City Council Minutes 11-01-1995 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, November 1, 1995 - 7 p.m.
Members Present: Brad Fyle, Clint Herbst, Brian Stumpf, Tam Perrault
Members Absent: Shirley Anderson
A special meeting of the City Council was held for the purpose of conducting a public
hearing to consider amendments to the Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Plan.
Mayor Fyle opened the public hearing.
Public Works Director John Simola reported that the results of the additional testing
performed at Sunny Fresh Foods have been received and need to be analyzed by the two
major sequencing batch reactor (SBR) equipment manufacturers, Jet Tech and Aqua
Aerobic. After reviewing the data, they will need to inform HDR if the test data will
change their original proposals for providing the SBR equipment; therefore, it was
suggested that Council continue the public hearing to provide the manufacturers time to
study the test results.
Simola also reported that after touring additional SBR plants in Connecticut and
Missouri, he and plant manager Kelsie McGuire were more comfortable with the SBR
technology. Tt was their view that the SBR technology would work for Monticello;
however, staff's recommendation of using the oxidation ditch technology had not changed,
which was based on the simplicity of the operation of the oxidation ditch system. It was
noted that before the plant expansion project can continue, Council needs to decide
whether to continue with the SBR technology or change to the oxidation ditch system and
whether or not to acquire the adjacent 6-acre parcel owned by Floyd Kruse.
Mr. Paul Thielen, a resident of Mississippi Drive, asked if the wooded area on the 6-acre
parcel would remain as a buffer between the plant and residential uses. The Public
Works Director assured residents that the plant expansion would occur near Hart
Boulevard and that a 50-ft to 6p-ft tree buffer along the Kruse east property line would
remain.
AFTER DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY BRIAN STUMPF AND SECONDED BY CLINT
HERBST TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1995, AT
6 P.M. IN ADDITION, A SPECIAL CLOSED MEETING WA5 SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 8, 1995, AT 5:15 P.M., TO DISCUSS EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS WITH
THE CITY ATTORNEY. Motion carried unanimously with Shirley Anderson absent.
There being no further business,
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Kare Doty
Qffice Manager
the meeting was adjourned.