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 26th day of June, 2017.
Members Present: Allen Bertilrud, Kevin Brevik, Sara Kenfield, Justin Carriere, Neil Knaack,
Cheryl Matzke
Members Absent: none
Others Present: Kathy Schmitz, Delray Sparby, Carol Seeger, Barry Glienke, Deb Derouin,
Mitch Bernstein, Kristi Hanson, Penny Williams
The meeting was called to order at 6:06 p.m.
Knaack moved, seconded by Matzke, to approve the Agenda as presented.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Carriere, to approve the Consent Agenda with the addition of
check #040091 to the Finance Checks.
5.01 Approval of the June 12, 2017 City Council Meeting Minutes
5.02 Approval of the Bills and Disbursements
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
NEW BUSINESS
NWRL Director Kristi Hanson informed the council that they are not getting an increase to
their State funding this next year. NWRL is hoping for a 2% increase from their cities and
counties this year. That would amount to an increase of $415 to what we budgeted for them
last year. The Council will decide on what we will give to the NWRL closer to our budget time.
Two bids were received for removing and replacing cement in the alley north of city hall and
the dumpster area behind the Clearwater Apartments on that alley. The bids were opened
and were for different specifications.
Knaack moved, seconded by Brevik, to table a decision on the bids until we get bids with the
same specifications.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Attorney Sparby looked at our City Ordinance pertaining to liquor sales. Our ordinance does
not have a specific ban on Sunday sales but makes reference to the state statute as to dates
and hours. Therefore, we do not need to do anything if we are fine with allowing sales of
liquor on Sundays. State statute will now allow sales between 11:00 am and 6:00 pm on
Sundays.
Matzke moved, seconded by Brevik, to accept the bid from Strata for the Airport Lighting
Project at the construction cost of $214,430 with the City’s portion to be $13,943.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Carriere, to appoint Kevin Harmoning to the HRA Board.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Kenfield moved, seconded by Matzke, to approve payment of $740 for the City Ad in Think
Tourism USA.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
The meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Allen Bertilrud, Mayor Kathleen Schmitz, City Administrator
