5/20/2024 - City Council - Work Session - Minutes
CITY OF SPRING PARK
WORK SESSION MINUTES
MAY 20, 2024 – 5:30 PM
SPRING PARK CITY HALL
(Work Session discussion times are approximate)
Call to Order
Present: Jeff Hoffman, Mark Chase, Pamela Horton, Doug Sippel, and Ben Rimolde
Mayor Hoffman chaired the meeting.
Others present: City Administrator Anderson and City Engineer John Morast
The meeting was called to order at 5:30p.m.
5:30: Warren Ave Project Plans: City Engineer Morast reviewed the project plans for Warren Ave. and estimated costs from
both Moore and Bituminous (based on his estimate), which is currently at $334K. Morast said he will have the actual estimate
from Bituminous by the end of week. Discussion was had regarding drainage, curbs cuts, and the timing of the project.
6:10: Discuss Vacant Planning Commission Appointment Process: Council would like to post and publish for the PC
vacancy. It will be a 3-week application period and Council will interview candidates at the June 17th Work Session.
6:15: Fire Commission Update: City Administrator Anderson stated the Fire Commission had a kickoff meeting to discuss
the possibility of starting a fire district to include Spring Park, Mound, St. Boni, and Minnetrista. He said he told them that
Spring Park would be interested in doing this and will update the Council as this moves forward.
6:20 Miscellaneous:
• Official Appointments: Acting Mayor, Chase; Weed Inspector, Hoffman; Administrative Committee, Rimolde;
Investment and Finance Committee, Sippel.
• Council Member Sippel brought forward a water rate analysis that he put together on the multi-family water usage and
per unit fees. He suggested we might want to look at charging to the middle rate until we do the next fee schedule
update. If we made this change, the hit on the water fund would be about $50K annually. The Council asked for the
water rate study that was done in-house by staff so they can review it again before deciding how to proceed. All
agreed that a compromise needs to take place prior to the end of the 3-year rate period.
6:30: Adjourn: After no further discussion, the work session was adjourned at 6:30p.m.