MINUTES – MORRIS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING – JUNE 8, 2010
The regular meeting of the
Morris City Council was called to order at 5:15 p.m. this 8th day of
June, 2010, 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
Webster, Miller, Storck and Mayor Giese.
Council member Carrington was absent. Also present was City Manager Hill, Finance Director
Krosschell, Police Chief Beauregard, Public Works Director Dittbenner, City
Engineer/Surveyor/Inspector Fier and City Attorney Glasrud.
CITIZEN’S COMMENTS: Tom Thelen of the League of MN Cities
was present at the meeting and indicated he was in town to make some visits and
attend the Symposium at the University.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: None
READING AND APPROVAL OF
MINUTES: 5/25/10 Regular
Meeting Minutes: Council
member Webster moved, seconded by Miller, to approve the 5/25/10 regular
meeting minutes. Motion carried.
5/25/10 Condensed
Version Minutes: Mayor Giese
moved, seconded by Storck, to approve the 5/25/10 condensed version
minutes. Motion carried.
CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Giese removed the Audit of City
bills from the consent agenda.
Council member Webster moved, seconded by Mayor Giese, to authorize
payment of the City bills dated June 8, 2010. Upon a roll call vote taken and all present voting in favor
and Council member Storck abstaining, motion carried.
Mayor Giese moved,
seconded by Miller, to approve the consent agenda, which included the following
items:
A.
May Transit Report
B.
Application for
Exempt Permit – Assumption Church
C.
Gambling Report
D.
Raffle License Report
Motion carried.
PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND
COMMUNICATIONS: Street
Dance Permit Request – Met Lounge:
Council member Miller moved, seconded by Storck, to approve the street
dance permit requests from the Met Lounge for a dance to be held on Friday,
July 9th and from the Prairie Inn for a dance to be held on June 26th. Motion carried.
ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS: Resolution
Accepting Insurance Renewal Proposal:
Tom Quam of Bremer Insurance was present at the meeting to discuss the
city's insurance renewal.
The worker's compensation policy saw a large increase in premium based
on claims, increasing from $69,590 to $95,352 with a $2,500 deductible. The total annual renewal premium is
$226,851.
Council member Miller
moved, seconded by Webster, to adopt Resolution #2926-6-10, Resolution
Accepting Insurance Renewal Proposal for the City of Morris and continue with a
$2,500 deductible for the workers' compensation insurance. Upon a roll call vote taken and all
present voting in favor, motion carried.
Resolution Accepting
and Approving a Plan for the Redevelopment of the Elementary School Property: Hill stated the city received a grant
from MPCA to design a plan for the old elementary school property. Hill indicated the plan needs to be
accepted but does not mean that anything is moving forward. This would simply be a guide if and
when the property ever gets developed.
Council member Webster
moved, seconded by Storck, to adopt Resolution #2927-6-10, Resolution Accepting
and Approving a Plan for the Redevelopment of the Elementary School
Property. Upon a roll call vote
taken and all present voting in favor, motion carried.
Resolution Providing
for the Issuance and Sale of $1,685,000 G.O. Improvement Bonds, Series 2010A: Brian Reilly of Ehlers and Associates
was present at the meeting to review the bond sale. Reilly stated took an auction type format and six bids were
received. The amount of the bond
has been reduced to $1,660,000, which is down from $1,685,000. The purchaser of
the bonds is RBC Capital Markets out of Minneapolis with a true interest rate
of 3.2342%.
Reilly noted that Moody's
is the 3rd party investment rating company who recently recalibrated
their rating scale and moved the city from a rating of A3 to A1. Reilly pointed out there is a $100,000
levy associated with the issuance of the bonds.
Hill stated the rate for
last year's project was 3.8%. Hill indicated that even though these projects
are expensive it is the best time to do them given the low bids and good
interest rates.
Council member Miller
moved, seconded by Storck, to adopt Resolution #2928-6-10, Resolution Providing
for the Issuance and Sale of $1,685,000 G.O. Improvement Bonds, Series
2010A. Upon a roll call vote taken
and all present voting in favor, motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORTS
& RECOMMENDATIONS: 2010
Budget Guidance: Hill stated
next year the city has no idea what is going to happen with the
legislature. The city is already
going to start out the year being cut $134,000. Hill is recommending the council look at an 8% decrease in
spending and the reduction of three full time staff positions as a worst case
scenario. Hill stated the city may
need to consider doing construction projects every other year.
Council member Miller
moved, seconded by Webster, to approve the 2011 Budget Guidance Worksheet as
presented by City Manager Hill.
Motion carried.
Contract Change –
Highland Homes Addition Improvement Project: Council member Webster moved, seconded by Miller, to change
a typo in the construction contract for Highland Homes Addition for a completion
date and final wearing course completion date to June 30, 2010. Motion carried.
City Manager Report: This was informational for the council.
NEW BUSINESS: None
OLD BUSINESS: None
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: None
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mayor
Giese adjourned the meeting at 6:07 p.m.
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