MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF BIG STONE, STATE OF MINNESOTA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2005 7:00 P.M.
CLINIC BUILDING
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: Artie Arndt, Lenore Sellin,
Dan Oakes, Mike Dorry, Mel Reinke with the following absent: Lisa Berkner.
City Staff Present: Char Grossman, Tim Scherer, Curt Hormann, Jason Mork.
Others present: Roy Bailey, Garry Swenson, Burton Nypen, Orlou
Mittelstadt, Scott Simonitch, Jim Larson, Elsie Perrine, Mary Ann Ulrich,
Duane Ninneman, Steve Berkner, David McLaughlin. Media present: Holly
Hilbrands, Ryan Stattelman.
AGENDA
AMENDMENTS:
A motion was offered by Reinke and
seconded by Arndt and did pass unanimously to approve the agenda as
amended:
Add:
Unfinished Business
12.c Summary of Executive Session
12.d General Store
12.e Police Hiring
New Business
13.a VFW Gambling License
Renewal
13.b Development
Berkner arrived at 7:02 P.M.
CONSENT AGENDA:
Dinnel asked if there were any
additions, corrections, or deletions to be made to the Consent Agenda.
Motion was made by Arndt and seconded by Oakes, to approve the Consent
Agenda (with the exception of 9.a Approve 1/10/05 Regular Meeting Minutes)
which included the following items:
12.a Second Reading of Ordinance
(Ordinance 05-02) revision of Administrative Code:
§31.08 GOLF BOARD
A.
There shall be a Golf Board, as a division of
the Public Works Department, to consist of seven members, a minimum of two
of whom shall be women, to be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of
the City Council. Terms of each member shall be three years, the terms to
end on December 31. The Board shall annually elect one of its members to
act as Chairperson and one to act as Secretary.
15. Motion approving
payment of bills as presented.
With all members voting in favor, the
motion carried.
A motion was made by Dinnel and
seconded by Reinke and passed unanimously to approve the January 10, 2005
City Council minutes with the following exclusion: The Health Care Board
is recommending the approval of the OAHS Personnel Policy. The City
Attorney has reviewed and does approve the copy of the personnel policy as
presented. The City of Ortonville will have two personnel policies, one
for the City employees and the other for the OAHS employees. A motion was
made by Dorry and seconded by Berkner and passed unanimously to approve
the OAHS policy as presented, including Council Review as provided in
possible addition number 11.
Mayor Dinnel summarized the
conclusions of the City Clerk/Administrator performance evaluation as
follows:
"The Council closed the meeting to
evaluate the performance of the City Clerk-Administrator, as it does on an
annual basis. Evaluations were received from individual Council members.
Negative evaluations were submitted by one or more Council members.
However, the majority of the Council provided positive evaluations, and no
disciplinary actions or further actions were deemed appropriate.”
Council Member Arndt noticed that the
barricades have been removed from the area of the Country Store. Arndt
would like to be updated on what is being done with the repair. Will
provide information for the next Council Meeting.
The hiring of a fourth police officer
was discussed. Oakes moved and Sellin seconded that the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION 05-006
RESOLUTION REDUCING ONE POLICE OFFICER
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the
Council of the City of Ortonville, Minnesota that the number of police
officers be reduced from four to three full-time officers including the
chief and part-time officers as the Chief deems necessary, within the
police budget.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Sellin, Arndt, Oakes and the following voted nay: Reinke,
Dinnel, Berkner, Dorry.
Resolution failed 4-3.
NEW BUSINESS:
Reinke moved and Berkner seconded that the following
resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION 05-007
RESOLUTION APPROVING VFW POST 3964 GAMBLING LICENSE
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Ortonville, Minnesota that the request by the VFW for permit LG214 for
gambling activities at VFW Post 3964 is hereby endorsed and supported.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Sellin, Berkner, Reinke, Dinnel, Oakes, Arndt, the following
voted nay: none, and Dorry abstained.
Resolution 05-007 passed this 19th day
of January 2005.
APPROVED:
_______________________
David Dinnel
Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk/Administrator
The future development of Ortonville was discussed by
members of the City Council, Planning Commission, EDA and other concerned
individuals.
Some topics of discussions were:
-buildable lots in Ortonville
-assessment costs
-marketing of property
-repairs to existing properties
Mayor Dinnel thanked all who attended this brainstorming
meeting. The consensus of the groups is to begin with the EDA and then get
other committees involved. One of the first tasks will be to identify the
City properties. Local realtors will be contacted for their impute.
CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:
We have received information from an
engineering firm and they will be invited to attend a Council Meeting.
The Personnel Committee has interviewed Golf Course Supt. candidates and
will be making a recommendation for the next meeting..
At 8:30 Mayor Dinnel announced that
the council would be entering executive session according to Minnesota
Stature 2004 13D.01 for the purpose of consideration of a personnel issue.
At 8:40 Mayor Dinnel declared the
executive session ended and reopened the regular meeting to the public.
The Dave Meyer’s veterans preference claim was discussed, no action was
taken.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to
come before the Council, Berkner moved and Reinke
seconded and the motion passed unanimously for the adjournment of the
meeting and with no objections thereto, Dinnel adjourned the January 19,
2005 meeting of the Ortonville City Council at 8:50 P.M.
Charleen K. Grossman, City
Clerk-Administrator
