Staples City Council

June 9, 2009

The regular meeting of the Staples City Council was called to order by Mayor Etzler at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Staples Government Center. Present were Mayor Etzler, City Council Members Carlson, Einerwold, Miles, Quance and Schmieg. Council Member Flaten was absent. Also present were City Administrator Mathews, City Clerk Lindaman, Public Works Director Klein, Police Chief Huber and other interested persons.

It was moved by Schmieg and seconded by Miles to approve the agenda as presented. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

It was moved by Miles and seconded by Quance to approve the consent calendar items consisting of the minutes from the previous meeting and payment of the bills presented. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

Bills Presented
ACS	$852.90
A W Research	320.00
Allied Insurance	100.00
American Red Cross	603.26
Anderson Brothers	12,350.00
Auto Value	13.47
Blade Publishing	36.00
Brown & Krueger	226.50
Campbell, Gloria	50.00
Calix, Maria Yolanda	422.28
Carry, Bernadette	50.00
Central Building Supply	621.48
Central Minn Housing	10,000.00
Charter Communications	575.46
Coast True Value	529.55
Contact Radio
Communications	984.57
Culligan	42.58
DCI Industries	394.78
Diversified Networks inc	6,479.95
Emergency
Automotive Tech	68.83
Flaherty & Hood	282.83
Gaugert, Steve	744.25
Giza	469.34
Gopher State One Call	90.65
Grainger	97.98
Grafix	65.00
Hawkins	5,540.70
Heartland Tire Services	425.32
Hillyard	93.39
Hollco	383.77
IKON	338.68
Jordahl Concrete &

Masonry	43,548.00
Killian	1,081.30
KSKK	90.00
Lakewood Petroleum
Services	4,165.00
League of MN Cities	348.00
Locators & Suppliers	151.68
Mathews, Nathan	35.15
Martin Communications	276.29
Miller, Tammy	50.00
Miller True Value	475.51
Minnesota AWWA	130.00
Minnesota Copy Systems	25.65
Minnesota Dept of
Commerce	354.55
Minnesota Dept of Health	70.00
Minnesota Dept of
Public Safety	3.94
Minnesota Energy	104.34
Minnesota Independent
Petroleum	274.21
Minnesota North
County Inspections	672.50
Minnesota Power	70.57
Morrison County	276.96
NBP	299.52
Northway Construction	17,500.00
Northwoods Electric
of Staples Inc	178.50
Perham Linen	17.89
Pitney Bowes	638.99
Precision MetalCraft	80.00
Quill	339.76
Qwest	7,865.88
Scotts Southtown Service	263.50
Sebeka Homes Inc	4,943.32
SouthSide Mini Mart	449.29
Standard and Poor's	3,600.00
Staples Self Serve	296.45
Staples Vet Clinic	349.48
Staples Water & Light	13,111.62
Staples World	798.94
Striecher's	178.89
Todd County	280.00
Todd Wadena Co-op	964.79
Tower Pizza	51.01
Unity Bank	3,500.00
Visa	129.01
Widseth Smith & Nolting	13,412.50
Wisch, Mark	10.00
Total	$164,716.51
Bobby Berndt	$160.97
Chad Brever	1,038.20
Ron Case	264.16
John Cole	76.14
Tiffany Cox	107.44
Jacob Denning	125.38
Tony Evans	62.86
Josiah Fuhrman	201.78
Chris Goff	1,149.75
Ryan Goff	289.80
Bruce Grondahl	62.86
Kirstin Iverson	16.99
Jeff Jares	467.57
Karin Johnson	32.05
Kelley Kossan	33.32
Michael Lindaman	53.13
Joel Lingenfelter	72.70
Anna Nice	630.50
Joshua Nice	917.25
Nancy Roth	26.60
Caleb Silgjord	338.10
Katherine Stone	107.31
Nathan Warner	990.63
Megan Weyer	24.50
Mark Wisch	542.88
Jacob Zetah	70.13
Katherine Zetah	150.82
Total	$8,013.82

City Administrator Mathews reviewed an agreement to transfer $54,565 of federal airport entitlement funds in 2009 to the City of Elbow Lake and a repayment agreement whereby the City of Elbow Lake agrees to transfer their 2011 federal airport entitlement funds to the City of Staples in repayment of the $54,565. The purpose of the transfers are to prevent the lapse of apportioned funds for projects that are temporarily not yet ready for implementation. It was moved by Schmieg and seconded by Carlson to approve the Agreement for Transfer of Entitlements and the Federal Airport Funding Repayment Agreement as proposed. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

It was moved by Quance and seconded by Carlson to introduce Resolution No. 1473 consenting to Charter Communications, Inc. financial restructuring. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

Public Works Director Klein reviewed the minutes of the June 1, 2009 Public Works Commission meeting. It was moved by Quance and seconded by Miles to accept the Annual Electric Reliability Performance Report for 2008. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

City Administrator Mathews updated the Council on various projects and activities.

It was moved by Miles and seconded by Quance to adjourn the meeting at 7:32 p.m. Carlson, Einerwold, Etzler, Miles, Quance and Schmieg voted yes. None voted no. Carried.

Approved: Chris Etzler, Mayor

Attest: Phil Lindaman, City Clerk

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