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09-11-1973 CCMREGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 Mayor Black called the meeting to order at the hour of 7:30 P.M. Reverend Wesley Gerber delivered the invocation. Members present were: Aldermen Westlund, Linder, Alrick and Lueneburg in addition to Mayor Black. Members absent were: None. Also present was Administrative Assistant Mealey; City Attorney Schantzen arrived later in the meeting. The minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 28, 1973 were accepted as presented on motion by Alderman Westlund, seconded by Alderman Linder and carried. The current bills were approved as submitted on motion by Alderman Linder seconded by Alderman Westlund and carried.(list) A letter was received from the Civil Service Commission certifying for the position of Police Patrolman on the Hutch- inson Police Force the following: Howard M. Taylor Robert M. Olson David D. Schauman Mayor Black then appointed Howard M. Taylor as Police Patrol- man upon ratification from the Council. Alderman Westlund moved that the appointment be ratified by the Council. Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and it was carried. A letter was received from Reverend Thoralf Skeie, Chairman of the Hutchinson Housing and Redevelopment Authority requesting that in accordance with the procedure established by the Hutchinson Housing and Redevelopment Authority in conjunction with the City Council, Mrs. Jean Lerberg, an employee of the City of Hutchinson assume a full time relationship with the HRA and be released as Administrative Secretary for the City effective September 1, 1973. Thoralf Skeie, Chairman and Mrs. Jean Lerberg, Executive Director of the HRA were present to request also that the City enter into an agreement with the HRA to maintain Mrs. Lerberg on the City payroll in order to provide maximum employee benefits. Under this arrangement the HRA promised to reimburse the City in full in the following manner: $500.00 per month salary, plus $29.26 social security, plus $27.50 PERA, plus $14.29 insurance, for a total of $571.05 payable in bi-monthly increments on the payroll days established by the City of Hutchinson. After considerable discussion, Alderman Westlund moved that Jean Lerberg be released as Administrative Secretary for the City and allowed to take on the Executive Director's duties for the HRA effective September 1, also that the City REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING General Fund Joan Krueger A.W. Asplin Loren Buske Michael Hogan Audley Jorgenson Francis Murphy Harvey Daharsh Dorot'y Hassman Ina Klapotz Gale Boelter Norman Wright Judy Dahle Roger Fitzloff Ed Homan Hutchinson Telephone Co. Hutchinson Utilities Comm. Quades Red Owl Food Stores Suburban Recreation Assn. Yetzers Variety House Kokesh Athletic Supplies Rexall Family Drug Rod Keith Farm & Home Dist. Co. G.T.C. Auto Parts Gamble Store Mork Communications Hutchinson Iron & Metal Co. Police Press, Inc. Larsen Communications Rite 'V!7_y Wash Decatur Electronics, Tnc. Richard Waage Gopher S,iooters Supply Co. Sears Henke's Cafe Alfred C'leney P1 Inc. Hutchinson Telephone Co. Hutchinson Utilities Comm. State Treasurer Junker Sanitation Service Crown Life Ins. Co. T;;omas E. Mealey Ronnie Smahel Standard Oil Co. Standard Printing Co. Leef Bros. Inc. 3M Business Products Sales Hutchinson Leader Inc. Allen Office Supply Jacobson's Hardware Hank September 11, 1973 recreation office labor police reserve police reserve police reserve police reserve police reserve police dispatch police dispatch police dispatch Dark dept. labor park dept. labor playgrounds labor baseball lab(,r wretling labor phone ser,, ices gas & electric services Sr. Citizens slo-pitch softballs recreational supplies zoomobile playground supplies trophies & goal line markers recreational supplies mileage expenses paint vehicle maintenance truck brush equipment maintenance nter-ance pine & iron supplies equipment maintenance ve'-isle maintenance eqLtipment maintenance milerge expenses Supplies battery prisoner -C luriclies equipment police car vehicle maintenance pinone services gas & electric services PERA contribution August services medical insurance mileage expenses convention expenses gas for vehicles supplies services supplies for 209 publication costs supplies supplies 57.60 24.00 27-00 16.00 97.00 23.00 42.75 101.25 17.5-50 207-00 192.00 80.00 26.00 50.00 5.80 27.12 5.8T27.12 5.00 29.20 6o.00 2.o4 63.o5 22.26 36.00 3.48 17-72 5.95 142-15 23-00 138.60 5' - .50 4.jo 47-30 16.00 24-33 34.35 28-75 100. 00 go.4o 334.49 503.43 2828.48 7463.40 1477.47 28.6_5 25-32 346.51 158-90 16.00 271.04 321.54 lo.65 1.72 Regular Council Meeting Cont. -2- September 11, 1973 General Fund cont. International Conf. Bldg. Officials supplies 122.70 Family Rexall Drug supplies 47.96 Floor Care Supply Co. 200 lbs ice off 35.00 Burroughs Corporation ribbons 32.40 American LinenSupply Co. services 15.55 Citizens Ins. Agency bldg & contents 3278.00 Madsen Aency fire insurance 3471.00 Hutchinson Ins. Agency i.~^?rance 3277.00 Custom Made Equipment vehicle maintenance 2.3.00 Coast to Coast Store supplies 33-',)3 Felska's Auto Macriine Services vehicle maintenance 121.83 Glencoe Enterprise weed notice publication 8.38 Jerry's Tire Co. vehicle maintenance 38.29 McCormick Implement Co. Inc. vehicle maintenance 100.59 Hutchinson Wholesale Supply repair supplies 11.46 Schramm Implement vehicle maintenance 152.32 Simonson hbr. Co. supplies 12.10 Mun. Water Dept. services 108.75 Big Bear saw 3.89 Plaza OK Hardware grinder 123.00 Kemper Tree Service light repair 25.00 LaIlass Corporation vehicle maintenance 66.'75 Popp's Electrical repairs 372.42 Hultchi nson Fire Dept. fire runs 170.00 Off Street Parking Fund motor vehicle rental 100.00 1st Federal State Assn. saving,; acct. 500.00 28,138.22 ROAD & BRIDGE FUND Bill Karl labor 281.88 quentin Larson lab, 265.00 Carl Baumetz labor 72.00 Duane Dascher labor 198.00 Iutchinson Telephone Co. phone services 34.32 Hutchinson Utilities gas & electric services 1487.36 Mun. Water Dept. services 22.95 Aqua Sur,. -,v & Instrument Co. equipment repair 7.36 ?-all Equipment Co. enui.rment repair 168.24 Coast to Coast Store surplies 5.29 Cal Bonniwell Sales ve°aicle maintenance 10.20 Custom Made Equipment equipment maintenance 23.00 Erickson C.)nst. Co. machine hire 784.00 Standard Oil Co. gas for vehicles 430.58 Bullert Washed Sand & Gravel Co. street supplies 650.93 Frank Motor Co. vehicle maintenance 64.20 Great Plains Supply Co. supplies 73.10 Farm & Home Dist. Co. supplies 2.61 G.T.C. Auto Parts supplies 7.08 Gopher Bearing Co. supplies 61.64 HutchinsonIron & Metal shaft 1.50 Home Gas Company Inc. gas 16.35 Hutchinson Wholesale Supply supplies 21.03 Jerry's Tire Co. vehicle maintenance 1 .10 34 Jacobson's Hardware Hank supplies Regular Council Meeting Cont. -3 September 11,1973 Road & BridRe Cont. L. & J. Distributors supplies 115.00 1st Am. National Bank contract payment 510.00 Northern City National Bank contract payment 927.50 S.A. Nies hard hats 8.28 Culligan Water Conditioning salt 12.00 Junker Sanitation Service Inc. refuse services 18.00 Mork Communications equipment maintenance 50.50 Plowman's Inc. ve icle maintenance 164.66 Plaza OK Hardware supplies 16.64 Ruffr;i.dge-Johnson Equipment Co. supplies 155.05 Schramm Implement vehicle maintenance 4.30 Star Surplus Store supplies 14.07 Simonson Lbr. Co. supplies 2.00 4.69 vehicle maintenance 6,715.06 WATER And SEWER' : { IT .D Steve Evans Greg Seivert Hutchinson Utilities Hutchinson Telephone Co. Minn. Waste Water Assn. Burroughs Corporation Mun. Water Dept. Lyon Chemicals Coast to Coast Standard Oil Co. Flexible Pipe Tool Co. Felska's Auto Maclaine Services Iiawkins Chemicals Hutchinson Wholesale Supply Jerry's Tire Co. Johnson Super Value Oxford C emicals Allen Office Supply Riverview Press Star Surplus Store Wal ivs Tire Center Wigen Chev. Co. United Building Center Water Products Co. Commissioner of Taxation labor 222.75 labor 210.38 gas & electric services 3388.49 services 50.01 Cues for 4 8.00 billing notices 341.84 services 185.85 chemicals 435.00 supplies 9.49 gas for vehicles 51.43 supplies 40.45 vehicle maintenance 1.12 chemicals 394.16 supplies 29.45 vehicle maintenance 6.00 sdpplies 46..62 chemicals 118.65 supplies 6.03 supplies 40.00 supplies 4.69 vehicle maintenance 67.50 vehicle maintenance 11.80 supplies 17.79 Pupplies 290.98 sales taxes 544.26 6,522.74 Regular Council Meeting Cont. -4- September 11, 1973 Municipal Liquor Store Locher Bros. Premium D._stb. Co. Olivia Bottling Co. Mars'r. Dist. Co. Lenneman Bev. Dist. Inc. N ortland Beverage: Coca Cola B 'ttlirL'; Co. Electro Watchman Inc. Bill Marquardt 'iutc insc,n Telenhone Co. �ztc'.,inson Utilities Ed Phillip,_ & Sons Twin City 'Mine Co. McKesson Liquor Griggs, Cooper & Co. Distillers D:stb. Co. City of Hutc'linson Off Street Parking Harvey Daharsh Hutch Utilities Public Sites Frederickson's Inc. Cemetery Margie Saunderson Mun. Water Dept. Glenn Witte Sod Sorensen Farm Supply Rockite Silo Inc. Carr Flowers Dobberstein Oil Co. Ed Ondrachek SINKING FUNDS #6 Hutch Mfg. & Sales #13 RCM #14 Hoffman Bros. liquor 998.95 liquor 2183.00 17_quor 868.00 beer 4151.40 beer 10,223.23 beverages 74.10 beverage; 251.05 services 54.00 lettering 10.00 services r 23.45 services gay, R< electric 234.85 wine 1,292.65 wine 31.6.44 liquor 84.00 Liquor 3,565.o6 liquor 651.44 .salaries 3,644.46 28,626.08 servicing meters 58.50 xxxxxJc±kK gas & electric 3.50 62.00 park hou,-je repair 10.00 lot 100.00 water 4.80 sod 108.00 supplies 1.10 silo staiaes 3.6o cemetery urn 10.00 oil 4.55 use of truck 20.00 252.05 tennis courts 389.73 professional fees 968.25 Est. 115 35,187.66 Regular Council Meeting -5- September 11, 1973 Sinking Fund #15_ Road & Bridge Fund Road & Bridge Fund General Fund Keefe, Schantzen & Bradford Saint Paul Associated Letter Midwest Bank Note Co. Hutchinson Leader Griffith Const. Co. Juul Contracting Co. Sterling Electric Co. W.H.a Barber Co. reimbursement engineering services administration services legal services Co. printing costs bonds publication costs Est. //l Est. #4 Quarts bulbs street oil 172,663.27 60,000.00 15,487.57 10,875.00 38.4.5 324.00 21-93 38,869.55 37,615.35 158.4o 2,601.10__ 3 338,654.62 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ( 2 ) SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 enter into agreement with the HRA to maintain Mrs. Lerberg on the City payroll in order to provide maximum employee benefits; with the understanding that the HRA would reimburse the City as follows: $500 per month salary, plus $29.26 social security, plus $27.50 PERA, plus $14.29 insurance, for a total of $571.05, payable in bi-monthly increments on the payroll days established by the City of Hutchinson. Alderman Linder seconded the motion and it was carried. Alderman Linder then introduced Resolution No. 5278 (Commending Jean Lerberg) and moved its adoption. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and upon vote being taken, all members present voted "aye" whereupon said resolution was declared adopted. ( r'ext ) At 7:50 P.M. Mayor Black called to order Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 1974-1975 Budget as duly advertised. Mr. Bob Rasmussen was present to represent the Boy Scouts of the City. Mr. Rasmussen requested that the Council look into the matter of providing a building in which the approximately 120 Boy Scouts of the City could meet and use as their Headquarters. It was noted that the building recently moved near Tartan Park on 3rd Avenue S.E. and Ontario, which is presently used for storage, would be an ideal location in which to meet. Mayor Black noted that the matter would be taken into consideration. Mr. Del Bitzer was present to represent the Gopher Campfire Club. The Club has developed and maintained a nature sanctuary in Hutchinson for the past 60 approximate years. The fence enclosing the sanctuary presently is 14 years old and in disrepair. Eight acres of the 20 acres owned by Gopher Camp- fire is fenced in, the desired amount to be fenced in is 17 acres. The estimated cost would be $16,000. Mr. Bitzer requested that when the Council consider the Fiscal Year 1974- 1975 Budget, they take into consideration the possibility of financially helping the Campfire Club in their endeavors. Mayor Black noted that the Fiscal Year 1974-1975 Budget would not be in effect until April 1, 1974 and therefore, if legality allowed, financial assistance could not be given until such time. Mayor Black advised also, that the matter would have to be discussed with City Attorney Schantzen to see if the City legally would be allowed to financially assist. The Fiscal Year 1974-1975 Budget hearing was recessed at 7:59 P.M. in order to open scheduled Public Hearing, Consi- deration of Ordinance No. 446 at 8:00 P.M. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ( 3 ) SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 Mayor Black then called to order Public Hearing - Consideration of Ordinance No. 446 as duly advertised. Two people, Mrs. Orval (Florence) Satterlee, and Mr. Harold (Shorty) Rutzke were present for the hearing. After considerable discussion and all persons being heard. Alderman Linder moved that the hearing be closed. Alderman Alrick seconded the motion and said hearing was declared closed at 8:30 P.M. Alderman Westlund then introduced Ordinance No. 446 (An Ordinance Providing For and Regulating Issuance Of "On -Sale" Liquor Licenses, Establishing Fees, Conditions and Eligibility Requirements For Persons and Places Applying Therefore, and Providing Penalties For the Violation Thereof) for its second reading and mored its adoption. Alderman Linder seconded the motion. Upon vote being taken all members present voted "aye" whereupon said Ordinance was declared adopted on its second and final reading. (text) At 8:32 P.M. Fiscal Year 1974-1975 Budget Hearing was re -opened. After all persons having been heard and there was no further discussion, Alderman Westlund moved that said hearing be closed. Alderman Linder seconded the motion and said hearing was declared closed at 8:35 P.M. A letter was received from Mr. Everrett Hantge, owner of Hantge Funeral Chapel requesting for the use of no parking signs covering the half block on Hassan between lst and 2nd Avenue S.E. and also permission be granted to hood the meters in front of the funeral chapel on 2nd Avenue S.E. Mr. Hantge concluded that permission be granted to use his discretion in hooding the meters and placing the no parking signs up. The Police Department had collected $4.72 for the preceding week from the five meters in question. After considerable discussion, Alderman Alrick moved that on a six month trial basis, Mr. Hantge be granted the privilege to under his own discretion, be enabled to place no parking signs up covering the half block on Hassan Street between lst and Second Avenue and to hood the five meters in front of the funeral chapel with the stipulation that a fee of .50 be made payable to the City each time, and further that Chief of Police o'Borsky be notified each time this is done. Alderman Alrick seconded the motion and it was carried. Alderman Lueneburg introduced Ordinance No. 449 (An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 325. An Ordinance Establishing and Adopting Water and Sewer Rates and Charges by the City of Hutchinson and Deleting the Penalty On All Water Bills) for its second reading and moved its adoption. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and upon vote being taken, all members voted "aye" whereupon said ordinance was declared adopted upon its second and final reading. (Text) REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ( 4 ) SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 Alderman Linder introduced Ordinance No. 451 (An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 105, An Ordinance Licensing and Regu- lating the Retail Sale Of Cigarettes and Cigarette Wrappers) for its second reading and moved its adoption. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and upon vote being taken, all members voted "aye" whereupon said ordinance was declared adopted upon its second and final reading. Specifications for 1973 Crushed Gravel Material were approved on motion by Alderman Linder, seconded by Alderman Westlund and carried. A letter was received from Hand's Inc., Winthrop, Minnesota inviting the Council to attend their Open House Celebration on the 23rd of September. A letter was received from Burlington Northern informing the City that the Y -Track Area, which the City was interested in purchasing, was not for sale at this time as it was required for operating purposes. The All Fund August Statement, Building Officials Monthly Report, Library Minutes and Safety Council Minutes were accepted as presented and ordered filed. Alderman Linder relayed the recommendation of the Safety Council to install two stop signs stopping north and south- bound traffic on Oakland Avneue at the eastbound entrance off State Highway No. 15 near Plaza 15 Shopping Center and Gibson Discount Center. Alderman Linder then introduced Ordinance No. 452 (Regulating the North and Southbound Traffic on Oakland Avenue) for its first reading and moved its adoption, Alderman Lueneburg seconded the motion and upon vote being taken, all members present voted "aye" whereupon said ordinance was declared adopted on its first reading. An application for permit to hold a public dance and sell liquor on November 10th at the Hutchinson Armory, was received from Mr. Duane Buske representing the Hutchinson Elks Lodge, 225 Washington Avenue East. Mayor Black explained that an activity of this type would be in violation of State Liquor Laws. After a brief discussion and taking into consideration the recommendation of Chief of Police O'Borsky, Alderman Linder moved that the dance permit application be approved with the stipulation that liquor may not be sold. Alderman Westlund seconded the motion and it was carried. Administrative Assistant Mealey reminded the Council of the Coalition of Outstate Cities of Minnesota Meeting to be held September 21 at the Crow River Country Club in Hutchinson, Minnesota. After a brief discussion, Administrative Assistant Mealey was directed to invite as guests the two State Legisla- tors, Adolph Kvam and John Bernhagen. Also to extend an N REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ( 5 ) SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 invitation to the cities in McLeod County; a representative of the League of Women Voters; and the press. An application for License to Sell Milk at Retail was received from William Wintheisen, President of New Life Inc., 408 Burnside S.E., Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. After discussion, Alderman Westlund moved that the license be granted. Alderman Linder seconded the motion and it was carried. It was noted that New Life Inc. had previously been licensed by the State and therefore felt that obtaining a license from the City was not necessary. The matter was referred to City Attorney Schantzen. There being no further business to come before the Council, meeting was declared adjourned at 9:20 P.M.