REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2015

5:30 P.M.

COMMUNITY CENTER

CALL TO ORDER:

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR TOBY STROM AT 5:30 PM.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:

ROLL CALL:

MEMBERS PRESENT: TOBY STROM, WANDA STORDAHL, MELISSA FINSETH, ANN LIAN, STEVE URNESS, AND ELENA BOIANOFF, CLERK/TREASURER.

GUESTS PRESENT: NEIL BURSHEIM, TONY HEDLUND, LEE & DEEDEE NARUM, AND MARK SIMONSON – MACMAIDS.

DETERMINATION OF QUORUM:

AGENDA ADDITIONS:

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO INCLUDE BACON’S DRAY GARBAGE CONTRACT AS ITEM “M” UNDER NEW BUSINESS. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

  1. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING – JANUARY 15, 2015

MOTION BY WANDA STORDAHL, SECONDED BY STEVE URNESS TO APPROVE JANUARY 15, 2015 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

PUBLIC CONCERNS:

NO PUBLIC CONCERNS.

OLD BUSINESS:

  1. SCHEDULE ANNUAL TOWNSHIP/FIRE MEETING

MOTION BY WANDA STORDAHL, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO SCHEDULE ANNUAL TOWNSHIP/FIRE MEETING ON MARCH 2, 2015 AT 7:00 PM AT THE FIRE HALL. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. AUTO FLUSHERS ON TOILETS

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO TABLE UNTIL NEXT MONTH. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. POPLAR MEADOWS

COUNCIL INFORMED THE RESIDENTS THAT WANDA STORDAHL AND MELISSA FINSETH HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE REALTOR WHO IS INTERESTED IN SELLING THE FACILITY. THEY ALSO INFORMED RESIDENTS THAT TOBY STROM AND WANDA STORDAHL MET WITH GARY FRISK AND PHILIP LEE FROM THE MEDA BOARD TO INFORM THEM OF THE POSSIBLE SALE OF POPLAR MEADOWS. JULIE CHRISTIANSON WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THIS MEETING AND NOTIFIED THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS BEING LOOKED INTO. CLERK WAS ABLE TO FORWARD SOME INFORMATION GIVEN TO HER FROM TRENT FISCHER – CITY ATTORNEY. AFTER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL WILL LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.

NEW BUSINESS:

  1. GRAVEL BIDS
  2. EQUIPMENT BIDS
  3. PLOWING/GRADING BIDS
  4. SNOW HAULING BIDS

MOTION BY ANN LIAN, SECONDED BY MELISSA FINSETH TO APPROVE ALL BIDS. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. P.A. SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY CENTER

MOTION BY STEVE URNESS, SECONDED BY WANDA STORDAHL TO TABLE UNTIL NEXT MONTH. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. HEAT PUMP FOR COMMUNITY CENTER

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO TABLE UNIL NEXT MONTH. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. AMERIPRIDE CARPETS

MOTION BY ANN LIAN, SECONDED BY STEVE URNESS TO APPROVE AMERIPRIDE AREA RUGS IN THE ENTRY WAY OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AYES: MELISSA FINSETH, NAYES: NONE. MOTION CARRIES.

  1. VACCUUM FOR BJELLA BUILDING

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO PURCHASE THE SAME KIND OF VACUUM FOR THE BJELLA BUILDING AS WAS PURCHASED FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. JANITORIAL CONTRACT

MARK SIMONSON – MACMAIDS WAS PRESENT TO DISCUSS THE WORDING IN THE JANITORIAL CONTRACT. THEY WANT SOME AREAS IN THE CONTRACT TO BE REMOVED OR REWORDED. MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO ELIMINATE PARAGRAPH A IN SECION 8 AND REPHRASE RESPONSIBILITIES. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. AIR CONDITIONER UNITS CLEANING

LARRY HEDLUND, TONY HEDLUND & PETE TRANBY WILL CLEAN UNITS WHEN IT WARMS UP.

  1. EMPLOYEE TRAINING

MOTION BY WANDA STORDAHL, SECONDED BY STEVE URNESS TO APPROVE CONFERENCES FOR CLERK’S TRAINING IN MARCH AND JUNE AND SAFETY & LOSS CONFERENCE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN MARCH.

  1. RESOLUTION – HARDWARE STORE LOAN

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR HARDWARE STORE LOAN FROM NORTHWEST REGIONAL FOR LEE & DEEDEE NARUM. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

  1. BACON’S DRAY GARBAGE CONTRACT

MOTION BY STEVE URNESS, SECONDED BY MELISSA FINSETH TO RENEW GARBAGE CONTRACT WITH BACON’S DRAY GARBAGE SERVICES FOR 2015.

APPROVAL OF MONTHLY BILLS:

MOTION BY WANDA STORDAHL, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO APPROVE ALL GENERAL FUND BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,559.27. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

MOTION BY MELISSA FINSETH, SECONDED BY ANN LIAN TO APPROVE ALL UTILITY FUND BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,925.36. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

COUNCIL & STAFF REPORTS:

TOBY HEDLUND WAS PRESENT TO ASK FOR MORE HOURS FOR HIS PART-TIME POSITION WITH THE CITY. TOBY WILL SPEAK WITH LARRY TO ALLOW HIM TO HAVE MORE HOURS.

MELISSA FINSETH REPORTED THAT SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRADY KROENING’S PROPERTY. BECAUSE OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT ON HIS PROPERTY OTHER RESIDENTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE NAVIGATING BY THE PROPERTY. TOBY WILL SPEAK WITH HIM AS THIS HAS WORKED IN THE PAST.

WANDA STORDAHL INQUIRED ABOUT THE WATER MAIN BREAK BY MCINTOSH SENIOR LIVING. SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VALVE WAS RUSTED THROUGH, BUT IT WAS FIXED. SHE ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THE STREET LIGHTS. TOBY INFORMED HER THAT MOST WERE FIXED AND THE OTHERS ARE BEING WORKED ON.

CLERK INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT ICCC WERE ASKING IF THEY COULD ACCEPT HIGH CHAIRS FROM PARENTS TO KEEP IN THE BJELLA BUILDING FOR SMALL CHILDREN. COUNCIL APPROVES AS LONG AS THEY ARE UP TO DATE AND UP TO CODE. CLERK ASKED IF COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE HER ALLOCATING HOURS TO HER PAYCHECK DURING THE TIME SHE WAS OFF DUE TO WORKING OVER 50 HOURS THE PRIOR WEEK. COUNCIL APPROVES. CLERK INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT SEVERAL RESIDENTS WERE WONDERING IF THEIR UTILITY BILL COULD BE LOWERED BASED ON THEIR HISTORY. COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE LOWERING THEIR RATES BASED ON HISTORY. CLERK WAS WONDERING IF COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE HER BRINGING A DVD PLAYER FOR USE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER INSTEAD OF PURCHASING ONE. COUNCIL APPROVES.

CLERK INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THERE IS A RESIDENT WITH TWO PROPERTIES IN THE CITY WITH WATER TURNED ON BOTH PROPERTIES. THE RESIDENT DOES NOT WANT TO PAY BOTH ACCOUNTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ONLY LIVING IN ONE HOME AT A TIME. COUNCIL INFORMED THE RESIDENT THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IF THE WATER IS ON AT THE PROPERTY THEN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MINIMUM PAYMENT OF THE CONNECTION. THE WATER WAS ONLY SHUT OFF ON THE VACANT PROPERTY AFTER THE LAST QUARTER SO THEY ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMOUNT BILLED.

NOTICES & CORRESPONDENCE:

ADJOURNMENT:

MOTION BY WANDA STORDAHL, SECONDED BY STEVE URNESS TO ADJOURN AT 7:00 PM. PASSED UNOPPOSED.

MAYORCLERK