City of
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Prior to
calling the meeting to order, Mayor Furry gave the Oath of Office to Pam
Logue-Newcomb. She was appointment to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Tim Miller, Jr. The Mechanicsville City Council met in
regular session on
Viola
Johnson, Pat Barker, and Julie Johnson addressed the council in reference to a
nuisance abatement letter Viola received via certified mail. She felt that sending the letter via
certified mail was a waste of money and that a phone call would have been more
economical. The police chief explained
to Mrs. Johnson that due to the circumstances with the pending trial scheduled
for Thursday, June 16, he had been advised by the city attorney to follow that
procedure so that the notification could be documented for the court. Pat Barker informed the council about some
pavement that had been buried on
CONSENT AGENDA: Larry Beck motioned, Chris Yancey seconded
to approve the consent agenda with the addition of the Public Hearing to the
agenda, the minutes from
The
claims approved were as follows:
|
JUDY HARTMAN |
30.00 |
NEW HORIZON FS INC. |
630.75 |
|
BRIAN & LISA ALGER |
50.00 |
DAVE FRANKLIN BAND |
340.00 |
|
EDWARD EPAULT |
50.00 |
ODD JOBBER |
65.00 |
|
TRACY FICKEN/BRAD SEVENI |
50.00 |
DAN PAIDAR |
60.00 |
|
TERESA MACKEY |
50.00 |
QUILL CORPORATION |
332.97 |
|
MARILEE/PATRICK MCCONNEL |
50.00 |
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS |
77.40 |
|
JIM/JACQUY NEHRING |
50.00 |
SANDRY FIRE SUPPLY |
1,395.00 |
|
JEREMY ROBINS |
50.00 |
SEEHUSEN INS. AGENCY,INC |
1,397.00 |
|
ADAM SAUER |
50.00 |
STRACKBEINS, INC. |
30.65 |
|
CHRISTINE STONEKING |
27.96 |
SHIRTS-N-STUFF |
826.00 |
|
NATHAN UNRUH/SARA MINER |
50.00 |
TIPTON ELECTRIC MOTORS |
957.00 |
|
DENNIS WALSHIRE |
50.00 |
WALMART |
94.80 |
|
TIME |
29.95 |
WELLS FARGO BANK |
21,880.60 |
|
AMAZON.COM |
707.48 |
WENDLING QUARRIES INC |
55.39 |
|
AIRGAS, INC. |
159.80 |
WILLIE'S BACKHOE |
165.00 |
|
ALLIANT ENERGY |
4,138.49 |
OVERTONS |
62.98 |
|
AMC |
54.00 |
JOSTENS COMMERCIAL PRINT |
1,265.60 |
|
APACHE HOSE & BELTING |
326.88 |
CARRIE ALBAUGH |
31.67 |
|
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE |
154.50 |
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
758.23 |
|
CARROT-TOP INDUSTRIES |
166.17 |
JAMES BARBER |
990.74 |
|
CASEY'S GENERAL STORE |
89.54 |
BRADLEY COPPESS |
110.54 |
|
CEDAR CO. SOLID WASTE |
1,085.50 |
LINDA COPPESS |
1,063.84 |
|
CEDAR |
323.52 |
STEVE DAY |
313.56 |
|
CEDAR |
5,184.86 |
KELLY EBY |
258.63 |
|
CR PHOTO COPY |
3,500.00 |
CARA GALLOWAY |
33.29 |
|
CONSERVATIVE PUBLISHING |
399.30 |
JUDY HARTMAN |
488.98 |
|
DES MOINES STAMP CO. |
53.80 |
MICHELLE POTTEBAUM |
13.97 |
|
|
35.00 |
JOEY D WENNDT |
157.52 |
|
EAGLE ENGRAVING |
368.84 |
ALAN ZERBE |
987.13 |
|
E C I A |
2,354.44 |
LARRY BECK |
193.93 |
|
FARM PLAN |
77.52 |
DAVID L. FURRY |
1,152.57 |
|
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS |
80.00 |
CONNIE KNUTSEN |
120.05 |
|
DIANE FUESS |
25.00 |
DAN KOCH |
461.75 |
|
HACH COMPANY |
140.00 |
JOHN KUEHNLE, CITY TREAS |
277.05 |
|
IA ONE CALL |
36.00 |
PAM LOGUE-NEWCOMB |
27.70 |
|
|
100.90 |
BRYAN LOVELL |
166.23 |
|
JIMS AUTO BODY |
12.00 |
MARTIN MEYER |
96.97 |
|
JOHNSON CO REFUSE INC |
2,091.50 |
TIMOTHY MILLER |
110.82 |
|
KEYSTONE LAB, INC |
185.00 |
SHERIE PAUP |
461.75 |
|
|
29.70 |
CHRISTINE YANCEY |
166.23 |
|
KOCH'S PAINT & LUMBER |
76.11 |
DEPT OF NATL RESOURCES |
60.00 |
|
MATT PARROTT & SONS CO. |
148.71 |
ALEX AIR APPARATUS INC |
997.00 |
|
MECHANICSVILLE TELE. CO. |
252.80 |
IA LEAGUE OF CITIES |
45.00 |
|
|
|
GOALSETTER SYSTEMS |
1,398.00 |
Total
Receipts for the month of May per fund:
|
Ambulance
Trust |
5,835.84 |
|
Fire
Trust |
81.34 |
|
General |
22,437.62 |
|
Gift
Trust Kohl Grave |
18.44 |
|
Library
Exp Trust |
3.80 |
|
Perpetual
Care |
225.00 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
6,486.40 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
6,241.98 |
|
Solid
Waste |
8,723.64 |
|
Special
Revenue |
5,184.87 |
|
Water
Utility |
4,482.67 |
|
Water
Sinking Fund |
5000.00 |
|
Special
Rev-Emp Benefit |
3,301.15 |
Total
disbursements for the month of May per fund:
|
Agency
Water |
22.04 |
|
Ambulance
Trust |
603.18 |
|
General |
30,758.14 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
7,267.99 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
7,054.12 |
|
Solid
Waste |
9,584.89 |
|
Special
Revenue-Opt Tax |
5,184.87 |
|
Special
Revenue Emp Benefit |
3,843.67 |
|
Water
Utility |
5,689.24 |
Guests:
Pam Seehusen
filed an application for no parking in front of
IIW:
Open Bids for Lagoon project & Public Hearing:
The
public hearing was opened by the mayor to hear comments for or against the
plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimates for the lagoon
improvements. Having been published in
the paper and no comments were received, a motion was made by Meyer, second by
Lovell, to close the public hearing.
Ayes all. Motion carried.
There
were two bids received for the project.
The first one opened was from Tschiggfrie
Excavating with the notation made that the bid security was a faxed signature
rather than an original, all 4 addendums were acknowledged and a total bid of
$467,640.60. The second bid was from Jim
Schroeder Construction and included the bid security and acknowledgment of the
4 addendums and was for $460,200.45. IIW
recommended that because the bids were higher than suggested by the estimates,
some time should be taken to consider alternatives and the time to review where
some possible cost savings could occur.
It was also noted that the increase in insurance costs, fuel and other
energy were some of the reasons for the unanticipated increase. IIW would also like to review with Mark
Schneider, ECIA and will provide a full tabulation of the bids. Lovell motioned, Yancey seconded to table the
awarding of the bid until the next regular meeting. Ayes:
Yancey, Beck, Lovell, Logue-Newcomb.
Nays: Meyer. Motion carried.
Gary
inquired about painting the old water tower (another item later on the agenda),
and as a result was asked to follow up and
provide information to Central Tank Coatings regarding the fixing of a brace
rod on the old water tower prior to painting it. The pricing information wasn’t available yet
for this meeting.
Work
Session @ Cruse Park: At this time the
council meeting relocated to
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
ADMINISTRATION:
Coppess provided information to the council on vacancies for library board,
board of adjustments, and the planning and zoning board, recent requests for
building permits and variances, the Secretary of States Office and the Cedar
County Auditor conducted an audit of the polling place and confirmed that the
location met the standards needed for the polling place accessibility
guidelines. They did suggest that the
handicapped parking spaces could be repainted.
PUBLIC WORKS REPORT:
Zerbe submitted work logs and requested vacation days of July 5-8. A motion by Beck, second by Yancey to approve
request. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Zerbe
informed the council that they are not able to keep up with chipping all of the
tree limbs and branches that are being brought to the shed. There are instances where there are trailer
loads at a time being dumped off after hours.
Council wants to encourage residents to only bring tree waste that is 2”
x 6’ long or smaller and only on the first Saturday of the month. Council suggested putting notices on the
water bills, the cable, and in a newsletter and installing a sign that states
the 2” x 6‘rule. If residents have brush
and yard waste larger than this, they will need to hire someone to haul it away
for them or burn in their own yard.
Zerbe
indicated that he received the jamb gasket for the lift station pump. Council commented that the work they have
done mowing along the railroad tracks looked real good and encouraged them to
go further to the east and to the west.
If they need to level it more the railroad has granted permission to do
so. They will also provide more spray if
it is needed. Zerbe also stated that the
weeds in the bushes along the parking at
Council
requested follow up with the completion of the road work near the intersection
of
POLICE REPORT:
Police Chief Jim Barber presented council with his summary of activity (5/9/05-6/12/05)
which included 7 agency assists, 6 animal cases; 2 arrests on warrants; 2
assist motorist; 2 assaults; 22 citizen assist; 1 criminal mischief; 6 – 911, 4
thefts; 17 traffic stops with 4 citations, 13warnings; 4 abatements served; 5
code violations 1 abandoned car, 1 peace disturbance, 1 animal neglect, 2
nuisances, 11 citations issued with 3 being for illegal parking, 1 dog at
large, 1 vicious animal, 1 disorderly conduct, 1 assault, 1 no tags, 3 driving
while suspended and recovery of a stolen vehicle in Cedar Rapids. He also updated the council on additional
nuisance abatement notices that were filed.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT: Dan Koch, Fire Chief, reported 5
calls for the month; including 2 storm watch; and 3 fires (shed, milk parlor,
and tractor).
Koch
requested to purchase 3 nozzles at a cost of $999. Motion made by Meyer, seconded by
Logue-Newcomb to approve. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Koch
also indicated Wes Strickler was voted on as a new member of the fire
department and was approved by the council with a motion by Meyer, second by
Beck. Ayes all.
Mayor
Furry also asked if the fire department would volunteer to set tables and
chairs up for the sesquicentennial dinner and if Koch would assist in hooking
up the electrical outlets that are needed for the rides and booths.
AMBULANCE REPORT: Sherie Paup reported that the
ambulance had 14 medical calls and 2 traumas and a search for a lost child for
a total of 17 calls for the month.
Sherie
indicated that Wes Strickler passed his EMT B class and Ben Scheer
will be resigning at the end of month due to relocating. The old defibrillator was transferred to the
police department. It was also noted
that the parking in the rear of the building will be reserved for fire and
ambulance personnel during the Sesquicentennial celebration.
OLD BUSINESS-Discussion and possible
action on the status of the following:
Painting the old water tower: Lovell had mentioned previously that the quotes will not be
available until Friday. No further discussion.
Park Improvements, Basketball goals,
and Volunteer day in the Park:
Council
reviewed 2 bids for resurfacing the tennis courts and the basketball
court. Illowa
bid $24,984 (tennis) and $10,316 (basketball) plus an additional $550 dollars
each for painting new lines. Wordehoff Contracting
bid $16,925 and $3,050 and it included the painting of the new lines. Some consideration was also given to have the
basketball court torn out and a new cement pad poured. After some discussion, a motion was made by
Beck, seconded by Meyer, to accept the bid for $3,050 to have the basketball
court resurfaced. Ayes
all. Motion carried.
Council
also reviewed different styles of basketball goals and a motion was made by Meyer,
second by Yancey to purchase 2 of the “Classic” models with a chain net for
$699 each. Ayes: Meyer, Yancey, Beck,
Logue-Newcomb. Nays: Lovell. Motion
carried.
Volunteer day in the Park:
Coppess
was directed to get the items necessary for the lunch on Saturday.
Closing on the purchase of the Paup
property: Coppess updated the council in that the city
attorney has prepared the warranty deed for the Paup’s to sign, and the ground
water and valuation forms. The city will
issue the check to the Paup’s for the $10,000 and pay $15.20 for the transfer
stamps and $17.00 for the filing fee on the Deed.
Acceptance of the offer from the
State Auditors office to perform the audit at a cost of approx. $6800-$7600:
A motion was made by Pam and seconded by
New Business
Discussion and possible action on:
2005 Sealcoat
work from LL Pelling: Council reviewed the proposal and
a motion was made by Yancey, seconded by Logue-Newcomb, to approve the proposed
work to be done on the seal coating of the cemetery roads for 2005 at a cost of
$2,431.45.
Ayes all. Motion carried.
Applications for retail cigarette
permits: Applications were received from
Bubba’s Bar and Grill and Casey’s for the sale of cigarettes. Lovell motioned, Beck seconded to approve the
applications. Ayes
all. Motion carried.