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MINUTES–MORRIS
CITY COUNCIL–REGULAR MEETING–JANUARY 8, 2008
The
regular meeting of the Morris City Council was called to order at 5:15 p.m.
this 8th day of January, 2008, by Mayor Giese in the Council
Chambers of the Morris Senior Citizens/Community Center.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of
Allegiance was recited.
CALL OF
THE ROLL: Roll call was taken
with the following members present:
Council member Carrington, Webster, Miller, Storck and Mayor Giese. Also present was City Manager Hill, Finance
Director Krosschell, Public Works Director Dittbenner, City Attorney Glasrud, City
Engineer/Surveyor/Inspector Fier and Fleet Manager Searle.
READING
AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 12/20/07
Regular Meeting Minutes:
Council member Storck moved, seconded by Miller, to approve the 12/20/07
regular city council meeting minutes.
Motion carried.
12/20/07
Condensed Version: Council
member Miller moved, seconded by Storck, to approve the 12/20/07 condensed
version minutes. Motion carried.
AUDIT
OF CITY BILLS: Council member Carrington
moved, seconded by Webster, to authorize payment of the City bills dated January
8, 2008. Upon a roll call vote
taken and four voting in favor and Council member Storck abstaining, motion
carried.
CITIZEN’S
COMMENTS: None
PETITIONS,
REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS: Gambling
Reports: Council member Storck
moved, seconded by Webster, to accept the gambling report from the American
Legion. Upon a roll call vote
taken and four voting in favor and Mayor Giese abstaining, motion carried.
Council
member Carrington moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to accept the gambling report
from the Met Lounge. Motion
carried.
Application
for Exempt Permit: Council
member Webster moved, seconded by Miller, to approve the application for exempt
permit from Stevens County Pheasants Forever for a raffle to be held on March
29, 2008. Motion carried.
ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS: Resolution
Adopting the 2008 Standing Rules:
Council member Carrington moved, seconded by Webster, to adopt
Resolution #2774-1-08, Resolution Adopting the 2008 Morris City Council
Standing Rules. Upon a roll call
vote taken and all present voting in favor, motion carried.
Resolution
Approving Renewal of Radio Tower Lease Agreement: Council member Webster moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to
adopt Resolution #2775-1-08, Resolution Approving Renewal of Radio Tower Lease
Agreement between the City and Regents of the University of Minnesota, through
the UMM Media Services Department.
Upon a roll call vote taken and all present voting in favor, motion
carried.
Resolution
Renewing Engineering Agreement:
Council member Storck indicated he is currently serving on the
Transportation Advisory Committee but would like to have Jeff Kuhn of WSN serve
instead. Storck stated he feels
the meetings would benefit Kuhn more because of the variety of topics and
locations that are discussed.
Council
member Storck moved, seconded by Miller, to assign Jeff Kuhn of WSN as the TAC
representative for the City of Morris.
Motion carried.
Council
member Carrington moved, seconded by Webster, to adopt Resolution #2776-1-08,
Resolution Renewing Engineering Agreement with WSN. Upon a roll call vote taken and all present voting in favor,
motion carried.
Resolution
Approving Renewal of Gambling License for the American Legion: Council member Webster moved, seconded
by Storck, to adopt Resolution #2777-1-08, Resolution Approving Renewal of
Gambling License for the American Legion.
Upon a roll call vote taken and all present voting in favor, motion
carried.
Resolution
Authorizing Finance Director to Designate Depositories: Mayor Giese moved, seconded by Council
member Storck, to adopt Resolution #2778-1-08, Resolution Authorizing Finance
Director to Designate Depositories.
Upon a roll call vote taken and all present voting in favor, motion
carried.
CITY
MANAGER’S REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS: Appointment of a Rental Housing Commission: Council member Storck moved, seconded
by Webster, to appoint the following members to the Rental Housing
Commission: John Anderson, Dan
Johnson and Henry Fulda, Landlords; Cheryl Brevig, Noah Clark and Melissa
Sherod, Tenants; and Hilda Parks and Carol Wilcox, Citizens. Motion carried.
Scheduling
of Board of Review: Mayor
Giese moved, seconded by Council member Webster, to schedule the Board of
Appeal & Equalization for 11:00 a.m. on April 10, 2008 in the Council
Chambers. Motion carried.
Mayor
Giese noted there is also a training session for the Board of Review being held
on Wednesday, January 30th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Old #1
Southside.
Designation
of Official Newspaper: Mayor
Giese moved, seconded by Council member Webster, to designate the Morris Sun
Tribune as the official newspaper of the City. Motion carried.
City
Manager Report: This was
informational for the council.
Council member Storck asked about having a worksession with the county
to talk about costs for demolition of the old school building. It was the consensus of the council and
city staff that a meeting does need to be held with the county.
Rescheduling
Worksession: Mayor Giese
moved, seconded by Council member Miller, to reschedule the worksession from
Thursday, January 17th to Thursday, January 10th at 5:00
p.m. at the Prairie Inn. Motion
carried.
NEW
BUSINESS: Tower Lease with
Info-Link: City Manager Hill
explained the city has a lease with Info-Link for antennas on the water
tower. Info-Link is partnering
with a company called Cloud Net and has asked the city to authorize the signing
of the tower lease over to them.
It was the consensus of the council to put this item on the next
agenda.
Assessment
Letters: Hill noted the
assessment letters went out on Monday to a large group of people and the
assessment hearing would be held at the next council meeting.
Snow on
Sidewalks: Council member
Storck expressed his disgust at the downtown businesses not getting their
sidewalks shoveled before the city plow goes by.
OLD
BUSINESS: None
INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS: December Transit
Report & Building Permit List: These were informational for the council.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mayor
Giese adjourned the meeting at 6:15 p.m.
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