Meeting Minutes of the
Wednesday February 2, 2011
Regular City Council Meeting
Item #1: Call to Order
Mayor Hemmesch called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. at
the
Council Members noted as being present: Mike Mathiasen, Jeff Mackedanz and Scott Kron.
Also present were: Adam Ripple, City Attorney; Martin Bode, Finance Director / Interim Administrator; Gordon Dingmann, Public Works Director; Randy Jenniges, SEH; Chuck Merten, Fire Chief; Michael Plantenberg; Greg Stang, PeopleService; Cynthia Smith-Strack, Municipal Development Group; Tom Schroeder, Maxine Weismann; Curt Owan, NAPA Auto Parts and Marilyn Zenner, Administrative Assistant.
Item #2: Administration of Oaths of Office
Interim Administrator Martin Bode administered the oaths of office to Councilor Mike Mathiasen.
Item #3: Approval
of City Minutes of January 5, 2011.
Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additions or corrections to the draft meeting minutes.
A Motion was Made to Approve the City Council Minutes of January 5, 2011. Motion Made by Mathiasen, Second by Kron. Motion Passed Unanimously.
Item #4: Approval of Agenda
Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additions or corrections to the presented agenda.
A Motion was Made to Approve Agenda as Presented. Motion Made by Mackedanz, Second by Kron. Motion Passed Unanimously.
Item #5. Consent
Agenda.
Mayor Hemmesch read aloud the list of the following consent agenda items:
a.
Approval
of Just and Correct Claims
b.
Purchase
Requisition
c.
Resolution 107-11 Resolution Awarding Bids for WWTP / WTP and RLCA
d.
Resolution 108 – 11 Resolution Approving Fire Department
Slate of Officers
e.
Resolution 109 – 11 Resolution Approving December 2010 Journal Entries
f.
Resolution 110 – 11 Resolution to not Waive City Monetary Limits on Tort Liability
g.
Resolution 112 – 11 Resolution Approving January Donations
A Motion was Made to Approve the Consent Agenda as Presented. Motion Made by Mathiasen, Second by Mackedanz. Motion Passed Unanimously. (Councilor Kron Requested to See Invoice for Check # 13801)
Item #6
Presentations and Action Items
None Presented.
Item #7 Police Department
Report
Police Chief Phil Jones presented a written copy
of the Police Departments annual report to each member of the Council. Chief
Jones then gave a brief summary of the statistics contained. He stated that
Chief Jones closed by saying that a complete copy of the report can be viewed or provided to a requesting citizen at the Richmond City Hall.
Item #8 Parks, Recreation
& Arena Director Report
Director Kevin Mooney – No Report.
Item # 9 Public Works
Director Report
Director Gordon Dingmann – No Report.
Item #10 City Engineer
Report
City Engineer Randy Jenniges – No Report.
Item #11 Water / Waste
Water Report
PeopleService Operator Greg Stang gave a brief report on January’s activities: noting that he is intending to do reed bed transplant in early May of this year.
Mayor Hemmesch inquired how the WWTP and WTP handled the recent power outage. Operator Stang stated that the back up generator came on line as designed and both plants operated at normal levels with no glitches.
Item # 12 Fire Department
Report
Fire Chief Chuck Marten reviewed, with the Council, his submitted written report. Noting that for the month of January there was a total of 12 calls: 9 medical, 1 vehicle accident, 1 car fire and 1 residential fire.
Item # 13 City Attorney
Report
Attorney Adam Ripple reviewed with the Council, Resolution 111-11 “A Resolution Approving a Retainer Agreement with Rinke Noonan”. After a brief discussion, it was the consensus of the Council to approve the resolution; noting that the City would choose the one meeting per month option and if Rinke Noonan came to a second meeting, Rinke Noonan would simply invoice for the additional meeting.
A Motion was Made to Approve the Resolution 111-11. Motion Made by Kron, Second by Mathiasen. Motion Passed Unanimously.
At the request of the Council, Attorney Ripple read aloud the City’s letter of response to the Township regarding their new fire district.
A Motion was Made to Approve the Letter as Read and be Sent to the Township Representative. Motion Made by Mathiasen, Second by Mackedanz. Motion Passed Unanimously.
Item #14 Administrator
Report
Interim Administrator Martin Bode gave a brief report on his past two weeks activities; noting that along with his usual monthly reporting requirement it was time again to begin working on the City’s annual LMC insurance coverage, as well as the DNR Annual Water Consumption Report.
Item #15 Reports of
Council
Councilor Mathiasen reported on behalf of the
EDA that there is still Small Cities Development Grant money available for
business in
Attorney Ripple stated that BNSF Railroad has filed its abandonment papers regarding the ROCORI Trail. Stating that this was great progress.
Item #16 Additional Purchase Requisitions
None presented.
Item #17: Other
Matters and Related Issues.
Mayor Hemmesch noted that the Richmond Civic and Commerce was hosting a ROCORI Trail Pavilion raffle fund raiser on Friday February 4, 2011 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Richmond Coliseum.
Item #18.
Adjournment.
Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additional items for the Council to consider. Hearing no further comments, he asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting.
A Motion was Made to Adjourn. Motion
Made by Kron, Second by Mackedanz. Motion
Passed Unanimously.
Mayor Hemmesch declared the meeting
adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Martin M. Bode