City Council Minutes 10-13-1987MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday, October 13, 1987 - 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Arve Grimsmo, Bill Fair, Warren Smith, Dan Blonigen
Members Absent: Fran Fair
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Minutes.
Motion was made by Warren Smith, seconded by Bill Fair, and
unanimously carried to approve the minutes of the special meeting held
September 28 and the regular meeting held September 28, 1987.
4. Annexation Update with City Attorney.
City Attorney, Tom Hayes, was present at the meeting to update the
City Council on two recent meetings that had been held with the
Executive Director and Assistant Director of the Municipal Board,
along with himself and Monticello Township Attorney, Bill Radzwill.
The primary purpose of the meetings was to discuss whether there were
any types of solutions that could be arrived at, including partial
annexation, that could be agreed upon between the two parties, the
City of Monticello and Monticello Township. Mr. Hayes noted that the
Municipal Board basically had three options to consider in regards to
the City's annexation petition. The first option would be to annex
the entire OAA area as petitioned, or deny the petition entirely. The
third option available to the Board is to allow annexation to occur in
an area less than petitioned for; but Mr. Hayes noted that typically
the Municipal Board members do not feel they have adequate information
to decide exactly where new boundaries or what portions of the
petitioned area should be annexed into a city. Therefore, that's the
prime reason why the Executive Director was seeking a local solution
to the problem, that being a compromise agreement between both
parties.
After discussions by Council members on the likelihood of a compromise
settlement being reached, Mayor Grimsmo noted that realistically it
did not appear that the Municipal Board may be in favor of total OAA
annexation but that possibly they would consider a reduced area for
annexation and felt that an agreement between the Township and the
City would be most beneficial if it was very close to the City's
latest offer presented to the Township prior to the hearings.
Councilmembers Bill Fair and Dan Blonigen noted that continued
negotiations appeared to be a waste of time unless the Township is
willing to consider immediate annexation of a specific area.
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At Council consensus, Attorney Tom Hayes was instructed to request a
formal reply from Monticello Township officials on the City's latest
offer of annexation of a reduced area supplied prior to the Municipal
Board hearings and instructed that if the Township did not appear
agreeable to such a compromise, notification to the Municipal Board of
our offer and attempted compromise settlement be noted and that the
Municipal Board should be directed to decide the issue.
Consideration of Adopting Assessment Roll for 86-1 Project - John
Meier Property.
Mr. John Meier appeared at the last Council meeting during a public
hearing on the proposed assessment to his property consisting of
sewer, water, street, storm sewer, curb and gutter improvements
proposed in the amount of $5,559.03 for the north half of Lot 1.,
Block 12. Mr. Meier at the public hearing objected to the total
amount proposed to be assessed based on his contention that the value
of the property did not increase by the amount of the proposed
assessment. The Council allowed Mr. Meier to obtain an appraisal of
the property before and after the improvements and to supply any
information in regards to his contention for the Council review.
Although Mr. Meier did not supply a certified appraisal of the
property before and after the improvements, he did submit a letter
from a local real estate agent who felt the value of the property with
the improvements intact would be approximately $12,000. Mr. Meier
indicated that the property had a market value for tax purposes of
$6,800 before improvements and that he had a purchase agreement on the
property for $12,000.
After reviewing the information supplied, motion was made by Bill
Fair, seconded by Dan Blonigen, and unanimously carried to adjust the
proposed assessment for the north half_ of Lot 1, Block 12, to $5,200
based on the figures supplied that the market value for tax purposes
before the improvements was $6,800, and with the additional $5,200 in
improvements under the assessment process would equal the $12,000 sale
price quoted by Mr. Meier. Also as part of the motion, the City will
establish a future sanitary sewer hookup charge to any parcel that
uses a Type A Drop connection or Type B Drop connection that were
installed in various locations along the interceptor sewer line as
part of the 86-1 Project. The Type A cost is $2,000, and a Type B
Drop will be $1,506.79. In addition, these drop charges will be
adjusted based on inflation factors until used by a property owner.
Consideration of Authorizing Preparation of Specifications for New
Fire Truck.
Representatives of the Monticello Fire Department were in attendance
to present their information gathered in researching what type of
truck should be purchased to replace the present 1962 Chevrolet
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pumper. During their research, fire department members reviewed with
a number of manufacturers and other communities the type of pumper
with a ladder attachment that would meet the needs for the City.
Based on their findings, they requested approval to prepare
specifications for a new pumper that would contain a 75 -foot ladder
attachment which was estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $250,000
to $275,000.
After reviewing the specifications, motion was made by Bill Fair,
seconded by Warren Smith, and unanimously carried to authorize the
fire department to prepare specifications for a pumper truck with a
75 -foot ladder attachment and to advertise for bids with the option of
trading in the 1962 pumper. The advertisement for bids will also
request financing alternatives and options available to the City.
Consideration of Establishing Minimum Requirements on Food Service for
Sunday Liquor Licenses.
Currently, the City of Monticello is allowed to issue Sunday liquor
licenses to establishments that serve food that have seating capacity
for at least 30 people. The City of Monticello has never established
what the definition of food service should be available to qualify for
a Sunday liquor license, and the Council discussed whether minimum
requirements were necessary.
Dan Blonigen made a motion to require establishments to have full
service menus available before a Sunday liquor license can be issued.
This motion died for a lack of a second. Motion was then entered by
Bill Fair to require an establishment to qualify for a Sunday liquor
license to serve a 3 -course meal such as soup, salad, and sandwich.
This motion also died for a lack of a second.
After further discussion, it was noted that during the past the City
has not experienced a problem with Sunday liquor licenses; and it was
the consensus of the Council to leave the definition undefined at this
time.
Consideration of Executing the 1988 Law Enforcement Contract with
Wright County Sheriff's Department.
During the last four years, the City of Monticello has contracted with
the Sheriff's Department for a total of 6,905 hours of patrol
coverage. The Wright County Board of Commissioners has allowed the
City of Monticello to add an additional 416 hours of coverage during
1988 to combat its cruising and loitering problem along Broadway. As
a result, the maximum number of hours in 1988 could be 7,321 at a rate
of $19.50 per hour.
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Motion was made by Warren Smith, seconded by Dan Blonigen, and
unanimously carried to approve ratifying the contract at a maximum
coverage of 7,321 hours at the rate of $19.50 per hour for the year
1988.
Rick Wolfstell6r
City Administrator
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