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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 8, 1955Special ~eting November 1, 1955 Meeting called to order. Members present - Holm, Hosch, Knutson, Jul~owski. Motion by Hosch, 2nd by Julkowski, that Dan DeMars be a~pointed Secretary pro tam. Resolution offered 6y Kuutson, 2nd by Julkowski, ~.~EREAS, it has come to the attention of the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the Board of County Commissioners of the Co~unty of Anoka are contemplating the expansion of the County Sheriff's Department, and, WHEREAS; the expansion of this department is necessitated and due to the fact that several villages within said County are reluctant to form and maintain a police department to handle law enforcement within their respective villages and thus creating a heavy responsibility upon the Sheriff'~s department and, '~EREAS; the Cities of Anoka and Columbia Heights and the Village of Fridley maintain police departments for the preservation of law and order at a great exR~ense to the tax payers of their respective communities, and WHEREAS; the Cities of Anoka and Columbia Heights to~ether with the Village of Fridley have taxable valuations~f 60% of the County of Anoka and are there- fore paying in the same proportion for ~the operation of the Sheriff's department, and WHEREAS; it is evident from the above that the above named municip~alities are subsidizing law enforeement in the various villages throughout the County at a great expense to themselves, therefore be it RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights as representatives of their constituents hereby vigorously protest any expansion of the County Sheriff's department for the purpose of extanding unjustified law enforcement to villages within the County who do not maintain a police department, and be it further RESOLVED, that a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for the County of Anoka. Roll Call - All Ayes Motion by Hosch, seconded by Knutson that the meeting be adjourned. ~an DeMurs ' ( Secretary pro tern ~yor~~m OFFICIAL P~O CEED~GS Re g~lar ~feeting November 8, 195~ Meeting called to order at 8 P.M. Roll call - HoLm, Julkowsk~, Knutson, Stopka present. Hosch absent. ~.~inutes of the last re~o~Llar and special meetinEs were read a~m~eel~_ ~otion by Holm, seconded by J¥2kow§ki that the following bill~ be-~aid ott~ of ~'~ Rol~ call a~s ~heir proper funds. _ - all Gross Salaries Ed Phillips & Sons Co. Old Petunia Co., Inc. Griggs, Cooper & Co. Ed Phillips & Sons Co. Old Peoria Co. Inc. Harrier & Cornelius LeRoy Drangeid V~. Ostmoe 10,815.32 Ovshak Printing Co. 31.00 574.12 Ovshak Printing Co. 13.50 96.33 Perkins Supply Co. 12.93 612.30 Peks Inc. 152.21 1,072.12 Police & Crt. Petty Cash Fund 15.41 1,228.03 Rocket Oil Co. 12.01 871.65 H.A. Rogers Co. 7.00 6.00 Rosholt Equip. Co. 93.62 1.83 Victor Saf 21.00 Omar Schwartz .Rudy ~ayer R oW~e r% H~unc z ak Myron Rozmark Jobm Oden Ral~h J. Corbett A.A.A. Scavenger Co. AdSresso~aph Multigraph Co~. Anericana Corp. ~eric~n Linen S~'yp!M Co. American PaLnt Co~. Automotive Supply Co. A. B. B~ornson C~twright & O!son Casualty Under,Tiers Central Body Co. ~c. C6nt~y Tool & ~iet~ Co. Col. Hghts. F~e Dept. Col. Hghts. Fire ~pt. Col. Hghts. Fire De~t. ~ay Yr. Craig Co. Don & John Ske!!y Ser~ce L. S. Don~dson Co. Doubleday & Co. Inc. Feder~. Laboratories Inc. Firestone Store~ Goodin Co. Gopher State Oil Co. Gr~t Stgraf~e Battery Grinnell Co. Chester E. Grotb ~.Zusic Co. G~ Distributing Co. Heights Electric Co. Heights H~dw~e Co. Houser Corp. ~ternat!.Assn. Ch. of Po!ice Johnson Auto Supply Co. ~ Pros. ~c. A. C. ~cC!~g ~ Co. ~i~l Tool Co. M~er Davi:~ Co. Gladys E. ~?i!ler M~icip~ Equip. Co. M~micip~ Finance Of.ricers As~. Neptune }Jeter Co. A. J. Netkmv No. S~nitary SuppIy N~. States Power Co. Bo. Star Motor P~ts inc. W. S. Nott Co. N. W. ~ydro Gas J~es D. Ostrow C. J. ~oigaard Co. 3.66 John Seman 206.00 20,79 Steneraon ~otor Co. ~7.~9 ~fende!! North~estern Inc. ~oOO h6.3i ~.. H. Ziegter gq. 5.33 !0.00 Americs~. Linen Co. 20.$2 162.~i Canady ~ry Ginger Ale Inc. !8.~8 20.00 Coca Cola Co. 22.~0 t1.7~ E. 2. Crab~ree ~2.99 ~.00 Dan De.~ar s 2.O0 3.[7 Farnham Stationery Co. $0.O0 Chs_~!e s Gsmxer 17.08 16.78 Ind. Sch. Dist. #6~ 10.[0 320.00 Johnson Paper Supply Co. 27.~ 60.00 Pat !~.icC oz~aic k 10.00 20.00 John P.Y. urz}m 10.00 7~.00 Nat. Pole & Treating Div, 26.00 32~.!9 '~ ~' '~ ~ "~ ' !~e~mt~ ~.oz~!mn~ Co. 678.00 Nort~hland Electri~ Supply Co. 115.91 ~.00 Ovshak Printing ~.~0 !2.1~ Peks Inc. 4~.99 t~290.20 Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. 30.71 5.00 Sev~n Up Bottling Co. 22.80 76.00 Tracy Printing Co. 14.25 27.63 Am. Linen Supply Co. 35.89 24.0~ Anheuser Bisch Inc. ~3.8~ 37i.6~ Bury & Carlson Inc. 1~.00 997,99 Camady Dr~/ Ginger Ale, inc. 91.73 65.00 Carbonic l~gachines Inc. ~9.~0 3~.61 CocaGo!a Bott!~ng Co. 78.06 ~.2~ Distillers Distribut~_ug Co. 2,969.01 3~.~2 J.E. Coherty Co. 60~.80 70.75 O.N. Droney Per. Co. 80.70 24.23 F~mous Ir ands 3,859.11 83.12 Ed P. Foran ~1.3~ ~ 923.18 Ganzer Distributor 370.02 15.O0 JoP~nson Pa~er & Supp!y Co. 6~.~O 163.96 Karo Dist. Co. !~8.00 !.87 K~etheP Dist. Co. ~7.~2 90.~ Lynn Johnson Co.~ 973.~9 10.70 ~Jpls. Brewing Co. 1,3~8.8~ 70.80 $~[cKesson &Robbins 1~208.68 73.00 I~iid~?est ~Vine Co. ?0.8~ 6,900.~6 ~?. G. ~ime~te 95.67 !5.00 Ouimette Ins. Agency 22.h7 2,6[~7.70 Ovshak Printing Co. !.00 Pabst Brevdng Co. 10.30 Petty ~Cash 2~2.90 1,218.97 Pilgrim. Bottling Co. !,~04.O9 38.61 Schlitz Brev~mg Co. 29.~ 2,~ Seven ~ Bottlimg Co. 180.00 2~.20 H.G. Sipe Co. 1,022.82 3~.00 Ufi!lard Dist. Co. 2i~.!O 13.7~ Recreation 315.89 ' ' ' a9,7~9.~3 A correction was made in the Octobe~ 2~th minutes adoptin~ Special Assessm...ent on job ntm~ber 260, to read job num_ber ~60 o!aced v:it!~ the exception of the alley oiling between Reservoir '~nd Tyler, 39th a~ ~Oth. A corre~ction was made in ~the October 26th minutes clarifying the fact that it was the ~innea~olis Inspector who would have to thin~k the matter over before consenting to in- spect the new Liquor Store. ~r. Hos[ch joined the meeti~.g at 8:25. Resolution offered by HoLm~ sec~onded by Hosch thgt ~HEREAS the outstanding special assessments levied but as yet uncollected ~in the ~illtcp ~.rea in the ~mount of ~13~80~.84 and ~P~A~ the '~ilkinson Home Financ~ Corporation and the Hilltop Corp- oration have obtained surety bond guars, ntee~ng ~aid assess~.e~ts~ and ¥~_.~E.~S said bond is in excess of the ~mo~ut of assesaments outstanding ~ORE ~mhat th~ i'filkinson H~_e Ffu~nce Corporation an5 6he Hilltop Corporation may reduce suc~ bond to the amount equal to the mupaid asses~.ents. Roll call All Ayes.~ ~,!otion~by Holm seconded by ~nutsou that the letter fror~ R~ond Ross dated October re~ a~n~ a HiLo development [:rooect be placed o~ file. Roi1 cai1 Al~ ~,yes. ~ offer by L. J. dleason to ~eed certa~r, ls. nds 6o the City for ~treet_m~rposes was tabled~untLl the next ~eeting, at ?~ich time a p~oper resolution ~w~ll h~ve ~een dra~n up. ~,~.otion~by Julkor. ski seconded by Hosch that t~ S~bco Co~._pany~ ~ be Lustructed to alter the original Liquor Store P~lans by providing for the~introduction of crSss walls in the basement in suitable loc~ations~ and that said ~a~lls be of 8 inch t_~icka~ss~ as reco~- mended, by Jar~es D. Ostro~.~ Registered Professional Structure!'En~ineer. Roll call All Ayes Second. reading of Ordinance 3~, being an ordina~ce annexing to the City of Columbia Height~ ~ the P~lat knaov;n as Gilletts ~nmnex to Cblu~bia Heights, Anoka County. O~dina~nce 3~ offered bo' H?!m, seconded by Julko;.~.~ski. Roll call. ' all ~'es Second[ reading of Ordfm~ucd' 356, being ~n~ ordiuguce annexLng to the City of Columbia Height? t?ne Plat ~uovm ~.? Sheffields Second sub~ivision~ ~noka County, ~.~inn~sota. OrdinaDce 356 offered by Hosch seconRed b.. Knftson. Roll" call all a~s Presumable to Ordi~uce ~o. 35? offe_ee~ ' by Knuvson' ' seconded by Hosch,~ being an' ordinance entitl~ed "An Ordinance Aut]~or)_~zin~ the Sale b~~ the City Tream~er of em. regeDcy debt certificate." ~REAS it beene nec~esssry to pr~operly car~ry on the fmnctions of ~[uhicipzl Government of the City of ~Columbia Heights to prbceed ~f_th the Luquor ~store construction; and ]'f~?EAS, t here are insufficient monies in t~e city treasury to pay costs currently aue, s~nd the c=t~ if therefor~ ~-f_thou{ fu[uds to ~ay for contrc, ct Yaj~nts now due; THiS CCUNCIL hereb~ end under this prea~bl~ decle~es an emergency exists for the preservation of the public ss. fety and th~ in o~der to pro~ptly meet 'said emergency it is ~aecessary to pass Ordinance No. 35? e.s an~emergency ordinance. Role call -all ayes. Ord:[~ce 3~7 offere~ b~ ~ HoLm secnded by Ho~ch, An ordfm~nce authorizing the sale by the City Treas~rer of $115,009 ~?rgencj~ Deby Certificate. Roll call - all 'ayes. ~,~_otio2 by Hosch seconded 6y K~utson, the. t the f611ov~ng estimates be paid out 'of their proper~ funds: Phelps Drake 28,236.28 Sebco Lnc. 1~,767.~0 Conditioned Air Equip. 6,120.00 A~erican Electric Co. 2,80~.00 Roll c~ll all a~s Resolution offered by Hosch, seconded by Holm, _We it resolved by the City of Coltunbia He±?hts that those certain easements appearinz at ent~? 120 and ent~T 1£9 of the .~bs~ract o£ Title to Lot Eleven (!!) and the Southerly 1~o~$ feet, front and rear, and the Northerly ~0 Feet, front and rear, of Lot T~:elve (12) Block T:"o (2) Rearran!Tame.nt~ o£ Block "C" Coltunbia Heights Annex to }:iimnaa?olis~ Anoka Cotunty, ],[innesota, be and the s~me a~e hereby satisfied and released by said City of Columbia Hei?hts. ]ai5 easements were grsmted to the City of Colzmbia Heights for purposes of catch basims, culverts, and sto~z~ se~Ter ~rainage. It is determined by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that said easements arc~ of no bene£~_t to said City, and therefore the Hayer and the City Manaffer ~' and the s~m.e are authorized to execute a release on said easements. Roll call All Ayes Resolution offered by Holm, seconded by J,mlko%'rski~ The City Council of the City of Co!~mbia Heif~bts hereb[,~ resolves that ]I-~f~EAS, Special Assessments for Lot 7, _~!ock !7~ Columbia Heights Annex on Job !'~o. 200 z'~ the ~ount of o. 40.72 have been ~aid in fu!!3 EE IT ~ ~7F~-rORE P~SOiA~ED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby au±,horized and dirscted to strike from the asses~ent rolls the ~foresaid assessments. Roll call, ~2! ayes. Resolution offered by Holm se~mnded bl Jutkowski, the City Council of the~ City of ~ Colttm?ia Hei.~hts hereby reso!~s that U~...~EPJEAS Special Assessments for Lot 3, Block 13, ~%itons ~3econd S,3bdivision on Job ~o. 262 in the amount of :~227.80 ha-~m been paid in full; _~F IT %~REFO?~E R~SOLV_~D that the uc~m% Auditor t:e and he is hereby authorized and directed ye strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid asmesaments . Roll call, all ayes. Resolution offered by Holm, sec~nde~ ~ Ju!ko~'~ski, The ~ y C~l~ncil the of Columbia Heights hereb>~ resolves that i'~-~AS, Special Assessments for Lots 8 and 9, Plock 68, Coltumbia Heights ~mnex on Job L~o. 228 in the ~mount of ~!h~.60 have been paid in full; ~E IT ~~?O[~d~ RESOLI~D that the County Auditor be and Ye is hereby authorized and amrect ~d ~to strdd<e from the assessnent rolls the afortsaid assessments. Roll call, all ayes. Resolution offered by H6~_m seconded by Julkowski, The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights hereby resolves that Y~REAS~ Special Assessmen~,s for Lots ? and !0 Block 66 Cc!~mbia Heic~h~s .~nex on Job No. 2~0 in the amoun± or ~6.66 ha~ been pa_~d in full; BE IT T]~J~FO~ P~ESOL~.~D that the County Auditor be and he is hereby az~thor~zed and directed 'to strike from the assesament roils the aforesaid assessments. Roll call st! ayes. Resolution offered by Holm, se~nded by Ju!kows~ The City Council of the Ci%~ of Colum- bia Hei~hts~ here~ reso~ves_ that ;~.~K~z®AS, Soecia!_ Assessments for West -~ of the South ~ of Lot 9 Block 1 Co!z~mbia Heights Acres on Jobs no. 201 and 203 in the amounts of ~2.78 ar~ ~i36.~? have been 'paid in full; ~ IT ~REFOP~ RESOLVED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby authorized mud directed to strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid assessments. Roll call all ayes ~fotion by Holm sec~nmea ~' Hosch that a Bingo Permit be grmnted the Zi6ns Club for December 1~, 17~. Ro~i c~.! all a~. ~,,~otion by Enut~o~ seconded by Hosch that the folio~ing Electrical Licenses be gr~nted: Bill D. Richmond 916 !1 AVenue North~ Lan~ O Lakes Creame~~ 22i[ Kennedy ~b~+~reet P. oi! call alt a~-es .~% or Stopka left the meeting at this point, and Councilman Holm took the chair. ~.~otion by Hosch seconded ~ Ju!ko?.~ski that a public hearing be set for November 22 to determ'ne the ad~isability of ~nsta!!ing drains~ to be described by the Engineer. Rol.! call ~ all a~ s, R.esolution offered by Hosch seconded by Enutson that the City ~uager be authorized to acquire by purchase or bonde~nat±on proceedings the Easterly 200 feet of Lot 3 Block 2 Rearrangement of Block A Columbia Heights Annex to Ei~e~olis. Roll call all ayes Motion by Knutson seconded by Hosch that the City ~.'~.anager and CiJry Attorney-be authorized to draw up the necessary agreement for dredging the ponding area of Lots i and 2 and the Easterly 200' of Lot 3, to maintain adequate ponding reservoirx%x for the storm sewer drainage, th~s agEeement to be with the Lakeland Development Company. Roll call all ayes ~otion by Ju!kowski seconded by Hosch to accept the plat of Anderson I~I Addition to the City of Columbia Heights. Roll Call all ~fes First regding of Ordinance 3~8 being an ordiuance amending ordinance l?l rezoning Lots h, 5, and 6, Block 2; Rearrangement of Block A, Columbia Heights Annex, to Commercial. Resolution offered by Hosch, seconded by Ju!kowski .WHEREAS, the City Council of Columbia Hei~htf has at various tLmes met for the purpose of discussing the budget for the year 19~6, and ~SI~EAS, the City Council has dete_~r_ined that the follov~ng ~mot~nts of the Budget be raised by taxation; NOW TI~REFORE P~ IT HE?EBY RESOLVED that the County Auditor of Anoka County be and he is hereby inst~cted and authorized to le~y the follov~ng amounts for the year 19~6 for the various city funds as follows: Adminis trat ion 32,966. O0 Police and Co~vrt 51,804.00 Fire 11,798.00 Etreet ~,67~.00 Library 2, ~3.00 Park 1~, 116. O0 Re creation Commiss~ on 7 ~000.00 Sewer 10,000.00 Total $ 1~5, ~01.'O0 BE IT F~TH~R RESOL\~D that ~he Cozunty Auditor be and he is hereby instructed to levy a trax of one tenth of one m~U] (.1) of the assessed valuation of the City of Columbia Heights for the Firemens Reli~f Association. Roll call all ayes Motion by Hosch seconded by Knutson that the Hog!und Company be refmuded the price of the Plumbers License. Roll Call - All Ayes. Resolution offered by Hosch seconded by Julkowski that the Emergency Debt Certificate dated September 1~, 19~ in the amount of $~0,000, Dec. 1~ 19~ in the amount cf $60,000 and July 27~ 19~ in theamount of $7~,000 plus interest in i~he amount of ~,837~.23 be repayed, the total amount being ~179,837.23. Roll call all ayes l~r. Raymond Ross appeared and protested against drainage on his property on ~0th Avenue. No action was taken. Mr. Anderson of ~1~2 Fourth Street appeared requesting that the alley behind his prop, erty be opened to give some access to his garage. The Engineer assured ~ that this would, be done this fall. Resolution offered by Hosch seconded by Julkowski that starting J~nua~~ 1, 19~6 pay days be set for every other Friday for all City E.~ployees. Roll call all ayes. l&r. Arneson, Union Reoresentative appeared concerning acc~amulated sick leave and. Mospitat Insurance. ~ne City t~ianager -;:as instruc~d to get data £rom Health and Accident Insurance Companies regarding statistical] facts on sick leave, and the policies of the surrounding communities. ~fotion by Knutson seconded by Hosch authorizing the City Hana~er to advertise for bids for a liquor store si~. Roll call all a~s ~,[otion by Knutson seconded ~ Hosch to adjourn at 10:~. Roll call alt a~s. ' Hayer OFP!CiAL PROCE~iUOS Re~z!ar },ie et lng iTovember 22, 1955 ~eeting called to order at 8 P.N. All members present. V~nt%es ...... of the 1Sst reguia~ meeting vzere read and ~n~'~-n~.~~_,., .... , ~th ~'~u:~e .eol!owzng' clarification: The !layer does not wmnt it interpreted that he does not want to sign Resolutions or Ordinances that have not been signed by hLm. Holm stated that Resolutions mhd Ordinances that hate been' si~ed by h~m prior to this date, v~re not signed because the !layer refused to' si~u them. !lot!on by Holm seconded by Hosch, that the fol!o~ng bills be paid o~3t of the~ proper funds; Roll Call -'All Ayes. Sa!arie s Recreation Co~mmission G-r,~ c.c. Cooper ?~ --LooS ~ CO, Old Peoria Ce. Inc. Old Peoria Ed. Phillips & Sons Co. !(ermeth Stinson Nei! Cle!and LeAnn YrTstosek Rona!d Ku!!as Robert }hmczak Rona!d Kul!as l~yron ROzmark Firestone Stores .~arrmer Cornelius Job_nson Bros. "66" Inc. ,~i0~ 2p? .02 22!.~3 74z !,00~.76 872.82 z8 .30 6. Lt fl.38 L2 I0 .00 63.32 20~ !,000.00 h8!.72 lO3 S.F. Kreskie George Ko!esar Oladys E. ljiller,Npts.City Treas. Nols. Gas Co. !~ickels f_: Smith U.7/.Te!ep~one Co. Ivan B.A. Rose Yusic Co. Jobm ~ith Ali Smndber g ?later Dept Jos. E. %{~go 3OO.OO 2~.00 6,673.37 170.O4 1.83 230.73 8.70 L3.2o %.00 l,O00.O0 llO.O0 TOTAL ¢26,thT.h? Bids for a Liquor Store Sign were recei',~ed from LeRoy Sign, inc. and ~dacey Signs. Hot.~on by Hosch seconded by Ho!m~ that the bid of llacey Sigmas at ¢861.00 be accepted for a n~w Liquor Store Si~. Roll Call - AIl .~-es. A Hearing was held on a Storm Drain for Block 80, Main and 2nd St., 38th to 3?th Avenue. Eotion bj Holm seconded by Ymutson~ that the City ~anager be ~uthorized to proceed with this work. Roll Call - Ail Ayes.