February 3, 2025 City Council Minutes

 MINUTES

MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL

February 3, 2025

Mayor Anderson called the City Council meeting to order at 6:30p.m. with the following members present: Councilor Ed Roskoski, Bradley Gustafson, Al Stanaway, and Mayor Peggy Anderson. Also, present were: Craig Wainio, City Administrator; Tim Satrang, Director of Public Works; Amanda Inmon, Municipal Services Secretary; Sgt. Grant Toma, Sheriff’s Dept.; Al Johnson, City Engineer; and Mark Madden, Mountain Iron Fire Dept Chief. Absent members: Councilor Julie Buria.

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Gustafson the consent agenda be approved as follows:

1. Approve the minutes of January 21, 2025, regular meeting.
2. That the communications be accepted and placed on file and those requiring further action by the City Council be acted upon during their proper sequence on the agenda.
3. To acknowledge the receipts for the period January 16-31, totaling $98,939.76 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
4. To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period January 16-31, totaling $267,086.69 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).

The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.

Public Forum:

• Ed Roskoski, resident of Mountain Iron, spoke regarding snow plowing in North Court, instructions and recommendations have been given but not followed

The Mayor reported on the following:

• Thank you to the City Crew for the continued snow removal throughout the city

City Administrator:

• First installment of the Mineral Financing money from the IRRRB for the South Grove Rec Complex

It was moved by Roskoski that City Staff notify all Nichols/Parkville Townhall Contractors to stop all work on that building. Then Moutnain Iron City Council will either have a regular Council meeting or special Council meeting, open to the public and televised, and go over this project and make some final votes on what should be done or not should be done on the Nichols Townhall. The motion failed due to lack of support with Councilor Buria absent.  

Director of Public Works:

• Frost lines not terribly deep – depth roughly mid 60 inches range
• City crew did a great job on snow removal, short staffed due to sicknesses

It was moved Roskoski, starting February 4, 2025, after the city winter snowplowing crew removes all the necessary snow from all city streets and roads, next city sidewalks will be cleaned adequately for safe pedestrian use. This will be the procedure until something gets changed. The motion failed due to lack of support with Councilor Bura absent.

Sheriff’s Dept.

• No formal report

City Engineering:

• No formal report

Fire Department:

• All calls during the month of January were Carbon Dioxide (CO) or some form of gas calls
• First Responders were 100% on all response calls during the month of January

It was moved by Roskoski that the Fire Department report be accepted as presented. The motion failed due to lack of support with Councilor Buria absent.  

It was moved by Gustafson and seconded by Stanaway to accept the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Board and approve the enclosed agreement, with Tara and Ernie Aikey for the West Two Rivers Campground caretaker position for the 2025 season. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Gustafson to approve the enclosed Fire/EMS Policy updates as presented. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.

Liaison:

• Parks and Rec –
• Discussed South Grove Complex update
• Board members looking at inventory of Parks in town, for possible improvements/updates

It was moved by Gustafson and seconded by Stanaway to approve Resolution #01-25; Ordering Preparation of Report on Improvement for Main Street and Mountain Avenue (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent (No: Roskoski; Yes: Gustafson, Anderson, and Stanaway).

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Gustafson to approve Ordinance #02-25; Amending Chapter 31 of the Mountain Iron City Code; Paid-On-Call Fire Department and First Responders (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.

It was moved by Roskoski that City Staff review the various grant criteria and come back with some suggestions, if possible, by the next Council meeting, in February, either February 18^th or 19^th. And if they don’t have anything and need more time, that would be fine also. The motion failed due to lack of support with Councilor Buria absent.

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Roskoski to reschedule the Monday, February 17, 2025, meeting due to the Presidents Day Holiday to Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 6:30pm at the Mountain Iron City Hall. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.

Announcement:

• City Offices, Public Works Dept. & Library will be closed all day on February 17^th due to President’s Holiday

At 7:12p.m., it was moved by Stanway and seconded by Gustafson the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent (No: Roskoski; Yes: Gustafson, Anderson, Stanaway).

Submitted by:

Amanda Inmon

Municipal Services Secretary

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