Agendas

Committee Meets 6:30 p.m. Monday City Hall 1. Nuisance complaints. 2. Transit issues. A. Resolution requesting funding for 2001. B. County wide transit update. 3. Planning Commission. A. Variance and conditional use permit for property located at 412 First Ave. N.E. 4. Parking ticket appeal. A. Pueringer Investments. 5. Other. Brainerd City Council Personnel and Finance Committee Meets 6:30 p.m. Monday City Hall 1. Consider Brainerd Daily Dispatch TIF/Property Tax Abatement. 2. Kitchigami Regional Library 2001 budget request -- Discussion of. 3. Set Committee 2001 budget review date -- Discussion of. 4. Arboretum funding -- Discussion of. 5. Space needs study -- Status of. 6. Police chief hiring process -- Status of. 7. Mr. Eric Pratt -- Eng. Tech I -- Changing employment status from probationary to regular employee -- Proceed to Step "B" of salary administration plan (90 percent of wage) -- Effective Aug. 22 -- Recommended by City Engineer Hulsether -- Approval of. 8. Ms. Laurie Johnson -- Engineering secretary -- Changing employment status from probationary to regular employee -- Proceed to Step "D" of salary administration plan (100 percent of wage) -- Effective Aug. 28 -- Recommended by City Engineer Hulsether -- Approval of. 9. Other. Brainerd City Council Meets 7:30 p.m. Monday City Hall 1. Call to order. 2. Roll call. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Consent calendar--Items A through F. A. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting held Aug. 7, as distributed. B. Approval of licenses -- Recommended by City Administrator Vogt. 1. Contractor Licenses -- 4 -- Renewals C. Mr. Eric Pratt-Eng. Tech I -- Changing employment status from probationary to regular employee -- Proceed to Step "B" of salary administration plan (90 percent of wage) -- Effective Aug. 22 -- Recommended by City Engineer Hulsether -- Approval of (See Personnel and Finance Committee Agenda No. 7). D. Ms. Laurie Johnson -- Engineering secretary -- Changing employment status from probationary to regular employee -- Proceed to Step "D" of salary administration plan (100 percent of wage) -- Effective Aug. 28 -- Recommended by City Engineer Hulsether -- Approval of E. Transfer of funds -- Recommended by the Personnel and Finance Committee. 1. General Fund to Public Safety Fund, $315,330 2. General Fund to Street & Sewer Fund, $75,000 3. General Fund to Park Fund, $100,000 4. General Fund to Airport Fund, $9,670 F. Approval of bills -- Recommended by the Personnel and Finance Committee 5. Public Hearing -- Nuisance complaints 6. Consider issuance of additional liquor licenses -- Discussion of. 7. Consider Brainerd Daily Dispatch TIF/Property Tax Abatement 8. Kitchigami Regional Library 2001 budget request -- Discussion of. 9. Third reading -- Proposed Ordinance No. 1103 -- An ordinance providing for the annexation of certain properties located in Oak Lawn Township to the City of Brainerd (Anderson Brothers Construction Co. and James A. Anderson -- 39.5 acres). 10. Third Reading -- Proposed Ordinance No. 1104 -- An ordinance providing for the annexation of certain properties located in Oak Lawn Township to the city of Brainerd (Anderson Brothers Construction Co. and James A. Anderson -- 53 acres). 11. Third reading-Proposed Ordinance No. 1105 -- An ordinance providing for the annexation of certain properties located in Oak Lawn Township to the city of Brainerd (Anderson Brothers Construction Co. and James A. Anderson -- 40 acres). 12. Third reading-Proposed Ordinance No. 1106 -- An ordinance providing for the annexation of certain properties located in Oak Lawn Township to the city of Brainerd (Anderson Brothers Construction Co. and James A. Anderson--48 acres). 13. Youth Advisory Council Report. 14. Public Forum. Time allocated for citizens to bring matters not on the agenda to the attention of the council. Time limits may be imposed. 15. Reports A-Mayor B-City attorney C-City administrator D-City engineer E-City Planner 16. Council committee reports. A-Personnel and Finance Committe. B-Safety and Public Works Committee. C-Other Committees. 17. New business. A. Call for applicants -- City Transporation Committee -- Two vacancies -- One-year term to expire 1/1/2000. B. Appointments -- Recommended by Mayor Wallin. 1. Ms. Ann Whalen -- Brainerd Public Library Board -- Unexpired term to expire 1/1/2004. 2. Mr. Don Sievek -- Brainerd Public Utilities Commission -- Unexpired term to expire 1/1/05. 18. Adjourn to reconvene on 8/28/00 at 5 p.m. for a council study session concerning the proposed East Gull Lake sewer routing. NOTE: Personnel and Finance Committe will meet at 6:30 p.m. Safety and Public Works Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Crow Wing County Board Meets 8:30 a.m. Tuesday County Courthouse I. Review consent calendar and correspondence. II. Call to order. 1. Public hearing, Consider removal of property from tree growth due to non-compliance, Section 35, Maple Grove Township, and Section 2, Platte Lake Township. 2. Open forum. 3. Approve consent calendar a. Approve minutes of Aug. 8. b. Approve bills. c. Tax applications. d. Community health administrator, employee requisition. e. 1999 financial statement. 4. Miscellaneous business a. Countywide transit grant application. b. Brainerd Jaycees, utilization of county property. c. Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District, second quarter wetland conservation act report d. 911 agreement between Crow Wing County, state of Minnesota and USLink Inc. e. Application for license to sell tobacco. f. Cost estimate to develop business subsidy/tax abatement policy. g. Network upgrade. h. Committee reports. i. Additional business. 5. Planning and zoning administrator a. Final plat and zoning change, First Addition to Eagle View Estates, Deerwood Township. b. Employee requisitions. c. Release surety for road construction, plat of Whispering Acres. 6. County highway engineer a. Review bids and award contract--S.A.P. 18-599-22 (Bridge #18J08). b. Quotations for sign replacement for improvement projects. c. Paul Bunyan Scenic byway. i. TEA-21 planning grant. ii. DNR trail grant. d. Petition for one-time maintenance, Crawford Street in Unorganized Territory. e. Letter of understanding, T.H. 169. f. Review maintenance activities. g. Review construction program--Status report of 2000 contracts. h. Miscellaneous and routine business. 7. Welfare and social services issues a. Ergonomic equipment. b. CSIS computer software rewrite. c. Purchase of service contracts. d. Director's report. 8. Solid waste coordinator a. Solicitation for on-call consultant engineering services for solid waste department. b. Waive tipping fees for airport property clean-up program. 9. Land department a. Withdraw tax forfeited tracts from 2000 land sale list. b. City of Brainerd, request to purchase tax forfeited tracts; authorize seeking appraisal quotes. c. Authorize seeking quotes for budcapping. d. Informational i. Northern Lights Motorcycle Club, Hare Scramble event ii. LCMR proposal update iii. Management plan public forums. 10. County sheriff a. Employee requisition. b. Out-of-state school request. c. Snowmobile and trailer acquisition. III. Public hearing, consider adoption of Crow Wing County coordinate datum based unincorporated addressing and sign ordinance. IV. Geologic atlas presentation. V. Adjournment. Upcoming committee meetings Monday -- 3:30 p.m., Extension Committee, Courthouse Meeting Room. Tuesday -- 1:30 p.m., Geographic Information System Demonstration, Commissioner's Room. Friday -- 10 a.m., Minnesota Rural Counties Caucus Board Meeting, Fergus Falls. Aug. 28 -- 10 a.m., Intermediate Time Auction, Service Building Meeting Room 1; 10:15 a.m., Regular Timber Auction, Service Building Meeting Room 1; 7 p.m., Public Forum Meeting regarding Draft Management Plan for Tax Forfeited Lands, Fifty Lakes City Hall. Little Falls City Council Meets 7 p.m. Monday Media Center-Little Falls Community High School 1. Call to order. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Approve agenda. 4. Consent agenda. 4.1 Approve minutes. 4.2 Payment of bills. 4.3 Personnel. 4.3.1 Employment. 4.3.2 Resignation 4.3.3 Leave request. 5. Public comments. 6. Strategic plan/student staff reports/student achievement. 7. Items for action. 7.1 Board training process. 7.2 Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission grant program. 7.3 Policy on pesticide notification. 7.4 Sub teacher pay. 7.5 CEC handbook. 7.6 Changes in student handbooks. 7.7 Special leave request-Diane Bosl. 7.8 MSEA agreement 2000-01. 8. Information items/reports. 8.1 75th anniversary celebration of Lindbergh's return to Little Falls. 9. Adjourn.