July 19, 2021 City Council Meeting Agenda

AGENDA

City of International Falls – City Council Regular Meeting
5:30 P.M., Monday, July 19, 2021
Council Chamber, 600 Fourth Street                               

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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, July 6, 2021 special Committee-of-the-Whole meeting (Council action)
  2. Minutes of the Monday, July 6, 2021 regular City Council meeting (Council action)
  3. Minutes of the Monday, July 12, 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

OPENING BIDS (AND/OR QUOTES)

OLD BUSINESS

  1. Approve Second and Final Reading of Contract Ordinance #975 for 22nd Street Reconstruction and Highway Lane Reconstruction Project, including the Main Avenue South bid alternate and Court Lane bid alternate  (Council action)

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. Approve Resolution     ­-2021 application for exempt permit for Auxiliary to VFW Peter Graham POST 2948 to conduct a raffle on November 8, 2021  (Council action)
  2. Consider support of the new regional Virginia Public Safety Center project  (Council action)
  3. Accept letter of resignation from full-time employment from Paramedic Samantha Butts effective Monday, July 26, 2021 and further approve Samantha Butts as a Casual Paramedic for the International Falls Ambulance Service effective Tuesday, July 27, 2021.  (Council action)
  4. Acknowledge promotion to Police Captain position, as presented by Chief Kostiuk (Council information)
  5. Approve the hire of Anthony Kastens as full-time Patrol Officer as recommended by the Chief of Police per the terms and conditions of the labor contract and effective July 20, 2021 (Council action)
  6. Approve the hire of Logan Hulst as full-time Patrol Officer as recommended by the Chief of Police per the terms and conditions of the labor contract and effective July 20, 2021  (Council action)
  7. Approve moving forward with the application process to appoint a Sergeant within the department (Council action)
  8. Authorize Chief Kostiuk to begin the process to hire part-time patrol officers (Council action)
  9. Recommendations from Human Resource Committee:
    1. Approve Letter of Agreement between City of International Falls and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49, Public Works & Administrative Office Staff (Council action)
    2. Approve Letter of Agreement between City of International Falls and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 49, Public Works & Administrative Office Staff (Council action)
  10. Committee-of-the-Whole recommendations:
    1. Consider demolition of nine (9) tax forfeiture properties located within the City limits, as per agreement with Koochiching County Land & Forestry (Council action)
    2. Consider rejecting all bids for the 2021 International Falls Building Improvements Project (Council action)
    3. Consider first reading of an ordinance imposing a franchise fee on Minnesota Power (Council action)
  11. Consider approving the Joint Powers Agreement between the City of International Falls and Independent School District No. 361 for a Joint Recreation Commission for the period of July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 to allow time for the two entities to review and propose updates to the Agreement  (Council action)
  12. Any other business.

REPORTS OF ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

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

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM

CORRESPONDENCE

  • International Falls Public Library Board of Trustees meeting – July 14, 2021

REMINDERS

  1. Next regular City Council meeting is Monday, August 2, 2021 at 5:30 P.M.

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.

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