MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

OF THE ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL

COUNTY OF BIG STONE, STATE OF MINNESOTA

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 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 7:00 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following being present: Lisa Berkner, Lenore Sellin, Mel Reinke, Mike Dorry, and with the following absent: Dan Oakes, Artie Arndt. City Staff Present: Roman Taffe, Curt Hormann.  Media present: Ryan Stattelman. Others Present: Roy Bailey, Mary Ann Ulrich.

AGENDA AMENDMENTS:

A motion was offered by Reinke and seconded by Berkner and the motion did pass unanimously to approve the agenda with the following additions:

12.b            Assisted Living Center task force

13.f      Fire Dept. hire

13.g     Flood grant revision

CONSENT AGENDA:

Mayor Dinnel asked if there were any additions, corrections, or deletions to be made to the Consent Agenda.  Motion was made by council member Dorry, and seconded by council member Reinke to approve the Consent Agenda which included the following items:

9.a:                   Motion approving proposed council minutes of May 20, 2002.

13.a:                 Second Reading of, and Resolution adopting, Ordinance (ORD 02-02) Amending Cable Franchise (RES 02-053).

13.c:                 Motion accepting resignation of Clerk-Administrator.

15:                   Motion approving payment of bills as presented.

With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.

COMMITTEE/BOARD REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS:

Council discussed recommendations by the planning commission. Dorry moved and Berkner seconded and the motion passed unanimously adopting the findings of fact on the Sykora variance request as presented by the Board of Appeal/Planning Commission.  Dorry moved and Berkner seconded and the motion passed unanimously approving the variance request by Don Sykora based upon the adopted findings of fact.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Dinnel moved and Berkner seconded and the motion passed unanimously appointing Dr. Ron Beyer to the Assisted Living task force.

NEW BUSINESS:

Council discussed the codification of the land use ordinances, specifically about the issue of side setbacks for accessory buildings as there appeared to be a typographical error in the revised ordinance.  Dorry moved and Sellin seconded and the motion passed unanimously interpreting the zoning ordinance to allow five foot side lot setbacks for accessory buildings.  Dorry offered the second reading and moved the adoption of the ordinance codifying the city’s land use ordinances (ORD 02-03). Sellin seconded said motion and with all members voting in favor, said resolution Adopting Ordinance Codifying Land Use Ordinances (RES 02-054) was duly adopted.

Next council considered a grant request for the telework project from the USDA RBEG program.  Dinnel moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Approving Telework RBEG Application (RES 02-055). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.

Reinke moved and Sellin seconded and the motion carried authorizing the posting and advertising for the position of Clerk-Administrator.  Mayor Dinnel declared a special meeting of the city council for the purpose of interviewing internal Clerk-Administrator applicants. Said meeting was called for Tuesday, June 11^th at 5:00 p.m. at the city office.  Mayor Dinnel declared a special meeting of the council for June 18^th at 5:00 p.m. at the city office to interview external Clerk-Administrator candidates.

Reinke moved and Berkner seconded that a resolution be adopted Hiring Fire Dept. Personnel (RES 02-056). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.

Council reviewed revised grant information for the ’97 Flood grant.  Dinnel moved and Reinke seconded that a resolution be adopted Requesting Flood Grant Revision (RES 02-057). With all members voting in favor, the motion carried.

Council discussed minutes of the safety committee and no action was taken thereon.

ADJOURNMENT:

There being no further business to come before the Council, Dorry moved the adjournment of the meeting and with no objections thereto, Dinnel adjourned the June 3, 2002 meeting of the Ortonville City Council at 7:31 p.m.

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Roman C. Taffe, City Clerk-Administrator