01-08-07 CCOTSEGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OTSEGO CITY HALL
JANUARY 8, 2007
6:30 PM
1. Mayor Lary Fournier will call the meeting to order.
Roll Call:
Pledge of Allegiance:
City Clerk will swear in the new Councilmembers:
Vern Heidner, City Council.
Tom Darkenwald, City Council.
2. Consider agenda approval.
3. Consider the following minutes.
3.1. December 11, 2006 City Council Meeting.
3.2. December 4, 2006 Truth in Taxation.
4. Open Forum: (5 minute limit)
5. Consent Agenda. (Non -controversial items).
5.1. Approve Claims List.
5.2. Received October 10, 2006 Otsego Police Commission Minutes.
5.3. Received November 14, 2006 Otsego Police Commission Minutes.
5.4. Received September 14, 2006 Otsego Police Commission Minutes.
5.5. Approve Resolution No.2007-01 Establishing Depositories for City
funds.
5.6. Approve Resolution No.2007-02 Adopting an Official Newspaper.
5.7. Pay Request in the amount of $254,341.00 to KUE Contractors for
Otsego Public Works Facility.
5.8. Approve Pay Request in the amount of $6,449.90 to Greystone
Construction for Otsego Public Works Salt/Sand Storage.
5.9. Received November 8, 2006 Park & Rec Commission Minutes.
5.10. Approve Pay Estimate #2 in the amount of $588,397.70 to
S.R. Weidema for Dual Forcemain along NE 65th Street.
6. Old Business.
6.1. Proposed Bond Sale for Public Works Garage.
6.2. Review of 2007 Budget.
7. Public Works.
7.1. Consider Purchase of Computers for Public Works Facility.
8. Dan Licht, City Planner.
9. Ron Wagner, City Engineer.
9.1. Review of I-94/CSAH 37 Phasing Options.
9.2. MNDot Letter.
10. Andrew MacArthur, City Attorney.
10.1 Review of I-94 Memo of Understanding.
10.2. Other Legal Business.
11. Council Items.
11.1. Mayor Fournier:
Appointments to City Commissions.
11.2. Appoint Deputy Mayor.
12. Mike Robertson, City Administrator.
12. 1. Brett Admixtures Request.
12.2. 2006 Recreation Summary.
13. Judy Hudson, City Clerk.
14. Adjourn by 10 PM.
Open Forum. If you have any questions, comments or information regarding an
item not on the agenda, please step forward to be recognized by the Mayor
during the "Open Forum" item on the agenda. Please state your name and
address for the record. All comments are appreciated.
Consent Agenda Items: Are considered to be routine and non -controversial by
the Council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a Councilmember, Staff member, or Citizen so
requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and
considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
The City Council has been provided background information for agenda items in
advance by staff and appointed commissions, committees and boards. Decisions
are based on this information, as well as City policy, practices, input from
constituents and a Councilmembees personal judgment. Members of the City
Council and/or City staff may gather at the Rockwoods Restaurant following the
meeting for a purely social event. All members of the public are welcome.
The next regular City Council Meeting will be held on Monday, January
22, 2007, 6:30 PM at Otsego City Hall.