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1 CITY OF BLUE EARTH 2 MINUTES 3 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 4 Monday, March 2, 2015 5:00 P.M. 5 6 CALL TO ORDER 7 8Mayor Scholtes called the meeting to order at 5:00 P.M. 9 10 ROLL CALL 11 12Councilmembers Gaylord, Huisman, Brod, Erichsrud, Gartzke, Cassem 13and Mayor Scholtes were present. Staff members present: City 14Administrator Timothy Ibisch, City Attorney David Frundt and City 15Engineer Wes Brown. 16 17 DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM 18 19Quorum present. 20 21 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 22 23Mayor Scholtes led the pledge of allegiance. 24 25 MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 26 27Public Present: Jeff Eckles, County Commissioner John Roper. 28 29At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed Jeff Eckles who was present 30to answer questions regarding his request for zoning change. 31Eckles reported that he purchased the property to build a single 32family dwelling and is not planning on selling off any of the 33property. The property is zoned B-2 Highway Business and Eckles 34reported that his lending agent is requesting that he look at 35changing the property to R-1 Residential. Ibisch also noted that 36if his home were to burn down he would have 6 months to rebuild 37his home otherwise the zoning guidelines will not allow a 38residential in a B-2 zone. 39 40Motion by Gaylord, second by Erichsrud to set a hearing at 5:05 41P.M. on Monday, March 16th to address the zoning request to re-zone 42by Ordinance from a B-2 Highway Business to R-1 Residential for 43Jeff and Theresa Eckles at 905 Fairgrounds Road. The motion 44passed unanimously. 45 46At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed Bill Deblon who is 47currently the Interim Director for Faribault County Development 1 1 1Corporation (FCDC). Deblon reported that he has been working on 2business retention and housing rehab. Deblon reported that the 3FCDC Board is in the process of hiring a full time director to 4replace Linsey Preuss. Deblon reported that he has 32 years’ 5experience in housing programs and things of that nature. He 6encouraged the Council to contact him with any questions. 7 8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 9 10Motion by Huisman, second by Gaylord to approve the minutes from 11the Work Session and Council Meeting of Monday, February 2, 2015. 12The motion was approved unanimously. 13 14 LICENSES AND PERMITS 15 16At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the annual licenses with 17the City of Blue Earth. 18 19Motion by Gaylord, second by Huisman approving the 2015 licenses 20as follows: 21 CLUB LICENSES $128.00 Each 22 AMERICAN LEGION POST 89 #15-01 23 24 BEER LICENSES $125.00 Each 25 PIZZA HUT #15-02 26 CHINA RESTAURANT #15-03 27 28 LIQUOR LICENSES $1,859.00 Each 29 DOUBLE PLAY #15-04 30 HAMILTON’S #15-05 31 32 WINE LICENSES $200.00 Each 33 CHINA RESTAURANT #15-06 34 35 TOBACCO LICENSES $128.00 Each 36 WAL-MART #15-07 37 KWIK-TRIP #15-08 38 BLUE EARTH AUTO & TRUCK STOP #15-09 39 JUBA’S #15-10 40 SHELL FOOD MART #15-11 41 DOLLAR GENERAL #15-12 42 43 SUNDAY LIQUOR LICENSES $200.00 Each 44 DOUBLE PLAY #15-13 45 HAMILTON”S #15-14 46 CHINA RESTAURANT #15-15 1 2 1 GARBAGE/RECYCLING LICENSES $118.00 Each 2 B & B SANITATION #15-16 3 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS #15-17 Garbage 4 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS #15-18 Recycling 5 THOMSPON SANITATION, INC. #15-19 6 HOMETOWN SANITATION SERVICES LLC #15-20 7 HANSEN SANITATION, INC. #15-21 8 PETERSON REFUSE AND DEMO #15-22 9 MIKE’S TRAILER RENTAL #15-23 10 11 BREWER’S INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR GROWLERS 12 LICENSES $200.00 Each 13 OSWALD BREWING COMPANY, INC. #15-24 14 15 BREWER’S ON-SALE INTOXICATING MALT LIQUOR 16 AT RETAIL LICENSES $500.00 Each 17 OSWALD BREWING COMPANY, INC. #15-25 18The motion passed unanimously. 19 20 CORRESPONDENCE 21 22City Hall Janitor Ed Wiggins gave his resignation effective March 231, 2015. 24 25The Ball Field meeting is scheduled at 4:00 P.M. on 3-11-15 at 26City Hall. 27 28The Faribault County Soil and Water is holding a Public Hearing on 293-16-15 at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room at the Faribault 30County Ag Center. The Hearing will address the Faribault County 31Comprehensive Land Use Plan. 32 33Charles Williams is resigning his position as a Fire Fighter 34effective February 25, 2015. 35 36Transportation Alliance provided information regarding roads and 37bridges. 38 39 PUBLIC HEARINGS 40 41Mayor Scholtes reminded the Council of the Board of Appeals 42Hearing set for Wednesday, April 22nd, at 3:00 P.M. 43 44 45 REPORTS FROM STAFF 46

1 3 1City Attorney 2There was no report at this time. 3 4City Engineer 5City Engineer Wes Brown had no report at this time. City 6Administrator Ibisch reported that the storm sewer line off the 7end of Smith Drive to the river was televised and found to be in 8good shape. Brown noted that he has drawings that show the depth 9of the pipe. Erichsrud reported that people have relayed to him 10that they would like everything done to save the trees in that 11area. 12 13 REPORTS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSION 14 15The Library Board is scheduled to meet on 3-9-15. 16 17The Economic Development Authority Board is scheduled to meet on 183-12-15. 19 20The Housing and Redevelopment Authority Board will be meeting on 213-9-15. 22 23The Senior Center Board will meet 3-10-15. 24 25Board of Public Works Board meets on 3-9-15. 26 27Board of Zoning Adjustments and Appeals is scheduled to meet on 4- 2822-15 at 3:00 P.M. 29 30Blue Earth Airport Advisory Commission will be meeting on 3-17-15. 31 32 REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 33 34There were no reports given at this time. 35 36There were no minutes to acknowledge. 37 38 CONSENT AGENDA 39 40Mayor Scholtes addressed the House Moving Policy discussion that 41was moved from tonight’s Work Session. Ibisch explained that he 42tried to give as much information as possible as to what the 43process what for the moving of the Habitat house. Ibisch noted 44that the information referenced back to May of 2014. Ibisch 45reported that he updated the check list (see attachment “A”). 46Ibisch noted that under item “F” he added the following:

1 4 1(f) The need for tree trimming along the move route; and method of notification that will be 2provided to the business and homeowners along the route; 3 4Ibisch explained that he also added the following to the check 5list: 6Filing Date of Application. The application for a Building Moving Permit shall be made at least 745 business days prior to the proposed moving date.______. 8 9Ibisch did not recommend changing the city code but rather put it 10on the check list to correct the problem. Council can deal with 11any issues on a case by case issue opposed to having the code be 12changed. 13 14Cassem asked that something be noted on the following: 15 Restoration of Premises. Permittees must remove all rubbish and materials and fill all 16 excavations to existing grade at the original building site, when located in the City, so that 17 the premises are left in a safe and sanitary condition. (Section 30 added per Ordinance 05- 18 19 dated 8-15-05.) 19Cassem suggested that there be a time limit such as 30 days to 20restore the property especially for safety reasons. Ibisch will 21research what the City ordinance says. 22 23Scholtes suggested that the moving permit not be issued until the 24check list or all the requirements are completed. Brod suggested 25that the house mover be given all the information. Ibisch noted 26that the house mover was the one who was contacted right away in 27addition they applied for the permit and they were informed of 28the rules when the application was made. 29 30 OLD BUSINESS 31 32There was no old business to address. 33 34 NEW BUSINESS 35 36At this time Mayor Scholtes addressed the Asbestos Bids for the 37house at 530 East 7th Street which is the corner of 7th and Rice 38Street. Ibisch reported that the two bids received were as 39follows: 40 41 Darold’s Inspections, LLC submitted a bid in the amount of 42 $520.00. 43 44 Holland Solutions Company submitted a bid in the amount of 45 $525.00. 46

1 5 1Motion by Gaylord, second by Brod to approve the low bid of 2Darold’s Inspections, LLC for the asbestos inspection for the 3house located at 530 East 7th Street in the amount of $520.00. The 4motion passed unanimously. 5 6Work Session 3-16-15 Agenda: 7 Erichsrud asked that the Ag Center be placed back on the next 8agenda. 9 10 BILLS AND INVESTMENTS 11 12Motion by Cassem, second by Erichsrud to pay the bills. The 13motion was approved unanimously. 14 15 REPORT OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR 16 17Mayor Scholtes addressed City Administrator Timothy Ibisch’s 18report (See Attachment “B”). 19 20Ibisch noted that everyone had a copy of the Street funding 21Resolution 15-04. Ibisch explained that he and Huisman attended a 22meeting in Albert Lea hosted by MNDOT. Ibisch reported that there 23were over 20 cities and private businesses represented at the 24meeting. MNDOT has 1.8 Billion in surplus funds to spend on 25roads. Scholtes reported that Council did not have to approve the 26Resolution tonight unless they wanted. Huisman said that this 27would create more jobs in Minnesota. Scholtes read Resolution 15- 2804 that states that there are over 141,000 miles of roadway and 29over 22,500 miles or 16 percent are owned and maintained by 30Minnesota’s 852 cites. 31 32Motion by Huisman, second by Gaylord to adopt Resolution 15-04 a 33resolution supporting dedicated State Funding for City Streets. 34The motion passed unanimously. 35 36Ibisch reported that he had talked with Union Pacific RR 37representative today and a preliminary date for the public 38informational meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 24th at 11:00 39A.M. at the Public Safety Center. Ibisch reported that the plans 40are to have Mr. Paul Hinton and Mr. Wesley Lujan at the meeting 41from Union Pacific at that meeting. 42 43Ibisch reminded Council that Steinberg Park is a part of the City 44and the leash law applies at Steinberg Park as well as cleaning up 45after your pet. Ibisch reported that there have been complaints

1 6 1of people not having their pets on a leash as well as not cleaning 2up after their pets. 3 4Ibisch reported that the County spoke with him about a rural 5recycling site for the rural residents to drop off their 6recycling. The proposed site would be on West 1st Street/Highway 716 where Gary Sunken has the large dirt piles. 8 9Ibisch reported that the Liquor Store would like to add another 10full time clerk. Ibisch explained that he has discussed the 11request with Liquor store Manager Craig Wells about the proposal. 12The plan was to help reduce overtime and part-time hours. Ibisch 13is working on the financial aspect to see what the impact would 14be having another full time clerk. 15 16Ibisch explained that there is an Executive Intern Program that 17Mankato South Central Cooperative is working on this semester. 18Minnesota State is asking if the City would be interested in 19hosting an Intern. They would be paid through South Central at 20no cost to the City. Ibisch asked Council for feedback with a 21possible Intern this summer. Scholtes reported that he and 22Huisman had talked about it before Bailey left. Cassem noted 23that we have had interns in the past. Ibisch added that it is 24important to develop people with skills that are willing to work 25in this field. 26 27Ibisch reported that he will be out of the office on Wednesday 28after noon and Thursday, March 4th and 5th for the League of 29Minnesota Cities Conference meeting in Saint Paul. 30 31 OTHER BUSINESS 32 33None. 34 35 ADJOURNMENT 36 37Motion by Huisman, second by Gaylord to adjourn the meeting. 38Mayor Scholtes adjourned the Regular City Council Meeting at 5:45 39P.M.