HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-05-05 WS CC - Approved City Council 2010- 05 -05- 6:30 p.m.
Minutes of Work Session
Present were Mayor Capra, Council members Ben Fehrenbacher, Jeff Paar, and D Love.
Also present were City Attorney, Kurt Glaser and Finance Director, Mike Jeziorski.
Absent was Council member Linda Broussard Vickers
The Council heard a report from Paul Steffel on his proposed building for downtown. He
indicated that he has a proposed restaurant tenant that would like to share the location,
but that the restaurant would like to have a beer and wine license.
Staff presented a draft ordinance that would change the code to make it possible to issue
licenses for beer and wine for a restaurant in that location. The Council members
expressed support for the change and the ordinance will be placed on the next regular
meeting agenda.
Beard Group was not able to have a representative present.
Finance Director Jeziorski presented a proposed financing plan for the downtown
stormwater project. The financing would come from:
Clean Water Legacy Grant... $ 188,550
Rice Creek Watershed District $ 50,000
Loan From Sewer Fund $ 110,000
Cash Balance Fund #453 $ 92,350
The loan from the Sewer Fund would be repaid over five years, beginning in 2012. The
Council supported the plan. The matter will be placed on the regular council agenda in
the next month.
It was reported that staff will be arranging for lab tests on the county pond and on the ball
fields to provide baseline readings in advance of the stormwater/ball -field irrigation
project.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:15 p.m.
Dallas Larson, Administrator
Minutes approved by City Council this 12` day of May, 2010.
Teresa Bender, City Clerk