City Council Agenda

October 20, 2008
7:00 PM

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL

3. RECOGNITIONS – PRESENTATIONS – INTRODUCTIONS

4. CITIZENS OPEN FORUM – (time reserved 5 minutes)

5. AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA

6. MINUTES
A. Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Prairie Run Closed Session Minutes
B. Monday, September 29, 2008 STMA School Board, City of Albertville, and City of St. Michael joint meeting
C. October 6, 2008 Prairie Run Update Closed Session
D. October 6, 2008 regular City Council minutes

7. * CONSENT AGENDA
All items with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the City Staff and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests. In such event, the item will be removed from the General Order of Business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

Items
* 8.E.1. Building – Building Officials Report
* 8.F.1. Finance – Semi-monthly Payment of Claims (bills)

8. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS

A. City Council
1). Approve the 2008-2009 Insurance Proposal from the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT) as presented by Middleton & Associates, Inc. with a $1,000 deductible (pgs. 23-32)
2). Maxfield Market Feasibility Study Presentation by Dan Dixson (distributed in the October 6, 2008 Council packet)
3). St. Michael Library (update from Council member Berning)

B. Fire Department

C. Public Works Department

D. Utilities Department (WWTP)

E. Building Department
1). * Accept the Building Official’s Report dated October 14, 2008

F. Finance Department
1). * Approve the October 20, 2008 Payment of Claims (bills) for check numbers 026251 to 026306

G. City Clerk

H. Planning and Zoning
1). Parkside Commercial (discussion item)
2). Accept the City Planner’s Monthly Report dated October 14, 2008

I. Engineering
1). Accept the Assistant City Engineer’s Progress Report

J. Legal

K. Administration
1). Set Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as the Downtown Land Trade Assessment Hearing
2). Accept the City Administrator’s Written Report
3). Approve continuing the four (4) 10-hour day workweek for City Hall until such time the City Council deems it appropriate to modify; directing staff to closely monitor customer service, employee safety, and other factors; and report back to Council regularly to determine any need to modify or change City Hall hours. Public Works and Utilities effective November 3, 2008 shall go back to five (5) 8-hour day workweek for the winter months and the Council will re-evaluate in the spring

9. CITIZENS OPEN FORUM - (continued if necessary)

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS and or UPCOMING MEETINGS

October 2008
27 6:00 p.m. Joint Powers Water Board meeting
27 7:00 p.m. Committee of the Whole Workshop (tentative)
29 6:00 p.m. Otsego Creek Authority meeting (Otsego City Hall)

November 2008
2 2:00 a.m. Daylight Savings ends (set clocks back)
4 7:00 a.m. General Elections – Poles Open
4 8:00 p.m. General Elections – Poles Close
5 6:00 p.m. Canvas Board (Canvas Election Results)
5 7:00 p.m. City Council meeting
10 6:00 p.m. STMA Ice Arena Board meeting
11 all day Veterans’ Day observed – City Offices closed
12 7:00 p.m. Planning and Zoning Commission meeting
17 7:00 p.m. City Council meeting
24 6:00 p.m. Joint Powers Water Board meeting
24 7:00 p.m. Committee of the Whole Workshop (tentative)
27 all day Thanksgiving Day observed – City Offices closed
28 all day Thanksgiving Holiday observed – City Offices closed

December 2008
1 6:30 p.m. Truth-in-Taxation Hearing
1 7:00 p.m. City Council meeting
8 6:00 p.m. STMA Ice Arena Board meeting
9 7:00 p.m. Planning and Zoning Commission meeting
15 6:30 p.m. Truth-in-Taxation Hearing (continued if necessary)
15 7:00 p.m. City Council meeting
22 6:00 p.m. Joint Powers Water Board meeting
25 all day Christmas Day observed – City Offices closed
24 all day Christmas Holiday observed – City Offices closed

11. ADJOURNMENT

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