AGENDA
City of International Falls – City Council Regular Meeting
5:30 P.M., Monday, December 20, 2021
Council Chamber, 600 Fourth Street
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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
- Minutes of the Monday, December 6, 2021 regular City Council meeting (Council action)
- Minutes of the Monday, December 6, 2021 City Council Truth-in-Taxation Public Hearing and Input meeting on the proposed 2022 Budget and Levy (Council action)
- Minutes of the Monday, December 13, 2021 Committee-of-the-Whole meeting (Council action)
PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
- Adopt Resolution No. __-2021, 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
- Adopt Resolution No. __-21, Resolution Approving the Final Tax Levy Collectible 2022 and the 2022 Budget for the City of International Falls, MN (Council action)
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 2022 license renewals, as presented
- Approve LMCIT Liability Coverage Waiver Form to not waive limits on Municipal Tort Liability and authorize signatures
- Approve training expenses for City Council virtual attendance at League of Minnesota Cities 2022 Elected Leaders Institute: Foundational or Advanced Program for $175 and $95 per person, respectively
- Approve travel and training expense for two paramedics and three emergency medical technicians to the 2022 Arrowhead EMS Conference/Expo in Duluth, MN, January 21-23, 2021
NEW BUSINESS
- Request approval of Year 2021 license renewals that may include tobacco and/or liquor applications, as presented (Council action)
- Approve signatures on updated Memorandum of Understanding and Amendment between Rainy River Community College and the International Falls Police Department, Brad Krasaway (Council action)
- Approve an easement dedicating for public roadway purposes and right of way over and across Lot 13, Block 4, Auditor’s Plat No. 33, Koochiching County, Minnesota – Steve Shermoen, City Attorney
- Adopt Resolution No. __-2021 approving Application to Conduct Off-Site Gambling for the International Falls Recreation Hockey Association to conduct a raffle at Kerry Park Arena on March 20, 2022 (Council action)
- Adopt Resolution No. -2021 approving Airport Rescue Grant No. 3-27-0043-040-2022 (Council action)
- Adopt Resolution No. __-2021 approving transfer of funds from Fund 250 Sales and Use Tax to Fund 350 G.O. Sales Tax Revenue Bonds Series2020A (Council action)
- Consider a one month extension of the Joint Powers Agreement Establishing a Joint Recreation Commission and Defining Its Powers – December 31, 2021 – January 31, 2022 to allow sufficient time to inform all parties of the updates/changes needed to the existing agreement (Council action)
- Committee-of-the-Whole recommendations:
- Recommend not replacing the stop signs going North and South at the intersection of 4th Avenue and 7th Street- they were taken removed due to the placement of the detour route for the Highway 53 Rehabilitation (Council action)
- Recommend annexing all of the International Falls-Koochiching County Airport property into the City limits of International Falls (Council action)
- Consider purchasing FlowMSP a pre-incident fire planning software for the Fire Department – Adam Mannausau, Fire Chief
- Approve hiring of paid on-call firefighters – Adam Mannausau, Fire Chief
- Approve 2022 regular City Council meeting schedule (Council action)
- Approve 2022 Committee meeting schedule (Council action)
- Any other business.
REPORTS OF ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS
- Reports of the Administrator, Attorney, and Department Heads
- Police Monthly Report, November 2021 (Council information)
- Reports of the Mayor, Council Committees, Boards and Commissions
AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM
CORRESPONDENCE
- International Falls Public Library meeting information – December 10, 2021
- International Falls Recreation Commission meeting information – December 15, 2021
- International Falls-Koochiching County Airport Commission meeting information – December 22, 2021
REMINDERS
- City offices will close for the Christmas holiday at noon Thursday, December 23 & all day Friday, December 24, 2021
- Next regular City Council meeting is Monday, January 3, 2022 at 5:30 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.
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