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Home My WebLink About1997-06-26 Council MinutesCORCORAN CITY COUNCIL JUNE 26, 1997 123 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Mayor Larkin called the meeting to order at 7:05 P.M. Present were Mayor Larkin, Council Members Ken Kluck, Ernie Mayers, and Ken Guenthner. Member excused: Dixie Lindsley. Also present were City Clerk Stacy Doboszenski, City Planner Gary Eitel, City Attorney Jeff Carson, and Interim Public Works Supervisor Bob Krei. There were approximately 12 people in attendance at the meeting. SET AGENDA The following items were added to the Agenda: • Add under consent agenda, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GAMBLING LICENSE FOR BINGO AT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY FAIR • Well at City Hall OPEN FORUM The following people addressed the City Council during the open forum: Bill Glowacki. _Chairman of the Home Occupations „Committee: Mr. Glowacki was present and gave the Council a brief synopsis of their first meeting held on Tuesday, June 24, 1997. Mr. Glowacki stated the committee is in the process of receiving home occupation ordinances from surrounding communities. He also stated the committee hopes to have a specific proposal, on an ordinance for home occupations, to the City Council by the end of July or early August. There was a brief discussion between the Council and Mr. Glowacki. No action taken. PERSONNEL O MITTEE UPDATE Cindy Patnode, Chairperson for the Personnel Committee, updated the Council of the progress of the Committee at their June 19, 1997 meeting. The City Council and members of the Personnel Committee discussed the following: • The proposed job description for "Position A", a public works foreman position • Having the "Position A" person be 2/3 in the field, 1/3 administrative • Councilors Guenthner and Kluck thought the position description looked good • If there is a need for somebody to be "in charge" and held "accountable" • How the present employees of the Public Works feel about the new position • Mayor Larkin expressed feelings that he feels there is no need to hire this position; due to lack of work and to spend the dollars where it is needed • The question of whether or not there is enough work for this position to do • Having the Personnel Committee study the amount of work hours there would be for this position; is a full-time position necessary • Councilor Guenthner felt that there should be somebody in charge of the department, but to have the Committee establish the amount of hours needed to be covered by this position • Having the present Interim Supervisors apply for this job also • The amount of money being spent on an engineer to do administrative tasks • Councilor Mayers asked what exactly the work is that the Public Works Department does • Having the present employees of the Public Works Department meet with the Personnel Committee at their next meeting On a motion by Guenthner, seconded by Mayers, to table this item. Motion carried unanimously. 124 PRESENTATION ON 1996 AUDIT BY STEVE MCDONALD OF ABDO, ABDO, EICK. & MYERS Mr. McDonald was at the meeting and presented the 1996 Audit to the City Council. There was a brief discussion on the management letter submitted with the audit regarding segregation of duties. No action was taken. WELL UPDATE - REPAIRS NEEDED Tony Ruppert and Bob Krei addressed the Council on the need to pull the well to find out the problem. City Council discussed the following: • If the well is still covered under warranty by the installer • Have the original installer come back to fix the problem On a motion by Kluck, seconded by Guenthner to have Ruppert & Son Well fix the well. Councilor Guenthner suggested having Tony Ruppert come back with a cost estimate once he knows what repairs are needed. The motion was not amended to include the cost estimate. Motion carried with Kluck, Mayers, and Larkin voting aye; Guenthner voting no. LETTER FROM THE CITY OF GREENFIELD Mayor Larkin brought up the topic of a letter the City Councilors received from the City of Greenfield regarding the addressing system of Corcoran and changing the names of Strehler Road (west of County Road 19) and Tessmer Road. There was a brief discussion by the Council. No action taken. SOLICITATION ORDINANCE Attorney Jeff Carson gave the Council a background on the request from staff for a solicitation ordinance. The City Council and Attorney discussed the following: • A licensing system through the Police Department • Non-profit, religious, and political organizations be exempt from the ordinance • Setting a license fee consistent with the costs incurred by the City for doing the licenses • Having outside businesses use the community (residents, roads, etc.) to sell their product • Establishing a licensing procedure On a motion by Guenthner, seconded by Kluck, to table this item until the Police Department and staff provides the Council with an outline for licensing procedures so that a fee can be established for the license. Motion carried unanimously. FLOWERS AT CITY HALL Colleen Held was not at the meeting. Councilor Muck stated that the Lions Club would like to donate funds for the flower beds. Mayor Larkin read a note from Councilor Lindsley stating that she would like to see citizen involvement in establishing the flower beds, and not to use City dollars. No action was taken. TRAFFIC COUNTS Cost of Traffic Counters City Engineer Vince Vander Top went through the various types of traffic counters available and suggested that the City purchase four counters, instead of his original recommendation of three. He gave the Council an estimated total cost of $1850 for the counters and equipment needed. He then explained that there will still be some engineering costs involved in preparing the traffic count reports. He also recommended that the City purchase the counters using state aid dollars. Vince stated that it would take approximately 10 -15 man hours a week to move the counters and 125 record the readings. On a motion by Mayers, seconded by Guenthner, to approve the City Engineer's recommendation to purchase four Mitron counters, 200 feet of tubing, and to use state aid dollars to pay for the counters. Motion carried unanimously. Pioneer Trail West of County Road 19 The Council asked about the Pioneer Trail asphalt project (west of County Road 19). Bob Krei stated that the Public Works department is meeting with Ron Bray, WSB Engineers, on Monday about completing the project. DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT Councilor Guenthner stated he has had conversations with John Bucher, Chairman for the Planning Commission, about having a joint meeting. Guenthner suggested holding the meeting on Thursday, July 17, 1997 and the agenda be going through the present comprehensive plan with Gary and discuss the areas the Council and Planning Commission feel need to be changed. There was a discussion between the Council and Gary on what the City should be looking at when reviewing the comprehensive plan and make a practice of using the comprehensive plan in the decision making process. On a motion by Guenthner, seconded by Muck, to request the Planning Commission to consider July 17, 1997 as a joint meeting date and that a definite date will be set at the next Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. CONSENT AGENDA On a motion by Guenthner, seconded by Muck, to approve the consent items as follows: • Approval of List of Claims #490 - 510 • Approval of the June 12, 1997 City Council Minutes • Approval of Resolution No. 1997 - 49, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VACATION OF EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATED AS PART OF THE UNIMPROVED PLAT OF CORCORAN ESTATES SECOND ADDITION UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF 78TH AVENUE NORTH • Approval of Resolution No. 1997 - 50, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VACATION OF A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT DEDICATED AS PART OF THE PLAT OF ACRE LAKE 2ND ADDITION, LOCATED AT 10200 RAGE DRIVE, PID #05-119-23 34 0015 • Approval of Resolution No. 1997 - 51, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GAMBLING LICENSE FOR BINGO AT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY FAIR Motion carried unanimously. DISCUSSION Correspondence The Council briefly discussed the letter from Berkley Administrators regarding the insurance issue of the fence at Lion's field. Council was informed that Wilfred is in the process of obtaining three quotes to repair the fence. The Council discussed the union of the police department and that they are ready to negotiate with the City. There was also a brief discussion on Hennepin County's new method of consolidating CDBG funds into one big pool for the smaller cities. 126 ADJOURN Mayor Larkin adjourned the meeting at 9:10 p.m. ATTEST: 61 Wyklerk Mayor