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DRAFT MEETING MINUTES<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, November 6, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)<BR><BR>ABSENT: None (0)<BR><BR>A quorum was declared.<BR><BR>Mayor Novak thanked tonight's listening audience and those members of the public in attendance at tonight's Regular Ely City Council Meeting. He also referenced the flag presented to the City of Ely by Elyite Marty Breaker in 2006, that is currently erected on the wall directly behind the Council table.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC<BR><BR>The Ely Utilities Commission (EUC) is planning a power outage beginning at 7AM on Wednesday, November 7th to complete electrical distribution construction that began this summer.<BR><BR>There will be a brief power outage lasting approximately 5 to 10 minutes affecting customers from 9th Avenue East to 21th Avenue East from Main Street to the north side of Chapman Street and from 17th Avenue East from Vermilion Community College going south to the old airport road.<BR><BR>There will also be an outage for approximately 2 hours from 7AM to 9AM affecting 8th Avenue East to 15th Avenue East from the south side of Sheridan Street to the north side of Chapman Street.<BR><BR>The EUC apologizes for any inconvenience this power outage may cause.

DRAFT MINUTES<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, October 16, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)<BR><BR>ABSENT: None (0)<BR><BR>Mayor Novak welcomed the audience present and also the listening audience, to tonight's council meeting. <BR><BR>A quorum was declared.<BR><BR>Moved by Zupec supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of October 2nd be approved without reading. Carried unanimously. Minutes to stand as recorded.<BR><BR>Mayor Novak noted that under V. Claims for Payment, Items E and I. are duplicates, from Architectural Resource Inc.

Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, October 2, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council <BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Omerza, Sheddy, Mayor Novak (5)<BR><BR>ABSENT: Council members Nikkola, Zupec (2)<BR><BR>Moved by Lindroos supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of September 18, 2007, be approved without reading. Carried unanimously. Minutes to stand as recorded.<BR><BR>Mayor Novak requested the following addition to tonight's agenda: a resolution regarding City application to the IRR for a grant in the amount of $480,000 to provide funds to relocate utilities, upgrade infrastructure and make site improvements for the Spectrum Health assisted living project.

UNOFFICIAL MINUTES<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, September 18, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (6)<BR><BR>ABSENT: Council member Lindroos (1)<BR><BR>Mayor Novak declared a quorum present, and thanked citizens present for attending tonight's meeting; also those individuals in the viewing audience, for tuning in.<BR><BR>Moved by Zupec supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of September 4th and the adjourned regular meeting of September 13th, be approved without reading. Carried unanimously.

The Forest Service is seeking public comment on proposed minerals exploration to be conducted on the Kawishiwi Ranger District of the Superior National Forest (Kawishiwi Minerals Exploration EA). The proposed activities would occur about 10 miles southeast of Ely, MN, on State Highway 1 in an area southeast of the South Kawishiwi River. Minnesota State Highway 1 passes through the area in the vicinity of the proposed activities. Activities proposed include geophysical surveys and drilling core samples of hardrock ore at 74 sites. Temporary roads are also proposed for accessing drilling sites. <BR><BR>The Forest Service is the lead agency for this project analysis and the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a cooperating agency.

School Board Minutes <BR><BR>August 13, 2007<BR><BR>The regular meeting of the School Board of Independent School District #696 was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Marsnik. On roll call the following directors were present: Erzar, Kellerman, Leustek, Marsnik, Sorensen, and York-Jesme. Absent: None. Student Council representative: None.<BR><BR>Moved by Erzar, seconded by York-Jesme, to accept the elementary and high school student handbook changes for 2007-2008 as presented by Joselyn Murphy, Principal. Motion carried.<BR><BR>Moved by Kellerman, seconded by York-Jesme, to approve the consent agenda as follows: Minutes of the regular meeting held on July 9, 2007; financial reports for July: monthly receipts -$ 571,856.05; expenditures-monthly payroll $ 63,461.05, total fringe benefits $208,376.61, Invoices $85,417.81; Total $214,600.58; Donations-1.

<BR><BR>DRAFT MEETING MINUTES<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, September 4, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)<BR><BR>ABSENT: None (0)<BR><BR>Mayor Novak welcomed tonight's viewing audience at home and those in the audience.<BR><BR>A quorum for tonight's meeting was declared.<BR><BR>Moved by Zupec supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of August 21st and the special meeting of August 30th, be approved without reading. Carried unanimously.

<BR><BR>DRAFT<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, August 7, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Council<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)<BR><BR>ABSENT: None (0)<BR><BR>A quorum was declared.<BR><BR>Mayor Novak thanked members of the audience in attendance for coming to tonight's meeting and those watching on Channel 11, for viewing the meeting.<BR><BR>Moved by Zupec supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of July 17th, be approved without reading. Carried unanimously.

<BR><BR>DRAFT MEETING MINUTES<BR><BR>Council Chambers<BR><BR>Ely, Minnesota<BR><BR>Tuesday, July 17, 2007<BR><BR>6:30 P.M. Regular Meeting<BR><BR>Ely City Hall<BR><BR>Regular meeting of the Ely City Council was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Mayor Charles J. Novak.<BR><BR>PRESENT: Council members Debeltz, Lindroos, Nikkola, Omerza, Sheddy, Zupec, Mayor Novak (7)<BR><BR>ABSENT: None (0)<BR><BR>A quorum was declared present.<BR><BR>Moved by Zupec supported by Debeltz, that the minutes of the regular meeting of July 3rd and the special meeting of July 10th, be approved without reading.<BR><BR>Mayor Novak requested the following correction to the July 3rd regular city council meeting minutes; page 1, paragraph 8 should reflect Mayor Novak stated that motion fails as not unanimous per City Ordinance.