Regular Meeting for the  Lanesboro City Council
Tuesday, July 7, 2010
Council Chambers at 5:30 p.m.

City Council Present: Rahn, O’Connor, Allen, and Dybing
City Council Absent: Jeannette
Visitors:  Butch Culbertson, Brian Luna, Jan Meyer, Jade Wangen and Andy Drake

Regular Meeting:
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Rahn.
Dybing made a motion to approve the agenda, O’Connor second, motion carried.
The meeting minutes for the June 21st joint meeting were approved by O’Connor, second by Rahn, motion carried.

Persons with Business before the Council & Utilities Commission:
N/A

Committee Reports:
N/A

Housekeeping:
A. Paying of the Bills:  O’Connor made a motion to have the City Administrator pay all regular and ordinary bills, second Allen, motion carried.
B. Copy Machine:  Vickerman reviewed her concerns with the existing copy machine and company.  She presented price quotes from A+ Imaging, based on recommendations by other properties in town that use them.  She recommended going with the 48 month lease on the Sharp copy machine as presented.  O’Connor made a motion to move forward with copying services provided by A+ Imaging for a 48 month lease at $153.45/month and cost per page for maintenance at $.010, second Dybing.  O’Connor mentioned that he would like to see in the near future about bills being available electronically to save in some of these costs and Vickerman noted that the software is able to do that and felt that it would be something available very soon.
C. Sidewalk Bids:  Vickerman noted that all bids were very close.  She noted that Schultz Builders was the low bid for the 4” and that Norse Valley was low for the 6”.  Schultz and Norse Vally had $150 for the handicap curbs.  She noted that Bakke Cement was very close on all of the items.  O’Connor made a motion to accept Norse Valley Construction’s bid of $4.10 for 4”, $4.65 for 6” and $150 for handicap curbs, second Dybing, motion carried.
D. Community Center and Street Lights:  Vickerman noted that she is waiting for Yaggy to provide the design and specs for the community center.  She did receive a quote from the light poles noting the estimated cost to be around $3,750/pole which is much better than the original estimate of $5,000.  She noted that she will try to have reports from the engineer at the next meeting.
E. Grocery Store Update:  Vickerman reported that the grocery store group is still working towards acquiring the existing grocery store building.
F. USDA Update for Dam/Hydro:  Vickerman reported that she and Wagner were working towards having all of phase two submitted to the USDA by the end of the week.
G. Beacon Street Closure Request:  Vickerman noted that Stone Mill Suites and Riverside on the Root wanted to have a ten year anniversary party on July 13th and would like a portion of Beacon Street closed off from 3pm – 7pm for the festivities.  O’Connor made a motion to approve the request, second Dybing, motion carried.
H. Citizen’s Comments:  Dybing noted that due to the parade accident in Iowa, he was wondering if we should be looking into the insurance for the Buffalo Bill Days parade to be sure that we are covered, Vickerman said she would check into the coverage with Krage Insurance.

Adjourn:
Dybing made a motion to adjourn the meeting, second O’Connor, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,