Meeting
Minutes of the
Wednesday,
July 10, 2012
Regular
City Council
Item #1- Call to Order / Pledge of
Allegiance
Meeting was
called to order at 6:40 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; Randy Jenniges, City Engineer, S E
H; Pat Evans; Corey Niewind; Miles Thormanson; Aaron
-local Channel 10 videographer.
Item #2-Approval of Agenda
Mayor
Hemmesch asked if there were any additions or corrections to the agenda.
Add: 5A CenterPointe
Energy
5B Miles Thormanson
re: Keith Klassen
Motion
made by Councilor Kron to Approve Agenda, seconded by Mackedanz. Passed unanimously.
Item #3- Approval of the Meeting Minutes
of June 6, 2012 (Regular)
Mayor
Hemmesch asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the June 6, 2012 City Council
meeting.
Motion
made by Councilor Kron to approve June 6, 2012 Regular meeting minutes, seconded
by Mathiasen. 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
149-12- Approval of June 2012 Journal Entries
c.
Resolution
150-12- Acceptance of June 2012 Donations
d.
Resolution
151-12- Tax Exempt Gambling Permit for Sts Joseph & Catherine Catholic
United FIA August 26, 2012 at River Station
e.
Resolution
152-12- Appointment of Election Judges
f.
Removed
g.
Approve
Verso Paper Fire Invoice
Council
requested removing Item 4-f Resolution 153-12, and place
the item under Administrator report for discussion.
Motion
made by Councilor Paczkowski, to approve Consent Agenda as amended with
removing Item 4-f, seconded by Councilor Mackedanz. Motion Passed unanimously
Item #5-Presentations and Action Items
Centerpointe Energy Brian Berry Presented the
City with a check from their grant program to the Richmond Fire Department.
Petition
Miles Thormanson
Miles read
the petition that his son had written and has signatures from area residents
that agree with his statement, regarding the supporting of Keith Klassen being
able to keep his Pheasants.
Council
thanked Mr. Thormanson for reading the letter. Council decided to discuss this under the
Administrators Report.
Item #6 Royals Baseball Corey Niewind, Regional
Tournament and Bleacher updates
a.
Richmond
Royal Ball Field will host Regional tournament games on August 4 & 5,
August 11 & 12
b.
3
games each day
c.
Work
that has been done to improve the ball park:
Replaced
Home Plate
Repaired
signs
Repainting
part of the Score board
Pored
concrete between bleachers
d.
Would
like to continue redoing the back stop and put a roof over the bleachers. Would like the City to contribute to the
expense. Corey estimated the costs as
follows:
Fence
$2,500.00
Roof
$9,500.00
Posts
unknown at this time
Total
Costs would be around $15,000.00
Council asked
that Corey bring in an itemized list of projects completed and the cost of
those and that the consensus of the Council was they can move forward to
complete the projects.
Item # 7 Emergency Management Jesse Kollmann
a. Summer Storm Report; 3 storms 2012: May 1, June 14, June 17
b. Sirens went off, but some residents
stated that they could not hear the sirens. issue
with the fire hall siren, no battery back up and the generator was not working
that night either. Need to get a working
generator
Item #8-
a. 20 year t-shirt Quilt to be auctioned
after the parade on Saturday (along with 6 other quilts)
b. Grand
c.
Reviewed
the different events for the weekend: BMX bike show, flea market, fireworks,
bands, robot competition,
d.
Parade
route changed this year, ending the parade on lion; avoiding main and maple.
e.
5 k
run/walk 10:00am
Item #9- Water/Wastewater Operation
Report Greg Stang -written report
Item #10- EDA- Sheldon Lang- written
report
Item #11- Parks, Recreation and Arena
Director Report Kevin Mooney, written report
Item #12-City
Engineer Report Randy Jenniges
Safe Routes to School Trail;
a.
b.
Trail portion of expense
Grant
c.
Resolution 154-12 Resolution Recommending Award
of Construction Contract by
Motion
made by Councilor Paczkowski, to approve Resolution 154-12 Awarding of Construction
Contract by
d.
Council asked about the
e.
Moving Electrical lines off of
Item #13- Fire
Department Report Chuck Merten written report
Item #14- Administrator
Report Martin Bode
a.
Mr. Bode announced that the City was awarded the Safe
and Sober Award for River Lake Days 7/21/2012.
Purpose is for law enforcement to help provide a safe and sober
environment.
b.
Resolution 153-12 Liquor Ordinance Fee Schedule-
Discussion
was held:
·
Fines: Cost of Fine- where did the $145.00 fine come
from?
·
Could there be a warning for first offense
·
Individuals being allowed to carry a drink from
there home, across the street to their neighbors home
and getting a ticket.
Mayor Hemmesch
announced that the Council decided to table the discussion on Resolution 153-12
until the August meeting.
c.
Item #5B Thormanson
Petition re Klassen Pheasants: Mayor asked if anyone was interested in changing
the ordinance. Council decided to leave
animal ordinance as is, no changes to the current ordinance.
City
Administrator will respond to the Mr. Thormansons
letter in writing, clarifying the information
that he had in the letter.
Item #15- Council Reports
a. EDA written
report
b. Planning
Commission held a meeting on July 10, 2012. They are recommending the selling
of a portion of
Resolution 155-12
Planning Commission Resolution Recommending the City sell
a Portion of Tower View Park.
A
Motion was Made to Approve Planning Commission Resolution 155-12 a Resolution Recommending
the City sell a Portion of Tower View Park by Councilor Mathiasen, Second by
Councilor Kron. Motion Passed
Unanimously.
c. Parks Tim
Paczkowski, RTCB June 28th ground breaking for the trails. Also had a meeting with all the people
involved RTCB should start July 19, 2012; wont make it up to the pavilion,
maybe next year.
The Rocori Trail board is asking the Council to
consider approving $3,000 - $5,000 to pay for engineering fees associated with
Phase 2. Paczkowski is recommending that
this Council hold off on taking action and gather more information. Administrator Bode reported that Attorney
Ripple suggested considering going ahead with Phase 3 first before Phase 2 as
Phase 3 has less right-of-way and legal issues to deal with. Council will consider this at a future
meeting.
Item#16- Additional Purchase Requisitions - none
Item #17 Other Matters of Concern and Related Matters - none
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 by Councilor Kron, Second
by Councilor Mathiasen. Motion Passed
Unanimously.
Mayor
Hemmesch declared the meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Martin M. Bode
Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer