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Mayor and Members of Council
Bruce Williams, City Manager
Council Agenda for August 7, 1995
AGENDA APPROVAL
Agenda Item 2-Council Minutes
Included in your packet are the minutes from your regularly
scheduled Council meeting of July 24, 1995.
Agenda Item 3-Approval of Claims
The schedule of claims to be paid on Tuesday, August 8, 1995,
have been prepared and available for Council to review. I have
reviewed the claims presented amounting to $278,649.76 and
recommend their payment.
Douglas Rauthe
Mayor
Bruce Williams
City Manager
City Council
Members:
Gary W. Nystul
Ward I
Cliff Collins
Ward I
Barbara Moses
Ward II
Dale Haarr
Ward II
Jim Atkinson
Ward III
Lauren Granmo
Ward III
Pamela B. Kennedy
Ward IV
M. Duane Larson
Ward IV
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ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
Agenda Item 4-Award Presentation
A Staff member of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development will be present Monday evening to present the City
with an award recognizing the City's contribution at promoting
low income housing projects.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Agenda Item 5-FY 1995-96 Budget Hearing
The intent of the hearing is to receive public input concerning
the City's proposed Fiscal 96 Operating Budget. As proposed,
the budget totals $16,835,582 and is balanced using 108 mills of
property tax revenue. This budget recommends the allocation of
the City's resources to a wide variety of programs and projects
to protect the community's physical security, improve its
physical condition and enhance the quality of life for its
citizens. The proposed budget does include several new
expenditure requests not included in previous budgets. For
example, the budget contains a recommendation of $1,000,000 to
help fund a program for first time home buyers (low income),
water improvements of $750,000 for a north end well and other
water improvements, a proposal to extend the City's municipal
sewer north to Reserve Drive has added $460,000, storm sewer
improvements total $220,000 and a new computer system for the
Police Department and City Court add another $62,000.
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The Operating portion of our budget proposal is $9,106,308, down
2.3% from last years $9,317,160. The Capital, Construction and
Depreciation portion of our budget totals $5,225,799, up 22%
from last years $4,278,860. Most of this increase is due to the
new projects mentioned previously. The Debt portion of our
budget is proposed at $1,134,978, an increase of 3.4%. The
Loans and Grants portion of our budget proposed a budget of
$1,368,425, consisting primarily of the City's affordable
housing project.
None scheduled.
BUSINESS FROM MAYOR & COUNCIL
BUSINESS FROM MANAGER
Acienda Item 6-Glacier Bank -Conditional Use Permit
Glacier Bank has applied for a conditional use permit to allow
an eight lane drive through banking facility with one lane
dedicated as an ATM lane and minimal walk-in traffic. This
development would have direct access from Center Street. The
development includes a proposal to construct a 24 foot paved
travel surface on the, north side of the project which will
connect 1st and 3rd Avenues East North. Following the public
hearing the Planning Board voted to recommend approval of the
CUP request with 9 conditions, Staff agrees with the Board's
recommendation.
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Agenda Item 7-Three Mile Farm Request for Extension of
Preliminary Plat
Included in your packet is a request from the developers of the
Three Mile Farm Country Townhomes Development for a one year
extension to their preliminary plat originally given August,
1993. If granted this extension would expire August 18, 1996.
Agenda Item 8-Consultant Selection for Meridian Road
Included in your packet is a memo from Public Works Director Bob
Babb which recommends Robert Peccia and Associates as the
preferred engineering consultant for the design of Meridian
Road. Peccia was one of three engineering firms considered by
the Evaluation Committee. If Council concurs with the
Committees recommendation it will be forwarded to MDOT who will
in turn negotiate a contract for the services with Peccia. The
cost of the engineering services is estimated to be between
$350,000 and $500,000.
Agenda Item 9-Authority to Request for Proposals for
Architectural Services Design and Construction of 44 units for
1st Time Home Buyers
Susan Moyer is requesting Council authority to request proposal
for Architectural Design Services for the City's 44 unit lst
time home buyers project.
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REMINDER
our meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of budget
review. I would also like Council to consider during the work
shop portion of our meeting a request from Dennis Carver for
final plat approval for his Belmar Subdivision. Dennis was
unable to make your last work session because his paperwork was
not completed on time. I feel it is a reasonable request and
will save Dennis at least two weeks of time, which he feels is
important in terms of selling lots before the snow flies. I'll
have this information for you Monday evening.