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MINUTES
– MORRIS CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JULY 22, 2008
The
regular meeting of the Morris City Council was called to order at 5:15 p.m.
this 22nd day of July,
2008, by Mayor Giese in the Council Chambers of the Morris Senior
Citizens/Community Center.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of
Allegiance was recited.
ROLL
CALL: 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, Fleet Manager Searle, Police Chief Beauregard,
Fire Chief Storck and City Attorney Glasrud.
READING
AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 7/8/08
Regular Meeting Minutes:
Council member Storck moved, seconded by Webster, to approve the 7/8/08
regular meeting minutes. Motion
carried.
7/22/08
Condensed Version: Council
member Webster moved, seconded by Miller, to approve the 7/22/08 condensed
version minutes. Motion carried.
AUDIT
OF CITY BILLS: Council member Webster
moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to authorize payment of the City bills dated July
22, 2008. Motion carried.
CITIZEN’S
COMMENTS: None
PETITIONS,
REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS: SCMC
Administrative Report: Mayor
Giese moved, seconded by Council member Carrington, to accept the June administrative
report from SCMC. Motion carried.
Gambling
Reports: Mayor Giese moved,
seconded by Council member Storck, to accept the gambling reports from the
Eagles and Met Lounge. Motion
carried.
Council
member Miller moved, seconded by Carrington, to accept the gambling report from
the American Legion. Upon a roll
call vote taken and all present voting in favor and Mayor Giese abstaining,
motion carried.
ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS: Resolution
Approving the West Central S.W.A.T. Team Agreement: Police Chief Beauregard stated this is
similar to the agreement from last year with some insurance changes. The agreement also allows the city
council to recommend someone to attend the meetings.
Council
member Webster asked what the goal of the agreement is. Beauregard explained the agreement sets
the standards for training for a S.W.A.T. team and allows Morris to have a
backup system with a higher level of expertise. Glasrud noted this team came out when the police department
was looking for the shooter involved in the Key Row incident last year.
Council
member Miller moved, seconded by Storck, to adopt Resolution #2814-7-08,
Resolution Approving the West Central S.W.A.T. Team Agreement. Upon a roll call vote taken and all
voting in favor, motion carried.
First
Reading of Ordinance No. 81, An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Golf Carts and
All-Terrain Vehicles on City Streets:
Glasrud indicated the committee has not yet met to discuss the draft of
this ordinance. The council
suggested holding off on the first reading of the ordinance until the committee
has had a chance to review it.
Hill noted the council needs to talk about the permit fee. It was suggested to have an original
fee and then a cheaper yearly renewal.
Council
member Carrington asked about the age limit of 21. City Attorney Glasrud stated the majority of the people
advocating for this are adults.
The issue also comes up that even though a person is 18 they may still
be in high school and bringing these types of vehicles to school.
Webster
asked about the noise issue.
Beauregard stated the half hour after sunrise and the half hour before
sunset should take care of that.
Following
a discussion, the council decided to go ahead with the first reading of the
ordinance in order to get the process moving forward. Any changes made to the ordinance would be addressed during
the second reading and public hearing.
Council
member Storck moved, seconded by Miller, to accept this as the first reading
of
Ordinance No. 81, An Ordinance Regulating the Use of Golf Carts and All-Terrain
Vehicles on City Streets and set the public hearing and second reading for 5:25
p.m. on August 12, 2008. Upon a
roll call vote taken and all voting in favor, motion carried.
CITY
MANAGER’S REPORTS & RECOMMENDATIONS: By-Law Change – Morris Fire Department: Hill indicated the only issue he had
with the requested changes was increasing the number of firemen from 35 to
38. Hill noted he was concerned
with the budget ramifications of adding three more firemen. Fire Chief Storck stated the department
was looking to the future and since the by-laws only get tweaked once every ten
years or so they thought it was a good time to increase that number. Storck stated during the week day on a
call out they are at 50-60% for attendance and 40-50% on the weekends. Hill indicated there is nothing to say
the by-laws can’t be brought back more often and noted they should be reviewed
on an annual basis. Storck stated
the rest of the changes just clean up the bylaws to coincide with the relief
association by-laws.
Council
member Miller moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to approve the Morris Fire
Department By-Laws. Upon a roll
call vote taken and all voting in favor, motion carried.
Underground
Tank Removal: Council member
Webster moved, seconded by Miller, to authorize advertising for bids for the
removal of the underground storage tank at the old elementary school site. Motion carried.
Sale of
Old Elementary School Playground Equipment: Council member Storck moved, seconded by Webster, to
authorize the city manager to advertise for bids for the sale of a portion of
the playground equipment at the old elementary school. Motion carried.
City
Manager Report: It was the
consensus of the council that at the property on 3rd and California
a fence should be put up and the windows boarded up. Hill pointed out Nora Jost is working to purchase this
property from the current owner.
With
regard to the jail issue, City Attorney Glasrud stated there would be multiple
meetings coming up with the various users of the courthouse.
The
council suggested that some kind of notice be given to the residents along West
6th Street to let them know that the city is continuing to work on
the boulevard matter.
NEW
BUSINESS: Council member
Webster moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to authorize $200 for the DJ and $70
for a keg of root beer for the community picnic on August 28th. Motion carried.
OLD
BUSINESS: None
INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS: Revenue &
Expenditure Report: This was
informational for the council.
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mayor
Giese adjourned the meeting at 5:55 p.m.
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