City Council

MANTORVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 6:30 PM 1. Call to Order – Mayor Bradford called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Members Present: Chuck Bradford, Henry Blair, Don Hofstad, Will Lambert and Ryan Christensen. Others: Richard Johnson – DCI, DCSO – Deputy, Scott Larsen and Cami Reber 2. Pledge of Allegiance - Done 3. Additions/Deletions to Agenda - Done 4. Consent Agenda – Motion made by Member Blair, second by Member Lambert to approve the consent agenda as follows: a) City Council Meeting Minute’s February 13, 2017 b) Warrant List February 27, 2017 c) Dodge County Commissioners Meeting Agenda February 28, 2017 d) Dodge County Planning Public Hearing Notice Motion passed unanimously. 5. Public Concerns - None 6. Public Hearing - None 7. Old Business/New Business a) Mark Hanson, Dodge County Republicans – Flag Donation  RESOLUTION 2017-05 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DONATION TO THE CITY OF MANTORVILLE Mark Hansen and Frank Brown, new Chair of the Dodge County Republicans, presented the Council with 3 new flags for the City Hall flag poles. He noted that this is going to be an annual event and is made in honor of past, current and future Veterans of Dodge County. Motion made by Member Hofstad, second by Member Lambert to accept the gift and pass RESOLUTION 2017-05, A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DONATION TO THE CITY OF MANTORVILLE. Motion passed unanimously. b) City Website Redesign Abby Bradford submitted a bid on a redesign of the City website. Cami explained briefly how we got to where we are. By redesigning it and rehosting it somewhere else, we will save dollars and have the ability to make more changes on site then to have to wait so long for the host site to do it. Motion made by Member Blair, second by Member Lambert to approve to spend up to $2,800 on the website redesign. Motion passed with Members Blair, Lambert, Hofstad and Christensen voting for and Mayor Bradford abstaining. c) City Hall Summer Hours Cami presented the request for City Hall Summer hours of 8am-4:30 pm Monday – Thursday and 8:00am – 12:00pm on Fridays from Memorial Day – Labor Day. It was the consensus of the Council to proceed with those hours. Member Christensen requested that feedback be brought to Council after Labor Day so they know how it goes. d) Park Board New Member Application Motion made by Member Lambert, second by Member Hofstad to appoint Andy Anderson to the Mantorville Park Board since the Park Board won’t meet in February. Motion passed unanimously. The Park Board will act on it at their March meeting. 8. TBD a) Public Works Report  Scott reported that more rock has fallen on the Cliff side of the dam where the kids jump into the water creating even more of a danger and he is looking for input on how to stop the kids from jumping. Council discussed adding additional signage but what else can we do to prevent kids from jumping. Mayor Bradford will put something on his bog and in his DCI column. We will need to look at enforcing the fine structure and request that the Park Board revisit this and their park rules. Member Blair suggested we contact Gilbert MN on how they are controlling kids from jumping off the cliffs there as they have had the same problem. Look at adding rock to the area where they jump from to make it more difficult.  Scott gave an update on the Tree removal in the Park. There is one that is by the wires that needs to be hired out for removal along with the stump grinding. Motion made by Member Lambert, second by Member Christensen to move forward with it as budgeted. Scott noted that all the ash trees were burned. Motion passed unanimously.  Scott reported on the condition of West Street. When spring comes, he is suggesting to get a bid to have someone come in to cut it down and put rock in. They continue to put gravel in and it all goes into the ditch. b) City Clerk Report – Cami reminded Council on the Dodge County Comp plan meeting here on Thursday. c) Consultant Report – None d) Committee Report  MRA – Member Lambert noted they are focusing on the Mulligan stew and their strategic plan. e) Council Member Report  Member Hofstad gave the guys a thank you for the work on the Streets. f) Mayor Report Mayor Bradford mentioned the Mulligan Stew event, the brand rollout that evening and he is working on the press release. We have been approached by several individuals on development of the Water tower land and more information could come to the Council in the near future. A reminder to call into City Hall any bad potholes. 9. Executive Session - None 10. Adjourn – Motion made by Member Hofstad, second by Member Blair to adjourn the meeting at 7:09 pm. Motion passed unanimously.