City of
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The
Mechanicsville City Council met in regular session on
Receive
visitors/public comment: None.
CONSENT
AGENDA: Bryan
Lovell motioned, Larry Beck seconded to approve all items under the consent
agenda including the agenda, finance reports, claims, and minutes from
The
claims approved were as follows:
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE |
ALLOWANCES
- UNIFORMS |
$157.59 |
ENTWISLE,
ANGIE |
JANITORIAL
EXPENSE |
$255.00 |
GREENVALLEY
AG & |
VEHICLES |
$10,853.00 |
|
MEETINGS
& CONFERENCES |
$230.00 |
|
OTHER
CONTRACTUAL |
$116.91 |
|
OTHER
PROF |
$31.50 |
IWIRELESS |
TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
$144.11 |
NATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
CHARGES/FEES
FOR |
$1,140.10 |
SHEPLEY
PHARMACY |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$114.31 |
WALMART |
VEHICLE
OPERATIONS |
$45.12 |
WELLMARK
BC BS |
GROUP
INSURANCE |
$4,099.70 |
US
POST OFFICE |
POSTAGE/SHIPPING |
$135.52 |
BRIDGE
COMMUNITY BANK |
INTEREST
PAYMENTS |
$1,102.60 |
LYNCH
|
VEHICLES |
$23,160.00 |
AGVANTAGE
FS INC |
VEHICLE
OPERATIONS |
$1,730.00 |
AIRGAS
NORTH CENTRAL |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$34.05 |
ALBAUGH,
|
TRAINING |
$60.30 |
|
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$473.65 |
ALLIANT
ENERGY |
ELECTRIC/ |
$5,263.00 |
BARNES
& NOBLE |
LIBRARY
MATERIALS |
$94.80 |
BARRON
EQUIPMENT COMPANY |
BLDG
MAINT & REPAIR |
$170.00 |
BOOTS
BODY |
VEHICLE
REPAIR |
$60.00 |
CARUS
CORPORATION |
CHEMICALS |
$363.40 |
CEDAR
|
PAYMENTS
TO OTHER |
$1,047.80 |
|
PAYMENTS
TO OTHER |
$1,056.00 |
|
OTHER
SUPPLIES |
$22.95 |
EAST
CENTRAL LIBRARY SERVICES |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$12.00 |
ED
M FELD EQUIP CO INC |
ALLOWANCES
- UNIFORMS |
$202.50 |
ENTWISLE,
ANGIE |
JANITORIAL
EXPENSE |
$240.00 |
|
TRAINING |
$450.00 |
HACH
COMPANY |
CHEMICALS |
$84.26 |
HANKS,
TINA |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$188.96 |
HAWKEYE
INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS |
VEHICLE
REPAIR |
$1,850.40 |
|
OFFICE
SUPPLIES |
$304.94 |
|
OTHER
PROF |
$18.00 |
|
OTHER
PROF |
$225.00 |
JIMS
|
VEHICLE
REPAIR |
$62.95 |
JOHNSON
|
OTHER
PROF |
$150.00 |
JOHNSON
COUNTY REFUSE INC |
OTHER
PROF |
$2,887.50 |
KEYSTONE
LABORATORIES, INC |
OTHER
PROF |
$333.70 |
|
TRAINING |
$345.00 |
KNUTSEN,
CONNIE |
TRAINING |
$40.00 |
KOCH,
LONNI |
TRAINING |
$400.50 |
KOCHS
PAINT & LUMBER |
BLDG
MAINT & REPAIR |
$205.24 |
LISBON-MT
|
OTHER
PROF |
$225.00 |
MECHANICSVILLE
TELEPHONE CO |
TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
$324.13 |
MICROMARKETING |
LIBRARY
MATERIALS |
$5.00 |
MUNICIPAL
PIPE TOOL CO INC |
OTHER
PROF |
$1,117.90 |
OVERHEAD
DOOR COMPANY |
BLDG
MAINT & REPAIR |
$81.50 |
PAUP,
SHERIE |
TRAINING |
$13.50 |
POLHAMUS,
JOEL |
CUSTOMER
DEPOSITS |
$24.77 |
QUILL |
OFFICE
SUPPLIES |
$294.38 |
RICKARD
SIGN & DESIGN |
VEHICLE
REPAIR |
$90.00 |
SHEPLEY
PHARMACY |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$31.43 |
TARGET |
LIBRARY
MATERIALS |
$1.27 |
TIPTON
CONSERVATIVE |
PRINTING
& PUBLISHING |
$42.63 |
WADDELL,
ASHLEY |
CUSTOMER
DEPOSITS |
$14.75 |
WALMART |
OPERATING
SUPPLIES |
$94.34 |
WELLMARK
BC BS |
GROUP
INSURANCE |
$4,099.70 |
COUNTRY
WELDING INC |
VEHICLE
REPAIR |
$345.00 |
US
POSTOFFICE |
POSTAGE/SHIPPING |
$197.37 |
PATTEN
EQUIPMENT |
VEHICLES |
$6,376.00 |
BOLAND
RECREATION |
OTHER
CAPITAL OUTLAY |
$624.00 |
BRIDGE
COMMUNITY BANK |
POSTAGE/SHIPPING |
$47.69 |
PAYROLL |
WAGES |
11,852.30 |
Total Receipts and
Disbursements for month of November by fund
Fund |
Receipts |
Disbursements |
General |
31,864.40 |
64,191.57 |
Road Use Tax |
9,267.28 |
9,677.54 |
Employee Benefit |
4,474.19 |
1,875.67 |
Special Revenue LOST |
14,884.95 |
|
Tax Increment Financing |
1,102.61 |
|
Library Expendable
Trust |
3.31 |
|
Ambulance Trust |
11,424.49 |
2,547.93 |
Fire Trust |
.35 |
|
Gift Trust-Kohl |
26.01 |
|
Water Utility |
7,534.21 |
835.84 |
Sewer Utility |
6,248.40 |
2,674.18 |
Solid Waste |
8,645.70 |
5,135.72 |
Water Sinking Fund |
|
4,236.00 |
Agency-Water |
|
28.90 |
REPORTS:
Park Board:
Tina Hanks presented a request to purchase a slide and 2 bouncy seats at
a cost of $6,239 from donations received specifically for these items. Bryan Lovell motioned, Gene Brown seconded to
approve the purchase of the slide and 2 bouncy seats. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Tina
also presented information on the equipment for the beginner course on the
skateboard area which will use the funds received from the Cedar County
Community Foundation Grant and the donations from RAGBRAI that were received
for this project. Larry Beck motioned,
Gene Brown seconded to approve the purchase of the design and the equipment at
a cost of $4600. Ayes
all. Motion carried.
Request to apply for Tony Hawk
Foundation Grant: Larry Beck motioned, Carla Barnhart seconded
to approve the request to apply for a Tony Hawk Foundation Grant which will
help to fund additional skate park equipment.
Ayes all.
Motion carried.
Ambulance
Report: Sherie Paup
presented the ambulance report which included 16 medical calls and 5 traumas,
with 2 refusals; 3 tiers with A-4, 1 Mutual aid with
Fire
Department Report: Lonni
Koch reported 1 call for the month; which included A-3 being on fire at the
fire station. Lonni also provided a
summary of calls for the year which was a total of 54 calls with 25
members. The calls included 14 grass
fires, 4 mutual aid, 3 house/barn fires, 3 search and rescue, 10 medical
assists, 1 land life guard, 1 cancellation, 2 control burns, 4 alarms at the
school, 7 storm watch and 5 misc. fires.
Police
Report:
Police Chief Jim Barber was out on a call.
Written report was provided following the meeting which included 6
agency assists; 1 ambulance assist; 2 animal cases; 1 burglary; 18 citizen
assist; 1 domestic assault; 6 harassment; 7 - 911; 1 theft; 2 traffic stops, 2
warnings; 23 warnings code violations for illegal parking, abandon vehicle,
animal at large, harassment and 17 citations issued for illegal parking and
disorderly conduct.
Public
Works Report: Alan
Zerbe reported that they finished vacuuming leaves; Municipal Pipe did sewer
cleaning; water service line was repaired; garbage truck was taken in for
maintenance; the insta-chains on the dump truck were
repaired; and the bracket on the snow plow was repaired by Country Welding.
Administration
Report: Coppess
reported receiving the abstract of votes from the
Old
Business:
Curb
Cut (Martin Meyer): Martin
Meyer requested to have a curb cut in order to have access to his
building. This would remove at least 2
parking spaces. Concerns expressed about
the safety of pedestrians being hit by someone driving out of the
building. Motion to allow the curb cut
for no more than 2 spaces was made by Larry Beck, seconded by Bryan Lovell. Ayes:
Beck and Lovell. Nays: Brown and Barnhart. Absent:
Christianson. Motion defeated.
New Business:
DISCUSSION
Parking Citations (Kris Davies):
Kris Davies stated that she received 4 parking tickets for violating the
no parking from 3 am – 7 am and requested that they be reversed as she felt a
warning or notice should have been mailed to the residents who live in the two
block area to notify them that this was in effect whether or not it
snowed. Council stated they did not feel
that they had the authority to reverse a ticket issued by the police and that
the matter would be referred to the city attorney. Council stated that she would receive
correspondence in writing regarding the matter.
Snow Removal in alley (Kris
Davies): Requested that the alleys behind
City participation with the ball
fields (William Koch): William thanked Mayor Furry for
his service and the city council for working on the area for the kids to
skateboard on. He then presented
information on a proposed ball field which could be located on the 4 acres to
the north side of the elementary building.
It proposed a regulation softball field, some concrete, rock and
excavating. He stated that the council
would need to press into and ask if games would be scheduled in
Mechanicsville. Larry Beck and Gene
Brown volunteered to get with school officials to explore potential; allowing
multiple use fields; and whether it is feasible.
Cedar County Economic Development Co
annual update (Steve Lacina): Steve presented an
annual update on the accomplishments and goals of the Cedar County Economic
Development Co. He also introduced the
administrative assistant Trisha Gottschalk.
Letter of Resignation from City
Attorney
Proposal from LL Pelling Co:
Larry Beck motioned, Gene Brown seconded to accept the proposal from LL
Pelling on the seal coating for next summer.
Ayes all.
Motion carried. The rates
remained the same as last year.
Purchase of Dump trailer &
exchange of blade on pickup: Gene Brown provided information
on pricing received from 5 businesses for a 16 foot dump trailer. Prices ranged from $6489-$8600. Larry Beck motioned, Bryan Lovell seconded to
purchase the trailer hitch trailer from Patten Equipment from
A motion
was made by Larry Beck, seconded by Gene Brown to exchange the unused 8 foot
pickup blade for a 9 foot blade at a cost of $650. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Bids received on sale of flag pole:
Two sealed bids were received on the flag pole. Bryan Lovell motioned, Carla Barnhart
seconded to accept the bid for $26 from Gary Bard. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Resolution to approve 09-10 budget
amendment: Motioned by Bryan Lovell, seconded by Larry
Beck to approve the resolution 2009-11 amending the 09-10 budget as published. Roll call:
Ayes: Beck, Barnhart, Lovell, and
Brown. Nays: None.
Absent: Christianson. Resolution adopted.
Committee Reports: None
Correspondence: Photos were provided and reviewed on the
repair of the ruts in the alley near the cemetery;
Mayor’s
Comments: Mayor Furry thanked the employees for all of their help and assistance
during his time in office as there has been a lot accomplished. He also provided a wish of good luck to the
new council. Mayor Furry informed everyone about the celebration of life
services that will be held at the library in honor of Kelly Eby,
assistant librarian on Saturday, December 19.
Set
next regular meeting date:
ADJOURN: There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, council member Gene Brown motioned, Larry Beck seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 9:43 p.m. Ayes all. Meeting adjourned.
ATTEST:
____________________________ ___________________________
Linda K.
Coppess,
City
Clerk/Finance Officer