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Slayton City Council met on Monday, March 21st.
The meeting minutes and claims were approved. They also received an update regarding the League of Minnesota Cities Conference Date and Legislative Day.
Josh Malchow, City Administrator reached out to area communities to see how they handled food trucks in their towns. He received a reply from one city, Pipestone. They do a one-time fee of $200 for the season. A lot of the other communities are also discussing how to deal with this. The Council discussed how to handle the 2022 season. They lean towards doing a flat $250 for the season. Malchow will draft the language and bring that back at the next meeting.
The Golden Living project continues to move forward. The group meets tomorrow with all the lenders to make sure everything is in order when the project breaks ground. Josh and Councilmember Blake Heronimus have been meeting regarding the data request from Xcel Energy. They continue to drag their feet getting the information to the City of Slayton and the wait continues.
The next item of discussion was the Variance Appeal for the Rupp Property located at 2206 Oak
Ave and 2216 Oak Ave. Doug Rupp is requesting to build a shop on the property and the original request to the planning and zoning board was denied due to setback limits and the zoning of the property. The council discussed all aspects of the project, setbacks, zoning requirements, sewer/water lines that run through the property, cost responsibility of moving lines, etc. The council asked, “Can they impose any conditions they want outside of the request as part of the conditional use permit? And do those conditions stay with the property at the point of a land sale at any time?” The Council took action to extend the appeal request another 60 days.
They next adopted the resolution for the Community Development Block Grant.
Next, they moved on to new business. This includes an update on the Public Nuisances/Minimum Maintenance Ordinance. Police Chief Jeremy Steinle was present to update the Council. He is working to get the ordinances updated with the state so that they can follow the correct path when violations occur. Steinle discussed with the Council several properties in the City that are not compliant with the ordinance. It was agreed that the city needs to make some internal changes to be more aligned with the Nuisances/Minimum Maintenance Ordinance policy. They also discussed commercial properties in town. Where is the line between “doing business” and letting junk pile up? Communication with the business owners will be the first step. Jacobson will be the council rep for the Nuisances/ Minimum Maintenance Ordinance Board.
The last item for the evening was to approve the cost for the 2022 mosquito spraying material. The cost will be $6,114. The Council approved this and it is a budgeted item.
With no other business, the meeting was adjourned.
