Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Red Lake Falls, Red Lake County, Minnesota was duly held in the Council Chambers of said City on the 24th day of August, 2020.
Members Present: Allen Bertilrud, Neil Knaack, Briana Ingraham, Kevin Brevik, Justin Carriere, Cheryl Matzke
Members Absent: none
Others Present: Kathy Schmitz, Delray Sparby, Dylan Brown, Carol Seeger, Deb Derouin, Dawson Peterson, Mitch Bernstein
The Zoom meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m.
Matzke moved, seconded by Ingraham, to approve the Agenda with the addition of 6.05–Lot Sales–Industrial Park and 6.06–Resolution #08-02-2020–MnDOT Aeronautics ALP Grant.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Carriere, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
Approval of the August 10, 2020 City Council Meeting Minutes
Approval of the Bills and Disbursements
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Knaack moved, seconded by Carriere, to extend the moratorium on water shut-offs and late fees to keep in conformance with the Minnesota Governor’s emergency orders.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Matzke moved, seconded by Carriere, to approve a 3% wage increase plus 3 additional compensation days for the City Administrator effective January 1, 2021.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Ingraham moved, seconded by Carriere, to keep the city employee health insurance and HSA contributions for 2021 the same as the current policy.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Knaack moved, seconded by Brevik, to increase water and sewer rates by 6% for 2021.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Ingraham, to advertise in the paper the lots for sale by bids with a $500 minimum bid per lot and include that construction must begin within one year.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve Resolution #08-02-2020 – Authorization to Execute Minnesota Department of Transportation Grant Agreement for Airport Improvement Excluding Land Acquisition. For: Brevik, Knaack, Carriere, Ingraham, Matzke, and Bertilrud. Absent: None. Against: None. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Allen Bertilrud, Mayor Kathleen Schmitz, City Administrator
