January 2, 2024 City Council Meeting Agenda

City of International Falls – City Council Regular Meeting

**5:30 P.M., Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Council Chamber, 600 Fourth Street

Council meetings are held in-person in the Council Chambers.  In addition, a teleconference meeting is available at the following link:  https://zoom.us/j/5664912345  |  Meeting ID: 5664912345 | Passcode: 56649 

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, December 18, 2023 special City Council meeting (Council action)
  2. Minutes of the Monday, December 18, 2023 regular City Council meeting (Council action)

PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND APPROVAL FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

  1. Adopt Resolution No. __-2024, 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 Section 308 – Rubbish and Garbage Ordinance (Council action)
  2. Approve second and final reading of contract ordinance for a 1.5% in sanitary sewer rates effective 01/01/2024 (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)

  1. Approve 2024 license renewal, as presented
  2. Approve/allow necessary expenses for Mayor and Councilors to attend 2024 legislative events that pertain to city business
  3. Approve/allow necessary expenses for Mayor and Councilors to attend 2024 Elected Leaders Institute: Foundational Program and/or Advanced Program offered by the League of Minnesota Cities
  4. Approve travel and continuing education training expenses for Building Official, Kelly Meyers
    • 2024 Annual Institute for Building Officials, Minneapolis, MN – January 21-26, 2024
    • ICC Upper Great Plains Region III Educational Institute, Minneapolis, MN – February 12-16, 2024
    • Attendance at quarterly Arrowhead Chapter Building Official meetings and required State seminars for continuing education credits
  5. Approve necessary expenses for Office Clerk to attend Permit Tech training at the Annual Institute for Building Officials in Minneapolis, MN – January 22, 2024
  6. Approve IRS mileage reimbursement rate for 2024

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Approve City support for activities for the Annual Arrowhead Ultra 135 on January 29-31, 2024, Jackie and Ken Krueger (Council action)
  2. Adopt Resolution No. __-2024 authorizing execution of Mn Department of Transportation Airport Improvement Grant excluding Land Acquisition – Minnesota Agreement No. 1055665, Project No. A3601-120 (Council action)
  3. Approve recommendation of the Utility Supervisor hiring committee to fill the vacant Utility Supervisor  position (Council action)
  4. Approval of payroll dates – every two weeks on Tuesday, commencing 01/09/2024 (Council action)
  5. Adopt Resolution No. __-2024 delegating authority to make electronic fund transfers to the Finance Officer and City Administrator for 2024
  6. Adopt Resolution No. ___-2024 approving Designation of Depositors (Council action)
  7. Consider adding an internal Public Safety Committee and setting up meeting dates/times (Council action)
  8. Mayoral appointment of members to internal and external committees – for City Council confirmation (Council action) (Code of Ordinance, Chapter 2, Section 2-30)
  9. Any other business.

REPORTS OF ALL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

  1. Reports of the Administrator, Attorney, and Department Heads
  2. Reports of the Mayor, Council Committees, Boards and Commissions

 

AUDIENCE – OPEN FORUM

CORRESPONDENCE

  • Koochiching County Board of Commissioners minutes – December 12, 2023
  • Koochiching County Board of Commissioners agenda – January 2, 2024

REMINDERS

  1. Offices closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 15, 2024
  2. **Next regular City Council meeting is Tuesday, January 16, 2024 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.

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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