City of Mechanicsville

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

August 08, 2005

 

The Mechanicsville City Council met in regular session on Monday, August 8, 2005 at City Hall.  Mayor David L. Furry called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Council persons present for roll call were Larry Beck, Martin Meyer, Chris Yancey, and Pam Logue-Newcomb.  Bryan Lovell was absent.  Others present included Tom Albaugh, Jim Barber, Sherie Paup, Dan Koch, Viola Johnson, Pat Barker, Julie Johnson, and Rick Morarie.

 

OPPORTUNITY for any citizen present to discuss items not on the agenda: Mrs. Johnson reviewed with the council questions she had about the letter indicating which lots needed to have the curb valves repaired or replaced and a letter she received about an abandoned trailer.  She was encouraged to follow through with the civil action that she needed to take in order to have the trailer removed from her trailer court, especially if rent payments were not being made.

 

CONSENT AGENDA: Larry Beck motioned, Chris Yancey seconded to approve the consent agenda including the agenda, minutes from 7/11/05, finance reports, and claims.  Roll call vote: Ayes:  Beck, Meyer, Yancey, and Logue-Newcomb.  Lovell was absent.  Motion carried.

The claims approved were as follows:

 

WELLMARK

2,254.86

CEDAR CO EMS ASSN

100.00

DELTA DENTAL

148.97

ROBERT DOHMEN

10.00

TIPTON LIONS CLUB

75.00

E C I A

935.61

ROBERT DOHMEN

75.00

DAVID L. FURRY

28.35

SHIRTS-N-STUFF

384.50

IA EMS ASSOCIATION

50.00

CARRIE ALBAUGH

65.88

I I M C

100.00

THOMAS ALBAUGH

786.73

I I W ENGINEERS

4,000.00

JAMES BARBER

1,087.00

IA ONE CALL

16.20

LINDA COPPESS

1,185.68

IA PRISON INDUSTRIES

10.94

STEVE DAY

215.70

IOWA WIRELESS

100.90

KELLY EBY

449.43

JOHNSON CO REFUSE INC

2,091.50

JUDY HARTMAN

536.86

KEYSTONE LAB, INC

253.00

MICHELLE POTTEBAUM

14.53

CONNIE KNUTSEN

152.39

JOEY D WENNDT

272.59

LIFE LINE EMERG. VEHICLE

361.08

ALAN ZERBE

1,023.70

MECHANICSVILLE TELE. CO.

262.90

BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK

3,506.78

ODD JOBS INC

750.00

I P E R S

1,568.04

ODD JOBBER

3,820.00

US POSTAL SERVICE

96.40

DAN PAIDAR

60.00

BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK

44.89

QUILL CORPORATION

94.81

US POSTAL SERVICE

112.47

RADAR ROAD TEC

30.00

AMAZON.COM

321.85

THE SUN NEWS

19.73

DEMCO

73.20

CEDAR COUNTY TREASURER

5,184.87

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

21.00

CONSERVATIVE PUBLISHING

233.36

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCI

45.95

AIRGAS, INC.

12.40

NICKELODEON

29.97

H&S RADIATOR REPAIR CO

1,092.00

TARGET

27.25

ED M. FELD EQUIP. CO.

4,525.00

JUDY HARTMAN

34.88

CITA

25.00

TEEN VOGUE

7.97

SIMON FIRE EQUIP., INC.

30.96

SILVER TREE COMPUTING

30.00

BUSINESS RADIO SALES

209.80

STATE LIBRARY OF IOWA

20.00

NFPA

135.00

VIO SOFTWARE CORPORATION

235.00

DEAN KURTH, OWNER

704.95

ABC FIRE PROTECTION, INC

295.25

CASEY'S GENERAL STORE

70.93

ADVANCED WATER TECH.

333.20

CASEY'S GENERAL STORE

9.96

ALLIANCE MEDICAL

366.23

NEW HORIZON FS INC.

617.14

ALLIANT ENERGY

4,892.04

WALMART

83.40

CEDAR CO. SOLID WASTE

950.50

SHEPLEY SNYDER PHARMACY

3.13

 

 

CENTRAL TANK COATINGS

12,525.00

Total Receipts for the month of July per fund:

Agency-Water

150.00

Ambulance Trust

2711.20

Fire Trust

79.11

General

19,418.55

Library Trust

7.95

Road Use Tax

7,632.96

Sewer Utility

6,996.35

Solid Waste

6,793.53

Special Revenue

5,184.86

Water Utility

9,529.19

Special Rev-Emp Benefit

554.54

 

 

Total disbursements for the month of July per fund:

Agency Water

 

Ambulance Trust

10,678.93

General

28,695.65

Road Use Tax

21,930.67

Sewer Utility

4,511.54

Solid Waste

10,531.48

Special Revenue-Opt Tax

5,184.86

Special Revenue Emp Benefit

3,022.04

Water Utility

4,394.83

 

DEPARTMENT REPORTS:

 

ADMINISTRATION:  Coppess reported on  correspondence that had been sent to several property owners regarding curb valves that have been found in need of repair or being replaced; nomination papers are available for council/mayor seats; 14 housing applications were received for the CDBG housing rehab grant; provided a map of the area where Alliant will be improving the gas lines as a result of capacity issues; communication was sent to Wordehoff Contracting regarding the completion of the basketball court; the annexation proceedings are continuing with the next step being the public hearing at the September meeting; Amendment #4 was sent to IDED requesting an additional $75,000 in grant funds for the lagoon project, received the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Annual report and the Unified Work Program report from ECIA, distributed a copy of a magazine article from Skin Inc. that features Mechanicsville  business owner Amy Miller-Dick, and information from the Cedar County Auditors office regarding an update on the Local Option Sales Tax and the Law Enforcement Center note payments.

 

PUBLIC WORKS REPORT:  Albaugh submitted work logs.  Albaugh reported that they have been spraying weeds and putting up signs.  It was noted that one of the Frisbee golf tees was pulled up and needed to be replaced/repaired.  Discussion regarding the volume of tree limbs and whole trees being hauled to the shed was held.  Council directed that a sign be posted that reads “Yard waste and limbs no larger than 2 “ in diameter and must be shorter than 6 feet in length will be accepted the first Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. – Noon.”  If residents are actually removing a whole tree, or removing major portions of trees/bushes they will need to make arrangements to have it hauled away at their own expense. 

 

POLICE REPORT:  Police Chief Jim Barber presented the council with his summary of activity (7/11/05-8/07/05) which included 7 agency assists, 2 animal cases; 1 assist motorist; 2 burglary; 17 citizen assists; 1 criminal mischief; 13 – 911, 1 theft; 4 traffic stops with 4 warnings; 1 trespass; 7 code violations 3 noise disturbances; 1 littering; 1 illegal parking, 1 trespass; 1 open container alcohol;3 abatements filed; 3 citations issued for fail to abate, alcohol by minor, public urination; confiscated 9 marijuana plants and recovered a stolen vehicle in Cedar Rapids. 

 

FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT: Dan Koch, Fire Chief, reported no calls for the month and requested permission to take ’47 Fire truck to convention.  Meyer motioned, Logue-Newcomb seconded, to approve the request.  Ayes all. Motion carried.

 

Council directed Koch to discuss storage rack at city shed for fireworks equipment with Albaugh and Zerbe.

 

AMBULANCE REPORT: Sherie Paup reported that the ambulance had 6 medical calls and 3 traumas for a total of 9 calls for the month. Paup also requested to purchase a Stair Chair with rails at a cost of $2500 with a donation of $1000 from Jackie & Phil Puffer. Meyer motioned, and Beck seconded to approve the purchase.  Ayes all.  Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS-Discussion and possible action on the status of the following:

Revised By-Laws for the Fire Department:  Pam reported reviewing the content of the current version with the proposed new version and made the motion to approve the revised By-Laws for the Fire Department.  Yancey seconded the motion.  Ayes all.  Motion carried.

 

New Business

Discussion and possible action on:

 

Resolution approving the Administrative Plan for the 2005 Mechanicsville Housing Rehabilitation Program:  Logue-Newcomb motioned to adopt the resolution for the Administrative Plan and Beck seconded it.  Roll call vote:  Ayes:  Beck, Meyer, Logue-Newcomb, and Yancey.  Nays:  None.  Absent:  Lovell.  Resolution adopted.

 

Request to purchase Christmas Lights at a cost of $900:  Beck reported that the Sesquicentennial committee would like to purchase lights for the Christmas tree from part of the proceeds raised from the celebration and donate them to the city.  Meyer motioned, Yancey seconded to approve the request.  Ayes all.  Motion carried.

 

Warranty on addition to Cleary Building:  Beck reported having met with a Cleary representative regarding some loose nails and deep scratches that were recently noticed.  The rep will put in a repair order to get the matter resolved under warranty.

 

Concrete work to finish storm drainage at 4th and Elm:  Council directed that this work be completed along with the other curb and gutter work that Oberbreckling will be doing.

 

Resolution from the Iowa House of Representatives:  Council was presented with a copy of the Resolution that was passed by Iowa House of Representatives in recognition of the towns 150th year.

 

Correspondence:    Bryan Lovell submitted a letter of resignation effective December 31, 2005 due to employment conflicts and desire to acquire MBA.  This will be an additional open seat on the ballot.

 

Letter from Richard & Janet Brandt, Bettendorf:  was read by the council.  No additional action taken.

 

Committee Reports: None.

 

Set next meeting date:  9/12/05

 

MAYORS COMMENTS:  Mayor Furry reported that he had been contacted by Representative Jeff Kaufman regarding an ADA issue. Jeff shared a copy of a letter that he received as being addressed to the City of Mechanicsville and sent to him as an enclosed copy.  Chris Yancey reported that she had been hand delivered the City’s original copy of the letter, however, it had been re-written and different statements and comments were made in that one, than the one that had supposedly been sent to the Senators & Representatives at the State & Federal level. No additional comments or action was taken, due to the fact that if the individual that wrote the letters wishes to threaten the pursuit of legal matters, then the matter can be handled by the city’s attorney.

 

ADJOURN:  There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, council member Meyer, motioned, Beck seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m.  Ayes all.  Meeting adjourned.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

____________________________                     _______________________________

Linda K. Coppess, CMC                                         David L. Furry, Mayor

City Clerk/Finance Officer