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UTILITY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
October 19, 2015
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the regular Utility Commission meeting of the City of
Rosemount was called to order on October 19, 2015, at 5:35 p.m. in the Conference Room of the
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City Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount.
President Speich called the meeting to order with Commissioner Connolly, Public Works Director
Wrase, City Administrator Johnson, Finance Director Jeff May and Recording Secretary Kladar
attending. Commissioner McDonald was absent.
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA
None
AUDIENCE INPUT
None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion by Speich. Second by Connolly.
Motion to approve the minutes of the September 14, 2015 Utility Commission meeting.
Ayes: 2.
Nays: 0. Absent: 1. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
5.a.
None
NEW BUSINESS
6.a. Utility Budgets
Wrase provided an overview of the proposed changes to the 2016 utility budgets and noted that the
Water Utility Fund has a proposed decrease of 6.3%. There was a brief discussion about the
increase in credit card fees. Director May reported that many people pay with credit cards and the
City doesn’t charge back any of that expense to the residents.
There is a proposed 9.5% increase in the Sanitary Sewer Utility Fund. This increase is primarily due
to increased sewer charges imposed by Metropolitan Council. Lastly, a 12% increase in the Storm
Sewer Utility Fund is proposed. There was brief discussion about several items including a rate
study and increased cost and effort towards maintenance and repair of catch basins and manholes.
Wrase noted that enhanced WSB services include preparing brief feasibility reports regarding ponds
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that may need work and would result in a capital project. Johnson added that the City hadn’t done
much with the ponds in the past and need to start cleaning them out a few at a time.
Motion by Speich. Second by Connolly.
Motion to recommend approval of the 2016 utility budgets.
Ayes: 2.
Nays: 0. Absent: 1. Motion carried.
7. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
President Speich had nothing to report.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
8.a. City Projects Update
The attached project report was reviewed and Wrase provided a brief summary. Work on Well 16
continues including two blasting events to develop the cavern. Pump testing should be done yet this
year. The Horseshoe Lake Lift Station project is scheduled to begin soon.
The 1.5MG Storage Tank project was awarded to WSB. The preliminary site layout is complete and
the design includes the possibility of developing a future water treatment facility. The tank is located
on the south end of the lot near the fire station. It will be a pre-cast round tank and Council has
chosen the buried rather than exposed tank. Construction should begin in early 2016. The slab for
the City Hall generator slab is now complete and the generator should be delivered in mid-
November.
Bids for the sealing of Wells 4 and 5 and the new observation well opened September 29. However,
the low bidder was about $100,000 lower than the other bid so a meeting was recently conducted
with contractor. Wrase noted that this well isn’t a simple one to abandon as it has casings that
overlap and there is also a liner in the well. In some locations the well could have up to three
casings. The contractor isn’t sure if they have the ability to bore through all of those casings. WSB
is negotiating with MDH about appropriate sealing of the well and the City is proposing exploratory
work to determine a fair cost for the well sealing including whether the casing can be reduced from
4 to 2 inch to reduce costs.
8.b. 2015 Well Pumping Report
The attached report was reviewed. It was noted that pumping was down a bit for the year.
8c. Set Next Meeting Agenda for November 16, 2015
No items scheduled at this time.
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ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned by President Speich at 5:57
p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Karin Kladar
Recording Secretary
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