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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-02-07 CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2007 Scott County Chief Judge William E. Macklin administered the Oath of Office to Mayor Holly Dahl and Council Members Mark Bellows and Wendy Wulff. Mayor Dahl called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was given. Attendance was noted. Present: Council Members Bellows, Wulff, Rieb, Luick and Mayor Dahl Also present: R. Knutson, City Attorney; S. Mielke, City Administrator; K. Nelson, City Engineer; D. Morey, Planning Director; D. Feller, Finance Director; S. Michaud, Parks & Recreation Director; T. Vonhof, Interim Police • Chief; B. Anderson, Assistant to City Administrator; C. Friedges, City Clerk. Mr. Mielke had no additional agenda information. 07.1 Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the December 18, 2006 City Council meeting. All members voted in favor; motion carried. There were no Presentations or Introductions. There were no Citizens' Comments. Consent Agenda 07.2 Motion was made and seconded to approve the consent agenda items as follows: a. Claims for payment. b. Receive minutes from the following advisory committee meetings: CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2007 Page 2 i ? Parks Recreation & Natural Resources Committee, December 20, 2006 ? Lakeville Arenas Committee, December 20, 2006 c. Summary of Ordinance No. 814, an ordinance adopting a fee schedule. d. Resolution No. 07-1 approving plans and specifications. and setting a bid date for the Lakeville Liquor Galaxie Store construction project. e. Resolution No. 07-2 approving Lakeville Arena Construction Confiract with Rink Tec International, rejecting bids and authorizing taking of bids for painting and metal fabrications. f. Resolution No. 07-3 accepting a $5,000 grant from Firemen's Fund Insurance Company to the Lakeville Fire Department. • g. Morgan Square 3rd Addition preliminary plat extension. h. Escrow Agreement for Hoppe Marketplace 2nd Addition. i. Gambling permit for Pheasants Forever, Dakota Ringnecks Chapter 562, to hold a raffle at Crystal Lake Golf Club on March 17, 2007. j. Joint Powers Agreement for traffic markings, street sweeping, crack sealing, screening and sealcoating. k. Appointment of Holly Dahl to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Lakeville, Minnesota. All members voted in favor; motion carried. Item 8 07.3 Motion was made and seconded to appoint Council Member David Luick as Acting Mayor for 2007. All members voted in favor; motion carried. .CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2007 Page 3 • New Business Council Member Wulff requested that Mayor Dahl consider returning to the traditional practice of calling a roll call vote after each motion, rather than voting as a group, so that each vote can be recorded individually. Mayor Dahl stated she would take the request under advisement. Announcements Mr. Mielke made the following announcements: The Fireman's Fund Heritage Grant of X5,000 will be used for the purchase of a Rapid Deployment Craft for water, ice and snow rescues. The grant was recommended by Joe Blee, a Lakeville resident, Planning Commission member and insurance agent with Christensen Group. Insurance. Upon receipt of the craft, the Fire Department will provide an opportunity for recognition of the grant donation. . The new Lakeville. Liquors Galaxie Store being constructed on 160t" Street and Galaxie Avenue will replace the Cedar. Avenue store. The Galaxie store is almost twice the size of the Cedar store. According to the construction schedule, the new store will open in late August of 2007. Due to the unseasonably warm weather, the City has been unable to build and maintain the 24 ice skating rinks in Lakeville. The Parks crews are attempting to build ice on the six paved rinks, which stand a better chance of surviving the warm days. Further attempts to build ice on the remaining rinks will depend on the weather. As of midnight January 1St, the dispatchers of the five 9-1-1 Centers, including Lakeville, became employees of the new Dakota Communications Center. The DCC will operate the five current dispatch centers until the new centralized facility opens in Empire Township later this year. Next regular Council meeting, Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Mayor Dahl adjourned the meeting at 7:12 p.m. s CITY OF LAKEVILLE COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 2, 2007 • Page 4 Respectfully submitted, 1 Charl e Friedges, Cit Jerk Holly Dahl a or •