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 March, 2018.
Members Present: Allen Bertilrud, Justin Carriere, Neil Knaack, Kevin Brevik, Sara Kenfield
Members Absent: Cheryl Matzke
Others Present: Kathleen Schmitz, Nathan Haase, Carol Seeger, Deb Derouin, Cal Eckstein
The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m.
Knaack moved, seconded by Brevik, to approve the Agenda with the addition of 6.05 Fire
Department Repair Bid. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Kenfield moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
Approval of the March 12, 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes
Approval of the Bills and Disbursements
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Cal Eckstein, Sanitary Service, went over the cost to haul tonnage to Hallock. Their rates
went up in January of 2016 from $45/ton to $50/ton. He did not change the garbage rates at
that time. He presented the new sanitary service contract which is up for renewal on April 1st
and went over the increase in fees. Cardboard recycling was discussed. The issue with
having cardboard recycling bins in town is that they cannot be monitored for people dumping
more than just cardboard in the bins. Sorting out the non-cardboard is cost-productive.
There are container lids, available now, specifically designed to keep out anything except flat
cardboard.
Carriere moved, seconded by Brevik, to agree to the new Sanitary Service contract to begin
April 1, 2018 for three (3) years with the rate increases. On vote being taken, the motion
was unanimously passed.
Kenfield moved, seconded by Carriere, to try cardboard recycling with containers with special
lids for a period to run through September 30, 2018 with the containers to be located on
Ted’s Dairy property. On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
The city crew and office would like to have summer hours again. The summer hours would
run from May 1st through August 31st. The Office hours would be 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Monday
through Thursday and from 7:00 am – 11:00 am on Friday. The City Crew hours would be
7:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday through Thursday and 7:00 am – 11:00 am on Friday.
Knaack moved, seconded by Brevik, to approve the summer hours as presented.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve spending $4,900 for EAPC Architects
Engineers to determine what it will cost the City to repair the City Hall structure.
Opposed: Knaack, Absent: Matzke. On vote being taken, the motion was passed.
The meeting adjourned at 7:19 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Allen Bertilrud, Mayor Kathleen Schmitz, City Administrator
