ORTONVILLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
ORTONVILLE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
WORKSHOP
MEETING
DIALYSIS BUILDING
435 Eastvold Avenue, Ortonville, MN
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
6:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:
Mayor Blair Johnson called the Public Hearing
of the Ortonville City Council to order at 6:00 P.M. Roll Call was taken
with the following Present: Mayor Blair Johnson, Craig Randleman, Steve
Berkner, Bob Meyer, John Cunningham, Nick Anderson, Mike Dorry. Staff
Present: City Administrator David Lang, Administrative Assistant Susan
Lundell. Media Present: None. Others Present: Norman Glewwe, Josh
Ripplinger, Roger Sandberg, Gayle Robinson, Elsie Perrine.
SHARED GOVERNMENT CENTER HEARING
Norman Glewwe and Josh Ripplinger of Wold
Architects presented a proposal for architectural services for a study
regarding the preliminary proposal for a shared government center with Big
Stone County. Glewwe reported his firm has worked on joint city, county
and school district projects where buildings are shared by the different
entities. Big Stone County is looking to house Family Services, Law
Enforcement, Courts and Emergency Management in a Government Center. The
functions the City is seeking to locate into a Government Center include
City Hall, Law Enforcement, Fire, Ambulance, Community Center and Economic
Development. Wold Architects would conduct a workshop explaining the
planning process and documenting the project guiding principles. Existing
facilities would be studied and space needs identified. The planning
process includes gathering and organizing information. A final
recommendation would be made to the appropriate Committees, to the Big
Stone County Commissioners and to the City Council. Four sites have been
identified for the proposed building project. The estimated cost to the
City of Ortonville for the study would be $2,000 plus some reimbursable
expenses and the fee for the County portion of the study would be $8,900.
It was estimated that the reimbursable expenses would be $2,300 with the
City and the County sharing those expenses on a prorated basis.
County Commissioner Roger Sandberg stated
there is a need to combine buildings for economic reasons and felt the
decision to do so should be made now and not left for future governing
boards. He invited the City’s participation in the planning stages and
hoped that if it was shown there was a need to share a government center,
the City would be willing to consider it.
Clerk-Administrator David Lang stated funds
for the study could be taken from the police or fire department existing
budget reserves that already set aside for construction of a new facility.
The department with the largest reserves is the fire department.
Ortonville City Council Workshop Meeting
Minutes February 19, 2008 Page 2 of 2
ADJOURNMENT:
Mayor Johnson adjourned the meeting at 6:35
P. M.
All in favor. 7-0. MCU.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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Blair
Johnson
David A. Lang
Mayor
Clerk-Administrator
