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City Council Work Session Minutes
July 13, 2013 - 9:00 AM
The Corcoran City Council met on July 13, 2013, at City Hall in Corcoran, Minnesota. Present
were, Mayor Guenthner, Councilor Asleson, Councilor Cossette, Councilor Lynch and Councilor
Thomas. Also present were City Administrator Martens, City Engineer VanderTop, City Engineer
Torve, City Attorney Carson, Tammy Omdahl, and Kirstin Barsness.
1. Call to Order/ Roll Call
Mayor Guenthner called the meeting to order at 9:00 am
2. Utility Financial Planning Discussion
Council along with City Administrator Martens, Tammy Omdal (Northland Securities), Kirsten
Barsness, and City Engineers Vander Top and Torve discussed utility financial planning.
Staff direction:
• TIF
o Funds may be used to reduce a portion of the negative balance of Infrastructure
Planning Fund (402), an estimated $175,000 for property acquisition at 20112 Co Rd
10 (23- 119- 23 -44- 0010), and the downtown street reconstruction and water /sewer
project.
• Downtown project
o Property owners should receive a charge for project costs related to street
reconstruction as well as fees adopted for water /sewer.
• Sanitary Sewer and Water Services Policy
• Property owners should be required to connect to water and sanitary sewer when
available to the property however the Ordinance should be written to allow for
conditions for connection (failure of septic, property expansion, time frame, etc.).
• Fees related to trunk line availability should be charged at final plat or when the pipe
is available. Connection fees should be charged when the connection is being made
to the system or with building permit.
• Annually staff should recommend and Council should approve a fee schedule related
to fees and charges for water and sanitary sewer services.
• Staff should review normal water usage in the City of Corcoran when establishing
conservation rates.
o A base fee to cover administrative costs should be established.
• Staff should recommend a monthly or quarterly billing cycle to the City Council.
• Staff should recommend an approach to billing for sanitary sewer usage (winter
usage or additional meters).
• The Sanitary Sewer and Water Services Policy as well as the applicable Ordinance
should include a comprehensive list of definitions.
• Timeline
o Sanitary Sewer and Water Services Policy should be reviewed at July 25, 2013
Council meeting.
City of Corcoran
City Council Work Session Minutes
July 13, 2013 - 9:00 AM
MOTION: made by Lynch, seconded by Cossette to adjourn.
Voting Aye: Guenthner, Asleson, Cossette, Thomas, and Lynch.
(Motion carried 5:0)
Meeting adjourned at 12:09 pm
Brad Martens, City Administrator