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The regular meeting of the Early City Council was held on Sept. 6, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. Mayor Frank Scott called the meeting to order and roll call was taken as follows: Present: Pennie Irwin, Randy Franken, Ronald Drey and Richard Snyder. Absent: Vince Davis.
Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the agenda with the addition on a residential building application that was inadvertently missed on the agenda. Absent: Davis. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the minutes with on correction. Absent: Davis. Supt DPW Ray Musselman reviewed his monthly written report with the Council. The Lead and Copper water tests have been completed for this year and everything was okay, meter pits were replaced for Hatch Trucking and Charles Higgins, benches that were donated were installed by the Center, the sewer on 1st Street has been repaired and the effluent drain pipe at the lagoon has been repaired. Motion was unanimously passed by those present for Supt. D.P.W. to see about purchasing some power tools for the shop. Absent: Davis. Police Chief Roger Ray reviewed his monthly written report with the Council. There were two false alarms, an assist to the county sheriff's office on a juvenile beer party, checked a residence on a subject wanted on a felony warrant, several traffic stops. Schaller/Crestland Supt Dave Kwikkel met with the council to discuss the bill for the false alarms at the school. The system is triggered by heat or motion and in a learning process they have determined that while they were doing floors and running fans this summer caused most of the false alarms. He asked the council to reconsider the charges this time for the false alarms. Later in the meeting this information was reviewed. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to waive the charges this time. Absent: Davis. Sam and Rob Rudd met with the council to discuss the renewal of the garbage and recycling contract. They are requesting $1 per residence increase because of increases in tipping fees, gas prices and insurance. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the renewal of the three-year contract. Absent: Davis. Clerk was instructed to have a new contract drawn. Reviewed recycling within the City. They will start to leave recycling that is not done correctly and advise City Clerk of the addresses so the residents can be advised of what changes need to be made. Clerk reported that she attended the August Sac County Solid Waste Board meeting. An updated Comprehensive Plan is being developed. Sac County will have dropped below the 25 percent reduction of material to the landfill and therefore the entire county will be required to go to a tag/bag system of garbage pickup. Dick Sanders and Brian Lenz and Roland Newton, APEX Environmental met the Council to discuss the ground contamination around the old Standard station on Highway 71 at Second Street. After further review by APEX they have determined that the east city well is not in the critical area for the ground contamination. However, they have found what they believe could be a private well within the corporate limits. They will do more checking on this and advise the City Clerk of their findings. Clerk reported on information received at the meeting hosted by the Farm Bureau concerning the Local Option Sales Tax vote to be held on September 27. Res. 05-24 Adopting Policies and Procedures for Examination of Open Records was unanimously passed on roll call vote Absent: Davis. Res. bldg permits were unanimously approved by those present for Paul Lightfoot for a shed and Nick Schumacher for a fence. Absent: Davis. Discussed the letters sent concerning annexation. Res. 05-25 Adopting Ordinance 272 Amending Provisions Pertaining to Abandoned Vehicles was unanimously passed on roll call vote by those present. Absent: Davis. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to waive the second and third readings and pass on first and final. Absent: Davis. |
Res. 05-26 Adopting Ordinance 273 Amending Provisions Pertaining to Definition of Snowmobiles was Unanimously passed on roll call vote. Absent: Davis. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to waive the second and third readings and pass on first and final. Absent: Davis.
Res. 05-27 Adopting Ordinance 274 Amending Provisions Pertaining to Billing for Water Service and Reconnection was unanimously passed by those present on roll call vote. Absent: Davis. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to waive the second and third readings and pass on first and final. Absent: Davis. Reviewed cost estimates for grant application for CDBG this year. Discussed Federal Housing Program grant applications for this year. Bring it up to County League of Cities meeting. Receipts for the month of Aug:
GENERAL FUND
At 9:20 p.m. the meeting adjourned on voice vote. Frank L. Scott, Mayor Sharon Ann Irwin, Clerk |
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