6-3-10 Minutes Summary

The regular city council meeting was called to order by Mayor Schabert at 7:00pm on June 3, 2010 in theCouncil chambers in the Courtland Community Center. All council members were present.

Poehler made a motion to approve the amended agenda to include the audit proposal letter from Abdo, Eick & Meyer and lack of sidewalk on the west end of Courtland. Bents seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Bents made a motion to approve the written minutes of the regular meeting of the city council held on May 6, 2010. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Poehler made a motion to approve the bills for the month of May 2010. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Gulden reported on Red Shoe Drive and the fact that people are not obeying the signs for speed and stopping. The council decided that the clerk should send a letter to all the residents to inform them that the road is open and to please observe the signs. He also stated that we need to put some kind of reflectors along the road for safety and that we would probably have to hire someone to put the reflectors in the ground because Doug does not have the equipment to place them so they are straight. Hopefully this will solve the problem of people speeding and not stopping. The next step would be speed bumps and no one wants to put these on the road unless necessary.

McCallum reported that she had called to get a sample of what interest would possibly be on a loan of
$60,000.00 to build the maintenance building. She also stated that each council member had a copy of the Request for Proposals for Auding that she has prepared and asked the council for approval of this proposal so that she could send it out to several auditing firms. Bents made a motion to approve the proposal letter for audit services. Retka seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Darren Marquardt, co-owner of the Crow Bar, addressed the council concerning a Sunday morning liquor license. The Crow Bar's current license allows it to begin serving alcohol at noon but, with breakfast starting at 9:00as.m., the Crow Bar is looking to open a bloody mary bar a few hours earlier.

State regulations set noon as the default start time for serving intoxicating beverages, but allow cities discretion on setting hours as early as 10:00 a.m., by ordinance.

The council discussed the fact that Nicollet wants to withdraw from the Joint Powers. They have agreed to pay their share until June 30, 2010. Bents made a motion to continue to retain Heather McCallum for July and August. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Schabert and Doug Gulden explained that Kilibarda would like to rent the city generator for a maximum of two months. He would be willing to sign a contract for the rental at $500 per week with a deposit of $1000. McCallum drafted a contract for the council to approve which includes stipulations that the renter would do maintenance on the generator before he returns it to the city.

Bents made a motion to approve the contract for rental of equipment on a case by case basis. Schabert seconded the motion. The motion carried on a 4-1 vote. Poehler voted against the issue.

Kollmann made a motion to approve the renewal of the annual liquor licenses for the Crow Bar and Swany's Pub . Bents seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Schabert made a motion to approve the purchase of 2 signs for no overnight parking to be placed on Third and Railroad Streets. Retka seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

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

The meeting closed at 9:30pm.

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

Respectfully submitted,

Bonnie J. Hubert,City Clerk