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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOct 14, 1971p. 142 Motion by Logacz, seconded by Land to adjourn at 6:20 p m All Ayes. ' ' Roll Call - B Sec~'etary to the Council 6~FFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Special Meeting October 14, 1971 The meeting was called to order at 6:07 p.m. Jeska, Logacz, Nawrocki - present. Roll Call: Land, Heintz, Resolution to Canvass Ballots from Municipal Primary Election. The Resolution was offered by Heintz, seconded by Logacz, WHEREAS, The City of ~lumbia Heights, did on the 12th day of October, 1971 conduct and hold a Primary Municipal Election for the purpose of nominating candidates for office of Mayor and City Council-men to be voted on at a General Municipal Election November 2, 1971; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, at a meeting of said Council held on the 14th day of October, 1971 did canvass the returns and results of said Primary Municipal Election; and WHEREAS, the following ~X~Z results were determined by said canvass of said Primary Municipal Election, to wit: Valid Ballots Cast and Counted for Mayor: 1146 Defective Ballots Not Counted for Mayor: 15 Total Ballots Cast for Mayor: 1161 Valid Votes Cast and Counted for Council: 2204 Defective Votes Not Counted for Council: 118 Total Votes Cast for Council: 2322 Valid Ballots Cast and Counted for Council: ll02 Defective Ballots ~Not Counted for Council: 59 Total Ballots Cast for Council: 1161 Votes for Mayor: Robert King 364 Bruce G. Nawrocki 728 Frank Pastuszak 54 Votes for Council: Francis Gross 169 William Land 584 Walter Logacz 575 Gayle Norberg 429. Lynette Thomson 257 Woodrow Timo 190 p. 143 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that Robert King and Bruce G. Nawrocki are hereby declared to be candidates for Mayor and William Land, Walter Logacz, Gayle Norberg, and Lynette Thomson are hereby declared to be candidates for Councilman at the General Municipal Election to be held November 2, 1971. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. Re~luest from Jaycees to Hang Banners. A request was received from the Jaycees for authorization to hang two banners across Central Avenue north of 40th Avenue advertising the General Municipal Election November 2nd, and the other on Ecology. Motion by Logacz, seconded by Jeska that the request be granted. Roll Call - All Ayes. Consideration of Award of Bids on Garbage Service. The City Manager said in the case of the bids received on garbage service which were extremely close, he asked the City Attorney to verify what the City's responsibility was in respect to award of bid. The City Attorney said according to our charter and state laws, we are to award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder. He said in addition to considering price, you consider ability, experience and skill. This doesn't necessarily mean low price. The City Manager said based on this and our investigations through standard channels to verify records of individuals involved in the management of the companies and the background of the companies, he would recommend the Council consider a three year contract with Modern Services based on the bids as submitted and experience we have had with Modern. He said he felt ultimately Modern's bid would prove to be the most economical for the City. Councilman Land said he is in favor of Modern Services being awarded the bid because we need the service that people want and Modern knows what the people desire. They are prepared to do the best job. He said when you get down to a few dollars difference in the bids, that money cannot be considered as far as importance of the service. Small things like street repair, garbage disposal and snow plowing can cause the most ~ouble, complaints and hard feelings with people. These would be kept a t a minimum with Modern. Covncilman Heintz said we had our problems with Modern the first year but the second year things began to jell a bit, communications wise. Modern already knows our problems. A representative from All-State was present and asked what the Council felt this decision would do to the contract decision three years from now when the low bidding responsible company was not chosen to do the work. He asked if the City was locked into Modern? Mayor Nawrocki asked the same question. p. 144 The City Manager said since there is such a slight difference in the total bids, he had to view them as being essentially equivalent. He said one problem with A11-State was the fact that we would have to deal with a vat service other than All-State. The Council should recognize that All-State will have part of their work being done by a sub-contractor. He said after checking into the companies he found no complaints or problems in other communities, and that he was satisfied with the facilities, equipment and so forth. But his concern was over a secondary contractor involved and the real ization that for some period of time the amount of time expended in getting the routes worked out and the operation underway would be similar to what we have had each time we changed carriers. There is a transition period. The City Manager said on the matter of the price freeze, information was forwarded to ~each bidder informing them of the fact that they would be Xobligated to accept the amount being presently paid under our present contract until the ~end of the freeze. When asked if they would abide by the lower price for the duration of the freeze, All-State said that is something they could not say off-hand but probably for the two week period they could do it. But, they would have to take a hard look at it if they couldn't raise the rates after November 15th. Motion by Jeska, seconded by Logacz that based on the recommendation of the City Manager, the contract be awarded on a three year basis to Modern Services. Roll Call: Land, Heintz, Jeska, Logacz- Ayes. Nawrocki Nay. Park Construction Bla~ing Permit. Mayor Nawrocki said the blasting in the railroad yards is causing a lot more problems than was indicated we should have. He requested changes be made by Monday or he would ask the Council to void their blasting permit. Motion by Heintz, seconded by Jeska to adjourn at 6:55 p.m. A 1 I Ay es. Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor Roll Call · _ ~ ,..~.l ¥,,,,~. ~.,, ~ . ~ Se~'retar¥ to the Council