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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL COUNTY OF BIG STONE, STATE OF MINNESOTA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2002 7:00 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL: Mayor Dinnel called the regular meeting of the Ortonville City Council to order at 7:04 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following being present: Mel Reinke, Dan Oakes, Lisa Berkner, Lenore Sellin, Artie Arndt, David Dinnel, and with the following absent: Mike Dorry. City Staff Present: Roman Taffe, Curtis Hormann, Tom Dew, Roy Bailey, Paul Tinklenberg. Media Present: Ryan Stattelman. Others Present: Blair Johnson.
AGENDA AMENDMENTS: A motion was offered by Reinke and seconded by Arndt and the motion did pass unanimously to approve the following agenda additions:
New Business: 13.g LMC newly elected officials conference briefing
RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Blair Johnson, representing the OFC, requested approval for the gambling license at the VFW club. Dinnel moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Approving OFC Gambling License for VFW Club (RES 02-011). With all members voting in favor the motion carried 6-0.
CONSENT AGENDA: At 7:08 Mayor Dinnel asked if there were any additions, corrections, or deletions to be made to the Consent Agenda. Motion was made by council member Berkner, and seconded by council member Sellin to approve the Consent Agenda which included the following items:
9.a: Motion approving proposed council minutes of January 22, 2002.
15: Motion approving payment of bills as presented.
With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARDS,COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS: Council considered several recommendations of the utility committee. It was reported that the matter of the Hwy 7 project liquidated damages had been discussed and that the project engineer presented options for the city. Options discussed were the daily late penalty allowed by MnDOT contract and assessing actual costs incurred by the city. It was further stated that damages would be split pro rata between the state and city with the city receiving 26% of any damage award. It was also stated that MnDOT had been contacted and was agreeable to waiving their portion of damages if the city chose to assess the actual costs of damages. Since that the two methods would likely return a fairly similar number, it was the committee’s recommendation to seek damages based on actual costs incurred. Oakes moved and Sellin seconded and the motion passed unanimously instructing staff to compile all additional costs incurred on the Hwy 7 project and proceed with action against the contractor to assess said costs.
Next council discussed the topic of capital project funding. The utility committee recommended allocating funds from the sewer and light funds for specific projects. Oakes moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Allocating Capital Improvement Project Funds (RES 02-012). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried 6-0.
Next council considered the recommendation to award the bid for the purchase of a boom truck. Dinnel stated he felt the timing of such purchase was not appropriate given recently announced state budget shortfalls. Berkner moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Awarding Boom Truck Bid (RES 02-013). With Oakes, Sellin, Berkner, and Reinke voting in favor and with Arndt and Dinnel voting against, the motion carried 4-2.
NEW BUSINESS: Council considered Peninsula Project engineer’s recommendation to approve certificate of substantial completion on said project. Dinnel moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Approving Peninsula Project Certificate of Substantial Completion (RES 02-014). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.
Reinke moved and Sellin seconded that a resolution be adopted Designating Authorized MRES Representative (RES 02-015). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.
Council discussed the removal of certain dilapidated buildings owned by the city. Consensus of the council was for the clerk-administrator to gather cost estimates for removal of those buildings.
Next the council considered joining the Western Area County City Association. The consensus of the council was to not join said association.
Dinnel informed council members of the sentence to serve program the county had entered into and suggested boards consider projects applicable by this program.
Arndt updated council on the recently attended conference for newly elected officials. He suggested additional meeting time to allow more in depth discussion of city topics. Dinnel stated the council was finalizing plans for a day-long retreat for the council members in March and the matter would then be discussed. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Council, Berkner moved the adjournment of the meeting and there being no objections thereto, Dinnel adjourned the February 4, 2002 meeting of the Ortonville City Council at 7:44 p.m. |
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