City Council

Trail to the Past. Road to the Future. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MANTORVILLE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 21 5TH STREET E, MANTORVILLE, MN 55955 MONDAY, June 26, 2023 6:30 PM 1. Call to Order – Mayor Bradford called the meeting to order at 6:30pm Councilmembers Present: Mayor Chuck Bradford Jessica Bradford Lyle Hoaglund Jeff Ingalls Greg Rud Others Present: Public Works Lead Joe Adams City Clerk-Treasurer Gretchen Lohrbach 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Adopt the Agenda – Agenda approved as presented 4. Consent Agenda Motion was made by Councilmember Ingalls and seconded by Councilmember Bradford to approve the Consent Agenda as presented: A. Accounts Payable June 6, 2023 B. Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 12, 2023 C. Mantorville Fire Department Regular Meeting Minutes June 2023 Bill Reding asked about the second payment to DeCook Excavating. This was approved by the Council at the last regular meeting on June 12, 2023. Motion carried: 5 ayes / 0 nays 5. Proclamations, Presentations and Recognitions – No Items 6. Public Concerns Bill Reding’s ditch is very torn up. It has taken over a year to fix this. Public Works Lead Adams said that Scott Huneke of WHKS is trying to find out from Snow Contracting what is going on with this project. Reding would like someone other than Snow Contracting to finish this project. Adams will find out what the contract entails and that Reding’s ditch was an add on to the original project. Councilmember Hoaglund brought up the fact that we have an agreement with Snow and that maybe we shouldn’t be switching horses midstream.  Councilmember Bradford moved and Councilmember Ingalls seconded for Adams to look at bids to finish this project. Motion carried: 4 ayes / 1 nay – Councilmember Hoaglund voting against 7. Public Safety Update – No Items 8. Public Hearing – No Items 9. Old Business/New Business – No Items 10. Tabled Items – No Items 11. Reports A. Public Works Report Adams said that the signs for the hearing impaired child’s street have been ordered from Newman Sign for $252.76. He thinks they have them in by next week. S.L. Contracting finished the manholes and also fixed some road areas in town. B. City Clerk Report City Clerk-Treasurer Lohrbach presented information about possible golf cart stickers for review. Stickers can be printed on the City’s existing printer and the sticker paper would cost approximately $0.64 per sheet ($27.95 for a pack of 50). They can be used outside and we can print any design on them that we’d like. If residents would like a magnet instead of a sticker, these could be ordered for $1.20 each if we purchase a pack of 100. Councilmember Bradford moved and Councilmember Ingalls seconded to go with the stickers: 5 ayes / 0 nays Lohrbach will order these this week. C. Consultant Report – No Items D. Committee Reports 1. Chamber 2. EDA 3. Finance/Budget 4. Fire Department 5. Infrastructure 6. K.M. Joint Powers 7. MRA – The theatre’s 50th anniversary was this weekend during Stagecoach Days 8. Park Board – Regular meeting tomorrow June 27, 2023 9. Personnel 10. Township  Trail to the Past. Road to the Future. E. Councilmember Reports Councilmember Ingalls asked about the work on Mantor Drive and Adams said it should be fixed this week. Councilmember Rud said that the frisbee golf during Stagecoach Days went well. The teen dance, however, was not well attended. Councilmember Hoaglund said the tractor pull during Stagecoach Days went very well and that it was probably the best attended one so far. F. Mayor’s Report Mayor Bradford said that Stagecoach Days had a better turn out than they were expecting. He also had a chance to sit down with the County to discuss the roundabout North of town coming in 2027. He said the cost will be $3,000,000.00, but that the County will be reimbursed for part of this. It will be approximately 140 feet in diameter. Council discussed the fact that there have been 18 deaths at this intersection in 5 years. G. Virgil Andrist pointed out the good work Martha Vrieze and Councilmember Rud along with other volunteers did on the Covered Bridge. Councilmember Ingalls moved and Councilmember Bradford seconded to have a proclamation recognizing the contributions of this group. Motion carried: 5 ayes / 0 nays 12. Executive Session – No Items 13. Adjourn – Councilmember Ingalls moved and Councilmember Bradford seconded to adjourn the meeting at 6:55pm. Motion Carried: 4 ayes / 0 nays