MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF BIG STONE, STATE OF MINNESOTA
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2006 7:00 P.M.
DIALYSIS BUILDING
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:
President Pro-Tem Oakes 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: Mike Dorry, John
Cunningham, Bob Meyer, Nick Anderson, Artie Arndt with the following
absent: Blair Johnson. City Staff Present: Char Grossman, Tim Scherer,
Curt Hormann. Others present: Craig Ash, Darlene Eckert, Bob Krava.
Media present: Julie Gruber, Mike Swenson.
AGENDA
AMENDMENTS:
A motion was offered by Dorry and
seconded by Arndt and did pass unanimously to approve the agenda as
amended:
Add:
Unfinished Business
12.c Parks
New Business
13.d Utility Trench
CONSENT AGENDA:
Oakes asked if there were any
additions, corrections, or deletions to be made to the Consent
Agenda. Motion was made by
Anderson seconded by Cunningham to approve the Consent Agenda which
included the following items:
9.a Motion approving
proposed regular council minutes of September 18, 2006.
12.a Second Reading of Ordinance (06-04)
Disposal of Real Property.
13.a Anderson moved and Cunningham seconded
and the following resolution be
adopted:
RESOLUTION 06-126
RESOLUTION APPROVING TDS METROCOM AGREEMENT
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the
City Council of the City of Ortonville, Minnesota that the annual
agreement between the City of Ortonville and TDS Metrocom be and is hereby
approved to provide telephone services for the City of Ortonville and that
the Mayor and Clerk-Administrator are hereby authorized to sign such
agreement.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Dorry, Oakes, Meyer, Cunningham, Arndt, Anderson and the
following voted nay: none.
Resolution 06-126 passed this 2nd
day of October 2006.
APPROVED:
____________________
Dan Oakes
President
Pro-Tem
ATTEST:
_____________________
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk-Administrator
13.b Anderson moved
and Cunningham seconded and the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION 06-127
RESOLUTION APPROVING 2006 AIRPORT PROJECT PAY REQUEST #1
BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the
Council of the City of Ortonville, Minnesota that the 2006 Airport Runway
Reconstruction and Runway Marking project pay request #1 in the amount of
$363,748.43 is hereby approved with the city share of the funding coming
from airport capital reserves.
Upon roll call vote the following
voted aye: Dorry, Oakes, Meyer, Cunningham, Arndt, Anderson and the
following voted nay: none.
Resolution 06-127 passed this 2nd
day of October 2006.
APPROVED:
____________________
Dan Oakes
President
Pro-Tem
ATTEST:
Charleen K. Grossman
City Clerk/Administrator
15. Motion approving
payment of bills as presented.
With all members voting in favor, the
motion carried.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CITIZEN BOARDS,
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A letter has been received from
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency regarding the cleanup of the City of
Ortonville’s demolition disposal site. A motion
was offered by Oakes and seconded by Cunningham and did pass unanimously
to establish an adhoc committee of Council Members Mike Dorry and Nick
Anderson to work will Darren Wilke, Big Stone Co. Environmental Officer,
to prepare a plan for the cleanup of the site.
A motion was offered by Arndt and
seconded by Anderson and did pass unanimously to request an additional 30
days for the preparation of the plan for the cleanup of the demolition
disposal site from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
RECOGNITIONS/PRESENTATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS:
Otter Tail Power representatives
Darlene Eckert and Bob Krava presented information for the transfer of the
Otter Tail property to the City of Ortonville. Dorry moved and
Cunningham seconded and the motion passed unanimously to proceed with the
transfer based on the City Attorney’s findings.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
The Central Park had been discussed
during the work session. A motion was offered by
Dorry and seconded by Cunningham and did pass unanimously assuring the
citizens that Central Park will remain as an Ortonville park and will
continue to be maintained as has been done in the past or maybe better in
the future. The $5,000 request for Central Park has been referred to the
Park Board for recommendation.
NEW BUSINESS:
Curt Homan questioned the Big Stone
County 2006 public safety bill. After discussion it was determined that
the use of the 2000 census figures is a fair way of calculating the safety
bill. No action was taken.
Council member Anderson requested
the utility trench on County Road #78 be completed before winter. Tim
Scherer suggested that if the contract is awarded for the Spark Street
project, then the contractor should be requested to install the 6” water
line and complete the utility trench this fall. Tabled until after the
October 16th meeting.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS &
RECOMMENDATIONS:
At 7:50 P.M. the City Attorney
announced that the council would be entering executive session according
to Minnesota Stature 13D.01 for the purpose of consideration of a
personnel issue.
At 8:25 P.M. President Pro-Tem Oakes
declared the executive session ended and with no action taken thereon,
reopened the regular meeting to the public.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to
come before the Council, Arndt moved and
Cunningham
seconded and the motion passed
unanimously for the adjournment of the meeting and with no objections
thereto, Oakes adjourned the October 2, 2006 meeting of the Ortonville
City Council at 8:26 P.M.
Charleen K. Grossman, City
Clerk-Administrator
