Meeting Minutes of the Richmond City Council

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Regular City Council

 

 

Item #1- Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance

Meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm.  All present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Members Present: Jim Hemmesch, Mike Mathiasen, Jeff Mackedanz, Scott Kron, Tim Paczkowski

Also Attending: Martin Bode, City Administrator; Matt Loven and Adam Ripple, Rinke Noonan; Tammy Paczkowski, Cold Spring Record; Ryan -local Channel 10 videographer.     

 

Item #2-Approval of Agenda

Mayor Hemmesch asked if there were any additions or corrections to the agenda. 

Motion made by Councilor Mackedanz to Approve Agenda, seconded by Councilor Kron;.  Passed unanimously.

 

Item #3- Approval of the Meeting Minutes of July 10, 2012

Mayor Hemmesch asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the July 10, 2012 City Council meeting. 

Motion made by Councilor Mathiasen, to approve July 10, 2012 Regular meeting minutes, seconded by Councilor Kron.  Motion Passed unanimously.

 

Item #4-Consent Agenda

Mayor Hemmesch asked for a motion to approve the Consent Agenda   

a.       Approval of Claims Paid

b.       Resolution 156-12- Approval of July 2012 Donations

c.       Resolution 157-12- Acceptance of July 2012 Journal Entries

 

Motion made by Councilor Mackedanz, to approve Consent Agenda seconded by Councilor Kron.  Motion Passed unanimously

Item #5-Presentations and Action Items – none

 

Item #6 -Water/Wastewater Operator Report – Greg Stang, Written Report

·              Old Water Tower letters and numbers were painted

·              Light on top works

·              Repairs will be needed in the future – Administrator Bode will check in the minutes for the estimated costs and have at the budget meeting.

 

Item # 7 – Police Report – Phil Jones – Written Memo

 

Item #8- Fire Department July Report– Jim Hemmesch and  written report;

                        7 calls

                        6 medical calls

                        1 fire call

            River lake days went well

            Training – Life link was at Cold Spring: Richmond, Rockville, & Cold Spring attended             to learn procedure of helicopter rescue and transport

            Turn Out Gear – there are old gear that are not needed and Fire Department would like       to donate the items to those departments less fortunate.

 

Item #9- City Attorney Report – Adam Ripple

            a. Resolution 153-12 Liquor Ordinance Fee Schedule

                Discussion was held regarding the payable fine amount.

A Motion was made to approve Resolution 153-12 by Kron, Second by Mathiasen.  Motion Passed Unanimously

            b. Resolution 158-12 to allow City Attorney to schedule Public Hearing for Franchise Fee Ordinance and to notify residents.

A Motion was made to approve Resolution 158-12 to allow City Attorney to schedule Public Hearing for Franchise Fee Ordinance and to notify residents by Kron, Second by Mathiasen.  Motion Passed Unanimously

            c. Hazardous Building – 25 Main St W; Todd Havisto, Property Owner

Attorney Ripple is having a difficult time getting the information from the building inspector, as to whether or not they have made a good faith effort to make contact with the property owner.    The attorney cannot move forward without documentation (signed affidavits) from a certified building inspector.

Administrator Bode was informed that this property will be part the County auction in 2013.

                                                        i.            Abatement Process

Go to court asking for an Administrative search warrant

            Then have Building inspector go in and write up a work order for the property

Go back to Court asking for an Order for Abatement

If the property owner is unavailable or uncooperative this process could take a few months, and the costs may not be known until later next year and then assessed for 2014 and may not receive the money until 2015.

                                                       ii.            Condemnation Process: Appraise the property, written offer to the owner, time for them to respond, file in Court, obtain possession of the property (90 – 150 days after court). The City will need to consider the outstanding assessments when making the offer.

Council decided to have Administrator Bode contact Inspectron and give them the rest of this week to submit the affidavit or make contact or attempt to make contact with the owner.  If that does not happen then Administrator Bode will contact another inspector and have them try to contact owner.  Administrator Bode will report back to Council at the next Council meeting.

Item #10- Administrator Report – Martin Bode

a.       Tattoo Parlor in the B2 district;  There is a business who would like to open a tattoo parlor in the downtown area.

                                                                                 i.            Not a permitted use in the B2 district

                                                                               ii.            Business owner tried to set up business in another city had a glitch with the             property owner.

                                                                              iii.            Council could consider this under the conditional use

                                                                             iv.            Items to consider as conditions: hours of operation, cert of insurance, valid state license

                                                                               v.            Would need to have a special meeting with the planning commission and then their recommendations would have to go to Council.

                                                                             vi.            The business owner must submit a conditional use application first.

 

b.       Preconstruction meeting regarding the Safe Route to Schools – work has begun and completion date is set for October 20th.  The Letter to the residents went in the mail today and they will continue to get updates.

c.       2013 Budget – the department heads have submitted their budgets and these will be presented at the August 16th budget meeting.

d.      Letter from Resident – Administrator Bode will inquire with the utility company if they would consider painting the pole.

Item #11- Council Reports

a.       EDA – Mike Mathiasen, Jim Hemmesch

      AMC – has been very successful; next concert 6:30pm on August 7th

      Tower Acres – working on finalizing this sale

      Main Street Project – ongoing discussions

      Next Meeting – August 27th, 6:00pm

      Oktoberfest – September 15th; German dinner at the parish center, street dance noon to   midnight.   In case of rain move to arena.  Requesting road closure Main Street, county        is considering.

A Motion was made to approve road closure for Oktoberfest request by Councilor Kron, Second by Councilor Mathiasen.  Motion Passed Unanimously.

b.       Planning Commission – no meeting was held

c.       Parks/Rocori Trail/Royals Park – Hemmesch

                  Dirt work is being done on Rocori Trails

      Kron reported on Royals Park:

                  Improvement to backstop is completed

                  Region Tournament is this weekend

                  5k run was extremely successful!!! 200 entrances, 187 finishers

                  Bike trail is open goes to Roscoe, pavilion is open.  A celebration for the                     Opening of        the pavilion is September 22nd.  Would like signs pointing to                   the trail – main and Central Avenue

d.       Tri City Cable- Mackendanz

      Discussed franchise fee and will have further discussion re this.

      They renewed contract with Aaron Cheeley – channel 10

 

Item #12 – Additional Purchase Requests - none

 

Item #13 – Other Matters of Concern and Related Matters –

            Fire Chief Merten requested to please be notified of inspectors report regarding the property at 25 Main St W – i.e. any hazards that the fire department should be aware of.

Item #14 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 by Councilor Kron, Second by Councilor Mackedanz.  Motion Passed Unanimously.

Mayor Hemmesch declared the meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m.

 

Next meeting: Budget workshop – 8-16-2012

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Martin M. Bode

Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer