City Council Meetings

Watertown City Council T Regular Meeting Mayor Michael Walters Adam Pawelk F Fred McGuire Dan Schuette Kay Thul 1. Call To Order And Roll Call A 3/12/2024 - Minutes R Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the regular meeting of the Watertown City Council was called to order in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, by Acting Mayor Adam Pawelk. Councilmembers present: Adam Pawelk, Fred McGuire and Kay Thul. D Councilmembers absent: Mayor Michael Walters and Dan Schuette City Staff present: City Administrator Jake Foster, Administrative Service Director Michael Sommerfeld, Public Utilities Superintendent Doug Kammerer and Public Services Superintendent Mike Dressel 2. Adopt Agenda COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. 3. Consent Agenda Discussion And Approval 3.A. 3A - Minutes - February 28, 2024 3.A. – Minutes – February 28, 2024 COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0.  COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0. 3.B. 3B - 2024 Commission Appointments 3.C. 3C - Retirement - FF Hedin 3.D. 3D-WWTF Pay Application No 21 3.E. 3E - WWTF Pay Application No. 22 T 4. Open Forum Al Sherwood of Chanhassen, presented on Election & Integrity matters. 4.A. Utilities Update F Public Utilities Superintendent Doug Kammerer presented the council with pictures and updates on the A new Wastewater Treatment Facility, inspection results, septic haulers yield, lead update. He also mentioned the need to inspect 516 homes to verify via photos that no lead pipes lead into homes. 5. New/Old Business 5.A. 5A - SCDP Grant Closure Public Hearing R Chuck Swanson from Carver County Community Development Agency presented the closure of the SCDP (Small Cities Development Program) grant that started in 2017. This was a 3-year program, but due to 2020 it was extended. Mr. Swanson reported that there were 5 of 10 grants given out to owner occupied rehab and $122,206 was spent. There were also 6 of 7 grants given out to commercial rehab D in the amount of $183,545. Mr. Swanson further reported that the amounts were about 75% of monies that were allotted for the program. He also noted that there is no more time to apply for these grants. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO APPROVE TO CLOSE THE REGULAR MEETING AND TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SCDP GRANT. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0. Public Hearing Kyle Jarvis, Vice Present of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke briefly on the subject of finding a grant writer and finding other avenues of grant money and funding that could help local businesses. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 5.B. 5B - Tuscany Lift Station Generator Public Utilities Superintendent Doug Kammerer requesting to solicit quotes for a new generator for the Tuscany lift station. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO APPROVE THE SOLICITATION OF QUOTES FOR THE TUSCANY VILLAGE LIFT STATION GENERATOR. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0 5.C. 5C - SCADA Request For Quotes  COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO APPROVE THE SOLICITATION OF QUOTES FOR THE TUSCANY VILLAGE LIFT STATION GENERATOR. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0 5.C. 5C - SCADA Request For Quotes Public Utilities Superintendent Doug Kammerer requesting to solicit quotes on a SCADA system (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software for use at the lift stations. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE THE SOLICITATION OF QUOTES FOR THE SCADA SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR LIFT STATIONS. T COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0 5.D. 5D - 2024 Pavement Management F Public Services Superintendent Mike Dressel presented the 2024 Pavement Management report and requesting to solicit quotes for the project. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITATION OF A QUOTES FOR THE 2024 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 5.E. 5E - Grove Avenue Hockey Rink Lighting Project R City Engineer Philip Schrupp presented on the new lighting project for the Grove Avenue hockey rink. Homeowners Jim Kasheimer and Brad Kipp each briefly spoke on the current lighting at the hockey rink and asking if there will be set times the lights will be turned on and turned off. D COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2024-13 AUTHORIZING PERCUREMENT OF THE GROVE AVENUE HOCKEY RINK LIGHTS AND LIGHT POLES. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDING. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 5.F. 5F - Kieffer Street Drainage Improvement City Engineer Phillip Schrupp presented the awarded bid for the Kieffer Street drainage improvement project to Schneider Excavating from Norwood, MN. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2024-12 AWARD FOR THE KIEFFER STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO SCHNEIDER EXCAVATING IN THE AMOUNT OF $33,296.00. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 6. Other Reports 7. Claims 7.A. CLAIMS COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE THE CLAIMS ROSTER AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0  7.A. CLAIMS COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE THE CLAIMS ROSTER AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 8. Adjournment COUNCILMEMBER FRED MCGUIRE MOVED TO ADJOURN MEETING AT 8:19PM. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 309 Lewis Avenue South; P.O. Box 279, Watertown, MN 55388 T ________________________________________________________ F Michael Walters, Mayor A ATTEST:__________________________________________________ Jake Foster, City Administrator D R