City Council

City Council Meeting Monday, June 12, 2017 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Mike Grote. Those in attendance were; Andy Gappa, and John Nelson and Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the agenda with (2) additional agenda items. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, and John Nelson and Dave Whitney and Larry Schicklling Voting against none, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Dave Whitney and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the minutes of the May 22, 2017 City Council Meeting. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson and Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the bills as listed. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and John Nelson and Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion was approved. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve Resolution 2017-08, A Resolution Formally Accepting Funding from the State of Minnesota; Appropriated to the City of Madelia for Fire Remediation Grant. Voting for said motion; Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson and Larry Schickling and Dave Whitney, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve changing diagonal parking on First Street NW to parallel parking. Voting for said motion; Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson and Larry Schickling and Dave Whitney, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the purchase of a Software Package from Civic Systems in the amount of $63,582.00. A second bid was received from Summit Software in the amount of $59,727.00 Voting in favor of said motion; John Nelson, Mike Grote, Dave Whitney, Andy Gappa, and Larry Schickling, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Dave Whitney to “Table” agenda item (3)-Discuss or take appropriate action on Administrative Fine. Voting in favor of said motion; John Nelson, Mike Grote, Dave Whitney, Andy Gappa, and Larry Schickling, motion was approved. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Larry Schhickling, to remove Officer Ryan Fredericks from probationary status to full-time employment status. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote, John Nelson, Andy Gappa, and Dave Whitney.and Larry Schickling. Motion was approved. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve additional seasonal Park and Golf staff with a pay rate of $9.50 an hour. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote, John Nelson, Andy Gappa, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Motion was approved. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve adding a pH minimum limit of 5.0 must be added to the SIU Agreement under paragraph 2, Pretreatment Capacity Parameters. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson and Larry Schickling with Dave Whitney abstaining from the vote. Motion was approved. A discussion was held on the proposed construction of the Madelia Fire Hall. Land options and cost analysis was given to the Council for review. The Council would like to study further construction options before making a final decision. The City Administrator was to look into the budget of the Fire and Rescue Departments and contact Shannon Sweeney, Bond Consultant for additional information. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to enter into a one year partnership contract with the Madelia American Legion Club to sponsor pull- tabs and e-tabs at the Madelia Golf Course Clubhouse. The initial $3,000.00 to start this program will be the responsibility of the City of Madelia. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Motion was approved. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve the repairs and replacement of the Domestic Control System for the Main Wastewater Lift Station in the amount of $8,838.00 from the Company of Automatic Systems. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Motion was approved. With no further business before the Council, A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to adjourn the meeting. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson and Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion was approved. Typed this 15th day of June 2017 Jane Piepgras, City Administrator **All Madelia City Council Meetings are videotaped 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.