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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-03-78 - s y CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 3, 1978 The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Mayor Mako. .:The flag pledge was given. Mayor Mako introduced Father Rowan who gave the invocation,. Mayor Mako then gave`a Certificate of Distinguished Service :and City flag with. a letter-from-him t.o Councilmen_Emond and Clarkson whose terms.. of office had, expired. At this tame the. City Clerk administered the Oath of Office to Mr Gordon Lekson for the office.: of Mayor and Mr'. Gerald Spande-and Mr. Robert Nelson for the office o£ Councilmen. _ Mayor Lekson gave a Certificate of 'Distinguished Service and City flag to former M`or Mako at this 'time. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Lekson. Roll call was taken.. Present: Spande, Lekson., Curry, Zaun .and Nelson. ;Also present: Patrick McGarvey, City Administrator/Clerk; Patrick Farrell, City -Attorney; Darrell Schneider,. Consulting City Engineer; Steve-Michaud, Park and `....Recreation Director; James Robinette, Public Works Director. 78.1 Motion case made'by Curry, seconded by Zaun to approve the minutes of the Decem- ber,19, 1977 Council meeting with one correction on page 2. 'Roll call'was taken ox~ the motion. ,Ayes, Lekson, Curry, Zaun, Nelson and Spande. 78.2 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Curry to approve the claims for payment as presented. Roll call was taken on the motion. 'Ayes, Curry, Zaun, Nelson, Spande-and Lekson. 78.3 Motion was made: by Curry, seconded `by Spande to reappoint John Asmus.and Karl -Lut-gene to three year terms on the Planning Commission to expire on January 1, 1981. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes', Zaun., Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Curry. 78.4 Motion was made by Curry,. seconded. by Zaun to appoint Nancy Enrightfor a three year term oa the Planning Commission and Norm Jensvold`to a two year term. to expire an January 1, 1980:. ..Roll call`was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Curry and Zaun. Marianne Curry stated that she felt the Planning Commission members should attend at least one. Planning Seminar each year. The Council discussed this suggestion. - 78.5.. Motion was made by Curry;~secd'nded by 'Nelson that the Chairman of the Planning Commission and accepting,the responsibility of the Chairmanship must attend at least one Planning Seminar .durln:g the year and that otY~er members, of the Planning Commission be encouraged to attend at least,dne Seminar. Roll call was>taken-on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Curry, Zaun and Nelson. 7$.6 Motion was made by~Cuy, seconded'by Zaun t.o-reappoint Mr. Howard Lovelace and Ms. Nancy Hiemstra't® tshr~e .year terms' on..the=~P~ark_and Recreation Committee to"' expire January 1, 1981. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson,.Curry, Zaun, Nelson and Spande. 78.7 Motion was made by `Sj~ande, seconded by Zaun to °Cable any further, appointments to he Committees to fill vacancies~untl the'vacaneies can be further adver- tised in .the local newspapers. Roll. call was taken on the motion.' Ayes, Curry,, Zaun, Nelson, Spande and Lekson. 78.$ Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Lekson to reappoint Don Peterson and Vern Jensen to two year 'terms bn the Natural Resource Committee to expire on January 1, 1984. -1- x ` ~ ; CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY- 3 , 19 7 8 ..Roll call., was tak~;n on the motion: Ayes, Zaun, Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Curry. At this time the.,.~ouncil took up consideration of the appointment of :the official City newspaper. Couhc3lman. Zaun stared that he believes the City should alter nate each. year betweren the two ~.oca~~ papers 78.9 Motion was made by Zaun, :seconded by Lekson to appoint the Dakota 'County Tribune- asthe official City newspage~ for 1978._ Discussion om the motion. Marianne. Curry gave the latest circulation figures from the Lakeville Times ,and Dakota County Tribune for subscriptions and counter sales. Mr. James-Emond stated that .the figures stated did not include the sub- scriptions in the Valley-Park area for the Dakota County Tribune as they are included under a Rosemount heading. Other members 'of the Council stated they felt-'.the City should support the local newspaper when one is available. Roll call was taken. on the mot on. Ayes., Zaun. Nays, Nelson, Spande, Lekson and Curry; .78.10 Motion was made by Curry, seconded by Lekson to appoint `the Lakeville Times as the official City newspaper for 1978. Roll call was taken on .the motion. Ayes, Spande., Lekson, Curry, Zaun and Nelson.: 78.11 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Curry to,adopfi Resolution X78-1 approving .the appointment of depositories for City funds.. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Curry, Zaun, Nelson and Spande. -.7$.:12 Motion was made by Curry, seconded by Zaun to adopt Resolution ~~78-2 scheduling the regular City ,Council meetings for`1978'and providing for a starting time of 7:-30 P.M. and a motion to include an adjournment time of 10:30 P.M. with a motion to extend.:beyond:10s30 P.M. required to pass a vote of the Council. Rbll calf was taken apa the motion. Ayes, Curry, Zaun, Nelson, Spande and Lekson, 78.13 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by..Curry to appoint Dr. Emond as the City Health Officer. Roll call was taken on'the motion. Ayes, Zaun, Nelson,, Spande,'. Lekson and Curry. 'At this time the-City Council. took up consideration of 'the appointment_of the City.Engineer. Mayor Lekson stated: at this time .that it was his understanding .that: the City was not hiring or fining anyone by this action. The rest of the Councilmembers agreed. The City Administrator explained that the policy adopted by'the previous City Council was that no particular consulting firm would re- ceive all of the :City's engineering prod-ects in the. future .and that the'City' could have contracts with more han one engineering firm at a given time, and may interview other-firms and assign a contract for a given project. 78.14 Motion was made by Curry, seconded by Zaun to appoint Consulting Engineers Diversified as the City Engineer. 78.15 Motion was made by Curry, seconded: by Zaun to amend; the motion to include the appointment of Darrell Schne~:der as `the City. Engineer. Roll call was taken on the.ame~dment. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Curry and Zaun.- Roll call was taken. `on_the mc~tn. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Curry, Zaun and Nelson.' a i.~ At` this time Mayar~~son ir~trgduced Mr . ` Chuck Halberg, an :Attorney who expressed an interest in beingcan'sidered for the appo ntment of City .Attorney position... Mr. Halberg addressed the .Council and stated that his :firs Ahl Halberg and Nord was interested in being appointed City Attorney. He gave a brief baekground of the firm and sYf himself. Councilman~tZatit~n;~asked when Mr. Halberg had made the decision to agply for the position..' r fi -l- s t. CITY' CIF LAKEVTLLE GOUNCTL> MEETING JANUARY 3 1978 Mr. Halberg stated that he had made a decision some three to four weeks before. Mr. Halberg stated that he would dike tfie Council to consider tablfng the agpoint- ment of-.the City Attorney so that they would have time to present'a written pro- posal on their services. Mapianne Curry`asked Mr. Halberg what»°l3s proposal would include. Mr.`.Halberg toted'that it would include fee structure, back.- 'ground of the firm, ,and information on who would_hand a the various Cray work. Councilman Nelson stated`that this`is a local law farm and that he felt the Council .should. listen to a proposal. Councilman Spande stated he felt~.t:he firm should have brought this'ta the atten- tion some four to six weeks before... 78.16 Motion was made by Curry, secondedF by Nelson to table the appointment of the City Attorney until the Council meeting of January 16, 1978.' Ro11 call:was taken on the motion: Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Curry, Zaun and Nelson:.- `78.17 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Spande to appoint Midwes Planning°'as the City's Planning-Consultant and Mr: David Licht as he Consultant. from the firm. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Lekson, Curry,.: Zaun, Nelson and Spande. At this time the City Council discussed the establishment of ;Committees of `the City Council-and. appointments `thereto. 78.18 Motion was made by Curry, seconded by Zaun to approve the list of :City Council Commttees'and the appointments to the Committees. Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes:, Curry, Zaun, N+~lson, Spande and Lekson. The_City Administrator recommended to the Council that the Council approve a motion to terminate he City's: contract with Bankers Life for the .employee group medical/hospital insurance. It was pointed out that the City has re- ' ceved-proposals from insurance companies and that the .two lowest.. proposals are still under. consideration`,. but that eachwould..provde equivalent cover- age at a lesser rate in 1978: The Council. was advised Ghat the s off will. have,a recommendation for. the Council by the February 6,;1978 Council .meeting. :78.19 Motion was made by Curry,-seconded by Zaun to-terminate the City's contract with Bankers Life effective February 15, 1978 and send notice to the'Company, Roll call was taken on the motion., Ayes, Zaun, Nelson, Spande, Lekson. and Curry.. 78.20 Motion was made by Zaun, seconded bq Curry to approve ..the specifications for bids on the purchase of water meters and set the bid date for January 17, 1978 at 2:00 P.M. ..Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Lekson, Curry and Zaun. At this time the: City.Council discussed a letter received from the Lakeville; School District concerning the. City's cost for the school year 197:5-1976 and 1976-1977-for'the Community School.program. The Council discussed the need for.:a written agreement between the>two bodies and instructed:.the'Administra- tor to meet with the, School Administrator to prepare such an agreement. 78.21 Motion was made by Zaun; seconded-by Nelson to receive the Park and Recreation meetingminutes of December 22, 1977. Roll.-call was taken on the motion. Ayes, Spande, Lekson, Curry, Zaun and Nelson.' 78.22 Motion was. made by Curry., seconded by .Zaun to table any action on ahe Group III employee .wage requests for 1978 until the resuhts of the study from the League of Minnesota-:Cities are available, as per the request of the majority of the full-time employees in Group III. Roll call was taken on the moto~a. Ayes, Lekson, :Curry,. Zaun, Nelson and Spande. The City Administrator recommended that the Council refer the matter of the job descriptions for the Administrator/City Clerk position `and the Finance Director ~3- 1 • - CITY OE`LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 3, 1978 position to the new Personnel Committee for study anda recommendation and to the full Council by the first meeting in Februarg Mr. Darrell Schneider presented a reco~nendation for a_change-order on-the.redene~op= menu of Well ~4 in the. amount. of $4-,480. Mr. Schneider explained that including this work 'after the bailing and televising had been completed, the well would be redeveloped to a'greater degree and the wand. accumulation would be further resole- ed. It was'his opinion that this was an emergency `matter and that they should :proceed rapidly to get the well redwelopment work completed and back into opera- tion. .'78.23 -Motion was made by Zaun, seconded by Curry to declare work to complete the re- development of We11 ~~4 an emergency and that change0order 4~2,n the amount of `$4,480 with Keys Well Drilling is,hereby,approved. Roll call was aken on the motion.. Ayes-, Curry, Zaun,".Nelson:, Spande and Lekson. At this time the City Attorney, Pat Farrell, advised the Council on the status of the appr8isal work being done to acquire the necessary additional rght,of- way for the improvement of 175th Street. Mr. Farrell questioned the. Council `concerning: the 'construction of the project in'1978. The Council concensus was that ,the project was definitely going to'be ordered and completed in 197:8 and he should proceed with this work in acquiring he necessary right-of way. 78.24 Motion was made by Lekson, seconded by Curry 'to appoint Duane Zaun as the act- ing Mayor,• Roll `call was taken 'on the motion. Ayes, Nelson, Spande, Leksoa and Curry. zaun abstained. 78.25 ..Motion was made by Curry, seconded by Zaun to adjourn the Council. meeting..: Rohl call was taken on the motion. 'Ayes, Spande,:..Lekson, Curry, Zaun end Nelson. Time: 10:30 P:M. Respectfully submitted c~ ~ Patrick E. McGarvey, C y.Clerk ~ ~ . ordon Lekson~: Mayor , a z: . -4-