City Council

Agenda Regular Meeting of the City Council Monday, January 10, 2005 I. Call to Order A. 7:00 p.m. in the Council Room, City Hall. II. Roll Call A. Members present: B. Members absent: C. Consultants and City Staff present: D. Visitors present: III. Consent Agenda A. Minutes of Past Meetings: To approve the minutes of the regular meeting held Monday, December 13, 2004. Addendum #1 B. Gambling Application: To approve an Application to Exempt Permit, submitted by the Caledonia Rod and Gun Club, for an event to take place at the Caledonia City Auditorium, 219 East Main Street, April 1, 2005, to include raffles and tip boards, waiving the waiting period. C. Ambulance Department Equipment: To authorize Robert Augedahl, Ambulance Director, to purchase two new Defibrillators for the Ambulance Department. The estimated cost $5,464.32. (The Council should adopt a motion to reimburse itself for the expense of the Defibrillators with a future Certificate of Indebtedness.) Addendum #1a D. Soft Drink License: To approve a Soft Drink License for Caledonia Founders Day for calendar year 2005 for sales in the Caledonia Municipal Auditorium. E. 1  F. Council Action: IV. Visitors and Communications A. Houston County Solid Waste Site: Rick Frank will be present to update the Council on Waste Site Fees and current collections status. Council Action, if any is necessary: B. Non-Conforming Use Waiver: Dan Reinhart and Pat and Sarah Molling are expected to be at the meeting to discuss the circumstances of the Non-Conforming Use at 227 North Kingston Street. I will explain the circumstances at the meeting. Council Action: C. STH 44/76 Pedestrian Crossing Signal: Some crossing guards may attend the meeting to describe near accidents which took place at the crosswalk over Highway 44/76. Member Standish would like to reinitiate an attempt to have warning signals erected in advance of the crosswalk. Council Action: D. E. F. Communications: 1. Thank You Card, Duane St. Mary. I will present the card at the meeting. 2. MN/DOT Future Improvement Plans. Addendum #2 3. Tri-County Electric Programs & Services. Addendum #3 4. Take The Trail Newsletter. Addendum #4 2  5. SE MN Historic Bluff Country Bulletin. Addendum #5 6. Chamber Meeting. Addendum #6 V. Claims A. Prepaid Claims: Consideration of the Prepaid Claims for December 2004. Addendum #7 Council Action: B. Claims Payable: Consideration of the Claims Payable for December 2004. Addendum #8 Council Action: VI. Old Business A. Electric Facility Inventory: PowerPlus Engineering Company, LaCrosse, has submitted an estimate of $10,000 to perform an inventory of the Infrastructure assets of the Electric Department. This is being coordinated with the City Auditors, Tostrud and Temp. Addendum #9 Council Action: B. LMC Conference: Conferences for Newly Electric Officials are being held at St. Louis Park on January 28 & 29, Friday and Saturday. Attendance is recommended. Addendum #10 Council Action: C. D. 3 VII. New Business A. Fire Department Issues: Would any Council Members wish to attend a League of Minnesota Cities Seminar on Fire Department Issues as outlined on Addendum #11. Council Action: B. Annual Appointments: Possible appointments to be made by the Mayor with the consent of the Council are listed on Addendum #12. Following appointments, the member appointed to the Economic Development Authority should be aware there is a meeting at 12 o’clock noon, Wednesday, January 12, in the Council Room. Council Action: C. EDA Appointment: Kathy Nelson’s appointment as an EDA Member expired December 31, 2004. She agreed to serve another term should the Council choose to appoint her. Council Action: D. Agenda Items: Mayor Morey discussed limiting issues at Council Meetings to those items on the Agenda. Issues come to the Council through the Clerk Administrator, the public and Council Members, themselves. The Council is requested to review this topic and clarify how to proceed. Council Action: E. F. 4 VIII. Clerk’s Report A. Employee Time Record: Enclosed is the Employee Time Record for pay period December 20, 2004 through January 2, 2005. Addendum #13 B. 2005 Cities Policies: Enclosed is a Table of Contents for the 2005 Cities Policies which will be pursued by the League of Minnesota Cities on behalf of all Minnesota Municipalities. If any of you are interested in any of the topics, the booklet can be circulated for your review. Addendum #14 C. Employment Applications: For your information, the City received 3 Employment Applications for Journey Lineman and 18 Applications for Police Officer. Preliminary review is being done on the applications and interviews are to be scheduled. D. Employee Time Record: Enclosed is the Employee Time Record for pay period December 6 -19, 2004. Addendum #15 E. 2004 Property / Casualty Dividend: Enclosed is report from the League of Minnesota Cities on the Dividend distributed to the City Of Caledonia as well as other member’s cities. The cities dividend was $16,651. Addendum #16 F. Police Activity Report: Enclosed is the Police Activity Report for December 2004. Addendum #17 G. Gopher State One-Call Fee: Enclosed is a letter from Gopher State One-Call, informing us that the fee structure changed as of January 1 with an increase from $1.15 to $1.35 per ticket. Addendum #18 IX. Miscellaneous Items A. B. C. X Adjournment 5