City of Red Lake Falls
City Council Meeting
January 25, 2016
Minutes
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 25th day of January, 2016.
Members Present: Kevin Harmoning, Neil Knaack, Allen Bertilrud, Sara Kenfield.
Members Absent: Kevin Brevik, Cheryl Matzke.
Others Present: Kathleen Schmitz, Delray Sparby, Carol Seeger, Mitch Bernstein, Deb Derouin, Deb Butler.
Mayor Kevin Harmoning called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m.
Knaack moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve the Agenda. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Knaack moved, seconded by Harmoning, to approve the January 11, 2016 City Council Meeting minutes a with a wordage change on the bottom of page 4. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Citizen’s Comments: none
Business:
David Blomseth of Community Co-op spoke to the council about the natural gas project in Red Lake Falls. The plan is to have a Public Meeting on March 14, 2016. Installation of the main line will begin in early April. The service lines will be installed by the end of August with a completion date set for October 31, 2016
Bids for the City Hall Roof were opened. Bids were received from Herzog of Detroit Lakes, Roy Klipping Construction, C.L. Linfoot of Grand Forks, Klipping Brothers Construction, Midwest Roofing of Thief River Falls and Schmitz Builders. The Council recognized the lowest bid. Bid amounts are available at City Hall.
Harmoning moved, seconded by Bertilrud, to table a decision on the City Hall roof bids and have Administrator Schmitz contact our insurance company and bring that information back to the council. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Bertilrud moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve Resolution #01-02-2016 – Confirming Conveyance of Real Property. For: Knaack, Bertilrud, Kenfield, and Harmoning. Absent: Matzke, Brevik. Against: None. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
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Bertilrud moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve the Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy as submitted with the minor changes as suggested by the council. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Knaack moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve a 3% raise to Kathy Schmitz, Carol Seeger, Alan Cassavant, Jeff Kalbakdalen and Matt Swendra plus giving five compensatory days to Kathy Schmitz at straight time in lieu of the amount of time she spends in meetings outside of regular business hours. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Bids were received for installing a new furnace in the city hall gymnasium. Currently, there are two furnaces in the gym and one furnace that quit and needs replacing. Bids were received from C.L. Linfoot, Brodin’s and Wilcox Plumbing & Heating.
Kenfield moved, seconded by Knaack, to go with Brodin’s bid for $3,395 for a 95% high efficiency furnace. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Bertilrud moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve Resolution #01-03-2016 – Approving the Transfer of Funds. For: Knaack, Bertilrud, Kenfield, and Harmoning. Absent: Matzke, Brevik. Against: None. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Bertilrud moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve Resolution #01-04-2016 – Resolution for Greater MN Cities. For: Knaack, Bertilrud, Kenfield, and Harmoning. Absent: Matzke, Brevik. Against: None. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Harmoning moved, seconded by Knaack, to table a decision on parking spaces and bring it back at the next council meeting. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Knaack moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve extending the existing mall lease for 1Body Health and Fitness for three more months. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Bertilrud moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve the Bills and Finance Checks #039068 – #039085 + Payroll E Checks 1 – 8. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Kevin Harmoning, Mayor Kathleen Schmitz, City Administrator
