February 22, 2024 City Council Minutes

MINUTES 

MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL 

February 22, 2024 

Mayor Anderson called the City Council meeting to order at 6:30p.m. with the following members present: Councilor Ed Roskoski, Al Stanaway, Joe Prebeg Jr., Julia Buria, and Mayor Peggy Anderson. Also, present were: Craig Wainio, City Administrator; Tim Satrang, Director of Public Works; Anna Amundson, Library Director/Special Events Coordinator; Amanda Inmon, Municipal Services Secretary; Al Johnson, City Engineer; SGT Grant Toma, Sheriff’s Department; and Bryan Lindsay, City Attorney. 

It was moved by Buria and seconded by Prebeg the consent agenda be approved as follows: 

1. Approve the minutes of the February 5, 2024, 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 February 1-15, $357,501.20 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
4. To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period February 1-15, totaling $465,338.23 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).

The motion carried (Yes: Stanaway, Prebeg, Buria and Anderson; No: Roskoski). 

It was moved by Roskoski to amend the motion, to remove the bills from Taconite Tire in the amount of $115.00, Parts City/Champion Auto bills in the amount of $658.00, and Floor to Ceiling in the amount of $4,937.00, from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The motion failed due to lack of support. 

Public Forum:  

• No one spoke during the forum

The Mayor reported on the following: 

• No formal report

City Administrator:  

• No formal report 
• Community Center painting project is complete, minus the one wall being wallpapered 

Director of Public Works: 

• Well project – Peterson Well Drilling set pump in new well, tests currently being run

Library Director/Special Events Coordinator:  

• Winter Reading Program – ends Thursday, February 29^th 
• Annual meeting – Monday, February 26^th @ 6:30pm 
• Curbside service currently not available due to shed damage
• 39^th Annual Easter Egg Hunt – Sunday, March 29^th @ noon 

City Engineer:  

• No formal report 

It was moved by Prebeg seconded by Buria to approve the recommendation of the Fire Department and approve the hiring of Ryan Sterle as a paid on-call Firefighter and Dana Sorenson as a First Responder, contingent on background check and physical. The motion carried.  

City Attorney: 

• No formal report

Sheriff’s Department: 

• No formal report

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to approve the quote from Emergency Automotive Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $16,708.77 to outfit squad vehicle. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.  

It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Prebeg to approve Resolution #02-24; Accepting Bids for Improvement Number MI22-06, Mineral Avenue Drainage Improvements (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote. 

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to accept the resignation of Jerry Kujala from his position as the City of Mountain Iron’s Zoning Administrator and Residential Building Inspector, effective May 1, 2024. The motion carried. 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to authorize Boomtown to cater and serve alcohol at the United Way of Northeastern Minnesota’s Annual Campaign Celebration on Thursday, March 21, 2024, to be held at the Mountain Iron Community Center. The motion carried. 

At 6:58p.m., it was moved by Buria and seconded by Stanaway that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried. 

Submitted by: 

Amanda Inmon 

Municipal Services Secretary  

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