September 3, 2024 City Council Minutes
MINUTES
MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL
September 3, 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, Sheriffs Dept. and Mark Madden, Mountain Iron Fire Chief.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria the consent agenda be approved as follows:
- Approve the minutes of the August 19, 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 July August 16-31, $634,133.22 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
- To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period August 1-31, totaling $302,622.20 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 Parts City/Champion Auto in the amount of $535.00, from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The motion failed due to lack of support.
Public Forum:
- No one spoke during the forum
Walker, Giroux, and Hahne, LLC. Representative, Tom Kelly discussed the City of Mountain Iron’s 2023 Audit, overall fund position and recommendations for the City.
It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Prebeg to accept the 2023 Mountain Iron City Audit as presented, and make any recommend changes by Walker, Giroux & Hahne if not already implemented. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.
The Mayor reported on the following:
- No formal report
City Administrator:
- Next meeting – Preliminary levy – certified to County by September 30th
It was moved by Roskoski and seconded by Prebeg for staff to contact the Virginia MnDOT office as soon as possible, in regard to the down ramp from Highway 169 to County 102/Mineral Avenue. At the bottom, at the stop signs, there used to be room for two vehicles side by side, one going north bound and one going south bound between the painted side stripes. Now there is only room for one vehicle between the new painted stripe stripes. Please repaint the intersection in question with the side stripes the same distance between as before, you can go on any phone and look on Facebook and see how it used to be, and you drive there now and go why did they do it that way? The pavement is wide enough, but they put the stripes too close. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.
Director of Public Works:
- Pilot study at Wastewater Plant – completing and wrapping up study
- Wolf Park parking lot – work in progress
- Jetting sewers – jetter currently broken, currently delayed
- Crack sealing throughout by City crews
- East Mud Lake Lift Station project completed
- Water line repair on Highway 7
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Buria to approve the estimate in the amount of $67,887.50 to Gulbranson Excavating Co., for the overhead to underground conversion along HWY 169 as proposed. This project is a strategic improvement for capacity and efficiency of the electrical system for the City. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.
Library Director/Special Events Coordinator:
- No formal report
- 2025 will be the City of Mountain Iron’s 135th birthday
Sheriff’s Department:
- “Coffee with a cop” – date in October TBD
City Engineering:
- Pre-construction meeting with Jola & Sopp Excavating – storm water repairs
It was moved by Roskoski that City Staff work with Benchmark Engineering to put together a plan with estimated cost for replacement of curb/gutter on Main Street from Mineral Avenue to the alley just east of the Senior Center. This request will be available at the November 4, 2024, City Council meeting. The motion failed due to lack of support.
Fire Department:
- Community Steps program – thank you to all the surrounding Fire Departments, Police & Sheriff’s Departments and St. Louis County that helped make this program a success
- 900 pairs of shoes purchased since the beginning of the program
It was moved by Roskoski to accept the monthly Fire Department report as presented. The motion failed due to lack of support.
It was moved by Prebeg and seconded by Roskoski to approve Resolution #14-24; Application for Permit for Construction and Accept of Right-of-way Revision (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried.
It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Prebeg to authorize BG’s Bar & Grill to serve alcohol at the Deer Hunter’s Banquet on Saturday, September 14, 2024, to be held at the Mountain Iron Community Center. The motion carried.
At 7:42 p.m., it was moved by Buria and seconded by Roskoski the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried.
Submitted by:
Amanda Inmon
Municipal Services Secretary