009 City Council meeting
16 and to schedule the third reading of ordinance 2009 -005 for the July 28, 2009 City Council
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19 Mayor Faust noted that insurance costs were $4,000 lower this year and commended staff for the
20 efforts associated with the workman's comp rate.
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22 Councilmember Stille reported on this attendance at the Family Services Collaborative Board
23 meeting prior to the City Council meeting. He explained that the organization currently serves at
24 risk kids that are generally middle school and up in age. Due to the desire of the County for the
25 funds to be used for early childhood there may be a change in focus.
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27 Councilmember Thuesen reported that recent speakers at the Vital Aging Council were Andy
28 Parrish of AARP, and Bob Roepke, former Mayor of Chaska. Mr. Parrish spoke about health
29 care reform, financial security, home emergencies, and maintaining health and long term care.
30 Mr. Roepke spoke about communities supporting residents as they age.
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32 Councilmember Gray: No report.
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36 Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following:
37 June 15, 2009 Vital Aging Council meeting. Mr. Bob Roepke spoke about a community
38 for a lifetime. He discussed a master plan for aging, as well as putting the human element
39 into comprehensive planning. There is some sentiment that St. Anthony may not have
40 enough community space for the senior component, and this may need to be looked into
41 in the future. However, the City has been amenable to requests by the seniors to use space
42 at city hall, audio visual equipment, etc. He note there may be areas where the Vital
43 Aging Council can be enhanced.
44 League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) Board meeting prior to the City Council meeting. It
45 was his last meeting as a board member; if elected on Thursday he will be an officer. He
46 encourages membership on LMC policy committees.
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VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM.
Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that
are not on the regular agenda.
Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda.
IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Councilmember Thuesen announced the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra summer pops concert
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• Thursday, June 25`h, 7:15 p.m. at Chandler Place with an ice cream social
• Sunday, June 28`h, 7:00 p.m. at Como Park Lakeside Pavilion
• Thursday, July 2 "d, 7:00 p.m. at Salo Park Amphitheatre
• Thursday, July 0, 7:00 p.m. at the Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, 8211 Red Oak
Drive in Mounds View, with an ice cream social.
X. ADJOURNMENT.
Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:37 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Hamer
TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.
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City Clerk
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