Minutes Lewiston City Council Regular Meeting April 14, :00 P.M.

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1 Minutes Lewiston City Council Regular Meeting April 14, :00 P.M. The regular meeting of the Lewiston City Council was held on Wednesday April 14, 2010 at Lewiston City Hall. Members present: Mayor David Sommer, Clm. John Kanz, Clm. Sean Sannes and Clm. Sharon Trester. Also present: City Administrator Barb Hampel, Ambulance Director Josh Rau, Fire Chief Charlie Matzke and several city residents. See Exhibit A. 1. APPROVE AGENDA: Motion made by Clm. Kanz, seconded by Clm. Trester to approve the agenda with the deletion of Ted Olson and the addition Resolution , cable equipment, trails and letter from Mikrut Properties. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 2. RESOLUTION : Clm. Trester then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION DELARING THAT A VACANCY EXISTS ON THE LEWISTON CITY COUNCIL Clm. Kanz seconded the motion with all members voting in favor of the motion and no member voting against the same. Motion declared carried. See Exhibit B. 3. RESOLUTION : Four names for the council vacancy were submitted. They are: Al Lalim, David Fisher, Robert Siebenaler and Mark Dungy. Clm. Trester then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER (David Fisher) TO THE LEWISTON CITY COUNCIL Clm. Sannes seconded the motion with all members voting in favor of the motion and no member voting against the same. Motion declared carried. See Exhibit C. 4. RESOLUTION : Clm. Sannes then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM THE GAMBLING FUND OF THE LEWISTON FIRE COMPANY Clm. Kanz seconded the motion with all members voting in favor of the motion and no member voting against the same. Motion declared carried. See Exhibit D 5. COUNCIL MINUTES February 10, 2010 regular: Motion made by Clm. Kanz, seconded by Clm. Sannes to approve the minutes of the February 10, 2010 minutes. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 1 of 4

2 March 8, 2010 special meeting: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Trester to approve the minutes of the March 8, 2010 special meeting. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. March 23, 2010 special meeting: Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the minutes of the March 23, 2010 special council meeting with changes. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. March 24, 2010 regular meeting: Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Sannes to approve the minutes of the March 24, 2010 regular meeting. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 6. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Trester to approve the accounts payable. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 7. CITIZENS CONCERNS: None 8. APPOINT MAYOR PRO-TEM: Mayor Sommer appointed Clm. Sannes as Mayor Pro-tem. Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Kanz to remove Clm. Sanow s name from the signature page at the bank. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. Motion made by Clm. Kanz, seconded by Clm. Trester to add Clm. Sannes s name to the signature page at the bank. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 9. SKYWARN DIRECTOR: Motion made by Mayor Sommer, seconded by Clm. Sannes to appoint Bruce Boynton as Sky Warn Director. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 10. PARK AND REC REPRESENTATIVE: Motion made by Clm. Kanz, seconded by Clm. Trester to appoint Clm. Sannes as the Park and Rec Representative. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 11. TRAILS: Hampel will contact the county to see if they will mark a walking train the same time they do the other striping. We will request 8 bike racks and 20 trail signs for the Winona County grant application. We will advertise for a Lewiston Area bike trail group. 12. ACKNOWLEDGE VOLUNTEERS: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Trester to acknowledge the following volunteers to work on the parks and fields: Brent Matzke, Tony Hohensee, Kevin Sikkink, Dan Gandt and the Little League parents group. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 13. AMBULANCE REPORT: Was included in the council packet. Josh Rau, the new Ambulance Director was introduced. He attended a radio communications workshop. 14. POLICE REPORT: Officer Ghareeb reviewed the monthly police report with the council. There are several issues with the old police car for possible repairs. 15. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT: Fire Chief Matzke reported they have had several fires lately. They are seeking several grants. The six new firemen have completed their training. 2 of 4

3 Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Sannes to approve two firemen to attend a Federal Grant Workshop on April 30 th in Mankato with expenses to be taken out of the administration budget. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Kanz to send five firemen to the MSFDA conference on June 9 12 in Grand Rapids and to pay the $150 registration fee, $250 for lost wages, hotel and mileage. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. A truck committee has been formed and they are putting specs together for a new truck. Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the transfer of $4,000 from the Fire Department Fund to the Truck Fund. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 16. CABLE EQUIPMENT: Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the purchase of a DVD in the range of $55 - $88 and an Interface in the range of $125 - $150. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 17. MIKRUT PROPERTY: Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the extension to clean up the property located on Main Street to 30 days from the date of closure to Mikrut Properties. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 18. JIM HOWARD INSURANCE: Jim Howard reviewed the insurance coverage for the city. Motion made by Clm. Trester, seconded by Clm. Sannes to waive the lower statutory liability limit of $500,000 per claimant to $1,500,000. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. Howard strongly recommended that MVR s should be done by all departments, especially the fire department as they are driving the most expensive equipment. We will request LMC to come down and inspect the playground equipment. 19. PEOPLES SERVICE CONTRACT: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Trester to approve the increase of the O & M Agreement of 2.1%. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 20. COMMUNITY FUND: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the request of $500 from the Community Fund for the trip to Eagle Bluff. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. Motion made by Clm. Kanz, seconded by Clm. Sannes to transfer the balance in the Community Fund of $61 from the Community Fund to the Park Fund. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 21. PLANNING & ZONING REPORT: A sign permit for St. Rose was reviewed with a few changes recommended before it can be approved. The Planning board is requesting St. John s limit the time their sign is lit. The application was originally approved in error. Clm. Trester questioned who approves the permits, and should they have more training. It was noted this was a onetime error, and the board decided to leave the way permits are being issued as is. 22. PERSONNEL REPORT: The Personnel Committee met on April 7 th and went through the training check list for the Ambulance Director. 3 of 4

4 23. PARK AND REC REPORT: Clm. Sannes stated that sign ups are moving along. The board toured the parks. They would like the south park for 12 and 14 under baseball and 12 under softball. Volunteers will be cutting back the field. We need lime. There was $3,000 left from last year s budget that wasn t spent, which went into the General Fund. Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Kanz to approve the purchase of red lime for the ball fields not to exceed $3,000. All voted in favor. Motion declared carried. 24. COUNCIL CONCERNS: Mayor Sommer - the city attorney is reviewing information about the pool fund c.d. and is also working on a sewer hook-up on a resident from last year s street project. 25. ADJOURN: Motion made by Clm. Sannes, seconded by Clm. Trester to adjourn. All voted in favor. Meeting was declared adjourned at 8:47 P.M. Barbara Hampel, CMC City Administrator 4 of 4

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