June 5, 2023 City Council Minutes

 MINUTES

MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL

June 5, 2023

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. Julie 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; SGT Toma, Sheriff’s Department; Al Johnson, City Engineer; and Mark Madden, Mountain Iron Fire Chief.

 

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

 

1. Approve the minutes of the May 15, 2023 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 May 16-31, $253,680.42 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes),

 

4. To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period May 16-31, totaling $547,661.36 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).

 

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

 

It was moved by Roskoski to amend the original motion to remove the Napa Christenson Parts bills in the amount of $400 from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The motion failed due to lack of support.

 

 

Public Forum:

 

• No one spoke during the public forum

 

The Mayor reported on the following:

 

• City crew has been doing a great job patching pot holes

 

City Administrator:

 

• Big Thank you to Representative Lislegard for helping the City of Mountain Iron secure $500,000 for the South Grove Recreation Complex

 

Director of Public Works:

 

• Large trash, June 5^th – June 9^th and June 12^th – 16^th
• Hydrant flushing starting next week, June 12^th-16^th
• City of Mountain Iron hosting Red Cross blood drive, June 6^th
• Shout out to Mike Dundas and Nate Welsh on saving ducklings found in storm sewer

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Roskoski to accept the proposed quote from Great Northern Environmental for one Submersible NSF61 Tank Mixer, in the amount $11,570.00. The motion carried on roll call vote (5:0).

 

It was moved by Buria and seconded by Stanaway to accept the proposed quote from Maddox for 3-Phase Padmount Transformer, in the amount $23,229. The motion carried on roll call vote (5:0).

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to accept the proposed quote from the Stuart C Irby Company for 8250ft electrical wire, in the amount $31,374.75. The motion carried on roll call vote (5:0).

 

Library Director/Special Events Coordinator:

 

• Summer Reading Program
• Started Monday, June 5^th
• Sign up at Library
• Story-time, Wednesday, June 7^th
• “Meet up and Chow Down” with United Way of Northeastern MN
• June 5^th – August 31^st
• Monday – Thursday
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm (lunches served first come first served

 

Sheriff’s Department:

 

• No formal report

 

City Engineer:

 

• No formal report

 

Fire Department:

 

• Community Steps program information to come

 

It was moved by Roskoski to accept the Fire Department report as presented. The motion failed due to lack of support.

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to approve the recommendation of the Personnel Committee and hire Lisa Richards as a paid on-call First Responder, contingent on physical and background check. The motion carried.

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Roskoski to approve Policy #2023-01, the Federal Awards Administration Policy as presented. The motion carried.

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Stanaway to authorize B.G.’s Bar & Grill to serve alcohol at the event on Saturday, June 10, 2023, to be held at the Mountain Iron Recreation Center. Councilor Prebeg amended the motion so that it was contingent on more information regarding the location of the event. The motion carried.

 

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Roskoski to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Mountain Iron and AFSCME Council 65, Local 453 as presented. The motion carried.

 

It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to reschedule the Monday, January 17, 2022 meeting due to the Juneteenth Holiday to Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 6:30pm at the Mountain Iron City Hall. The motion carried.

 

At 7:00p.m., it was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried.

 

 

Submitted by:

 

 

 

Amanda Inmon

Municipal Services Secretary

www.mtniron.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communications:

 

1. Thank you from Mountain Iron Senior Citizens Club for the recent contribution
2. Thank you from the MIB School Readiness Program for participating in the School Readiness “MIB Truck Night”