10-05-1970 VCM
The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Elk River Village Council of the Village
of .Elk River, WlfS called to order by Mayor Bartelt on Oct. 5, 1970, in the Council
Room of the Village Office Building at 7:30 pm. Members were present as follows:
Mayor Bartelt, Councilmen Hudson, Syring, Micheau and Konop.
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The minutes of the Sept. 21, 1970 meetirigand Sept. 23, 1970 special meeting were (~
read. No corrections or additions.
A petition with 25 signatures was presented from residents of the North Terrace
Addition requesting traffic control cn"School Street between Irving and Holt Avenues.
In attendance were Rex Oetinger, .James BYrd, Robert Lewandowski, Harold Shogren
~ld Kenneth Carr. They reported that some vehicles have been traveling as fast as
50 MPH approaching Holt Avenue from Highway 169. TIle petitioners suggested that a
stop sign be placed on School street at Irving Avenue for Eastbound Traffic and a
stop sign be placed on School Street at Holt Avenue for Westbound traffic. They
also recommended painted crosswalks across School Street at the West side of Irving
Avenue, across Irving Avenue at School street ~~d across School Street at the East
side of Holt Avenue. Th~ Street Committee will look in to the problem and report
back to the CotUlcil with their recommendations.
At 8:00 pm, Mayor Bartelt declares the acceptance of bids
Mower, be closed. Bids were received as follows:
Anoka Int'l Sales & Service, Anoka, Minn. Int'l
Arnold Equipment Co., St. Cloud, Minn. Int'l
Sternquist Implement Co., Princeton, Minn. Ford
for a tractor-loader-
Midway Tractor & Equipment, Minneapolis Ford
$5,094.87
5,387.58
4,771.39 for 8 Speed
5,093.39 for 10 Speed
5,811.32 for 10 Speed w/Heav.Ldr.
5,162.00
The bids will be checked out by the Council witt Les Derr to learn how they meet
the specifications, before making a decision.
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Sherman Sachs made application for renewal of his on and offsale 3.2 beer license
at Sachs Riverside Store. Referred to the Police Department for their reconunendati.. on.
Moved by Councilman Syring and secorn.ed by Councilman Konop, to grant the renewal
of the Club License at the American Legion Club. l<lotion unwninously carried.
George Adamski was present ando requested an extension of the sanitary sewer li.h!!
on Quinn Avenue ap}roximately 127 f~et North along the Earl Cress property and the
vacant lot to serve a commercial building to be built on Lot 5 Aud. Subdivision of
Lot 6 of Aud. Subdivision No.3. It was reported that the Cress property and the
vacant lot has already been assessed for this improvement. YlI'. Adamski was advised
that his obligation for the cost cf this project would. be only the line that
parralles his property.
Jerry Sorenson, }'lanager of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., was present. He advised
that a radio phone in the police car should work as Elk River is within the limits
of the 30 mile radius. However Northwestern Bell would come up with a test car to
learn whether there would be any communication problems. Calls on a radio phone
would be long distance until after the phone conversion in December. Calls would be
direct dial" by dialing "111 and then the police number. Installation could be made
in 30 days. The telephone company would place inserts in the phone bills of the
Elk River residents, advising them of the new police phone number. After the phone
conversion, individua.ls would be charged 10~ per call. 14r. Sorenson will check in to
the possibility of charging this fee to the Village.
Clifford Lundberg, representing the Alfred Brown lawsuit was present. He advised
that the sewer line from the Brown house would have to be lowered and a retaining
wall would have to be built or the land sloped and sodded. MacGibbon advised that
the village could possibly grade a new driveway now and when we have a paving job
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in the Village, we could possibly pave this driveway, but that we should establish
phe property lines. Mr. Lundberg ~dS advised that the garage should be built first
or else the proposed garage be staked out to establish grade level so that we can
obtain a cost estimate, with a pre-requisite taat a garage would be built within
a reasonable lengh~h of time. Then a deGlision will be made by the council.
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Charles Nogle, Justice of the Peace, was present. He was advised by the Council,
that his reports are not being made promptly, there have been complaints of the
service, being that he h~s 'been ,missing scheduled hearings and as a result they
have to be ~escheduled, and th~ question of residency. 'Noglecreported that his
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principal residence is in th~ Theat~e Building. . However he expects to build a
efficiency apartmentbttlow the theatre", and that this would be his residence.
MacGibbon advised that a legal residence", has to be your principal place of
residency and that you must make an attempt to live there and as long as Mr.
Nogle is registered to vote in Elk~ver and sleeps at the theatre at least 50%
of the time, should support his claim that Elk River is hisi place of residency.
Mr. Nogle reported th.at the monthly reports will be submitted promptly hereafter.
Regarding the annexat~on of real estate ol~ed by Earl HoPlen.
Mac Gibbon reported that no objections have been filed and all pre-requisites
have been taken care bf.
Moved by Councilman Syring and seconded by Councilman Hud~on, to adopt Ordinance
No. 86 regarding the annexation of a portion of land owned by Earl Ho~len East of
and adjacent to his Mobile Home Park. Motion unaminously carried. A copy of the
ordinance is attached~ It was the understanding of all that the real estate
':?frc.k . ".- annexed is not zoned and that a zoning request would have
~;[W-;~.RP!.~~NCENO.86 ., to be referred to the Planning Commission for their
C<luDtif" of the. . Village.. of E)'lk, recommendation.
l~MinDesota.d(}oroainas follows: ,1
:'SEcTrON 1.' That 'thefoHoW:ing,de-1
.~t:o ~1::ie~t:;1~h1'!~~:: Discussion with Les Derr on a sanitary sewer extension to :It
<aand '2OO"'f~irt~o-:fit: the Adamski property. Agreeable that its the village
e ~K).<~'r~1h~ liability to extend to the Adamski property line. Agreeable
ng.South. of' to proceed with the project. Mr. Derr will contact William
Mills for engineering and A. N. Johnson fqr the construction.
MacGibbon reported on levying monies for advertising
purposes. The Council must pass a resolution at least 20
days before the General Election to get it placed on the
ballot.
The tractor-Loader-Mower bids were reviewed with Les Derr.
No decision will be made until after Derrchecks further
on the machines of the two lowest bid,ders, Anoka Int'l Sales
and Service and SteTnquist Implement 0.0.
A letter was read from lviorris H. Wilson resigning as Justice
of the Peace, to be effective immedia~ely. Moved by Council-
man Hudson and. seconded by Councilman ~ Syring, to accept the
resignation of Morris H. Wilson as Justice of the Pe~ce, to
be effective immediately. Motion unaminously carried.
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'I Moved' by Councilman Syring and seconded by Councilman Hudson
to accept the Maintenance Agreement with Sherburne County.
Motion unaminously carried. A copy of the agreement is attached.
~Jyor Bartelt.reported that the Chamber of Commerce has decided
against a combined Chamber Secretary and Village q1erk-Treas.,
accOunt there would be some corlflict of interest and also which
work slrould be done first.
: The police shift' schedules for the previous week and the police
; daily log sheets were reviewed 0
13.75
46.75
53.82
112.50
54.00
148.75
78~00
41000
284.32
8:55
100.14
3.00
7~60
8.65
1.25
409.00
27159
116.00
102.00
4.00
7.50
311.18
3.65
3.50
46.37
172.85
52.59
101.92
124.00
Discussion on hiring a police dispatcher in conjunction with the County Sheriffs _
Office, whereas the county dispatcher would take the 12 hour aav shift and the
village hire and pay for a second dispatcher for a 12 hour night shift, cost
to the village approximately $100.00 per month. Bob McCartneys residence had been
mentioned by the sheriff as the location for a 2nd ctispatcher. Agreeable to have
Sheriff Goenner attend our next meeting for further discussion. /)
'lvloved by Councilman Hudson and sedonded by Councilman Syring, to adopt the 1971
budget as follows: General Revenue 35 Mills $40,635.00, Utilities 5 Mills $6,000.00,
Library 7 Mills 3$,127.00, .Music .5 Mills $580.00, Firemens Pension .1 Mill $US.OO,
Disposal Bond 10.5 Mills $12,4oo.QO, PERA $6,500.00, Public Works Reserve 3 Mills
$3,483.00, Parking Facility Improvements .5 Mills $5EtO.OO, a Total of approximately
67.6 Mills. Motion unaminously carried.
The following bills were
Leonard Kokott
John Olmsted.
Ethel Mac Gregor
Kenneth Van Patten
Ronald DeRosier
Harvey Richner
H&S Asphalt~Co.
Hawkins Chemical Inc
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Northwestern Bell T 1.
Coast to Coast Stor@
Elk River Lumber
Industrial Hardfacing
IYitlr)f! k. '" ~ ",.k
Sandys Hardware
Earls Welding Supply
National Chemsearch
,Anoka County Treasurer
Elk River Concrete
John E. Mac Gibbon
Minn. Valley Test Lab.
Elk River Sanitation
Mercy Hospital
Georges Super Value
Hetricks Std. Service
Kemper Drug Co.
Andys Electric Shop
Doeblers Pure Oil
Cottens~Auto Supply
Sherburne- CountY-Far.m
Elk River Fire D pt.
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approved for payment:
Wages
Wages
WOl.ges
Wages
~iages
Wages
Hot Mix
Chemicals
Phones
Supplies
Bldg Supplies
Welding
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Supplies
Oxygen
Chemicals
Boarding Prismners
Material
Atty Services
Service.
Rubbish Service
Blood Test
Welfare Grocieries
Gas-Oil .
Supplies
Repairs
Gas-Oil
Repair Parts
Gas-Oil
F:ir e Calls
No further business, the meeting adjourn!d.