08-12-98 SCCCITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
MINUTES OF AUGUST 12, 1998 7:OOPM SPECIAL MEETING
1MAYOR FO T NI .R WHX CALL MEETING TO ODDER
Mayor Larry Fournier called the meeting to order at 7:OOPM.
Roll Call: City of Otsego: Larry Fournier, Mayor, and Councilmembers Vern
Heidner, Mark Berning, Suzanne Ackerman, and Virginia Wendel were present. City
Staff: Michael Robertson, City Administrator, Elaine Beatty, City Clerk/Zoning
Administrator, and Dan Licht, Assistant City Planner were present.
City of Albertville: Mark Olsen, Mayor, and Councilmembers Duane
Berning, Robert Gundersen, Patricia Stallberger, and John Vetsch were present. City
Staff: Dave Lund, City Administrator was present.
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The members present discussed the possibility of Albertville providing some sewer
capacity to portions of western Otsego adjacent to their borders. Albertville noted that
the current capacity of their sewage plant is 315,000 gallons per day. All of this capacity
is needed to serve those developments that they have already approved. They are
currently beginning the process to expand their plant to treat 515,000 gallons per day. To
serve all of the remaining undeveloped land within their current boundaries would require
capacity in excess of 1,000,000 gallons per day.
Albertville Councilmembers indicated that they were willing to discuss providing sewer
service to Otsego. They said they had never discussed it as a group before and that they
would have to think about it and then meet in a workshop for discussion. Otsego said that
they would review Albertville's sewer plant expansion feasibility report when it was
finished and would try to come up with an estimate of what amount of capacity they
would want from Albertville.
WATER SERVICE - WESTERN OTSEGO & NORTHERN AL.BERTVIL.L.E
Albertville indicated that their Joint Powers Water Board faced severe restraints in
expanding the water system to serve that portion of Albertville north of Interstate 94. For
that reason they wanted to talk about partnering with Otsego to build a separate water
system and water tower north of I-94 to serve both northern Albertville and Western
Otsego. Otsego indicated an interest in doing this. Otsego noted that perhaps a good way
to do this was to have Albertville sell sewer service to this area and Otsego would
construct, own and sell water service to this area.
Both Councils agreed this had been a good discussion and that they wanted to discuss
these matters among themselves to consider all of the implications before scheduling
another meeting.
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Mayor Fournier adjourned the meeting at 8:22 p.m.
CITY OF OTSEGO
LARRY/F)6UINIER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
EL E BEATTY, CITY CLER
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
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