City Council

CITY OF PELICAN RAPIDS COUNCIL MINUTES – 06-28-00 The City Council of Pelican Rapids met in regular session at 3:30 p.m., on 06-28-00, in the Pelican Rapids Public Library meeting room. Present: Mayor Wayne Runningen, Council Members John Waller, III, Paulette Nettestad and Denise Magnusson. Absent: Dave Gottenborg. Also present: Administrative Assistant Richard A. Jenson, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Glenys Ehlert, Street Superintendent Vern Benson, Utilities Superintendent Brent Frazier and Gary Peterson of the Pelican Rapids Press. Meeting called to order by Mayor Wayne Runningen. Larry’s Supermarket Sign was added to the agenda. Administrative Assistant Richard A. Jenson reported that the work on Well No. 14 well house is substantially complete. Jenson and Gary Nansen of Larson-Peterson & Associates, engineers for the project, recommend that Council authorize final payment subject to turf establishment. Motion by Waller, seconded by Magnusson to authorize final payment in the amount of $5,372.50 to PKG Contracting, Inc., subject to turf establishment, for construction of the well house for Well No. 14. Motion passed unanimously. Jenson reported that a radio for civil preparedness is available at a cost of $650 from Brandon Communication. The radio is a 25 watt, 250 channel unit that would be programmed for capability to communicate with other city radios. Motion by Magnusson, seconded by Waller to authorize purchase of the above radio after inspection verifying that it will meet the City’s needs. Motion passed unanimously. Pete Hart presented the Pelican Rapids Jaycees request to operate their annual Beer Garden during Turkey Days. The Jaycees included a list of proposed rules for the operation. Motion by Nettestad, seconded by Magnusson to approve a TEMPORARY NON- INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR (3.2 BEER) LICENSE for an on-sale beer operation in the public parking lot behind Ace Hardware Store in the City of Pelican Rapids for the term of two (2) days, beginning with the 14th day of July, 2000, and ending with the 16th day of July, 2000, at 1:00 a.m. License is subject to rules and regulations submitted with application and to receipt of the application fee and Certificate of Liability Insurance. Voting yes: Mayor Runningen, Council Members Nettestad and Magnusson. Voting no: none. Abstaining: Waller. Motion carried. Motion by Nettestad, seconded by Magnusson to certify an unpaid utility bill in the amount of $95.27 to parcel numbers R76000990181000 and R76000990189000 for collection with the property’s real estate taxes. Motion passed unanimously. Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Glenys Ehlert reviewed three Minnesota Lawful Gambling Applications for Exempt Permits received by the City from the Pelican Rapids Chamber of Commerce, St. Leonard’s Church and the Pelican Rapids Rotary Club to conduct raffles. No action was necessary. The applications are forwarded to the state to issue the licenses. Jenson reviewed a request from Larry’s Supermarket to place a sign in the City’s right- of-way to the frontage road west of the store. This location would put the sign in the proposed bike path. The consensus of the council was for the owners of Larry’s to use an alternate site nearby. Mayor Runningen thanked all the city employees who helped with the International Friendship Festival on 06-23 and 06-24-00. Jenson reported that street lighting contractors have completed the underground boring, installing conduit for the wire linking the light standards. Work continues on the pouring of concrete bases for the lights, with just a few remaining to be done. Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m. Glenys Ehlert, CMC Deputy Clerk-Treasurer