MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF BIG STONE, STATE OF MINNESOTA
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2003 7:00 PM
SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER
CALL
TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:
Mayor Dinnel called the regular
meeting of the Ortonville City Council to order at 7:00 P.M.
Roll call was taken with the following being present:
Mel Reinke, Lenore Sellin, Mike Dorry, Dan Oakes, Artie Arndt
with the following absent: Lisa
Berkner. City Staff Present:
Char Grossman, Roger Anderson. Media
present: Beth Fuller, Monte
Robinson. Others
Present: Todd Verheul, Sara
Verheul, Joan Hasslen, Tom Koop.
AGENDA
AMENDMENTS:
A motion was offered by Oakes and
seconded by Sellin and did pass unanimously to approve the agenda as
amended:
Tom Koop, Larson, Allen, Weishair
& Co., reviewed the 2002 financial audit of the City of Ortonville
and distributed the final draft for council members to review.
Reinke moved and Arndt seconded and the motion passed
unanimously accepting the 2002 Audit Report as presented.
Roger Anderson has been inquiring as
to the costs of having a City Wide Clean-up.
He has contacted Northern Waste and Minnkota Salvage as to the
costs and what they will pickup. City
staff will set up a curbside pickup.
CONSENT
AGENDA:
Mayor Dinnel asked if there were any
additions, corrections, or deletions to be made to the Consent Agenda.
The following items were pulled from the consent agenda: 11.a
Utility Committee recommendation to charge a $25.00 handling charge for
all water heater sales and 13.b Proclamation “MS TRAM WEEK” July 27th
– August 1st, 2003. Motion
was made by Dorry and seconded by Reinke, to approve the Consent Agenda
which included the following items:
9.a:
Motion approving proposed council minutes of July 7, 2003.
10.a:
Motion approving Board of Appeal/Planning Commission
recommendation to require a floor plan, elevations and plot plan be
filed in the City Office for construction projects over 120 sq. ft.
10.b:
Dorry moved and Reinke seconded that the following resolution be
adopted:
RESOLUTION 03-072
RESOLUTION HIRING PART TIME SEASONAL GOLF EMPLOYEE
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by
the Council of the City of Ortonville, Minnesota that the hiring of Andy
Loraff as part-time seasonal Golf Department employee at step 1 of the
seasonal employee pay schedule is hereby approved.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Sellin, Berkner, Arndt, Dinnel, Dorry, Reinke, Oakes and the
following voted nay: none.
Resolution 03-072 passed this 21st
day of July 2003.
APPROVED:
_______________________
David Dinnel
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk/Administrator
11.b:
Motion approving Utility Committee recommendation to establish
boring machine rates as follows:
50’ or less $750.00
Over 50’
– per foot rate to be determined by City staff according to ground
conditions
12.a:
Second of Ordinance (Ordinance
03-03) authorizing conveyance of certain City owned lands to the
Minnesota Department of Transportation.
13.a:
Dorry moved and Reinke seconded that the following resolution be
adopted:
RESOLUTION 03-073
RESOLUTION APPROVING BORDER CITY
TAX
CREDIT POLICY AMENDMENTS
BE
IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Ortonville,
Minnesota that Border City Tax Credit policy is hereby approved with
changes as recommended by border city tax credit committee and as are on
file in the office of the EDA.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Oakes, Reinke, Berkner, Sellin, Arndt, Dorry, Dinnel, and the
following voted nay: none.
Resolution 03-073 passed this 21st
day of July 2003.
APPROVED:
____________________
David
Dinnel
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk-Administrator
15.
Motion approving payment of bills as presented.
With all
members voting in favor, the motion carried.
COMMITTEE/BOARD
REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
The recommendation of the Golf Board
to pay Mark Thompson the 1.9% credit card fee was discussed.
No action was taken.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS:
Dinnel
moved and Reinke seconded that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION
03-074
RESOLUTION
APPROVING CONTRACT FOR CONTINUING DISCLOSURE SERVICES WITH EHLERS &
ASSOCIATES, INC.
WHEREAS,
continuing disclosure relations require certain issuers to
periodically update bondholders on the status of the municipality’s
financial and economic condition, and
WHEREAS,
Ehlers & Associates, Inc. will provide this disclosure service for
the City of Ortonville, and
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council that:
1.
Option 1 of the Agreement is hereby
approved.
2.
That the Mayor and
Clerk-Administrator be and are hereby authorized to
execute the Agreement.
Upon
roll call vote the following voted aye: Dinnel, Sellin, Arndt, Oakes,
Berkner, Reinke, Dorry and the following voted nay: none.
Resolution 03-074 passed this 21st
day of July 2003.
APPROVED:
____________________
David
Dinnel
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk-Administrator
Todd Verheul has presented an
employment proposal to the Council Airport Committee.
Reinke moved and Sellin seconded and the motion passed
unanimously referring the proposal to the Personnel Committee for
recommendation.
Mayor Dinnel informed the council on
the progress of the Assisted Living Project as follows:
Have received verbal commitments from the two landowners
Sale is being reviewed by Prairie Grass
Survey completed
Purchase agreement has to be executed before project begins
REPORTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES:
Reinke moved and Berkner seconded
that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION 03-075
RESOLUTION APPROVING $25.00 HANDLING CHARGE ON WATER
HEATER PURCHASES
WHEREAS, the City of Ortonville
sells Marathon water heaters as a conservation spending project, and
BE
IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that upon the recommendation of the
Utility Committee, the City will charge a $25.00 handling charges for
all water heaters purchased from the City of Ortonville is hereby
approved.
Upon
roll call vote the following voted aye: Dinnel, Sellin, Arndt, Oakes,
Berkner, Reinke, Dorry and the following voted nay: none.
Resolution 03-075 passed this 21st
day of July 2003.
APPROVED:
____________________
David
Dinnel
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk-Administrator
CLERK
CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
Oakes moved and Dinnel seconded
and the motion passed unanimously to advertise to receive quotes for the
lease of Airport farm land extending from 2004-2006.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to
come before the Council, Arndt moved the adjournment of the meeting
and with no objections thereto, Dinnel adjourned the July 21, 2003
regular meeting of the Ortonville City Council at 7:48 P.M.
