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MINUTES OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL HELD AT CITY HALL. CONFERENCE ROOM MARCH 30. 1987 e Members Present: Mayor Gunkel. Councilmembers Schuldt. Tralle. Dobel. and Holmgren Members Absent: None Staff Present: Patrick Klaers. City Administrator 1. Meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Gunkel 2.1. Landfill Update 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. The City Administrator provided the City Council with an update on the landfill proposal to have the leachate. that would be collected once a liner was installed at the landfill. treated at the Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plant. The proposal to do a test study at the Treatment Plant in order to determine if the collected leachate could be treated at this facility for the next few years. has been tabled at the request of the Landfill owners. A telephone conversation with consultants working with the Landfill has provided the City with information that the leachate may be treated at the Metropolitan waste water system. If this takes place it will eliminate any need for Elk River to do a test study or to consider future treatment of the leachate that would be collected at the Landfill. e The Administrator also updated the Council on the problem of Sherburne County in reissuing the license for the landfill to continue it's operation. A Public Hearing has been scheduled at the County Board meeting on April 7. 1987 to consider revoking the license which allows the landfill to operate. An article in a recent Elk River Star Newspaper indicates that the landfill operators believe that their license will not be revoked and that they will reach an agreement with the county for terms and conditions of reissuing their license. 2.2. Use of Old City Hall 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. City Councilmembers discussed the merits of renting out the old City Hall facility and of selling the old City Hall facility. Comments regarding renting out the facility included the fact that the property may increase in value in the future and it would be to the City's benefit to retain this property. The City can in the meantime. obtain revenue by renting out the existing office space and the property should be retained as a possible site for future City Hall. Comments regarding selling the site of the old City Hall included that the building is in very questionable condition relative to its safety. That the City could certainly use the revenue that would be produced from selling the property and that there appears to be no strong market for renting out the existing space on a short term basis. e