City Council

City of Madelia City Council Meeting Monday, September 26, 2016 A regular meeting of the Madelia City Council was held on September 26, 2016 at 7:00 pm. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Mike Grote. Those present for the meeting were; Andy Gappa; and Larry Schickling. Those absent from the meeting were John Nelson and Dave Whitney. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the agenda with two additional agenda items; Snow blower and Street Closure. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the minutes of the September 12, 2016 meetings. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the bills as listed. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve Resolution 2016-17 – Approving a Bingo and Raffle License for the St Mary’s Church on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the St Mary’s Social Hall. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve Resolution 2016-18-Authorizing the City Administrator to administer the Technical Assistance Grant for Economic Development. The City will be partnering with the Region 9 Development Commission to carry out the work for this grant. This would be the State portion of the Grant. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve Resolution 2016-19 – approving the Preliminary Tax Levy in the amount of $539,659.00 payable in 2017. This is a 2% increase of $9,012.91. The Council may reconsider and reduce this levy amount, prior to yearend. The Final Tax Levy for 2017 will be approved at the December 12, 2016 City Council Meeting. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to accept the Proposal from Brunton Architects to provide professional design services in the preliminary stages of the “Fire/Police/EMS Building. ($11,300.00) Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to award the repairs of the Storm Sewer and Water leak to Holtmeier Construction at the intersection of Center Avenue North and First Street NE in the amount of $28,177.10, with the understanding that the intersection must remain passable due to the high traffic volume in that area. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Mike Grote and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve an update to the Water Department’s computer operating system by Automatic Systems in the amount of $22,618.00. The last update was done in 2000. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve a change in the wage and rate scale of the Madelia Police Officer’s Union Contract contingent on approval from Law Enforcement Labor Services. Year One starting wage would go from $17.51 to $19.83 which would be comparable to the starting wage of other departments within the City. The new wage scale would show an annual increase through Year Six. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve Police Chief Rob Preacher’s employment contract commencing on January 1, 2017. This contract will remain in effect until Officer Prescher resigns or the City of Madelia terminates the contract. This will cover an aggregate base salary of $67,632.38 per annum, after the initial year of employment Officer Prescher shall receive a two percent increase calculated by the base wage of each previous year. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the purchase of a Snow blower for the Madelia Street Department from Crysteel for a cost of $8,600.00. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the temporary periodic closings of Main Street due to the construction and rebuilding of the businesses that experienced a fire on February 3, 2016. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried with Dave Whitney and John Nelson absent. With no further business before the City Council, a Motion was made by Dave Whitney and seconded by Andy Gappa to adjourn the meeting. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Dave Whitney, and Andy Gappa. Voting against none, motion carried, with Larry Schickling and John Nelson absent. Meeting was adjourned. Jane Piepgras, City Administrator, City of Madelia Typed this 3rd day of October 2016. **All Madelia City Council Meetings are video taped and are available for review during normal business hours in the Madelia City Hall. Meeting minutes are typed as a general synopsis of the meetings and are provided as a general guide of the discussions and decisions for the Madelia City Council. The video of all meetings controls over any typed minutes, and any discrepancy shall be determined in favor of the recorded meeting.