City of Red Lake Falls
City Council Meeting
May 8, 2017
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 8th day of May, 2017.
Members Present: Allen Bertilrud, Cheryl Matzke, Kevin Brevik, Sara Kenfield, Justin Carriere, Neil Knaack
Members Absent: none
Others Present: Kathy Schmitz, Delray Sparby, Carol Seeger, Barry Glienke, Mitch Bernstein
The meeting was called to order following the Board of Appeal & Equalization Hearing.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Brevik moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve the Agenda with the addition to Finance Checks of #040003, the correction of $9.00/1,000 gallons for Bulk Water Rate and the removal of 6.03 Audit Report.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
CONSENT AGENDA
Brevik moved, seconded by Kenfield, to approve the Consent Agenda with a correction to the April 24, 2017 minutes in the Upcoming Meetings section.
5.01 Approval of the April 24, 2017 City Council Meeting minutes
5.02 Approval of Bills and Disbursements – Finance Checks #039969-#040003 and
Payroll E Checks 1- 6
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
NEW BUSINESS
Knaack moved, seconded by Carriere, to approve the Finance Committee recommendation to charge for Bulk Water a flat rate of $9.00 per 1,000 gallons.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Kenfield moved, seconded by Brevik, to amend the prior motion for the ConEdison Project Financing that was passed unanimously that the City move forward with financing by accepting the US Bancorp proposal for the 2.826 rate on the tax-exempt portion of $307,312 and $419,313 on the non-tax exempt portion with a rate of 4.330% for 12 years and to pay down up to $200,000 on the non-tax exempt portion of the mall and that we would seek waiver of the 103% after 13 months of prepayment and that we authorize both Administrator Schmitz and Mayor Bertilrud to sign any necessary documents and to authorize the paydown.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Bertilrud moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve the purchase of two filters for the pool for $5,000 each and to purchase a chemical injection system for up to $2,000 with the cost of one filter reimbursed by the pool committee.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Knaack moved, seconded by Carriere, to approve the transfer from reserves – $14,000 from the water to capital outlay, $17,500 from sewer and $42,000 from streets which will be used to pay for the payloader.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
Brevik moved, seconded by Knaack, to approve changing the Saturday Open Swimming hours to 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously passed.
At 7:36 p.m., Mayor Bertilrud adjourned the council meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
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Allen Bertilrud, Mayor Kathleen Schmitz, City Administrator
