June 21, 2021 City Council Meeting Agenda

AGENDA

City of International Falls – City Council Regular Meeting
5:30 P.M., Monday, June 21, 2021
Council Chamber, 600 Fourth Street                

MN Statute 13D.021 allows meetings to be conducted by telephone or other electronic means under the following conditions:

  1. The Mayor determined an in-person meeting or a meeting conducted under section 13D.02 is not practical because of a health pandemic.
  2. The Mayor and all Councilors participating in the meeting can hear one another and can hear all discussion.
  3. Attendance by the public is not feasible due to the health pandemic.
  4. At least one member of the City Council is physically present at the regular meeting, unless unfeasible due to the health pandemic.
  5. All votes are conducted by roll call so each members’ vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVE AGENDA WITH ANY ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA (only by unanimous consent).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Minutes of the Monday, June 7, 2021 regular City Council meeting (Council action)
  2. Minutes of the Monday, June 14, 2021 Committee-of-the-Whole meeting (Council action)

PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

  1. Adopt Resolution No. __-2021, Approving Transfers, Payment of Claims and Accounts Payable (Council action)

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM  (The Open Forum is an opportunity for the audience to address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda.  Please limit your comments to five minutes.)

PUBLIC HEARING

  • Public Hearing – to consider a Housing Program and the Issuance and Sale of the Housing and Health Care Facilities Revenue Note (Northland Counseling Center Project), Series 2021 relating to a Health Care and Multifamily Housing Project

OPENING BIDS (AND/OR QUOTES)

  1. Approve low quote for fire department extrication equipment, as budgeted items, from Fire Department Capital Outlay line item 101.41200.5600:
    1. Float Pump – Alex Air Apparatus in the amount of $2,287.50 (Council action)
    2. Akron Forestry Monitor – Alex Air Apparatus in the amount $4,964.70 (Council action)
    3. Airbag Safety Kit – Alex Air Apparatus in the amount of $901.60 (Council action)
    4. Gloves – both Structural and Extrication, 75 pairs each – Grand Forks Fire Equipment in the amount of $8,100 (Council action)
    5. 30” Haligan Bars (5) – Alex Air Apparatus in the amount of $698.75 (Council action)
    6. Safety Vests-75 (Fire Ninja Vest) – Grand Forks Fire Equipment in the amount of $2,662.50 (Council action)

OLD BUSINESS

CONSENT AGENDA  The Consent Agenda allows the City Council to take action on routine matters by one motion that shall not be debated and shall be adopted by unanimous vote of those present.  Any individual Council member may remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion on the regular agenda.  (Council action)

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Adopt Resolution No.__-2021 Providing for the approval of a Housing Program and the issuance and sale of the Housing and Health Care Facilities Revenue Note (Northland Counseling Center Project), Series 2021 relating to a Health Care and Multifamily Housing Project  (Council action)
  2. Request to co-sponsor the Koochiching Labor Assembly, Labor Day picnic on Monday, September 6, 2021 and approve closure of 3rd Street and use of Smokey Bear Park, Mark Thorpe (Council action)
  3. Accept generous donation from Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) to the International Falls Fire Department for the exemplary response to the I1 paper machine winder fire on May 23, 2021 to further training and education for the department (Council action)
  4. Consider agreement for use of City/IFEDA property near VNP Headquarters Building to rent electric bikes – Voyageurs E-Bike Rentals and Tours, Dan Olson
  5. Consider salary and benefit package for newly appointed Police Chief Michael Kostiuk, effective July 6, 2021 (Council action)
  6. Recommendations from Committee-of-the-Whole:
    1. Authorize Widseth to conduct a cost analysis and design to re-locate the sanitary sewer main at Greentech Manufacturing Inc. to allow for building expansion (Council action)
    2. Authorize Fun Food Factory to use Smokey Bear Park beginning July 10 for approximately three weeks, due to Hwy 53 road closure (Council action)
    3. Authorize hiring a Human Resources/Safety Director position in the Administration Department (Council action)
    4. Appoint members to negotiate a new fire protection contract between the City of International Falls and the Rural Fire Protection Association, as the current contract expires on December 31, 2021 – Fire Chief Adam Mannausau, Administrator Betty Bergstrom, Councilor Holden, and Councilor Buller (Council action)
  7. Recommendations from Legislation and Land Use Committee:
    1. Authorize increasing the ambulance “treat-no-transport” rate from $200 to $650 for Basic Life Support (BLS) and $750 for Advanced Life Support (ALS) (Council action)
    2. Authorize expenditure to obtain a clear title to the below mentioned property through Quiet Title Action in District Court. The legal description for the property purchased from the Keyes family under a Contract for Deed in 1966 is: Lots 1,3,4,5,8,9, and North 1/2 Lot 10 of Auditor’s Plat 19 of Koochiching County. This document was accepted for recording on June 8, 2021.  (Council action)
  8. Adopt Resolution No. ___-2021 authorizing execution of Mn Department of Transportation Airport Improvement Grant excluding Land Acquisition – Project No. A3601-114 (Council action)
  9. Any other business.

REPORTS OF ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

  1. Reports of the Administrator, Attorney, and Department Heads
    1. Blight report – June 21, 2021 (Council information)
    2. Police Monthly Report, May 2021 (Council information)
  2. Reports of the Mayor, Council Committees, Boards and Commissions

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM

CORRESPONDENCE

  • June 3, 2021 – Arrowhead Library System 2021 Annual Budget information

REMINDERS

  1. Public Hearing and Special City Council meeting, Monday, June 28, 2021 at 5:00 P.M. – Development Plan and Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-4
  2. Special Committee-of-the-Whole meeting on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. – 2020 audit presentation
  3. **Next regular City Council meeting is Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 5:30 P.M.

**Note: date changed due to the 4th of July holiday.

ADJOURNMENT 

Note:  Matters inappropriate for consideration at the meeting or not in the order specified shall not be considered except 1) with the unanimous consent of the members of the City Council, or 2) scheduled public hearings or bid lettings, but not before the time stated in the notice.    

The City of International Falls complies with the Americans with Disability Act.  Individuals with disabilities requiring special aids should contact the City Administrator, 600 Fourth Street, International Falls, MN, 56649, 218-283-9484, at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. 

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