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CITY OF CENTERVILLE' <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br /> IN CLOSED SESSION <br /> MINNESOTA STATUTE CHAPTER 13D.05 <br /> The City Council of Centerville, Minnesota met in a closed session on Wednesday, <br /> February 14, 2018, at 8:50 p.m., in City Hall. Present were Mayor Jeff Paar, Council <br /> members Steve King, Russ Koski and Matt Montain. Council member D. Love was <br /> absent. Also present were City Attorney Kurt Glaser and Administrator Mark Statz. The <br /> purpose of the closed meeting was to discuss the terms of sale for City owned land to <br /> Ruffridge-Johnson, Inc., and to discuss the pending negotiations regarding the Union <br /> contract. <br /> Land Sale <br /> Statz reported the discovery that not all utilities reach to parcel pending sale to Ruffridge- <br /> Johnson. The debate ensued as to whether the City should pay this cost or if there should <br /> be some cost-share with the Buyer. Consensus was reached that given how the City <br /> offered that property for sale as "shovel ready," everyone, including the staff and council <br /> members, believed utilities reached that parcel. Investigation showed that providing gas, <br /> electric and communication lines to the parcel could cost as much as $25,000. <br /> Motion of the Mayor, Seconded by Koski, authorizing City staff to pay for utility service <br /> to the property in an amount not to exceed $25,000; passed Unanimously. <br /> Union Contract Negotiations <br /> Statz presented a memo outlining recommended changes to the contract as a resulted of <br /> negotiations with the Union. As of this meeting, those changes have not been transposed <br /> into a formal contract. Statz asked that if Council adopted these recommended changes <br /> that the next payroll cycle reflect these changes for Union members. <br /> Motion of the Mayor, Seconded by Koski to adopt the principal contract as set forth in <br /> the written memo presented by Statz, and authorize staff to pay union members at those <br /> rates in the next pay period on the condition the memo is ratified by the Union; passed <br /> Unanimously. <br /> The meeting was reopened to the public at 9:06 p.m. by act of the Mayor. <br /> Kurt Glaser, City Administrator <br /> Instructions: Both pieces of these minutes become public data after the closing of the sale <br /> to Ruffridge-Johnson, and the ratification of the Union contract. <br /> 4 <br />