City Council

City Council Meeting Monday, December 28, 2020 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Mike Grote. Those in attendance were; Mike Grote, Cody Eager, Andy Gappa (via phone) and Larry Schickling (via phone). Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Cody Eager and seconded by Larry Schickling to approve the Consent Items with the following additions: 1. Lost Sanity’s request for entertainment blanket at Lots 11 and 12, Block 3 of Flander’s Addition. 2. Assign an address to Parcel ID#: 17.550.0440. 3. Squads + invoice for $9,535.00 for equipment for new squad. 4. A check for $600 to be sent to Department of Commence for unclaimed property. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Cody Eager-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Schickling-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve 2021 Wages. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the 2021 License for Lost Sanity to operate at Lots 11 and 12, Block 3, Flander’s Addition and with only one payment of $100 for the Special Event License. This approval of license will require the City to do a Special Event license for every weekend or 4 day event that happens at that location and send to the State for them to operate on City property. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the blanket request for entertainment at Lots 11 and 12, Block 3, Flander’s Addition for February 1st, 2021 to November 1st, 2021. This approval will only be for the days that the Special Event License is issued for. No music will go past 10p.m. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager- Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Cody Eager and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve the 2021 Knutson & Casey Lease Agreement for Front Office (15’x15.5” Space) located at 118 West Main Street, Madelia, Minnesota. Knutson & Casey would be eliminating the two offices and only having one. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Andy Gappa and seconded by Larry Schickling to assign an address to Parcel ID# 17.550.0400. The address would be 84602 Olson Drive. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Cody Eager to approve the invoice for $9,535.00 to Squads + for equipment for the new squad that was purchased with CARES funds. The squad was purchased to have 4 squads, one for each officer to eliminate cross contamination. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. A Motion was made by Cody Eager and seconded by Andy Gappa to approve sending a check in the amount of $600 to the Department of Commence for unclaimed property. This unclaimed property is old meter deposits. Staff has worked on trying to return these deposits for many years. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Andy Gappa- Yes, Larry Shickling- Yes and Cody Eager-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent. With no further business before the Council, A Motion was made by Larry Schickling and seconded by Cody Eager to adjourn the meeting. Voting in favor of said motion; Mike Grote-Yes, Cody Eager-Yes, Andy Gappa-Yes and Larry Schickling-Yes. Motion was approved. Dave Whitney was absent Typed this 29th day of December 2020 Chris Fischer, 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.