04-15-1974 CC MIN
REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF ELK RIVER
HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY OFFICE BLDG.
April 15, 1974 at 7:30 PM.
The Regular Semi-Monthly meeting of the Elk River City Council was called to order by
Mayor Lundberg on April 15, 1974 at 7:30 PM. in the Council Chambers of the City Office
Bldg. Members present were as follows: Mayor Lundberg, Councilmembers Cooper, Hudson, Syring,
and Burke.
The minutes of the April 1, 1974 meeting were reviewed one correction noted in the motion
pertaining to the call for bids on the sanitary sewer and water main construction should
read "call for bids" and strike the words "of the bids sale". No other corrections were
noted therefore the minutes then were approved as corrected.
Moved by Councilmember Hudson and seconded by Councilmember Syring approving the Resolution
Increasing the Cities Population base for Purpose of MSA SECTION 275.5 to 275.56 and
to forward on to the Office of Urban Affairs. A cop,y of the resolution is attached. Motion
unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
Moved by Councilmember Hudson and seconded by Councilmember Burke calling for a Special
Meeting for the purpose of opening and awarding the bid for the construction of the
Library Building April 18, 1974 at 2:00 PM in the City Hall in the City of Elk River, Minn.
reason for the change being due to the error in the ad that appeared in the Construction
Bulletin. Motion unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
Moved by Councilmember Cooper and seconded by Councilmember Syring authorizing the Mayor
to draft a letter to the Soil and Water Conservation Dept. stating that the City would be
willing to pay the fee of approximately $12.80 per section of land presently in the City
of Elk River. Motion unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
Council reviewed the petition received from Flora Martin request to vacate part of 6th
Street, this matter was referred to the Planning Commission for their recommendation.
Moved by Councilmember Syring and seconded by Councilmember Hudson to approve the Liquor
Store bills for payment as presented. Motion unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
The Council reviewed the Finance Committees report.
Councilmember
Moved by Councilmember Syring and seconded~Burke approving the Finance Committees
recommendation to increase Susan Madison hourly rate to $2.50 per hour to be effective
April 1, 1974. Motion unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
Elmer Mord, Bobby Straw and Leonard Kokott representing the VFW met with the Council request-
ing the aid of the City in their clean-up compaign for the City of Elk River May 11, 1974.
Mayor Lundberg made the following proclamation. " I hereby proclaim May 11, 1974 to be
Clea~p Day in Elk River, and further pledge city support to the VFW and other community
organizations in this worth while civic endeavor."
Building Inspector Rex Oetinger met with the Council regarding plot plan requirement on
building applications. The Council agreed that all applicants must comply with all
regulations pertaining to the building applications.
The Council reviewed the Street Departments job classifications as presented. It was deeided
that no wage increase would beimplimented at this time however the job classification .
would be acceptable at this time and all department heads would be required to submit
there wage increase proposals along with a job classification of their employees by
Aug. 1, 1974. for the year 1975. -
The Council briefly reviewed the proposed 1974 Street maintance program. A more
detailed study will be conducted by the Improvement Committee.
Moved by Councilmember Burke and seconded by Councilmember Hudson authorizing Les Derr to
have his department remove the unsitely Welcome to Elk River sign located on Hwy #201 or
Jackson Avenue. Motion unanimously carried by a vote of 5-0.
Councilmember Don Cooper reported on some of the advantages of contracting with County
Law Enforcement.
1. Full-time investigator
2, One line of authority
3. Stable budget.
No further business the meeting adjourned at 10:00 PM.
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