HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 102220191 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
3 OCTOBER 22, 2019
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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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11 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, Jenson, Randle and Stille.
16 Absent: None
17 Also Present: Finance Director Shelly Rueckert, and Assistant to the City Manager Charlie Yunker.
18 Guests: Captain Jess Spiess and Officer Jim South
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20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
21 ITEMS.
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23 I. APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 22, 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.
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25 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve the City
26 Council Meeting Agenda of October 22, 2019.
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28 Motion carried 5-0.
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30 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
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32 A. Body Worn Cameras Presentation.
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34 Captain Jeff Spiess and Officer Jim South made a presentation to the City Council on body worn
35 cameras and integrated technology in the Police Department.
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37 Councilmember Gray thanked the Police Officers for the update. He stated one of the things he
38 learned in the Body Cam Workgroup was that the data was going to be very difficult to deal
39 with, one of the big challenges, and wondered if there have been many data requests. Captain
40 Spiess indicated the Police Department has not had any data requests for body worn cam video.
41 He explained the Statute made it easier for them to deal with that.
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43 Councilmember Randle stated he was not really onboard with the cameras in the beginning, but
44 it was more from the City being this size and the cost attached to it. He indicated he was wrong
45 and thought it has been beneficial from a transparency standpoint and beneficial for the City and
46 the Police Department and has been a great tool.
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48 Councilmember Jenson appreciated the Police Officer's enthusiasm of the process and willing to
49 embrace it.
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2 Councilmember Stille noted this is a good reminder of the intricacies of the system. He asked in
3 regard to the overall efficiency, this does give the Police Department more tools but from an
4 efficiency perspective are the Police Officers more or less efficient with the body cams. Captain
5 Spiess indicated administratively there is more work in the back end as far as the auditing
6 process. There is also more video to disseminate. He thought where time was saved is when
7 there is a question of what happened it is easier to look on the video and see a lot of what has
8 happened.
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10 Officer South stated it is something that is used on a daily basis and on the front end it is not
11 really more time consuming then getting it up and running at the beginning of the shift. He
12 thought what was time consuming for them was every now and then something goes wrong
13 where a case number is not available at the time of the video upload and has to be uploaded later.
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15 Mayor Faust thought what outweighs all of the nuances is the transparency and trust that are
16 garnered with the public which is very important. He applauded the Police Department for being
17 looked at with the Department of Justice and having one of the first policies to be accepted.
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19 III. CONSENT AGENDA.
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21 A. Approve October 8, 2019, Council meeting minutes.
22 B. Licenses and permits.
23 C. Claims.
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25 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the Consent
26 Agenda items.
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28 Motion carried 5-0.
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30 IV. PUBLIC HEARING — NONE.
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32 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE.
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34 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL.
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36 A. Resolution 19-080; a Resolution Supporting St. Anthony -New Brighton School District
37 #282 Grants Request to Hennepin County Sports Program for a Multi -Use Turf Field.
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39 Assistant to the City Manager Yunker reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated
40 that staff would recommend additional conversations with the school district in order to gain
41 clarity of potential revenue sources needed including using City funds.
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43 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution
44 19-080; a Resolution Supporting St. Anthony -New Brighton School District #282 Grants
45 Request to Hennepin County Sports Program for a Multi -Use Turf Field.
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1 Councilmember Stille indicated with this grant, the School District is not new to this. The first
2 grant came back in 2008 when lights were needed in the park. Commissioner Stenglein knew
3 about the grant and helped shepherd that thru for the School District. He did not think it will be
4 that easy this time and stressed the importance of keeping the County Commissioners informed
5 and working together.
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7 Councilmember Randle thanked Commissioner Fernandez for also helping with this. He thought
8 this was long overdue for the turf for the longevity standpoint and there can be more programs at
9 the field as well.
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11 Councilmember Gray echoed the sentiment. He indicated he cannot over emphasize the need for
12 this multi -use turf. Being a member of the sports boosters for a long time, the primary goal is to
13 get as much participation from the girls and boys and youth sports as possible. The fields the
14 City has gets plenty of use and the City is short fields right now and this will help a great deal.
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16 Motion carried 5-0.
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18 B. Approval of Capital Improvement Plan for 2020-2024 & 2025-2036.
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20 Finance Director Rueckert reviewed the Capital Improvement Plan for 2020-2024 & 2025-2036
21 with the Council.
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23 Councilmember Stille thought this presentation was a lot of work and thanked Finance Director
24 Rueckert for all her work and thought she made it simple for the public to understand.
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26 Councilmember Jenson thought everything the City has purchased shows up as a line item in this
27 budget and show great transparency.
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29 Mayor Faust applauded Finance Director Rueckert on the work done on the Capital
30 Improvement Plan booklet and made it into a readable document for the public. He thanked
31 Finance Director Rueckert for all her work on this item and thought she did a stellar job on it.
32 He thought this put the City on a sustainable path and fits into their mission statement.
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34 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve Capital
35 Improvement Plan for 2020-2024 & 2025-2036.
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37 Councilmember Stille indicated this is still a fluid document but something that can be
38 embraced, and things could still change if needed.
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40 Motion carried 5-0.
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42 C. Ordinance 2019-10 an Ordinance Amending Multiple Sections Relating to Sewer, Water,
43 and Stormwater Fees and other Fees.
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1 Finance Director Rueckert reviewed Ordinance 2019-10, amending multiple sections relating to
2 sewer, water and stormwater fees and other fees with the Council and indicated that this is the
3 first of three readings.
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5 Councilmember Jenson asked approximately in what year did Finance Director Rueckert expect
6 the flat fee increase to top out. Finance Director Rueckert thought the City had another two to
7 three years and based on the past rate surveys done, even with the rate increases the City should
8 still be within what the average residential user pays for water overall. It is a matter of shifting
9 the cost from a usage base over to a fixed base.
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11 Councilmember Gray indicated at the last Coffee with the Council, there were a few people from
12 apartments and condominiums that were there and one of the things brought up is there is a flat
13 fee in the apartment buildings for what is paid for water and sewer and some indicated they used
14 less then their neighbors and wondered why the apartments cannot have something like the
15 households have that is based on usage. He asked staff to look at the feasibility of requiring it
16 for future developments. He would like to be able to encourage the conservation and by
17 charging by usage per unit would be beneficial and made sense to him.
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19 Mayor Faust thought that could be an item for goal setting discussion for the Council.
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21 Councilmember Stille thought the sources and uses did not match up in the buckets so what the
22 City is doing is trying to rectify that and making these funds self-sufficient.
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24 Mayor Faust thought what everyone has realized is that everyone tends to use less electricity
25 than ten to twenty years ago, yet everyone is paying more for it. He thought the transparency is
26 the reduction in one rate and the increase in the other shows that these are being used for sources
27 and uses as appropriate, which adds to that transparency.
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29 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the first
30 reading of Ordinance No. 2019-10; An Ordinance Amending Multiple Sections of Chapter 33
31 Sewer, Water, License and Permit Fees, Storm Water Facilities and Chapter 52 Water Reading
32 and Billing.
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34 Motion carried 5-0.
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36 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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38 Councilmember Stille stated he attended a cookout at Mirror Lake a couple of weeks ago as a
39 celebratory event of putting in their new infrastructure. He noted these are private roads and
40 private utilities and Mirror Lake had to put their own in and had to raise their own funds. The
41 City of St. Anthony was helpful in that because the City allowed Mirror Lake to use their
42 assessment process in order to pay for that. He congratulated the residents of Mirror Lake and
43 thought it was a nice project. He stated he also attended the October 19th Coffee with Council
44 and a Worksession on October 15t.
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1 Councilmember Gray stated he attended the October 19tn Coffee with Council and the
2 Worksession on October 15tn
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4 Councilmember Randle stated he attended the October 15th Worksession.
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6 Councilmember Jenson stated he attended the Metro Cities Board of Directors meeting on
7 October 10tn and they approved the Metro Cities Legislative Policies that will be presented at the
8 annual meeting on November 14tn. He also indicated the Chair of the Met Council, Nora Slavic,
9 was there to discuss their strategic priorities coming up over the next year. He also participated
10 at the October 15tn Worksession as well as attended the October 19tn Coffee with Council.
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12 Mayor Faust stated he attended the October 15tn Worksession. He attended a swearing in of two
13 new Fire Fighters, Sam Fletcher and Evan Hoffler, on October 16tn at the City Council
14 Chambers. He stated this is a long and hard process and the City is fortunate to have 23 paid on-
15 call volunteers who come only when needed and 7 full time Fire Fighters. He indicated he also
16 attended the Regional Council of Mayors on October 21 St and talked extensively about affordable
17 housing.
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19 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM.
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21 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that
22 are not on the regular agenda.
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24 Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda.
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26 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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28 Councilmember Stille indicated Saturday, October 26tn is Tech dump along with Fix It Clinic.
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30 X. ADJOURNMENT.
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32 Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m.
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35 Respectfully submitted,
36 Sue Osbeck
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