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o ~ o The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Village Council of. the Village of Elk River, }annesota, was called to order by-Mayor Bartelt on Nov. 17, 1969, in the Council Room of the J.1uuicipal Building at 7:30 pm, all members were present as follows: Mayer Bartelt, Councilrp.en Hudson, Syring, MaRae and Konop. 'lbeminutes of the Nov. 3, 1969 meeting were read.. No additions or corrections. Moved by Councilm~~ Hudson and seconded by Councilman McRae, to purchase a SO,OOO BTU output gas hanging heater from Elk River Hardware for placement in the fire station, cost $339.CO installed. MOtion unaminously carried. _ At 7:45' pm the William }'lills, were present, clo sed. Assessment Hearing for the 1969 Village Improvements convened, Village Engineer and Roz Johnson from the Johnson Investment Co., No objections were voiced and Mayor Bartelt declared the hearing ( , Moved by Councilman Hudson and seconded by Councilman Syring, to accept the 1969 Assessmsnt Roll as' calculated b;r the Village Engineer and to certify them to the County Auditor for collection through the Lnnual taxes over a 10 year term, the interest on the unpaid'balance to be 7% to start acruing Nov. 17, 1969. Motion unaminously carried. Willia>n Mills presented his preliminery engineering report for sanitary sewer and watermain extensions to the proposed industrial park. Report was reviewed. A meeting with the Elk River 'Ibwn Board convened, Earl Schulke and Everett Specht in attendance. Schulke reported that the town is not authorized to purchase land for park purposes. Duscussion follo;.red on the present dump a.'1d future planning for additional dump land. Agreeable to work out a contract w:Lth the Town Board for joint use of ~the present dump and for purchase of a future dump site. The contract to be prepared by the Village Attorney will provide for use of the dump by residents of the township on the same basis as it is used by the residents of the village. New rates agreed upon were $5.00 per year for Village and Township residents and $15.00 per ~rear for businesses. Non residents to continue to pay by the load or they may purchase a $15.00 card. JOh.l1 MacGibbon "reported that the County is in the process of ~building a County Office Building on the Babcock site ad.,;acent to the Courthouse, and the question was asked how much would the village expend towards providing water and sanitary seV.rer to service this building. After discussion, moved by Councilman Syring and seconded by Councilman McRae, that the village assume 50% of the cost of providing sanitary sevler and watermain extensions to service the new County Office Building. Motion unaminously carried. ~ Discussion with Ron DeRosier a.Yld Harvey Richner regarding the lq,tter serving as a part-time police ~ffi~er. Moved by Councilman Syring and seconded I?Y Councilman Hudson, to hire Harvey Richner as a part time village police o~ricer, subject to Earl Hohlens approval, to work up to 20 hours per week, with the village to furnish a cap and jacket and salary to be $2.50 per hour with a increase to $3.00 per hour after six months" if his work is satisfactory. :tt...otion una.'D.inously carried. Building peTIl'.its fer To:n Duggan, Irene Madson, Kenneth Nelson, Curtis Briggs and Elk River' Concrete Products, were approved. Moved by Councilrns.n McRae and seconded by Councilman' Hudson, to grant a special use permit," with the attached restrictions as recommende~ by the Elk River Planning Commission,' to Gene Kreuser, for the construction of a 12 unit apartment building