January 16, 2024 City Council Minutes
MINUTES
MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL
January 16, 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., 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 Engineering; SGT Grant Toma, Sheriff’s Department and Bryan Lindsay, City Attorney. Absent members: Councilor Julie Buria.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway the consent agenda be approved as follows:
- Approve the minutes of the January 2, 2024, regular meeting.
- 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.
- To acknowledge the receipts for the period December 16-31, $378,742.04 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
- To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period December 16-31, totaling $484,131.29 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Prebeg to amend the motion, that the wrong recorded votes of two motions of the December 18, 2023, City Council meeting be corrected as follows:
“It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Buria to approve Resolution #23-23; Approving Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement for Bids (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried on roll call vote (Yes: Roskoski, Stanaway, Prebeg, Buria and Anderson; No:-).” and It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to reschedule the January 1, 2024 meeting due to the New Year’s Eve Holiday, to Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 6:30pm. The motion carried (Yes: Roskoski, Stanaway, Prebeg and Buria; No: Anderson).” The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
Public Forum:
- No one spoke during the forum
The Mayor reported on the following:
- No formal report
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Roskoski to approve the reorganization of the City and appoint Councilor Joe Prebeg Jr., as Deputy Mayor for the 2024 year. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent (Yes: Stanaway, Prebeg and Anderson; No: Roskoski).
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Roskoski to re-appoint Bret Renzaglia (I) and appoint Ron Ostman to the Utility Advisory Board for a 3-year term. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to re-appoint Arin Marks (I) and Joe Prebeg (I) and appoint Dan Lind to the Park and Recreation Board for a 3-year term. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanway to appoint Julie Buria and Kim Koebensky to the Economic Development Authority (EDA) for a 5-year term. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to re-appoint Julie Buria (I) and Steve Hunter (I) and appoint Mary Luomanen to the Public Safety & Health Board for a 3-year term. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Stanaway to re-appoint Margaret Soyring (I), Jim Techar (I) and Steve Hunter (I) to the Planning & Zoning Board for a 3-year term. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
City Administrator:
- No formal report
Director of Public Works:
- Appreciate the City Crew’s efforts in snow removal and cleanup, also for restoring power over the weekend during an outage
- During subzero temperatures and without a lot of snow coverage, frost can drop fast
Library Director/Special Events Coordinator:
- Winter Reading program
- January 8th – February 29th
Sheriff’s Department:
- No formal report
City Engineer:
- No formal report
City Attorney:
- Received three follow-up enforcement letters for Planning & Zoning
- Oriole Ave. property – set agenda item at a Council meeting
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to table the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Committee for the Conditional Use (CUP) for Sandvik (Koski) until response is given from Planning & Zoning. The CUP is the use of a shipping container to be used as an accessory structure. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway to approve the recommendation of the Public Health & Safety Board and approve the Fire Department training and Equipment Policy 2024-XX as presented. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent (Yes: Stanaway, Prebeg and Anderson; No: Roskoski).
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to approve Resolution #01-24; Ordering Improvement and Preparation of Plans (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Roskoski to approve the enclosed Agreement of Services between Frontier Energy and the Mountain Iron Public Utilities as presented. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway to approve the quote in the amount of $23,168.00, from Hartway Painting & Wallcovering, LLC, for interior painting of the Community Center. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote with Councilor Buria absent.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway to approve the quote in the amount of $27,298.62, for a Sand Pro340 with blade for our Recreation Department from MTI Distributing. The motion carried on roll call vote with Councilor Buria absent (No: Roskoski; Yes: Stanaway, Prebeg, and Anderson).
It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Prebeg to authorize the Sundberg Enterprises, LLC, DBA: Sawmill Saloon to serve alcohol at the Education MN event on Friday, January 19, 2024, to be held at the Mountain Iron Community Center. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
Announcements:
- Mesabi Fit open with “soft” opening with memberships available
At 7:26p.m., it was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried with Councilor Buria absent.
Submitted by:
Amanda Inmon
Municipal Services Secretary
