City Council Minutes 11-10-1986MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Monday, November 10, 1986 - 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Arve A. Grimsmo, Fran Fair, Bill Fair, Jack Maxwell,
Dan Blonigen.
Members Absent: None.
2. Approval of Minutes.
Motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Maxwell, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the special meeting held October 27,
and the regular meeting held October 27, and the special meeting
held November 5, 1986.
4. Consideration of an Offer to Purchase Land in Oakwood Industrial
Park.
The partners of the Oakwood Industrial Park approached the City with
a proposal to sell to the City the entire remaining 79 acres of the
industrial park for $400,000.00 plus assumption of delinquent and
future special assessments of $268,000.00 for a total price of $668,000.00.
The primary reasons for the partnership offering the property to
the City at this time has to do with changes in the tax laws which
make it preferable to sell the property this year; and also, after
18 years of ownership, the partners would like to move on to other
interests.
The partnership presented an appraisal from St. Cloud Appraisal indicating
its value today, assuming a 6 -year time period to sell of the remaining
lots, would be $675,000.00, which is how they arrived at their asking
price. Councilmembers Bill Fair, Fran Fair, and Dan Blonigen all
felt there were too many negatives in the City owning the property
at this time and felt the City should not be in direct competition
with other developers of commercial and industrial property. In
addition, methods of financing the acquisition at the present time
did not seem feasible. Mayor Grimsmo basically agreed that purchasing
the entire remaining industrial park may not be favorable but questioned
whether it would be to the City's advantage to own a few of the lots
in the industrial park to entice developers that may make proposals
to the City in the future.
Mr. Gene Fair, one of the partners in the industrial park, noted
that one of the main reasons the partnership decided to offer the
property to the City is that previously the City seemed negative
to the industrial park being used for the middle school site when
their property was being considered and, therefore, thought the City
may be interested in obtaining control of the property to insure
that only industrial and commercial uses develop in the park. Council
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members noted that when the school was considering property in the
industrial park for a school site, the chairman of the Industrial
Development Committee did oppose the idea of a school being located
in an industrial park because of the conflict it may cause with future
growth for industries, but the City did not feel it would be in its
best interest to actually have ownership of the entire industrial
park.
After further discussion, it was the consensus of the Council not
to pursue the offer at this time.
5. Consideration of a Proposal by NSP to Convert Street Lighting.
Public Works Director, John Simola, noted that several years ago
Northern States Power ceased to install mercury vapor street lights
for new installations and currently has plans to replace the existing
mercury vapor lights in Monticello to high pressure sodium because
of their lower cost of operation and higher light output. The lights,
which are owned by NSP, would have the same monthly billing per light
and the change -over cost would be absorbed by NSP.
Motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to authorize Northern States Power Company to convert the
existing mercury vapor street lights to high pressure sodium.
6. Consideration of Setting a Special Meeting for the Purpose of Establishing
1987 Salary/Wage Policies.
A special meeting was set for 6:00 p.m., November 24, 1986, before
the next regular Council meeting for the purpose of reviewing the
comparable worth study and setting the 1987 salary/wage policy for
all non-union personnel.
Rick Wolfste ler
Assistant Administrator
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