October 7, 2019 City Council Agenda

AGENDA

City of International Falls – City Council Regular Meeting

4:30 P.M., Monday, October 7, 2019

Council Chamber, 600 Fourth Street

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVE AGENDA WITH ANY ADDITIONS/DELETIONS
TO THE AGENDA (only by unanimous consent).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Minutes of the Monday, September 16, 2019 regular City Council meeting (Council action)
  2. Minutes of the Monday, September 23, 2019 special City Council meeting (Council action)
  3. Minutes of the Monday, September 30, 2019 special City Council meeting (Council action)

PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

  1. Adopt Resolution No. __-19, Approving Transfers, Payment of Claims and Accounts Payable (Council action)

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM
 (The Open Forum is an opportunity for the audience to address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda. Please limit your comments to five minutes.)

PUBLIC HEARING

OPENING BIDS (AND/OR QUOTES)

OLD BUSINESS

CONSENT AGENDA
The Consent Agenda allows the City Council to take action on routine matters by one motion that shall not be debated and shall be adopted by unanimous vote of those present. Any individual Council member may remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion on the regular agenda. (Council action)

  • Approve/allow necessary expense for Street/Water Commissioner Brokaw to attend the annual Road Salt Symposium in Vadnais Heights, MN on October 24, 2019
  • Approve 2020 license renewals, as presented

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Mayoral Proclamation recognizing Margarete Kostiuk’s 100th Birthday, October 11, 2019 (Council action)
  2. Mayoral Proclamation declaring October National Chiropractic Health Month 2019, Dr. Alyssa Clarity (Council action)
  3. Mayoral Proclamation declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2019 (Council action)
  4. Resolution No.     -19 approving delinquent water and sewer accounts to be certified to the County Auditor/Treasurer (Council action)
  5. Resolution No.     -19 approving delinquent grass and blight invoices to be certified to the County Auditor/Treasurer (Council action)
  6. Resolution No. __ -19 approving application for exempt permit for the Friends of the Falls Fire for the annual Venison Feed on Monday, November 25, 2019 (Council action)
  7. Resolution No.
    -19 approving application for exempt permit for the Borderland Alano Club to sell raffle tickets with the drawing to be held on December 15, 2019 (Council action)
  8. Resolution No. __-19 approving Municipal Consent and Layout for the Highway 53 Reconstruction Project with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, District 1 (Council action) (Tentative)
  9. Resolution No. __-19, Approving the Preliminary Plat of the First Addition to International Falls Business Park generally located east of Highway 53 at 22nd Street, Section 3, T70N, R24W for KEDA (Council action)
  10. Resolution No. __-19 Approving the Rezoning of certain parcels in the First Addition to International Falls Business Park from P-1, Public, to M-1B Manufacturing and C-1A, Commercial (Council action)
  11. Approve the 2020 Northeast Service Cooperative/BCBS health insurance renewal and authorize signatures (Council action)
  12. Approve the 2020 Group BCBS Medicare Senior Gold health insurance renewal and authorize signatures (Council action)
  13. Approve hiring Dan Sweney as Firefighter Engineer, as per the International Falls Fire Department Civil Service testing process (Council action)
  14. Approve/allow necessary expenses for Dan Sweney to attend Basic Pumps & Emergency Driving classes on November 22-24, 2019 in Little Falls, MN (Council action)
  15. Approve declaring vacancy of Maintenance Worker I and authorize replacement from the most recent applicant pool (Council action)
  16. Approve hiring Marylin Hannan EMT-B to the International Falls Ambulance Roster (Council action)
  17. Approve hiring Linda Barnett EMT-B to the International Falls Ambulance Roster (Council action)
  18. Approve Mayor’s appointment of Ashley Kostiuk to the Library Board of Trustees to the three-year term expiring December 31, 2019 due to Lindsi Barnhart’s resignation and move from the area (Council action)
  19. Approve Mayor’s appointments to the 2020 Census Complete Count Committee (Council action)
  20. Approve Mayor’s request to advertise for candidates to serve on internal and external committees (Council action)
  21. Accept resignation of Jerry Franzen from the Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals and authorize advertising for applicants to fill the vacancies (Council action)
  22. Any other business.

REPORTS OF ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

  1. Reports of the Administrator, Attorney, and Department Heads
    1. Police Monthly Report, September 2019 (Council information)
    2. Fire/Rescue/EMS Monthly Report, September 2019 (Council information)
  2. Reports of the Mayor, Council Committees, Boards and Commissions

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM

CORRESPONDENCE

  • May 20, 2019 – International Falls, Rainy Lake and Ranier Convention and Visitors Bureau meeting minutes, director report, and marketing report
  • July 24, 2019 – International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission meeting minutes

REMINDERS

  1. Next special City Council meeting is Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 5:00 P.M.
  2. Next regular City Council meeting is Monday, October 21, 2019 at 4:30 P.M.

ADJOURNMENT

Note: Matters inappropriate for consideration at the meeting or not in the order specified shall not be considered except 1) with the unanimous consent of the members of the City Council, or 2) scheduled public hearings or bid lettings, but not before the time stated in the notice. The City of International Falls complies with the Americans with Disability Act. Individuals with disabilities requiring special aids should contact the City Administrator, 600 Fourth Street, International Falls, MN, 56649, 218-283-9484, at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.

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