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The regular monthly meeting of the Early City Council was held on June 6, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. Mayor Frank
Scott called the meeting to order and roll call was taken as follows: Present: Randy Franken, Bill Cougill, Vince Davis.
Absent: Richard Snyder and Pennie Irwin.
Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the agenda. Absent: Snyder and Irwin. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the minutes as submitted. Absent: Irwin and Snyder. Mayor Scott appointed Vince Davis as Mayor Pro-tem. Supt DPW Ray Musselman reported on the month's activities. They handled some tree and big branch removal, sprayed weeds at the lagoon, had the water cut off for the old hog buying station that was torn down, worked with the county on the storm drain on South Avenue across the road from the lagoon, the south pump went down and was repaired. Councilor Richard Snyder arrived at 7:10 p.m. Police Chief Roger Ray reported on the monthly activities. He helped DHS with a welfare check on children, did a number of traffic stops, had a report of slashed tires, attended MidAmerican meeting in Storm Lake, and requested permission to attend Legislative Update Workshop in Des Moines. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to approve the workshop. Absent: Irwin. Clerk reported on the monthly landfill meeting. The can redemption center closed the first of the month because of costs. The shape of the new landfill cell has yet to be approved by the DNR. Changes may have to be made to comply with changes being considered by the DNR. Mardelle Bell met with the council to discuss why her request for a permit to operate a golf cart on city streets was denied. Motion was unanimously passed to approve cigarette licenses for the Crossroads Restaurant and Lounge and Casey's General Store applications. Absent: Irwin. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to purchase a new computer from Incode-CMS. Absent: Irwin. No action on the city-owned property at this time. Discussed sanitation problem in town. The type of action to be taken was not determined at this time. Letters had been sent on annexation. No responses yet. An Administrative Consent Order was received today from the DNR on the sewer system requirements. Clerk had reviewed the contents with Planner Chris Whitaker at Region XII COG and also with Engineer Neal Kuehl. Motion was unanimously passed to authorize the Mayor to sign the Consent Order. Absent: Irwin. Supt DPWorks Musselman presented bids on a trade for the lawn mower. Motion was unanimously passed by those present to purchase a Woods FX 21 D Woods mower from Engel Agri-Sales for $7499. Absent: Irwin. Motion unanimously passed by those present to charge $75 per hour for mowing. Absent: Irwin. Clerk reported on the Iowa Supreme Court decision on the franchise fee case. It will still be wait and see on the Polk County case. Res. 06-10 Adopting the National Incident Management System (NIMS) was unanimously passed on roll call vote. Ayes: all present Nays: none. Absent: Irwin. Discussed the car wash property north of the city garage and shop. Receipts for the month of May:
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The Council audited the following bills for approval of payment:
At 8:53 p.m. moved the meeting adjourned. Frank L. Scott, Mayor Sharon Ann Irwin, Clerk |
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