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09-10-1974 CCMREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING The meeting was called to order by 7:30 P.M. Reverend Wesley Gerber delivered the invocation. SEPTEMBER 10, 1974 Mayor Black at the hour of of Bethany Baptist Church Members present were: Aldermen Lueneburg, Westlund, Haag and Ackland in addition to Mayor Black. Members absent were: None. Also present were: Administrative Assistant Mealey, City Engineer Priebe and City Attorney Schantzen. The minutes of the regular meeting of August 27, 1974 were accepted upon correction on motion by Alderman Westlund seconded by Alderman Haag and carried. The current bills were approved as submitted on motion by Alder- man Lueneburg seconded by Alderman Westlund and carried. (LIST) Delinquent Water Account No. 40-07, Ben Roth, 184 Fourth Avenue, N.W. was reviewed. It was noted a $5 payment has been received. After discussion, Alderman Westlund moved that services be discontinued if the account was not paid in full by September 15, 1974. Alderman Haag seconded the motion and it carried. Delinquent Water Account No. 200-05, Roger Voss, 510 Monroe Street, South was reviewed. It was noted a $7 payment was made and intent was indicated that the balance would be paid by September 12, 1974. After discussion, Alderman Haag moved that services be discontinued if the account was not paid in full by September 12, 1974. Alderman Ackland seconded the motion and it carried. Mayor Black at 7:40 P.M. called to order Public Hearing for issuance of an "On -Sale" Liquor License to Ole Piper Inn, Thomas Langseth, owner, as duly advertised with the reading of Publication No. 1625. Mr. Langseth presented to the Council a detailed set of blueprints proposed for the addition to the restaurant which would enlarge it from 2,000 sq. ft. to 4,000 sq. ft. with a seating capacity of 188 people. It was noted that enlargement of the restaurant was contingent upon approval of said "On -Sale" Liquor License. There being no one present to be heard, Alderman Westlund moved that Hearing for "On -Sale" Liquor License to Ole Piper Inn, Thomas Langseth, owner, be closed at 7:43 P.M. Alderman Haag seconded the motion and it carried. After discussion, Alderman Westlund moved that issuance of an "On -Sale" Liquor License be granted to Ole Piper Inn, Thomas Langseth, owner, contingent that all provisions of Ordinance No. 446 were met at which time an Administrative Inspection will be made. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it carried. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING General Fund Scott. Paulsen Nancy Danielson Hancy Degn Hazel Sitz, Ruth Sturges Wes Asplin Loren Buske Audley Jorgenson Carlie Karg Bill Mattsfield Francis Murphy Iolonda Brinkman Harvey Daharsh Dorothy Hassman Gale Boelter Mark Schantzen Ed Westphal Norman Wright Wesley Greve Harold Synstelien Mark Marcellus Bernie Schepers Bill Karl Mark Larson Quentin Larson Junker Sanitation Crown Life Ins. Co. State Agency Revolving Fund State Treasurer PERA Harlow Kerr Estate Hutchinson Telephone Co. Standard Printing Co. Ziermer's Grocery Hutchinson Leader Inc. OK Hardware Off Street Parking Standard Oil Co. Software Consultants Inc. Hutchinson Utilities 1st State Federal Savings National Guard'Armory Leef Bros. Inc. American Linen Supply Co. Ben R. Benjamin Credit Bureau Coast to Coast Store Gambles IBM Johnsons Super Valu Kemske Paper Co. September 10, 1974 summer youth program $120.00 motor vehicle labor 6.00 city clerk office labor 169.00 city clerk office labor 160.00 motor vehicle labor 21.00 police reserve 50.00 police reserve 32.00 police reserve 176.00 police reserve 12.00 police reserve 18.00 police reserve 64.50 police dispatch 173.75 police dispatch 18.00 police dispatch 110.00 street dept. labor 193.50 park dept. labor 144.00 park dept. labor 280.00 park dept. labor 160.00 fire inspections 120.00 electrical inspections 285.50 recreation basketball 120.00 recreation tennis 40.00 engineer dept. labor 2.67.00 engineer dept. labor 266.75 engineer dept. labor 291.00 august services medical coverage cost of adm. S.S. coverage August contribution refund -overpayment of refuse phone services supplies printed supplies publication costs supplies rental motor vehicle office gasoline partial payment of assessment pro. utilities savings acct. rental -Sr. Citizens & election uniform rental services straw investigation fee(Tom Langseth) supplies supplies for election -drill typing supplies supplies for meetings office supplies League of Minn. Municipalities 7 subscriptions 8358.50 2.007.59 18.58 3231.64 9.00 524.19 218.70 115.88 41.61 13.37 100.00 1675.76 800.00 2119.78 500.00 115.00 159.00 10.05 11.25 3.4o 90.65 29.95 59.49 4.34 20.69 28.00 page 2 Madsen Agency Popp's Electrical Sears Family Rexall Drug Allen Office Supply Rod Keith Kokesh Bob Fritz Sporting Goods Thomas E. Mealey D. J. Black Elden Willard Chapin Pub. Co. Richard Popp John Reynolds S. A. Nies Hutchinson Fire Dept. Gibson Products Co. Brinkmans Studio Police Dept. Petty Cash f Quades State Treasurer Shopko #123 Hutch Drug Plowmans Inc. Performance Automotive Police Press Inc. Jeanne Tuman Oswald Pub. Co. Hillcrest Safety Equipme Hoels Inc. Gopher Shooter's Supply C Century Comm. Corp. Maurice Bonstrom Signs Howard Beck Al Cheney John Gtegor James Haasl Michael Hogan Michael Kirchoff Ronald Kirchoff Richard Moisan Dean O'Borsky Scott Schwartz Richard Waage Wm. Wegner National Fire Prot. Assn. Franzens Hardware Wes Greve Eric Smith Duininck Bros & Gilchrist Mattson Steel Bldgs. Inc. Scientific Int. Research Bonniwells Inc. Schramm Implement LaHass Corp. Guy Stritesky insurance coverage repairs equipment repairs supplies supplies & printing of audit mileage and meals equipment supplies for football expense for mileage expense for mileage use of private vehicle publication for fire truck rescue conference rescue conference supplies fire runs and drill supplies film and school annual & petty cash police guns & gen. check notary public fee supties film vehicle maintenance vehicle maintenance supplies sign painting reciept money book nt 50 breathalyzer test kits supplies o. supplies case letterir ndow clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance clothing allowance booklets 2 hammers intown mileage -fire marshall intown mileage -fire chief cold mixx building payment contracts ice remover supplies supplies wire cable payment for damaged tire $740.00 32.17 24.95 24.63 536.44 63.00 1,53.4o 28.13 62.70 41.00 110.00 13.44 95.19 95.63 45.45 639.00 18.88 5.00 2o6.00 307.35 10.00 3.23 18.67 236.50 12.00 210.00 3.50 7.85 6o.00 226.00 39.33 6.50 35.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 61.60 3.78 25.00 25.00 524.84 8977.50 800.00 +4.85 2.94 16.10 12.48 page 3 Crow River Motors Inc. vehicle repairs 8 30.40 Downtown Standard tire repair 4.50 Culligan Water Conditioning salt 14.00 Floor Care Supply Co. tar remover 217.25 Champion Auto Store tire repair 3.00 Farm & Home Dist. Co. supplies 22.56 Hall Equipment INC. repairs 41.90 G.T.C. Auto Parts supplies 144.$3 Home Gas Co. Inc. LP gas 104.10 Custom Made Equipment equipment repairs 45.50 Tri State Machinery Co. repairs 4.65 G. F. Nemitz Sons supplies 11.50 McCormick Implement service repairs 31.80 Wagner Service repair maintenance 102.20 Jacobsons Hardware Hank supplies 41.80 Jerry's Tire Co. repairs 118.00 Industrial Supply Co. repairs 17-53 Wally's Tire Center repairs 48_ Wigen Chev. Co. vehicle maintenance 43:6j Schwanke Tractor & Truck Inc. repairs 50.00 Road Machinery Co. repairs 300.77 Rockite Silo Inc. dry mix 63.00 Rite Way Auto Wash car washings 5.50 Rutz Plbg. Co. repairs 52.00 Northern State Supply Co. supplies 13.87 Hutch Wholesale Supply supplies 218.31 Northern City National Bank contract payment 927.50 lst American National Bank contract payment 510.00 8 42,498.32 WATER & SEWER FUND Tom Schepers labor 8263.25 Greg Seivert labor 271.25 Goodin Company supplies 37.38 Harlow Kerr Estate refund on overpayment of sewer bill 4.89 Hutchinson Telephone Co. phone services 14.55 Standard Printing Co. paper 3.85 Nalco Chemical Company chemicals 208.65 Schramm Implement repairs 21.64 Rieke Carroll Muller Associates professional fees 416.13 Wigen Chev. Co. vehicle repairs 77.20 Simonson Lbr. Co. supplies 53.28 Strand Radiator Service tepairs 6.00 McLeod Co. Landfill dumping charge for August 2.00 John Portele electrical services 47.58 Oxford Chemicals Co. chemicals 223.75 G.F. Nemitz Sons supplies 25.35 McCormick Implement Co. supplies 4.98 Lyon Chemical Co. chemicals 524.69 Jacobsons Hardware Hank supplies 34.46 Jerry's Tire Co. repairs 6.745 Johnsons Super Valu supplies -distilled water 39• c page 4 Hawkins Chemical Inc. chemicals 8607•+5 Flexible Pipe Tool Co. maintenance supplies 474.60 Commissioner of Taxation sales taxe for August 712.34 Leef Bros. Inc. uniform rental 27.80 Hutchinson Utilities Comm. utilities 3871.61 Standard Oil Co. gasoline 112.55 8 8,093.38 Off Street Parking Coast to Coast Store supplies 8 1.96 Harvey Daharsh servicing meters 81.00 2.9 Cemetery Fund Hutch Wholesale Supply supplies 8 17.40 Farm & Home Dist. Co. supplies 9.72 Leef Bros. Inc. uniform rental 18.00 Hutch Utilities security lite 2.00 Ed Ondrachek use of pickup 20.00 Ward H. Swanson purchase of cemetery lot 50.00 8 117.12 Sinking Funds #15 Hutch Leader Inc. publication costs 8 24.77 Griffith Const. Co. construction costs 5695.50 James W. Hanson Const. Co. construction costs 12,960.00 0.27 #16 Poucher Printing Co. printing bonds 8 238.40 Chapin Pub, Co, publication costs 15.36 Meeker Sand & Grave Co. sand 492.00 Hutch Leader Inc. publication costs 51.29 Duininck Bros. & Gilchrist cold mix 8173.8o Duininck Bros. & Gilchrist construction costs 60,440.50 Juul Contracting Co. construction costs 25,073-19 James W. Hanson Const. Co. constructions costs 33,888.15 General Fund re*mbucedment of funds ahvanW. 67,833-15 H. Barber Co. street oil 4,154.92 2 0.76 X00.3 page 5 MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE Harry Emans labor -part time 19.95 Frank Rahn labor -part time 302.40 Electro Watchman quarterly charge 66.00 City of Hutchinson salaries 4,916.18 United Bldg. Centers supplies 13.04 New Ulm Grocery Co. supplies 90.09 Gerald Fisher misc. supplies 33.14 Twin City Home Juice supplies 22.60 Ed Phillips & Sons liquor 416.59 01 Peoria Co. Inc. liquor 1,772.22 Griggs Cooper & Co. liquor 1,415.93 Distillers Dist.Co. liquor 1,422.85 Coca Cola Bottling supplies 302.80 Northland Beverages Inc. supplies 126.00 Lennemen Bev. Dist. Co. beer 10,012.50 A. J. Ogle Co. Inc. beer 3,995.65 MaRSH Distb. Co. beer 3,598.95 Locher Bros. beer 1,273.25 Premium Dist. Co. beer 1,757.75 Olivia Bottling Co. beer 1,5i8.90 Hutchinson Telephone Co. phone services 23.75 Griggs Cooper & Co. liquor 712.84 Minn. Wisc.Truck Lines freight 266.94 Commissioner of Taxation sales taxes 2,326.11 City of Hutchinson transfer of funds 5,000•00 Hutchinson Utilities services 277.45 Leef Bros. Inc. uniform rental 59.20 $ 41,743.08 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - 2 - SEPTEMBER 10, 1974 Mayor Black opened discussion on the proposed Clinic addition to the Hutchinson Community Hospital. Mr. Wallace Reyerson, Mr: Jay Alrick, Dr. Eugene May and Mr. Irvin Burich were present to inquire about the proposed addition. Considerable discussion followed regarding the inflationary problem this could cause, how the addition would be financed, the actual need of additional doctor's and office space in Hutchinson and the thought that the Proposed addition is too speculative. After due deliberation, Alderman.Wesltund moved a meeting be scheduled with the Hospital Board and the City Council within the next two weeks at the Hospital Board's conveninece. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it carried. Received was a letter from the State of Minnesota, Department of Military Affairs, informing that the old Armory Building is for sale at an appraised value of $35,000. After discussion, Alderman Lueneburg moved that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to enter into agreement to purchase said building for an amount of $35,000 and that a Negotiation Committee be established to determine timing of payment. Alderman Wesltund seconded the motion and it carried. Mayor Black recessed the meeting at 8:35 P.M. for five (5) minutes. At 8:40 P.M., Mayor Black reconvened the meeting. Received was a memorandum from Administrative Assistant Mealey requesting permission for the Hutchinson Ambassadors to erect a "Welcome" sign on Highway 15, South. The sign, subject to Council approval, would be located on the Southwest corner of the Vocational School property and on the east side of Highway 15. After discussion, Alderman Haag moved permission be granted. Alderman Ackland seconded the motion and it carried. Mayor Black instructed Adminstrative Assistant Mealey to compile a summary of Deffered Assessment Applications and submit it to the Council as an agenda item at the next regular meeting of September 24, 1974. An application for Permit to Install Driveway was received from Mr. Rueben Scharmer. Administrative Assistant Mealey informed the Council that since the application was inside a municipality,, it needed the signature of a governing authority. City Engineer Priebe informed that Mr. Scharmer would widen his present entrance unto T.H. 15 and that the former driveway right-of-way onto Brown street will be discontinued. After discussion, it was the concensus of the Council that the permit be granted City approval. Mayor Black then entertained a motion that City Engineer Priebe be authorized to sign said application. Alderman Haag so moved. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it carried. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - 3 - SEPTEMBER 10, 1974 Received from Utilities Superintendent Wacker was a recommenda- tion to install 5 additional street lights from Milwaukee Avenue to South Grade Road on Dale Street at an approximate cost of $559. After discussion, Alderman Lueneburg moved that Super- intendent Wacker's recommendation be accepted. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and it carried. A letter was received from Miss Roz Laraway, Publicity Chairman for the Hutchinson High School Play requesting permission to place a banner over Main Street advertising their production during the week of November 15-21, 1974 and the use of a Sound Truck on Main Street. After discussion, Alderman Lueneburg moved permission be granted. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and it carried. Authority was requested to hire Diane Nelson for the Recreation Department and Virgean Wendorff for the Motor Vehicle Depart- ment. Administrative Assistant Mealey informed that both girls are part-time help and members of the Office Education Program and will be paid minimum wage. After discussion, Alderman Luene- burg moved authorization to hire Diane Nelson and Virgean Wendorff be granted. Alderman Haag seconded the motion and it carried. Received was a memorandum from Chief of Police O'Borsky requesting permission to hire a part-time employee, through the Hutchinson Area Vocational Technical Institute under a Federal Funded program. Administrative Assistant Mealey informed that under this program the School would pay 800 of their salary and the City would pay the remaining 200. After discussion, Alderman Westlund moved to enter into agreement'with the Hutchinson Area Vocational Techincal Institute in hiring part-time help as recommended by Chief O'Borsky. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it carried. Acknowledged was a memorandum from Administrative Assistant Mealey concerning the purchase of an Off -Set Printing system at a cost of $4,400. Administrative Assistant Mealey informed the Council that to date, we have used 1,750 stencils at a price of 35.55G each whereas, if the Off -Set Printing Press was purchased Off -Set Masters could be used at a price of 6.5� each. In addition, we would be able to use lighter weight paper at a considerable savings. After further discussion, Alderman West- lund moved to authorize the Mayor and Clerk to enter into an maintenance agreement and to purchase the Off -Set system as recommended by Administrative Assistant Mealey. Alderman Ackland seconded the motion and it carried. Received from Administrative Assistant Mealey was a memorandum regarding the Affirmative Action Program. Administrative Assistant Mealey stated he felt that the City would be involved in this program and will be hiring people according to the guidelines that have been established. He further recommended that each Department Head be asked to compile job descriptions for the different departments. After further discussion, Alderman REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - 4 - SEPTEMBER 10, 1974 Haag moved the matter be tabled to another meeting. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it carried. Administrative Assistant Mealey reminded of the scheduled meeting with our Consulting Engineer, Bob Hoffman of Rieke, Carroll and Muller concerning Sludge disposal, September 17, 1974, 11:00 A.M. at City Hall for all who cared to attend. The Building Official's Monthly Report, Library Board Minutes and Safety Council Minutes were accepted as presented and ordered filed. Alderman Haag presented to Mayor Black a Proclaimation for signature authorizing September 28, 1974 as National Hunting and Fishing Day. Acknowledged was a memorandum from Dr. D. S. Chernausek, Chairman Park Development Committee stating future develop- ment plans. The question of Snow Removal was presented to the Council by City Engineer Priebe. After discussion, it was the con - census of the Council to advertise in the Hutchinson Leader for proposals for Snow Removal for the City of Hutchinson - Burns Manor Nursing Home and Hutchinson Municipal Airport on an hourly basis. After discussion, it was the concensus of the Council that several meetings must be held in conjunction with the 1975 - 1976 proposed Budget. There being no further business to come before the Council, meeting was declared adjourned at 10:00 P.M. on motion by Alderman Westlund, seconded by Alderman Haag and carried.