City of
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The
Mechanicsville City Council met in regular session on
CONSENT AGENDA: Larry Beck motioned, Chris Yancey
seconded to approve the consent agenda including the agenda, minutes from
The
claims approved were as follows:
|
BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK |
184.50 |
E C I A |
469.20 |
|
CARRIE ALBAUGH |
102.91 |
ECONO SIGNS |
36.32 |
|
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
758.23 |
IA DEPT NAT RESOURCES |
146.71 |
|
JAMES BARBER |
990.74 |
FARM PLAN |
25.95 |
|
BRADLEY COPPESS |
182.64 |
HYGIENIC LABORATORY |
15.00 |
|
LINDA COPPESS |
1,151.65 |
GOALSETTER SYSTEMS |
28.00 |
|
STEVE DAY |
420.36 |
IA LEAGUE OF CITIES |
525.00 |
|
KELLY EBY |
422.75 |
IA PRISON INDUSTRIES |
124.80 |
|
JUDY HARTMAN |
532.40 |
|
100.90 |
|
MICHELLE POTTEBAUM |
31.44 |
JOHNSON CO REFUSE INC |
2,091.50 |
|
ALAN ZERBE |
987.13 |
KEYSTONE LAB, INC |
349.00 |
|
BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK |
3,920.12 |
|
188.00 |
|
I P E R S |
1,480.45 |
WES STRICKLER |
100.00 |
|
WELLMARK |
2,254.86 |
L L PELLING COMPANY |
2,423.85 |
|
DELTA DENTAL |
148.97 |
KORDICK SURVEYING |
2,075.00 |
|
PAM LOGUE-NEWCOMB |
27.70 |
KUNDE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT |
57.91 |
|
COLLECTION SERVICE CTR. |
96.96 |
LISBON-MTVERNON |
227.00 |
|
DAN PAIDAR |
25.39 |
LYNCH FORD-MT. |
60.79 |
|
|
113.39 |
MATT PARROTT & SONS CO. |
7.51 |
|
PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING |
356.00 |
MECHANICSVILLE TELE. CO. |
259.37 |
|
|
157.60 |
MECHANICSVILLE TELE. CO. |
127.73 |
|
BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK |
24.75 |
ODD JOBBER |
385.00 |
|
WHEATLAND BETTERMENT |
50.00 |
RUTH INDUSTRIES |
195.73 |
|
|
622.66 |
POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM |
200.00 |
|
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP |
2,690.40 |
SHEPLEY SNYDER PHARMACY |
4.19 |
|
JOSTENS COMMERCIAL PRINT |
1,204.12 |
THE SUN NEWS |
7.00 |
|
|
75.00 |
STRACKBEINS, INC. |
263.59 |
|
RICKARD SIGN & DESIGN |
272.00 |
UTILITY EQUIPMENT CO. |
1,004.64 |
|
SHIRTS-N-STUFF |
779.00 |
VOGEL TRAFFIC SERVICES |
61.25 |
|
SELECT SERVICE |
180.00 |
CASEY'S GENERAL STORE |
67.86 |
|
|
33.00 |
CALVIN & DONNA PAUP |
10,000.00 |
|
WALMART |
408.27 |
ACCO, UNLIMITED CORP. |
380.20 |
|
SWEET MEMORIES PUBLISHIN |
15.45 |
QUILL CORPORATION |
150.73 |
|
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCI |
46.20 |
NEW HORIZON FS INC. |
766.45 |
|
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH |
49.00 |
DEAN KURTH, OWNER |
660.31 |
|
IA OFFICE SUPPLY |
32.76 |
KOCH'S PAINT & LUMBER |
831.35 |
|
STATE LIBRARY OF |
54.33 |
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
12.90 |
|
BARNES & NOBLE |
35.96 |
TREAS, STATE OF |
1,582.55 |
|
AMAZON.COM |
370.76 |
KOCH'S PAINT & LUMBER |
235.25 |
|
AIRGAS, INC. |
296.47 |
LUKE OBERBRECKLING CONST |
14,480.48 |
|
|
101.84 |
CARRIE ALBAUGH |
31.67 |
|
ALLIANT ENERGY |
4,597.00 |
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
818.73 |
|
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE |
103.20 |
JAMES BARBER |
1,087.00 |
|
THE TIPTON CONSERVATOR |
663.04 |
BRADLEY COPPESS |
31.40 |
|
CARROT-TOP INDUSTRIES |
166.17 |
LINDA COPPESS |
1,150.35 |
|
CEDAR |
5,184.86 |
STEVE DAY |
199.76 |
|
CEDAR CO. SOLID WASTE |
1,451.75 |
KELLY EBY |
444.72 |
|
CEDAR |
4,270.00 |
JUDY HARTMAN |
441.93 |
|
CEDAR |
1,407.60 |
MICHELLE POTTEBAUM |
45.40 |
|
ACCO, UNLIMITED CORP. |
2,933.00 |
ALAN ZERBE |
1,023.70 |
|
C.J. COOPER & ASSOC. INC |
50.00 |
TREAS, STATE OF |
1,038.58 |
Total
Receipts for the month of June per fund:
|
Agency-Water |
125.00 |
|
Ambulance
Trust |
3,162.65 |
|
Fire
Trust |
49.41 |
|
General |
15,466.87 |
|
Gift
Tree Trust |
142.10 |
|
Perpetual
Care |
45.00 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
8,531.28 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
53,706.57 |
|
Solid
Waste |
6,943.90 |
|
Special
Revenue |
5,184.86 |
|
Water
Utility |
5,975.35 |
|
Water
Sinking Fund |
2,500.00 |
|
Special
Rev-Emp Benefit |
291.26 |
Total
disbursements for the month of June per fund:
|
Agency
Water |
526.96 |
|
Ambulance
Trust |
703.59 |
|
General |
30,184.68 |
|
Gift
Trust |
35.00 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
3,243.22 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
5,480.15 |
|
Solid
Waste |
5,645.83 |
|
Special
Revenue-Opt Tax |
5,184.86 |
|
Special
Revenue Emp Benefit |
3,038.28 |
|
Water
Utility |
1,925.90 |
|
Water
Sinking Fund |
21,880.60 |
Guests:
IIW:
Review the search for cost reduction measures and the awarding of the
contract for the Lagoon Project: Charlie Cate
reviewed the steps they had taken in order to seek out additional cost saving
measures for the lagoon project due to the bids coming in higher than
estimated. There were two areas that
were identified but the cost savings were not significant enough to warrant
making the changes. These areas included
the design of the pump station and emergency generator as well as changing the
amount and size of pipe needed in order to by-pass a cell. Another recommendation was to go back to CDBG
and request additional funds in the form of the grant due to the project being
more expensive. A motion was made by
Meyer, and seconded by Lovell, to award the contract to Schroeder as originally
designed and bid, and to pursue the additional CDBG funds. Ayes all.
Motion carried.
Lonnie
Koch announced and introduced Cortlyn & Deb Kasik to the city council.
Cortlyn was just crowned Miss Iowa Junior
Pre-teen over the weekend and one of her duties will be to distribute the
stuffed animals that were donated by all of the contestants. Cortlyn made a
donation of some of the animals to the Mechanicsville Fire, Ambulance and
Police departments. She also had her
picture taken with the Mayor and city council.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
ADMINISTRATION: Coppess reported that the Sesquicentennial was a huge
success and that proceeds from the work of the committee for the past year will
net almost $7,000. She also reported
completing the necessary paperwork for the closing on the Paup property and is
busy getting year end reports completed.
PUBLIC WORKS REPORT:
Zerbe submitted work logs and requested vacation days of Sept 2-9 for
Albaugh. A motion by Meyer, second by Beck
to approve request. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Zerbe
reported that they have been working on the installation of the new signs; he
has a message into Environmental Services abut the oil in the tank; and
requested to purchase replacement tires for the tractor. The two bids were reviewed and the motion was
made by Beck, seconded by Logue-Newcomb to accept the low bid from Dan’s Tires
in the amount of $504.00. The other bid
was from Harry’s Farm Tire. Ayes
all. Motion carried.
Zerbe
also presented information on the removal of some dead trees from the right of
way. The motion was made by Beck,
seconded by Logue-Newcomb to approve the removal of 6 of the 8 trees. Ayes: Beck, Logue-Newcomb, and Yancey. Nays:
Meyer & Lovell. Motion
carried. The remaining two trees were
tabled/deleted from the list at this time as they did not feel that they met
the criteria of being completely dead.
The Council
and Mayor also extended their thanks and appreciation to Tom, Steve, and Butch
for having everything mowed and trimmed up for the celebration. They felt things looked great.
POLICE REPORT:
Police Chief Jim Barber presented the council with his summary of
activity (6/13/05-7/10/05) which included 4 agency assists, 2 ambulance
assists; 1 animal case; 1 assist motorist; 13 citizen assists; 1 criminal
mischief; 3 – 911, 9 traffic stops with 2 citations, 7 warnings; 9 code
violations 4 illegal parking, 4 nuisances,1 dog at large; 2 citations issued 1
railroad crossing violation, 1 no car tags; 1 bad check notice served;
confiscated 27 marijuana plants and recovered a stolen vehicle in Clinton. Barber also reported that a total of 34
abatements have been issued with 30 of them being resolved and 4 pending.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT: Dan Koch, Fire Chief, reported 1
call for the month which was an accident west of town. He also presented an updated copy of the Fire
departments by-laws and summarized the proposed changes. The council will review and take action on at
a later date. Koch reported that Mike
Newcomb has been reinstated on the fire department after full recovery of his
back injury bringing the roster to 25.
Koch reported that Truck 165 was found to have a crack in the radiator
and will be taken in to be fixed. He
also requested if there was any room in the city shed to store the equipment
needed to set off the fireworks. Zerbe will check into.
Koch
requested to have the 2 pumpers recertified and
tested on site at a cost of $600. Meyer
motioned, Yancey seconded to approve.
Ayes all. Motion carried.
Mayor
Furry extended his appreciation on behalf of the council and the city to Koch
and the rest of the department for the assistance they gave in setting up
tables and chairs, removing the equipment from the building, putting up the
electrical wires, setting up and building of the stage, and especially for the
wonderful display of fireworks.
AMBULANCE REPORT: Sherie Paup reported that the
ambulance had 15 medical calls and 1 trauma for a total of 16 calls for the
month. Matina Wiggins has resigned leaving a total of
8 EMT’s. Paup
requested to purchase 3 wrist blood pressure cuffs at $55.00 each. Meyer motioned, and Lovell seconded to
approve the purchase. Ayes all. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS-Discussion and possible
action on the status of the following:
Painting the old water tower-follow
up on needed repairs $3,625 and authorization to sign the contract: Council reviewed the contracts proposed by Central Tank
coatings which included 1) Maintenance on the old tower $800; 2) Maintenance on
the new tower $1000 3) Repairs to the old tower $3,625 and 4) Painting of the
old tower $8,900. Meyer motioned, Lovell
seconded to accept the 4 contracts as submitted by Central Tank Coatings. Ayes all.
Motion carried.
Resurfacing of the basketball
court-week of the July 18: Coppess reported contacting Wordenhoff construction to notify them of the council’s acceptance
of the bid for the re-surfacing the basketball court. The next day he call back to indicate that
they would need to charge us an additional $500 for a “relocating fee” because
the job was so small unless we could include the filling of the cracks of the
tennis court too. Wordenhoff
has been informed that the tennis courts surfaces are not prepared to have the
cracks filled at this time. When the initial bid was requested it was requested
as two separate projects and were to be bid that way so that one or both could
be accepted. The new goal posts are in
and ready to be picked up in
New Business
Discussion and possible action on:
Review request for voluntary
annexation and give notice of such request to the Cedar County Board of
Supervisors requesting a consultation meeting at the next available meeting
date: Council reviewed a request from the
Mechanicsville Economic Development Co. to have 20 acres (MOL) annexed into the
city. The request was based upon a
desire to complete the donation of a portion of this tract to the
Appointments:
The council re-appointed Tom Jewell to the Board of Adjustments with a
motion by Beck, second by Meyer. Ayes all.
Motion carried. It was noted that
the P&Z still has one vacancy.
Resolution for Budget Adjustment
within the Culture and Recreation Program budget:
Meyer motioned, Lovell seconded to authorize the budget adjustment
within the program area. Roll call: Ayes: Beck, Meyer, Yancey, Logue-Newcomb, and
Lovell. Nays: None.
Resolution adopted.
Correspondence: The small city
workshop on 7/20 in
Committee Reports: Beck reported that he, Pam, and
Dave all attended the workshop at
Mayor
Furry reported that the Housing Committee met and set Monday, July 18 as the
date for the public informational meeting for the Housing Rehab grant
applications to become available. He
invited all to attend to show support for the program. The meeting will be held in the
Mayor
Furry also indicated that he had received inquiry from some about a possible
wading pool in the park. After doing
some research it was found that a wading pool is as difficult to maintain as a
full sized swimming pool in regards to the testing that has to be done, life
guards, etc. It was suggested that
consideration be given to a splash pad instead.
Information will be sent for and reviewed at a future time.
Set next meeting date:
MAYORS COMMENTS:
No additional comments.
ADJOURN:
There being no further business to come before the Council at this time,
council member Meyer, motioned, Lovell seconded, to adjourn the meeting at
ATTEST:
____________________________ _______________________________
Linda K.
Coppess, CMC David
L. Furry, Mayor
City
Clerk/Finance Officer