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 R A 4/9/2024 - Minutes 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 6:32 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, by Mayor Mike Walters. Councilmembers present: Mike Walters, Kay Thul and Adam Pawelk. D Councilmembers absent: Fred McGuire and Dan Schuette. City Staff present: City Administrator Jake Foster, Administrative Service Director Michael Sommerfeld, Fire Chief Tom Hanson and Public Services Superintendent Mike Dressel. 2. Adopt Agenda COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO ADOPT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER ADAM PAWELK SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0 3. Consent Agenda Discussion And Approval COUNCILMEMBER ADAM PAWELK MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED 3-0 3.A. 3A - MINUTES - MARCH 26, 2024 REGULAR MEETING 3.A.i. 3B - MINUTES - MARCH 12, 2024 REGULAR MEETING 3.B. 3C - 2024 Community Programming 3.C. 3D - Conditional Offer Ford 3.D. 3E - Surplus Equipment - 1997 Ladder Truck  3.B. 3C - 2024 Community Programming 3.C. 3D - Conditional Offer Ford 3.D. 3E - Surplus Equipment - 1997 Ladder Truck 3.E. 3F - Surplus Equipment- Chainsaws, Sprayer, And Snow Blower 3.F. 3G - WWTF Pay Application No. 23 3.G. 3H - Charitable Gambling Event T 4. Open Forum 5. New/Old Business F 5.A. 5A - 2024 Fire Station Maintenance Fire Chief Tom Hanson presented an update on solicited pricing for scheduled maintenance items that were listed in this year's CIP. The specifics of this project did include wall paintings, floor refinishing in the apparatus bay, some tube heaters in the apparatus bay, and then a rooftop HVAC unit in addition to retrofitting our lights in the apparatus bay with LED bulbs. A The first quote I have on the list, is the wall painting. We received one bid from Tom Middlestead Painting for $12,250. HVAC updates, which includes that rooftop HVAC unit and the bay heaters. We would like to use R Hollywood Heating and Air with a total price of $40,400. Relighting and re-lamping the fire station. The bid we received was from Roy's Electric for $6,725.00. Next on our list, is the recoding of the apparatus floor. I am looking to proceed with Swedeboro, which D does a lot of commercial flooring in the Twin Cities metro area for fire stations in addition to public works facilities. I'm looking to present the quote for $45,100 to Swedeboro for the flooring project. An Xcel rebate was something that we had out there when we did our energy audit in 2023. There are some incentives out there. These are estimations until we get the final bills and submit those, those numbers could change. The total project expenditure budget was $168,448, and the estimated cost on this as it stands right now is $104,475. Councilmember Pawelk added, I appreciate the thorough walkthrough of the packet from the Chief tonight. Just one note, the complied costs of the $104,475, that's pre-rebate reduction. So it could be, as you noted, it could be another $2,800-$2,900 less than that, potentially. COUNCILMEMBER KAY THUL MOVED TO APPROVE TOM MIDDLESTEAD PAINTING FOR THE FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE PROJECT. MAYOR MIKE WALTERS SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 MAYOR WALTERS MOVED TO APPROVE THE HVAC BID TO HOLLYWOOD HEATING AND AIR FOR THE FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK MOVED TO APPROVE ROY'S ELECTRIC FOR THE RELIGHTING THE APPARATUS BAY FOR THE FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK MOVED TO APPROVE THE FLOOR REFINISHING BID TO SWEDEBORO FOR THE FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 5.B. 5B - Bucket Truck  SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK MOVED TO APPROVE THE FLOOR REFINISHING BID TO SWEDEBORO FOR THE FIRE STATION MAINTENANCE PROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 5.B. 5B - Bucket Truck Public Services Superintendent Mike Dressel addressed the council seeking to increase the budget from $75,000 to $105,000. Asking for $30,000 plus or minus $10,000 less than what we have saved on some of the projects this year already. 6. Other Reports T Mike Dressel also reported on the Chevy one-ton Dually they purchased has finally came in and should be able to pick it up this week. City Administrator Jake Foster added that the truck was ordered it in 2023, but that was after we ordered it F in 2021 and it never came in 2022, and then was reordered in 2023. Jake Foster noted that the halfway bridge down County Road 27 towards Delano is going to get replaced this year. The bridge is going to remain in place while they construct the other one with minimal if any impact to traffic. A Jake Foster also noted some concerns from residents regarding the Republic Services bill increase. March showed a kind of charge back that was included on the bill, that was inflated more than what residents will see on their typical quarterly bills. Then just a reminder that, we reached out to seven other providers and no one else provided a bid to provide service to our area. However, we feel like there is a lot of value with the weekly recycling and free yard waste pickup and all the help we do with the community events. R Councilmember Pawelk noted that next Wednesday, is the Park Board Commission meeting. Jake Foster followed up that Brad Kipp, Chair of the Park Board Commission, liked the Commission on the Aging survey so much, he thought that's something the Park Commission should take on and will have for D discussion. So that is on the schedule here in the Council Chambers at 6.30 next Wednesday. Councilmember Thul reported on the Commission on Aging survey that was sent out to everyone. As of last Wednesday, they have had 406 responses. We are really happy with what people are interested in, things they want to know more information about, and so we are going to take that information and see what we can do to meet those needs. We also welcomed a new commissioner to the Commission on Aging. Mary Barfnecht is our newest member, so we look forward to working with Mary. 7. Claims 7.A. CLAIMS COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK MOVED TO APPROVE THE CLAIMS ROSTER. COUNCILMEMBER THUL SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 8. Adjournment COUNCILMEMBER WALTERS MOVED TO ADJOURN AT 7:24 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0  COUNCILMEMBER WALTERS MOVED TO ADJOURN AT 7:24 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER PAWELK SECONDED. MOTION CARRIED. 3-0 309 Lewis Avenue South; P.O. Box 279, Watertown, MN 55388 ________________________________________________________ Michael Walters, Mayor T ATTEST:__________________________________________________ Jake Foster, City Administrator F R A D