City of
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
The
Mechanicsville City Council met in regular session on
CONSENT AGENDA: Bryan Lovell, motioned, Larry Beck
seconded to approve the consent agenda including the agenda, minutes from
The
claims approved were as follows:
|
JACOB/MAYME ALLEN |
15.15 |
SEEHUSEN INS. AGENCY,INC |
100.00 |
|
GERALD DAWSON |
36.65 |
SHIRTS-N-STUFF |
212.00 |
|
WELLMARK |
2,522.97 |
|
50.00 |
|
DELTA DENTAL |
148.97 |
WALMART |
409.84 |
|
IA LEAGUE OF CITIES |
360.00 |
|
91.80 |
|
COLLECTION SERVICE CTR. |
30.42 |
CEDAR |
1,043.60 |
|
CARRIE ALBAUGH |
65.88 |
LUKE OBERBRECKLING CONST |
420.00 |
|
JAMES BARBER |
1,087.00 |
CARRIE ALBAUGH |
107.06 |
|
RITA BECKER |
90.16 |
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
879.30 |
|
ROBERT L BULGER |
30.41 |
JAMES BARBER |
1,087.00 |
|
LINDA COPPESS |
1,150.35 |
RITA BECKER |
53.41 |
|
STEVE DAY |
115.02 |
ROBERT L BULGER |
29.44 |
|
KELLY EBY |
411.26 |
LINDA COPPESS |
1,221.03 |
|
JUDY HARTMAN |
393.47 |
KELLY EBY |
302.56 |
|
JOEY D WENNDT |
168.74 |
JUDY HARTMAN |
442.79 |
|
ALAN ZERBE |
1,113.92 |
JOEY D WENNDT |
157.52 |
|
THOMAS ALBAUGH |
831.53 |
ALAN ZERBE |
1,277.39 |
|
BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK |
3,491.73 |
ODD JOBS INC-JERRY DAKE |
850.00 |
|
I P E R S |
1,556.31 |
E C I A |
2,378.36 |
|
BRIDGE COMMUNITY BANK |
150.00 |
|
419.85 |
|
BARNES & NOBLE |
136.99 |
QUILL CORPORATION |
12.24 |
|
AMAZON.COM |
562.02 |
DELTA DENTAL |
148.97 |
|
DEMCO |
43.74 |
WELLMARK |
2,522.97 |
|
SILVER TREE COMPUTING |
1,768.72 |
COLLECTION SERVICE CTR. |
29.44 |
|
WALMART |
4.97 |
DIRK ALBAUGH |
4.62 |
|
IA OFFICE SUPPLY |
132.67 |
NATE BAKER |
11.54 |
|
MECHANICSVILLE TELE. CO. |
241.26 |
RON BAKER |
319.07 |
|
AIRGAS, INC. |
155.24 |
DOUG COOK |
49.87 |
|
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICE |
139.95 |
MARILYN FITZGERALD |
299.67 |
|
ALLIANT ENERGY |
5,075.63 |
TRAVIS GALLOWAY |
1.39 |
|
|
20.47 |
AMY HEINEN |
9.23 |
|
BATTERIES INCLUDED |
117.36 |
DEB KASIK |
239.65 |
|
CASEY'S GENERAL STORE |
33.08 |
SCOTT KASIK |
289.51 |
|
CEC |
33.00 |
GENE KNUTSEN |
25.39 |
|
CEDAR |
6,052.30 |
JAKE KOCH |
19.40 |
|
CEDAR CO. SOLID WASTE |
892.50 |
LONNI KOCH |
383.25 |
|
CENTRAL PARTS WAREHOUSE |
233.78 |
TERRY L KUDA |
54.48 |
|
CONSERVATIVE PUBLISHING |
275.73 |
INTL REVENUE SERVICE |
78.96 |
|
ED M. FELD EQUIP. CO. |
262.00 |
BRETT MORAVEK |
3.69 |
|
E C I A |
7.50 |
DAN PAIDAR |
7.85 |
|
FARM PLAN |
82.91 |
KERRI PODUSKA |
377.71 |
|
DAVID L. FURRY |
196.46 |
JOE SMITH |
12.93 |
|
I I W ENGINEERS |
1,786.50 |
WES STRICKLER |
203.63 |
|
JIM SCHROEDER CONSTRUCTI |
110,953.92 |
LARRY BECK |
166.23 |
|
IA RURAL WATER ASSN. |
225.00 |
DAVID L. FURRY |
1,152.57 |
|
|
100.90 |
CONNIE KNUTSEN |
464.52 |
|
JOHNSON CO REFUSE INC |
2,091.50 |
DAN KOCH |
461.75 |
|
KEYSTONE LAB, INC |
165.00 |
JOHN KUEHNLE, CITY TREAS |
277.05 |
|
|
25.00 |
PAM LOGUE-NEWCOMB |
166.23 |
|
LONNI KOCH |
317.70 |
BRYAN LOVELL |
138.52 |
|
KOCH'S PAINT & LUMBER |
14.60 |
MARTIN MEYER |
55.41 |
|
NEW HORIZON FS INC. |
1,006.17 |
SHERIE PAUP |
802.55 |
|
ODD JOBBER |
450.00 |
CHRISTINE YANCEY |
138.52 |
|
QUILL CORPORATION |
155.06 |
COLLECTION SERVICE CTR. |
55.41 |
Total
Receipts for the month of November by fund:
|
Agency-Water |
101.80 |
|
Ambulance
Trust |
4,813.97 |
|
Fire
Trust |
80.44 |
|
General |
22,053.40 |
|
Gift
Trust |
22.17 |
|
Library
Exp Trust |
5.84 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
8,044.40 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
5,590.08 |
|
Solid
Waste |
6,881.05 |
|
Special
Revenue |
5,728.80 |
|
Water
Utility |
7,261.40 |
|
Special
Rev-Emp Benefit |
2,899.71 |
Total
disbursements for the month of November per fund:
|
Agency
Water |
151.80 |
|
Ambulance
Trust |
829.85 |
|
General |
24,180.41 |
|
Road
Use Tax |
18,118.83 |
|
Gift
Trust |
14.00 |
|
Sewer
Utility |
3,006.85 |
|
Solid
Waste |
6,699.82 |
|
Special
Revenue-Opt Tax |
5,053.19 |
|
Special
Revenue Emp Benefit |
2,640.61 |
|
Water
Utility |
2,301.56 |
PUBLIC HEARING:
The mayor opened the public hearing to hear comments for or against the proposed
budget amendment. There being no
comments or questions, Larry Beck motioned, Chris Yancey seconded to close the
public hearing at
GUESTS:
Jeff
Kaufman updated the council and asked for feed back on legislative issues. The three issues he reviewed with the council
included property tax reform; the sex offender bill, and a major health
insurance initiative. He thanked the
council for including the survey in the recent newsletter and also indicated
that he published it in the Tipton Conservative. He is hoping to get at least 750 responses
back as he wants to represent the views of
John Deahl addressed the council concerning his views of the
restrictions of residential units within the first floor of the commercial
zoning district and asked about procedures in requesting a change.
Diane
Griffith and Carla Barnhart requested to have the rental fee at the
Brad Tenney requested to have a 30 day extension for his
nuisance abatement. The motion was made
by Lovell, seconded by Beck, to extend the abatement deadline from December 30
to
Rita
Becker informed the council about an offer from the Senior Citizens to provide
funding for the installation of some acoustic tile on the ceiling of the
DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
ADMINISTRATION: Coppess requested to attend the Main Street Iowa informational
program that was being put on by IDED over the ICN. Lovell motioned, Beck seconded approve the
request to attend. Ayes
all. Motion carried.
Complaints about walks not being
shoveled: After a review of the sidewalk ordinance
and discussion about how to handle the complaints, Lovell motioned, Yancey
seconded, to proceed with door tagging the residents who have not shoveled notifying
them that they have 24 hours to clean the walk off. If not done, the city will need to follow
through with the guidelines in the ordinance by cleaning it and assessing the
charges to the property owner in the same manner as a property tax.
PUBLIC WORKS REPORT: Work logs were submitted and
reported that they had one water main break and have been busy moving snow.
POLICE REPORT:
Police Chief Jim Barber presented the council with his summary of
activity (11/14/05-12/11/05) which included 1 accident; 17 agency assists; 1
alarm; 1 animal case; 4 assist motorist; 1 assault;1 building check;14 citizen
assists; 11– 911, 3 traffic stops with 3 warnings; 1 abatement filed; 1 bad
check notice served; 6 warnings for code
violations including 4 snow route violations, 2 snowmobile violations; 4
citations issued: dog at large; public urinating, assault, disorderly. He also reported a total of 40 abatements
with 37 resolved and 3 pending.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT: Dan Paidar
& Nate Baker presented the fire report which
included 3 calls for the month and requested to spend $700 for 2 flood lights
each for 165 and 164 at $80; interior lighting for 162 at @$200 and an inverter
to help run lights and save battery for 162 at $180. Beck motioned, Lovell seconded to authorize
the expenditure of $700. Ayes all. Motion
carried.
Dan and Nate also presented a proposed budget from the fire department
which came in at a total of $57,720 which included consideration for purchasing
a gas infrared tube heater for the apparatus room estimated at $8000; $2500 for
SCBA and pump certification; $2500 for training for 15 members to attend winter
fire school; and $3000 for a portable generator to use at accidents and fire
scenes. They also indicated that they
would like to have an additional $49,000 budgeted for a down payment on a new
truck, which would almost deplete the Fire Trust account. Paidar indicated
that the $17,000 that was spent on the recent purchase for the truck from
Hiawatha in July was just a “band-aid” to the problem. Council thanked them for their input and
indicated that no decisions could be made until valuation information was received
and all the requests put together. Most
likely all the departmental requests would probably have to be prioritized and
some things will need to be cut, as there is only so much money available.
AMBULANCE REPORT: Sherie Paup reported that the
ambulance had 4 medical calls, 2 traumas, 3 mutual aid; and 2 refusals for a
total of 9 calls for the month.
Sherie
also requested to purchase 3 coats for drivers 2 @ $60 and 1 at $65. Beck
motioned, Lovell seconded to approve request.
Ayes all.
Motion carried.
A
request to purchase a preventative maintenance contract at a cost of $350 per
monitor was approved with a motion from Beck, and a second by Yancey. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Sherie
also requested to purchase books and testing fees for new EMT’s
Leslie Pena and Jake Koch. Yancey
motioned, Lovell seconded to approve the request. Ayes all. Motion carried.
Sherie
also presented the proposed ambulance budget that totaled $10,850 dollars with
the major funding requested to be allocated as $2800 to training, $1700 to vehicle
supply and $1800 for vehicle repairs. Council expressed appreciation for the
input.
OLD BUSINESS-Discussion and possible
action on:
Emptying, cleaning and removal of
tank—proposal from Environmark: A motion was made by Beck seconded
by Yancey, to proceed with contacting EMS (original bid) to see if proposal was
still valid and to proceed with disposing of the contents and the tank. Ayes all. Motion carried. (Information about a possible
grant being available to help with the funding of this project was received on
Wed. Majority of council members and Mayor contacted after the meeting to
inquire about authorizing sponsorship of the grant application in order to
submit it by the
New Business
Discussion and possible action on:
Resolution to adopt budget amendment
2005-19: Lovell
motioned, Beck seconded, to adopt the resolution amending the budget for fiscal
year ending June, 2006. Roll call
vote: Ayes: Beck, Yancey, Lovell. Nays: None; Absent: Meyer and Logue-Newcomb.
Resolution for updating employee
handbook definition of part time employee: After review
of the current definition a motion was made by Lovell, seconded by Beck to
adopt resolution 2005-20 stating that the new definition in Section II 2.3 Regular
Part Time employee shall read: Part-time employees work regular stated hours
and are employed on jobs with fewer than 40 scheduled hours per week. Roll call vote: Ayes: Beck, Yancey, and Lovell. Nays: None; Absent: Meyer and Logue-Newcomb.
Resolution for updating employee
handbook definition of seasonal/temporary employee:
After review of the current definition a motion was made by Beck,
seconded by Lovell to adopt resolution 2005-21 stating that the new definition
in Section II 2.4 TEMPORARY OR SEASONAL EMPLOYEE shall read: Temporary or
seasonal employees may work either a full or part time schedule but are hired
for a specific project or for a finite period of time and do not receive any
benefits. Roll call vote: Ayes: Beck, Yancey, and Lovell. Nays: None; Absent: Meyer and Logue-Newcomb.
REQUEST TO REVIEW 3.3 DRIVERS
License verification and implementing procedures to spot check for validity:
Motion was made by Lovell, seconded by Beck that a procedure be
implemented for employees & volunteers to annually provide a copy of their driver’s
license to the city clerk. The
information shall then be supplied to the police chief in order to complete
random checks for valid licenses effective
REVIEW 3.11 UPDATE PERSONNEL FILES
WITH CITY CLERK: Reminder that all employees &
paid volunteers are responsible for updating their information with the city
clerk.
IMPLENTATION OF A DCI BACKGROUND
CHECK FOR ALL PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL: Council agreed that the background check with the DCI should
be done prior to submitting the persons name to the council for approval.
PROPOSED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR PAID
AMBULANCE COORDINATOR FOR 30 HOURS/WEEK ON-CALL: Lovell presented a job description for a part-time paid
ambulance coordinator that was prepared and submitted by the ambulance
department. The description puts an
emphasis on having daytime coverage available during set hours and paying an
individual to be available to go on calls.
He stated that the public safety committee had been working towards a
job description that was focused on the completion of the back log of paperwork
rather than the availability of medical care.
Concerns about paying one individual to go on a call or to be just “on
call” and not paying others could create disharmony among the volunteers and
may eventually lead to issues related to wanting equal pay for equal work at
some point in the future. Logue-Newcomb
motioned, Lovell seconded to submit a copy of it to the city attorney for
evaluation. Ayes all. Motion carried.
ABSTRACT OF ELECTION & OATH OF
OFFICE: COUNCIL, MAYOR, And CLERK: The council reviewed the abstract of
the city election that was received from the
Plan to fill vacancy on Board of
Adjustments created by Tom Hall being elected to council effective
Request to change yield signs at
Jefferson and West Second to Stop signs:
After a
review of the proposal, council directed that an ordinance be prepared for
reading at the next meeting.
PROPOSED BUDGET ITEMS/PROJECTS IDEAS: Projects mention by council for consideration during the
budget planning process included tennis courts, widening of
L.L. Pelling
and
Committee Reports: None.
Announcements:
January 12 MLA part 2: Logue-Newcomb indicated that she
would also like to attend this session.
Region 6 Homeland Security Training
for municipal offices and emergency response personnel: will be held Jan. 16 & Jan 23
in Mechanicsville.
January 17 LOST election
Set next meeting date:
MAYORS COMMENTS:
Mayor Furry thanked the retiring council members for their time and
efforts for serving their community this past year.
ADJOURN:
There being no further business to come before the Council at this time,
council member Beck motioned, Yancey seconded, to adjourn the meeting at
ATTEST:
____________________________ _______________________________
Linda K.
Coppess, CMC David
L. Furry, Mayor
City
Clerk/Finance Officer