City Council

City Council Meeting Monday, February 5, 2018 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Mike Grote. Those in attendance were; Andy Gappa, Larry Schickling and John Nelson and Dave Whitney. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve the agenda. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, Larry Schickling, Dave Whitney and John Nelson, motion was approved. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the minutes of the January 8, 2018 City Council Meeting. 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 Larry Schickling to approve the bills as listed. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa and Larry Schickling, Dave Whitney and John Nelson. Motion was approved. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by John Nelson to approve Resolution 2018-01 a Resolution approving the City’s Comprehensive Plan 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 Dave Whitney and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve removing employee, John Tierney from probationary status to full-time status retroactive to January 8, 2018 with an hourly wage increase of $1.82. 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 Larry Schickling and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve the bid submitted by Total Lawn Care in the amount of $20.00 per residence for Sidewalk Snow Removal for the City of Madelia. Two other bids were submitted; Spencer Holmgren - $20.00 per residence and Brad Todnem – $20.00 per hour. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling, motion was approved. Police Chief Rob Prescher addressed the Council asking for guidance and a procedure for tagging non-compliant residents or business owners: The following was agreed upon: 1. Police will record the violation-will complete an ICR or Police Report 2. Police will take complaints or take photo of sidewalk violations 3. Police will contact Total Lawn Care to clear the violation sidewalk 4. City Hall will bill the resident $60.00 for the sidewalk snow removal violation A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the installation of utilities in Lot 3 Block 1 of Nolta Subdivision ( at City expense), with the owner being Josh Henry. When the Nolta Subdivision lots were developed, each lot was to have water and sewer stubbed into it. We recently discovered that Lot 3 in Block 1 did not have these services installed, but the land owners were assessed and have paid for these services. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by John Nelson to approve a bid submitted by WW Goetsch in the amount of $9,824.00 for the installation of the new WW Fairbanks Wastewater Pump. A second bid was requested but was not received. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve “Closing certain streets” for upcoming Community Events for the year 2018. EMS Week-Madelia Community Ambulance Memorial Day Parade Madelia Chamber – Park Days Parade Razzle Dazzle Parade Madelia Hospital Scrub Run Younger Brother Celebration Madelia Fire Department – Fire Prevention Week Madelia High School – Homecoming Parade. Mayor Grote wanted to include the American Legion Convention. John Nelson and Dave Whitney amended their motions to include the American Legion event. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve certifying a “Water Connection” replacement project at the residence of 118 First Street SE, owner being Mary McCall in the amount of $5,101.46 for a term of 10 year at an interest rate of 4.5%. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Larry Schickling to accept the bid submitted by Thein Well in the amount of $15,725 for servicing of the pump at Well No. 3. One other bid was submitted in the amount of $15,795.00 by Bergerson Caswell. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. A Motion was made by John Nelson and seconded by Dave Whitney to approve the City Administrator and Assistant Administrator’ s 2018 employment contracts. Terms of the contracts remain the same with a 3% wage increase. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. With no further business before the Council, A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by John Nelson to adjourn the meeting. Voting in favor of said motion, Mike Grote, Andy Gappa, John Nelson, Dave Whitney and Larry Schickling. Voting against none, motion carried. Typed this 13th day of February 2018 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.