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.