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CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Rosemount City Council was
held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 7:31 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875
145 Street West, Rosemount.
Mayor Droste called the meeting to order with Council Members Shoe Corrigan, Weisensel,
Bills and DeBettignies attending Staff members present included City Administrator
Johnson, City Attorney LeFevere, City Engineer Brotzler, Finance Director May, Director of
Parks and Recreation Schultz, Communications Coordinator Cox, and Recording Secretary
Hanson. The Pledge of Allegiance was said.
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA
City Administrator Johnson provided additional information for item 6.d. Commissioner
Appointments and added new item 6.m. Resolution Supporting an Application by Dakota
Future for a Google Gigabit Data Network in Dakota County.
Motion by Droste. Second by Bills.
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Motion to adopt the agenda with additional information for item 6.d. and new item
6.m.
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0. Absent: 0. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Bruno DiNella, 15863 Cicerone Path, approached the Council and voiced a complaint about
the railroad activity every morning around 5:00- 6:00a.m. He stated the train blocks traffic
across 160t Street almost every day moving back and forth to store cars. He requested the
Council to address the matter. Mayor Droste stated it has been about 4 -5 months since the
City wrote to Union Pacific when the spurs were full and they were removed at that time.
Mayor Droste said he would take the matter under advisement.
CONSENT AGENDA
Council Member Weisensel pulled item 6.m. for discussion.
Motion by DeBettignies. Second by Shoe Corrigan.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda minutes with the removal of item 6.m.
a. Minutes of the February 16, 2010 City Council Special Work Session Proceedings
b. Minutes of the March 2, 2010 City Council Regular Meeting Proceedings
c. Bills Listing
d. Commissioner Appointments
e. Appointment of SKB Class I Trustee (Resolution No. 2010 -19)
f. Fire Chief Reappointment
g. Fund Balance Transfer /Encumbrance (Resolution No. 2010 -20)
h. Receive Donation Parks Recreation Dept.
i. Updating of Operations Coordinator Job Description
j. Antenna Lease Agreement Clear Wireless LLC
k. Expenditure of Donation from Dakota Electric
1. Resolution Approving Submittal of a Grant Application to the Department of
Employment and Economic Development (Resolution No. 2010 -21)
m. Resolution supporting an application Dakota Future for a Cooglc gigabit data
network in Dakota County.
Ayes: DeBettignies, Shoe Corrigan, Droste, Bills, Weisensel
Nays: None. Absent: 0. Motion carried.
6.m. Resolution supporting an application by Dakota Future for a Google gigabit
data network in Dakota County.
Council member Weisensel pulled item 6.m. to share with the community that payment of
the City's share of the application for the data network will be funded by the donation
received from Dakota Electric which expenditure was approved earlier on the agenda.
Motion by Weisensel Second by Shoe Corrigan.
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Motion to approve resolution supporting an application by Dakota Future for a
Google gigabit data network in Dakota County. (Resolution No. 2010 -22).
Ayes: Shoe- Corrigan, Droste, Weisensel, Bills, DeBettignies,
Nays: None. Absent: 0. Motion carried.
9.a. Approval of 2010 Council Goals
The City Council met on January 22 -23 to discuss goals for 2010. The proposed goals
emphasize five major areas: Efficiency /Services, Communication, Partnerships,
Infrastructure /Facilities, and Growth. Within the overall context of these five goals, the
Council has discussed over 100 specific ideas or initiatives to support these overall goals.
Once the 2010 goals are approved, Staff will proceed to develop a final work plan to help
implement the goals and achieve the outcomes.
Council member Weisensel asked how the achievement rate looked on the 2009 goals. City
Administrator Johnson stated that one of the steps in creating the 2010 goals was to review
progress in 2009 and he found that 80% of the 2009 goals were achieved. Some goals were
only partially successful due to outside contingencies.
Council member Bills expressed his appreciation to City Administrator Johnson and staff
with how responsive they were to the goals proposed. Council member Shoe Corrigan
thanked Council members Weisensel and Bills for organizing the Council members'
comments and ideas and compiling the list of goals.
The approved list of 2010 Council Goals will be posted on the City's website.
Motion by DeBettignies. Second by Shoe Corrigan.
Motion to approve the 2010 Council Goals.
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Ayes: Droste, Bills, Weisensel, DeBettignies, Shoe Corrigan
Nays: None. Absent: 0. Motion carried.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Droste stated that Friday, April 2n is the deadline for nominations for city volunteer
recognitions to be presented at the April 20 City Council meeting.
Mayor Droste stated that citizens will begin receiving the 2010 Census form and stressed the
importance of everyone completing the form.
Mayor Droste reviewed upcoming calendar events.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council and upon a Motion by
Droste, Second by DeBettignies, the meeting was adjourned at 7:47p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathie Hanson,
Recording Secretary