Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

March 14, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular Meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Larson moved to approve minutes from January 10^th, 2022 meeting. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Geiger moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni – Manager Melissa Grote was absent. Vee gave Muni update. Ice machine was serviced by Midwest Refrigeration and is working. Midwest did an acid cleaning on the ice machine and recommended that the ice machine is cleaned/serviced every 6 months. Vee would talk to Muni manger Grote about this. Council would also like to have the ice machine at the Bowling Alley looked at by MW and find out its condition. Old Chrome Band will play on April 23^rd, cost of band it $300.00.

Library – Library Director Lisa Doege is looking for another job. Spring Fling Craft Show is 4/23/2022. 17 vendors registered. City of Madelia along with business have donated items for a silent auction.

Public Works –Shop expansion will be added to the 2023 budget. Railroad Ave-road is getting pretty bad. Tauer was able to get into Blair residence, water meter is not working, but isn’t damaged.

City Clerk – Shirts and Hoodies have been ordered for Spring Fling. Sale price was set for hoodies/t-shirts.

Adult hoodies – $35.00, Adult T-shirts – $18.00

Kids hoodie – 25.00, Kids T-shirt – 10.00

Clerk said no one has paid the $75.00 snow removal bill. Clerk is checking into the order status of end points.

After discussion with Tauer and clerk about vacation and sick time, council made the following changes to City of Hanska’s employee hand book.

4 weeks of vacation after 10 years. 10 days of sick time per year. Sick time will be prorated for the remainder of the year. Clerk was informed of yellow dog running around, owner is 202

Larson made motion to adjourn at 7:23pm. Seconded by Geiger. Meeting adjourned.

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

EDA – Nelson wants City of Hanska to put in a walk-in shower. After discussion the City of Hanska will not pay for the installation of a walk-in shower.

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

April 11, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular Meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Steve & Kelly Olson were present – Olson’s would like to put up at 44x100x22 shed on parcel ID 00702400102020, 302 West 4^th ST. Yard will be landscaped, some trees maybe relocated and new ones added. Building will have security, sewer, water and electric will be added at a later time. Council approved building permit, Olson will stop at City Hall to pay and pick up permit.

Megan Anderson was present – Anderson bought half of the building on 114 Broadway. Anderson will be opening up a coffee shop, bakery. Coffee and rolls in the AM. Anderson does not have an opening date at this time.

Dillion Brueske was present – Brueske wants to put up a 7-foot fence on the side and back of his property located at 102 East 1^st St E. Fence would be treated wood, 4×4 in cement. City Ordnance 95.03 RESIDENTIAL REGULATIONS. Side and rear yard requirements. No fence or wall located in a side or a rear yard shall be of height exceeding four feet, measured from its top edge to the ground at any point. Larson moved to approve a variance for 7-foot fence. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Bolton & Menk Derek Behrens was present – Behrens gave an update on the Summit Street project. 200 feet -100 block and 375 feet on the 200 block of sidewalk will be replaced. Last layer of asphalt and sod will be done. Last Work will start up the 2^nd half of May and be completed by early June. Clerk will send letters to Summit residents telling them to contact Matt at Bolton & Menk if they want to have any additional work done on sidewalks or steps.

Geiger moved to approve minutes from March 14^th, March 29^th and April 1st, 2022 meetings. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Miller moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni – Clerk Moldan gave Muni update. New bartender Amanda P quit 4.11.22 without working one shift. Natalie Christianson applied for Muni manager Moldan will call to set up an interview. Joe will open the Muni at noon on Saturday 4.23.22 for Spring Fling-Taco Truck. Moldan has been doing the schedule, working with sales reps and deliveries, cleaning, staff issues, pall tabs – e tabs and cash drawer. Council moved to pay Moldan additional pay for Muni manger duties. 19.23 an hour Clerk salary divided by 2080 hours. Vee found Windschital Refrigeration to do ice machine cleaning, cost is less then Midwest. Vee will get them on a 6-month schedule. Vee is looking into additional entertainment for 4.23.22 3-5pm.

Library – Library Director Lisa Doege didn’t get the other job. Spring Fling Craft Show is 4/23/2022. Items have been donated for a silent auction. Tables will be set up on Friday April 22^nd.

Public Works – 50 water meters are needed; clerk will order them for a total of $7905.00. There was discussion about moving the recycling to another location. Vee brought up having residents move garbage pickup from alleyways to main roads to help cut the cost of gravel/ maintenance. City Wide Clean up is scheduled for May 19^th-21^st. Flag rope broke again.

City Clerk – City Audit went well; Sarah will be at the June City Council meeting. Strassburg will make monthly payments and pay off the $985.00 by the end of the year. Clerk asked for help cleaning files up in the basement. Council approved hiring help for minimum wage.

Strom made motion to adjourn at 7:32pm. Seconded by Larson. Meeting adjourned.

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

EDA called to order by mayor Vee at 7:32

EDA –Strom brought up windows leaking and ice buildup in the winter. Strom proposed replacing 4 front windows this year and the rest next year. Clerk will get 3 bids.

 

Larson made motion to adjourn at 7:45pm. Seconded by Strom. Meeting adjourned.

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

May 9^th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 5:56pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Larson moved to approve minutes from April 11^th meeting. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Hanska Baseball association submitted a renewal of Liquor License. The Council approved this license through September 30^th, 2022

Muni- Kate is stepping up and all council members were in favor of giving her an increase of pay. The council approved to have specials and snacks at the Muni on Friday, May 27^th from 4-7pm. Special will be $3 light tap beers and rail drinks. There have been no new applications for the manager position.

Library- We are losing our Librarian mid-June. $1700 was made on silent auction at the Spring Fling event. There is a $3000 cost for delivery of books back and forth between libraries, so the board will decide what should be done with that in the future. Ann Grunet asked to join the library board. All council members were in favor of her joining. The board is talking about a spaghetti feed fundraiser for this fall.

Public works- Quality flow need new pump for pump station on Railway Ave. Cost will be $7881 for the new one. This money will come out of sewer fund. The guy who was teaching Travis how to install new water meters realized we needed 50 more meters to be replaced in order to work with the new system above the 50 meters that were already purchased. All members were in favor to have Travis order 50 more meters. Hanska is on the lower end for water base fees, the council will look into and discuss this more at the next meeting. Disconnect notices were sent out.

City Clerk- council approved the MN Pay Equity Management System to be sent into the state. Fireworks went up to $7200. All approved to have Fireworks on July 4^th.

Open- Vee got quotes to put up a fence between community center stairs. Fence would be 6 feet and new landscaping would be put in front of the fence. Will discuss more at the next meeting. Vee talked to Planning and Zoning about moving the recycling bins. They will talk about options at their next meeting and get back to Vee. There was a crew patching the walls at the Bank, Vee asked them about the community center stairs. They are working on getting a quote to him.

Strom made a motion to adjourn, Larson seconded, meeting was adjourned at 6:31pm

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

June 13th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 5:59pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Strom moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Sara Oberloh presented the 2021 Audit. General fund is holding strong, water fund is in the positive, loss in sewer, rates will need to be increased. City has about $75,000 that can be used for projects. The money can also be moved to another account and keep building on that amount. The unmarked fund should be down to 35-50% if the city would want to go after grants.

Gene Smith – Smith wants to remove a portion of curb and gutter along his driveway. Council said this was okay as long as the removal is done correct and made to look nice. Smith also brought up the condition of yards in the City of Hanska. Clerk will get a list of address and send letters.

Travis Winter Bolton & Menk – Final pay request will be coming the in the next few weeks. Paving and cement work is finished up. After the final contract is closed there is there is a 2-year warranty.

Geiger moved to approve minutes from May 9^th meeting. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Muni- Katie is the new MUNI manager. 2 new bartenders have been hired, Toni and Dan will be working every other Saturday. Katie brought up opening Monday and Tuesday, council wants to wait until bar is fully staffed and everyone is trained. Clerk has been working on adjusting all pricing on items. Some items were being sold for less than the cost paid for the item. Clerk set prices on higher end to cover the rising cost and fuel surcharges. Hours need to be changed in the Hanska Herald. Katie has been working on drinks for the 4^th of July weekend.

Library- 2 interviews have been set for the library director position. September 16^th is the wine pull October is spaghetti dinner. Summer reading program has started and numbers are up.

Public works- Ramp has been fixed on the Stabbur. Stabbur needs to be stained, council said hold off on that. Tauer is going to get mulch for around Hanska.

City Clerk- Clerk brought up raising water and sewer rates. Motion was made by Vee to add $3.00 to water and sewer rates, 2^nd by Strom. Clerk talked about city wide clean up and adding a fee into the water bills that would cover the city wide clean up. Hanska residents can recycle any items at no addition charge, the amount will be covered in utility bills. Council approved a fee of $2.00. Clerk will contract fuel rates for winter.

Open- Geiger is working on grants for the community center.

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Miller seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7:27pm

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

July 11th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Matthew Cole from Bolton & Menk – 4^th pay request was sent for $136,778.00, final pay request will come in August. Sod has not hit 30 days, after 30 days a final walk-through will be done, and contract will be closed if there are no issues. After the final contract is closed there is a 2-year warranty. Job is $31,000 over the AS BID price, still within the 5% contingency. Final assessments will be done and public hearing will be scheduled. Cole will follow up on two different issues with City Residents. First issue a resident says water was sprayed into her open car. Second issue a resident says mud and water backed up into their basement.

Don Grams – Grams was representing the Zion Lutheran Church. Zion Church would like to have the alley paved. Cole from Bolton & Menk said they had done an estimate in 2016, Cole would update estimate and send to clerk. City does not have funds to pay for alley, City would have to look at ordinances and see about doing assessments.

Larson moved to approve minutes from June 13^th and June 29^th emergency meeting. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Muni- Katie MUNI manager was present. New bartenders have all started, (Toni, Baylee and Dan). Katie is still looking for 1-2 more bartenders. Once bar is fully staffed manager would like to get a food license. Katie was been looking for DJs for a Halloween party. Cheapest one is $700.00, Larson and Geiger gave names of other DJs. Katie would like to get old pictures of MUNI and hang them up in the bar. 4^th of July went well, most of the Jell-O shots sold, only about half of the cherries. Manager found an old MUNI logo and would like to get new MUNI clothing to sell.

Library- 2 interviews were done, Wendy McCarthy accepted the job as library director position. McCarty has been working on writing a grant. McCarthy wants the door painted, Anne Grunert said she would paint an open book on the door, Grunert will donate her time and supplies. Library board wants to add a cement slab for outdoor activities. Council brought up moving the gazebo from the park to the library.

Public works- Maguire Iron cleaned the Water tower, after the cleaning the plug was leaking. Maguire Iron will be back to replace the plug. Rocks had been dug out in front of EDA #2 due to bugs, Tauer will replace all rock. Tauer put up a camera by recycle bins, there have been no issues. If Tauer finds any items placed in recycling that shouldn’t be and has a good picture, the pictures can be turned over to planning and zoning. Planning and Zoning will turn the picture(s) over to Brown County Attorney.

City Clerk- Clerk sent out two water shut offs. One person is on a payment plan, missed 7/8/22 payment, if they don’t make a double payment on 7/15/22 water will be shut off.

Open- Vee brought up a veteran’s memorial park. A plaque, bench or stone could be placed there. Larson brought up moving the gazabo from the park to the open lot next to the library. Tauer will get bids for cement.

Strom made a motion to adjourn, Geiger seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7:03pm

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

August 8th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Strom moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Don Grams – Grams was representing the Zion Lutheran Church and wanting an update on the alley. Mayor Vee said Bolton & Menk did not do an updated estimate, they City had the original estimate and the amount would only go up. At this time the City does not have the funds to cover the cost paving the alley. Grams brought up having a petition signed by everyone on the block. Clerk said this was okay all residents can pay for the paving of alley. Larson said to get 3 paving bids. Tauer will get 3 bids.

Geiger moved to approve minutes from July 11^th 2022. Seconded by Larson. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni- Katie MUNI manager was present. Katie booked a DJ for Halloween party on Saturday October 29^th 2022, 7:00pm-11:00pm cost of $500.00. Gerry Horner contacted Katie about karaoke at the MUNI, the cost is $250.00 per time. Council was in agreement to book Gerry, Larson and Miller thought it was better to wait until fall/winter. Meat raffle will start in October. Katie asked if there should be 2 bartenders scheduled for events, council said yes. Bartender Dan is taking time off for personal reasons, Toni was off because of Covid. An interview for a bartender is scheduled for Wednesday August 10^th at 3:30pm.

Library- Mayor Vee gave update. 3 estimates for concrete slab and sidewalk. Robert Fitterer’s bid was the lowest and can complete the work in two weeks. Miller moved to approve Robert Fitterer’s bid. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed. September 16^th will be the wine pull and the craft show will be December 10^th.

Public works- Tauer had no updates.

City Clerk- Clerk sent out fifteen water shut offs. Clerk brought up charging for park and rec, after discussion council didn’t think it was a good idea to charge. Clerk gave update on Hanska night out, Fire Dept, Ice Cream truck, Face Painting, Hotdog meal, Sweet Sisters, MN ST Patrol, Bounce Slide and kids games. Clerk is looking for more volunteers.

Open- Mayor Vee noted that the garage at 127 East 4^th St Sowers is partly on the city’s property. Mayor vee wanted to know what should be done, council said let it be and if Sowers would sell the city will address it at that time. Vee brought up the condition of lawns in town, after discussion council didn’t make any decisions on how to address this.

Larson made a motion to adjourn, Miller seconded, meeting was adjourned at 6:50pm.

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

September 12th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Travis from Bolton and Menk was present. Final pay request of $10,765.82 was received, this will close out the contract and start the two-year warranty. Council approved the final pay request. There will need to be a public hearing before the next council meeting, after final assessments can be sent to brown county, these will be at 3.25% for 20 years. Matt and Travis will take care of the notice in the paper, along with a letter to the residents on Summit. Residents, 65 and older, military or persons with disabilities and income restrictions can ask for a payment deferral, until they sell the house.

Miller made a motion for Resolution 2022-6 3.25% Declaring Cost to be Assessed at 20 years. Geiger 2^nd the motion. Resolution passed with all in favor.

Strom made a motion for 2022-7 Resolution for Hearing on Proposed Assessment, Tuesday October 11^th at 5:30pm. Larson 2^nd the motion. Resolution passed with all in favor.

John Stovall attended. Stovall wants to put an LED light on the pole behind is property across the alley. Stovall has had two break-ins and is hoping the light will help. Stovall talked to the REA and was told it’s up to the city. Council wants more information, who pays for the installation, the monthly cost, are all residents in that area okay with this light being put up?

Geiger moved to approve minutes from August 8th^th 2022. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni- Katie MUNI manager was present. Katie has Halloween drink specials through the end of October. A spin wheel was donated, manager is going to put different drink specials and games on the wheel. DJ is booked for October 29^th, manager will make ads for Facebook and to hang up. Bartender Dan is not coming back to work. Katie will talk to staff about cleaning the bar.

Library- Mayor Vee gave update. Concrete slab and sidewalk are done, gazebo will be moved on Friday. Wine pull is moved to October 14^th 5:30-7:30, and beer and cider tasting is November 18^th 6:30-8:30.

Public works- One pump got clogged at the Lift Station and had to be fixed. 23 water meters have been installed. There is a leak at a curb box, repair can wait until spring. 3 companies had been called for alley paving estimates only M&R showed. 2 bids 19,210 for

1st St. W. to 2nd St. W. and 27,994.27 for alley Between Broadway and Summit from 2nd St. W. to 4th St. W.

City Clerk- Clerk brought up council talking to MUNI manager Katie about job duties. Clerk had a resolution for joint powers agreement, between City of Hanska, St of MN, Department of Public Safety and City Attorney. What this agreement does is allow city attorney to work on behalf of the city and public systems.

Miller made a motion for Resolution 2022-5 RESOLUTION APPROVING STATE OF MINNESOTA JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF HANSKA ON BEHALF OF ITS CITY ATTORNEY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. Larson 2^nd the motion. Resolution passed with all in favor.

Clerk brought the 2023 budget and proposed tax levy. Clerk said that all line items have gone up. Clerk checked with companies the city does business with and got the rate increases for the 2023 year and adjusted the budget accordingly. Clerk and Tauer went item by item on public works and adjusted each line item according to the maintenance schedule. Clerk stated that there was nothing that could be taken off the budget. 2023 proposed budget is General Fund Revenues of $296,399.94 and Expenditures of $ 315,537.42 with a General Fund Balance of -$19,137.48. Council approved the budget, with the note of using savings if the cost of items didn’t go down. Clerk presented the 2023 Proposed Tax Levy.

Strom made a motion for Resolution 2022-4 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE YEAR 2022 PROPOSED TAX LEVY COLLECTIBLE IN THE YEAR 2023. GENERAL USE $137,500

BONDED DEBT SERVICE $ 151,000

TOTAL LEVY $288,500

Larson 2^nd the motion. Resolution passed with all in favor.

Open- Mayor Vee said that paint was donated to paint the Bandstand, a group has volunteered to paint it. Strom asked if the doors on the 2^nd floor of community center could get scraped and painted. Tauer asked if he could make the fence around his yard 8 feet, council agreed that was okay.

Larson made a motion to adjourn, Miller seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7.28pm.

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

EDA

Vee called to order at 7:28

Clerk asked for a rent increase starting January 1^st 2023. Council talked about a $25.00 or $50.00 rent increase. EDA is getting older, new windows will need to be put in along with other basic maintenance. Larson made a motion to increase EDA rent by $50.00 starting January 1^st 2023. Geiger 2^nd motion passed.

Miller made a motion to adjourn, Geiger 2^nd meeting was adjourned at 7:39pm

_______________________________ __________________________________

Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

October 11th, 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Matt from Bolton and Menk was present. Final Assessment Hearing was held for Summit Street project. 4 residents attended, they voiced concerns about the grade of the street and sidewalks. Matt said there is a 2-year warranty and if there are issues, they will be addressed at the end of the warranty. Matt went over the Assessment of 3.25% for 20 years.

Miller made a motion for Resolution 2022-8 Adopting Assessment. Strom 2^nd the motion. Resolution passed with all in favor.

Geiger moved to approve minutes from September 12^th and September 26th 2022. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed

Miller moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni- Clerk gave updates on MUNI. Manager Katie gave a 2-day notice on September 22^nd. MUNI was open September 28^th and 29^th with a $2.00 sale to use up kegs and open bottles.
All beer that could be returned was sent back for a refund. Clerk is going to find out about liquor. DJ for October 29^th has been cancelled. Eddy Dingman took a tour of the MUNI on October 6^th; Eddy is very in interested in the MUNI and wants an update after the City Council Meeting.

Library- Mayor Vee gave update. Wine pull is October 14^th 5:30-7:30 at the Last Chance, beer and cider tasting is November 18^th 6:30-8:30.

Public works- Water meters are half done. Paving of alley was brought up, City can’t afford to have this done. Teri from the MPCA did the inspection for the City of Hanska, everything went well, she did bring up the point-of-sale ordinance and asked what the cities plan is for this.

City Clerk- Clerk is going to do another order of Hanska clothing along with hats and travel mugs for Christmas. Clerk is still sending out water shut offs, per law water can be shut off in winter as long as it’s not used for heating. There were some issues with the water meter exchange on the billing side but those have been fixed.

Open- Mayor Vee said the Bandstand has been painted.

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Strom seconded, meeting was adjourned at 7:09pm.

_______________________________ __________________________________

Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

November 14^th 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Larson moved to approve minutes from October 11th. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed

Strom moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed.

Muni- Clerk gave updates on MUNI. Eddy would like to meet with city council in the next 2-3 weeks. Eddy has more questions, depending on the outcome he will make an offer on the MUNI. Eddy has been communicating with clerk. Eddy has gotten insurance info, looked into a food license. Johnson Brothers took back 41 cases of liquor, Break Through will not call back. Workers’ comp and liquor liability insurance has been cancelled for 2023. Clerk did keep the buyer’s card just in case council makes another go at the MUNI. Cable and garbage have been cancelled.

Library- Mayor Vee gave update. Beer and cider tasting is November 18^th 6:30-8:30 at the Last Chance. $10.00 per ticket to taste the different drinks. There will be a raffle, $2.00 per ticket to enter. Wendy is still out and is hoping to be back around Christmas. Roxanne Oscarson has applied for part time library help. Council has approved her; Clerk will run the background check. Christmas in Hanska is scheduled, clerk ordered more Hanska items to be sold that day.

Public works- 40 water meters left. The cities north shed is about a 1/3 on the coop property. Dan talked to Jerry at the coop about getting a price to purchase the land that the shed sits on. Jerry will bring it up at the next coop meeting.

City Clerk- $1300.00 was billed in November for unmetered service, this is for anyone who didn’t get their meter updated by the end of October. 14 water shut offs were sent out in November, 2 water shut offs were done in October. Clerk brought up cell phone reimbursement, cities amount now is $25.00 per month, most cities are $40.00-50.00 per month. Larson made a motion to up cell phone reimbursement to $35.00 per month. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed. Thor Nelson from the MN Department of Natural Resources called because he got a complaint from a city resident about recycling blowing from bins. Thor also said this resident called the MPCA about this. Clerk told Thor that the city put up a camera and has sent pictures to planning and zoning for unlawful dumping, nothing has been done after this point. Thor said call the Brown County Sheriffs office and see what they say. Sheriffs’ office said they are unsure of who should be the complaint RVS owns the bins, program is run by planning and zoning and bins are on city property.

Last Chance Saloon applies for the 2023 liquor license.

Strom made a motion to approve Resolution 2022-9 Granting Liquor License to Mark Cooling at Last Chance Saloon. Seconded by Geiger. Motion Passed.

Open- None

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Miller seconded, meeting was adjourned at 6:38pm.

_______________________________ __________________________________

Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee

 

Hanska City Council – Regular Meeting

December 12^th 2022

6pm – Hanska Community Center

Regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Vee at 6:00pm. Members present: Vee, Geiger, Miller, Strom, and Larson. Members absent: None

Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Geiger moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

Geiger moved to approve minutes from November 14th. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed

Larson moved to approve City and Muni claims. Seconded by Strom. Motion passed.

Muni- Clerk gave updates on MUNI. Eddy and his wife would like to meet with Dan and Cinnamon on Friday December 16^th after 10:00. Eddies wife has not seen the MUNI and would like to talk a look around before any offer is made. Sara the auditor came on December 8^th and did the year end MUNI inventory. This has the inventory price set if the MUNI sells. Clerk said there should be a special meeting called by year end to either review an offer, vote to permanently close or try and open back up.

Library- Mayor Vee gave update. Christmas in Hanska went well, library board has set the date for the Spring Fling – April 1^st 2023. Clerk presented Library budget, Brown County 2023 funding is 17350.60, clerk said that the board needs 3450.00 in donations this amount is up from 2022 year due to pay increase for Wendy. Library board is working on grant applications. Miller moved to approve 2023 Library budget. Seconded by Geiger. Motion passed. Sarah from brown county has the 2^nd half the levy payment.

Public works- Tauer is still working on water meters. Council talked about what to do with the warming house. Strom said he didn’t think it was a good idea to leave the warming house open without someone working it, council agreed. Council decided to close the warming house and see what kind of public feedback the city gets. Tauer has started flooding the rink.

City Clerk-

Miller moved to approve Resolution 2022-10 Designating Annual Polling Place. Seconded by Larson. Motion passed.

Clerk presented the budget for the city. Larson asked for the clerk to clarify the levy amounts. Clerk said the general amount keeps up with the cost increase amounts from city vendors. The Bonded Debt Service amount is the Summit Street Project payment that needs to be paid in 2023.

Strom moved to approve Resolution 2022-11 Resolution Approving the Year 2022 Tax Levy Collectible in The Year 2023. Seconded by Miller. Motion passed.

General Use 137,500.00

Bonded Debt Service 151,000.00

Total Levy 288,500.00

3 water shut offs sent out in December. Clerk said that one resident who was given a water shut off parked their car over the curb stop and didn’t pay their bill. Clerk called the sheriffs office, deputy said to call the City Attorney. Attorney sent the resident a letter saying there is an ordnance saying a curb stop can’t be blocked and they have 72 hours to move their car and pay their bill, if not done in 72 hours there would be legal actions taken and all costs would be assessed to property taxes. This resident did pay their bill and move the car. Clerk has moved up the water bill due date by 2 days, now due the 28^th of the month.

Open- The cities north shed is about a 1/3 on the coop property. Jerry from the coop gave Dan a price of $15,000.00 to buy 1.52 acres from the coop (normal lot is 75×150). Dan had told him that was to much for that land, Jerry said he would go back to the coop board. After discussion City Council agreed that $15,000.00 is way too much, council thinks $5,000.00 is a better amount for land  that can’t be farmed. Garbage being placed in the recycling is getting better. Dan has been getting estimates to paint the top of the community center.

Cooling $2275.00, Paint Boy 1,934.00, B&B hasn’t sent their bid yet. Birds have been nesting in the top and Tauer will take a look.

Resident Corey Krebsbach was in attendance, Mayor Vee gave the floor to Krebsbach. Krebsbach said he has an issue with the City Clerk and a $10.00 late fee on his bill. Krebsbach stated clerk had taken the late fee off of his September bill and added it back on his next bill. Krebsbach stated clerk told him she gave discounts to her friends and family in town and has the authority to do this. Clerk said this is incorrect, Krebsbach paid his bill on August 24^th and not again until October 31^st. Clerk said when she does utility billing on the last day of the month, she does not charge a late fee for that month for ANYONE in town (bill is current to that date) because they have until the end of the day to pay. If a resident has not paid by the end of the day their bill is LATE and there is now a $10.00 late fee. Bill says on the top amount by due date, amount after due date has the $10.00 added in. Krebsbach stated he paid his bill on October 31^st, but hadn’t paid his September bill on time and feels he can pay his bill whenever he likes. Clerk said she only has 3 family members in the state and they don’t live close to Hanska and does not give out “family discounts”. Strom asked why he doesn’t set up ACH payments? Krebsbach said he doesn’t trust that. Mayor Vee said that if you pay your bill on time there will never be a late fee.

Geiger made a motion to adjourn, Strom seconded, meeting was adjourned at 6:39pm.

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Attest: City Clerk, Cinnamon Moldan Mayor, Daniel Vee