Minutes - Council Work Session - 12/11/1974

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WORK MEETING OF CITY OF RANSEY COUNCIL December 11, 197& The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, Mr. Cox, at 7:30 p.m. Present were Mr. Gotham, Mr. Reimann, Mr..Nickelson, and Mrs. Oliphant. Mr. Goodrich.and Mr. Steffens~were alsopresent. The only comment from residents for their fifteen minutes was from Mr. Emmans, who stated that Vartolite Street has some very bad holes in the blacktop. He would like to have them fixed. Mr. Mickelson moved we hire Mr. James Thurston for the position of building inspector and assessor. Seconded.byMr. Gotham. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reimann moved we send a letter to our former building inspec- tor, Mr. William Pittman, thankinghim for the geed job he had done for our community as part time buildinginspector. Seconded by Mr. Gotham. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reim~n moved we send a letter to the people, who worked in our past City election for the good job they did under severe handicaps. He also moved we sen~a letter to the County Attorney indicating our appreciation for their cooperation and guidance to see that everything was hamdled properly at the last city election. Seconded by Mr. Gotham. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reimannmoved we have a PUblic hearing on rezoning from R-1 to B-2 on 56 acres owned by Mr. Martin Gorham and 36 acres owned by Mr. S~ephen Holasek, Mr. Gorham~ lan~d being on both sides of Highway #~7 south of 153rd Ave. and Mr. Holasek's land being south of 153rd and bordering on Hy. #5~ for Jan. 29, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. Seconded by Mr. Mickelson- Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Oliphant moved we pass a resolution on the Berg Property on Highway No. 10 west bringing it into the City of Ramseywith the correction in paragraph 5 and 6 to the City of Ramsey. Seconded by Mr. Reimann. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reimann moved we adopt Ordinance 74-8 setting the minimum square foot requirements for homes and requiring garages in cer- tain instances. Seconded by Mr. Gorham. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reimann moved these five buildings which are portable, be per- mitted to be moved on to the airport property on a size of ground to be two acres, necessary sewage requirements to be approved by the building inspector, the permit to be reviewed on anannual basis, landscaped appropriately, road easement for access, desig- nate parking area, no closer than 26 feet to each other, building size 2&x36, for the School District No. 11. Seconded by Mr. Got- ham. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Oliphan~ moved we approve the expense for office furniture as listed by Mrs. Guy, the cost not to exceed $1,000, and the cal- culator C-I-iO0-S with memory and tape for $395.00. Seconded by Mr. Reimann. Motion carried unanimously.