Minutes Summary 7-5-07

 

The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Bob Schabert in the Courtland Community Center on Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 7:00pm.  All council members except Schwartz were present.

 

Kollmann made a motion to approve the agenda as written.  Nielsen seconded the motion.  The motion carried with all in favor.

 

Nielsen made a motion to approve the written minutes for the regular city council meeting held on June 7, 2007.  Schabert seconded the motion.  The motion carried with all in favor.

 

Nielsen made a motion to approve the bills for the month of June 2007.  Kollmann seconded the motion.  The motion carried with all in favor.

 

Poehler reported for the street committee that the oil had been applied to the LME road and part of Zieske Road to control the dust.

 

 Joe Duncan, city engineer, stated that the bids on the Zieske Road project will be opened on the 11th.  He said that the council could wait until the next council meeting to approve the awarding of the bid.

 

Nielsen stated that the water fountain at the park had not been done yet and she had talked to a representative of the Lions Club about the possibility of getting a fountain like the one that the Nicollet Lions had put up in Nicollet.  She said that she thought that they were going to address that at the next Lions meeting but that the fountain in the park would have to be fixed in the meantime because it takes some time to get one of the Lions fountains.

 

The issue of getting utilities out to the property that Barry Bloedel is proposing to purchase for a truck dispatching business was discussed.  City administrator Boulton had distributed copies of a draft of a development agreement to the council.  Joe Duncan, city engineer, had put together tentative numbers to get the utilities to the property and the numbers were quite a bit higher than was first talked about at the last meeting.  Dudgeon had questions about the draft of the development agreement.  The council stated that they would like to work with Bloedel but because of his time restraints they feel that they are being rushed into a decision.  At this point, because the agreement was just put out, the council and Dudgeon both felt that they haven’t had time to look it over properly.  Dudgeon stated that he didn’t have a copy of the draft for the development agreement since city attorney Nierengarten made some changes.  The clerk gave Dudgeon a copy of the amended draft.  Both parties agreed to table the matter to the next meeting so attorneys can review the draft and make any needed changes.

 

Nielsen made a motion to approve Resolution 07-109 to adopt the Nicollet County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan.  Poehler seconded the motion.  The motion carried with all in favor.

 

Poehler made a motion to adjourn the meeting.  Nielsen seconded the motion.  The motion carried with all in favor.

 

A signed written copy of the minutes is on file in the office of the city clerk.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Bonnie J. Hubert,City Clerk