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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/09/1986CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota January 9, 1986 Minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, held January 9th, 1986, at 8:00 o'clock p.m. at City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Branning; Councilmembers Goodwin, Holton, Humphrey and Savanick; City Clerk Mueller. ABSENT: None. Mayor Branning called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. The Councilmembers and everyone in attendance took part in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Holton, to adjourn the recessed meet- ADJOURN DEC. lng of December 307 1985. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. 30 MEETING MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Goodwin, approving the agenda for to- APPROVE AGENDA night's meeting as amended. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, approving all items on the CONSENT AGENDA consent agenda with no exceptions. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, .approving various licenses 1986 LICENSES and permits for 1986 as shown on the list dated January 9, 1986. & PERMITS Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, approving an agreement with Means Services, Inc., for employee Uniforms and floor mat rental services for two years with the same terms and prices as the previous agreement. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, accepting Project 84-9, Re- FINAL PAYMENT roofing of City Hall and the Liquor Stores, as final and PR03. 84-9 authorizing final payment to the Busse Company in the amount of $2,714.12. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, approving hiring the part- HIRE PARTTIME time employees as listed in the City Administrator's memo EMPLOYEES dated January 6, 1986. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. END OF CONSENT AGENDA Consideration of the minutes of December 30 1985, was removed from the agenda. Mayor Branning asked if any one was present to address the Council at AUDIENCE DISCN. this time on any item not on this meeting's agenda. Ron Nelson, repre- AFSCME 1986 senting AFSCME Local 479, said he would like the Council to be aware of CONTRACT their request for 1986 and he distributed copies of the 1986 Contract Proposal and an Hourly Salary Comparison of surrounding cities. The Mayor said this would not be discussed at this time, but was being received for information purposes. No one else was present to speak. UNIFORM & FLOOR MAT RENTAL CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota January 9, 1986 Page 2 Greg Clausen, Athletic Director of Apple Valley High School, was pre- MISSOTA PLAQUE sent and said with the Missota Conference being disbanded and reorgani- VALLEYWOOD zing next year, they would like to acknowledge people and facilities that have contributed to the Conference. Since 1976 over 2,000 student athletes have used Valleywood Golf Course for cross country activities and he presented a plaque to the City in appreciation for the use of Valleywood. MOTION: of Goodwin, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 1 appointing Councilmember Holton as Acting Mayor for 1986, to serve in the absence of the Mayor. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. RES. 1986-1 ACTING MAYOR RES. 1986-2 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER RES. 1986-3 BOND CONSULTANT RES. 1986-4 OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY RES. 1986-5 ADDITIONAL DEPOSITORIES MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Goodwin, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 2 designating the Dakota County Tribune as the City's official newspaper for publication of legal notices for 1986. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Humphrey, seconded by Goodwin, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 3 appointing the firm of Juran & Moody, Inc., as the City's bond consultant for 1986. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Goodwin, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 4 designating the First State Bank of Apple Valley as the official depository for City funds for 1986 and accepting the deposit collateral. Ayes - 5 - Nays - O. MOTION: of Goodwin, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 5 designating additional depositories for 1986 for City in- vestment funds, subject to collateral requirements. Ayes - 5 -Nays - O. George Ballenger distributed a comparison of insurance quotations received from CNA, through the Morrisey Agency, and the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, through Apple Valley Insurance Agency. Mark Flaten, of American Risk Services, said he would recommend awarding the contract to CNA because its um- brella liability is also over the liquor liability. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Humphrey, awarding the contract for the 1986 INSURANCE City's insurance to CNA, through the Morrisey Agency, effective COVERAGE January 10, 1986, throngh February I, 1987, at a premium of $439,765.00. Mr. Flaten said there is also an option for $3,000,000 total umbrella liability for a $30,000 premium. The Council asked the City Attorney for his opinion on it. Mr. Sheldon said he would need more information on what is covered, but gen- erally he recommends as much umbrella coverage as is reasonably possible. Mr. Flaten said the umbrella excludes public officials, police professional and absolute pollution liabilities. It does cover the general and liquor liabilities. The total premium would then be $469,765.00. The Council agreed to amend the motion to include the excess umbrella coverage for a total premium of $469,765.00. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. ADD EXCESS UMBRELLA INS. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota January P, 1986 Page 3 MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Humphrey, giving preliminary approval of a park bond referendum for April 22, 1986, and authorizing preparation of documents to 8et the special election. PARK BOND PRELIM. APPROVAl Jon Gurban said the concept for the bond issue was presented to the Council in November of 1985. He has asked the City's bond consultant to prepare cost infor- mation based on an estimated $3,537,000 needed for improvements and construction. Steve Mattson distributed information on the amount required and an analysis of the tax impact on variously valued properties with no growth in the City's assessed value and with a four percent growth factor. The amount of the bond issue re- quired would be $3,970,000. Councilmember Goodwin asked if four percent is an adequate growth factor? Mr. Mattson said he believes it is very conservative, but using eight to ten percent would probably be too high. In any event, he doesn't believe the Council could be criticized for using the "no growth" statistics in making its considerations. If there are other numbers the Council would like to see, he could prepare the information for the February 13, 1986, meeting. Greg Kopischke, of the Park Committee, said it has been six years since the last bond issue. More facilities are being demanded in the City and what is being pro- posed are community-oriented facilities. It includes remodeling the Redwood Building, adding gymnasium and support facilities at Hayes Community Center, Eastview Athletic Complex development, park improvements at Apple Valley East and Belmont and some general park improvements. Bill Velin, President of V.A.A., was present and said they have reached a point where almost all facilities are being fully utilized and rescheduling is a problem. The biggest problem with finding adequate facilities is that all activities for children through adults are trying to be scheduled between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Larry Shattuck, of the Softball Advisory Council, was present and commented on problems in scheduling adult leagues with school usage. The fields at Valley Middle are used now and pitcher's mounds and striping have to be changed between uses. His organization would support a bond issue. Mr. Gurban said if the Council gives preliminary approval, he would proceed with preparing documents for bond counsel approval based on $3,970,000 amount and sub- mit them to the Council on February 13, 1986, for final approval. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Goodwin, accepting the amount of $20,000 for the sale of Lot 7, Block 13, Apple Valley 3rd Addition, and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign the necessary documents. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. SELL LOT 7, BLK 13, A.V. 3RI ORDINANCE 355 AMEND FEES MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Goodwin, passing Ordinance No. 355 amend- ing City Code Section 1-23 related to fees for public improve- ments including increasing the S.A.C. charge to $675.00. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota January 9, 1986 Page 4 MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Goodwin, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 6 approving plans and specifications for traffic signals on Cedar Avenue at 142nd Street and on County Road 42 at Garrett Avenue and at Galaxie Avenue as recommended by the Dakota County Traffic Engineer. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. RES. 1986-6 APPROVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PLANS The Council received John Gretz's inspection report dated January 3, 1986, on Eaton's Mobile Home Park's application for renewal of its permit and the City Attorney's letter of January 7, 1986. Mr. Sheldon said he has been advised that the Minnesota Department of Health will not be issuing a certificate for the Park until it complies with its regulations. He would suggest the Council not act on the City permit until a State certificate is issued. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1986- 7 holding any action on the application of Eaton Mobile Home Park for renewal of its permit until April 10, 1986, at which time the Council will again review the status of the matter. RES. 1986-7 HOLD ACTION EATON MOBILE HOME PARK Councilmember Goodwin asked for clarification of the State certificate. Mr. Sheldon said the Health Department issues an annual certificate of compliance to mobile home parks and until it acts on the Eaton Park matter, the City should not take action either. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. Mayor Branning said he had received a call that the City's maintenance AFSCME NEGOTI- employees would be holding a meeting to consider striking if a contract ATION DISCN. package for 1986 is not agreed upon and he asked for clarification of the intent to strike procedures. Ron Nelson reviewed the time frame and said January 21, 1986, would be the first day AFSCME employees could strike. If they did not strike before February 7, 1986, a new notice of intent to strike would have to be filed and the cycle would start again. The Mayor said he understands a special meeting is needed before the City's labor consultant leaves town and January 14th was a suggested date to meet with him. Mr. Gretz said the meeting would be to consider a strike contingency plan. The City's negotiating team has been meeting with the employees and are at an impass, but hope it can be resolved prior to January 21st. It would probably be inappropriate to discuss details at this time. The Mayor asked Mr. Nelson what their request is? Mr. Nelson reviewed the seven points listed in the 1986 Contract Proposal distributed earlier. He said he believes number 3 is the most important; that is, to develop a wage plan comparable to surrounding communities. MOTION: of Humphrey, seconded by Goodwin, setting a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. on January 13, 1986, at City Hall to consider a strike contingency plan and such other business as may come before the Council. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. SET SPECIAL MEETING CLAIMS & BILLS MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Goodwin, to pay the claims and bills, checks numbered 46635 through 46703, 31101 and 46713 through 46838, in the total amount of $723,511.85. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota January 9, 1986 Page 5 MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Holton, to adjourn. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:38 o'clock p.m.