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A regular meeting of the Early City Council was held on Apr. 1, 2008. Mayor Richard Snyder called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with roll call as follows: Present: Bill Cougill, Pennie Irwin, Mary Ann Brinkman, Vince Davis. Absent: Randy Franken.
Motion was unanimously passed by all those present to approve the consent agenda, including agenda, minutes, and bills for payment and Class C Liquor License and Sunday renewal for Crossroads Restaurant. Absent: Franken. A number of residents were present concerned with their water bills this month Jay Irwin met with the Council concerning the melting snow problem that they had several weeks ago. The snow melted so fast that it went around some snow banks and ran into their finished basement. At the end of the meeting, the Council took this under more consideration. No action was taken. Councilor Franken arrived at 7:15 p.m. Curt Wiseman, Kuehl and Payer, and Brent Reiner and a foreman, R & R Excavating were present for sewer project. On unanimous roll call vote Res. 08-12 awards the contract to R & R Excavating. Wed., Apr 23 at 7:00 p.m. was set as the time and date to approve the contract and bond for the project. On unanimous roll call vote Res. 08-13 approved the contracts and bonds for Municipal Pipe Tool for the main rehabilita-tion and Rehab Systems for the manhole rehabilitation. Supt. DPW Ray Musselman reported the month’s activities. They repaired the hydraulic pump to the sander, repaired a hydraulic pump on the brown truck, attended a safety meeting, dealt with snow melt problems, and have taken down some of the snow fence. Motion was unanimously passed to purchase a street sweeper from Warren’s Scrap Metal for $250. This will be used for spare parts. The Council set Sat., May 31, 5-7 p.m. as the City-wide Block Party to be held at the City Park. Council will get this planned in the next month. Ord. 288 Amending Sewer and Water Rates was unanimously passed on roll call vote on 2nd reading. Motion was unanimously passed to waive the 3rd and final reading. Sewer rates will increase to $10 per 1,000 gal. with a minimum of 2,000 gal. per month. There will be a $1 inside city limits and $2 outside city limits fee for water improvements added to each bill. These rates take effect May 1. Motion unanimously passed to set May 6 as hearing date for proposed budget amendment on 07-08 budget. Clean-up Week with be Thursday, May 8 thru Sun., May 11. There will be a roll-off dumpster at the city shop for residents to take their materials. Motion was unanimously passed to establish mileage for meetings outside the county at 45 cents per mile. Res. 08-14 Directing the Mayor to Participate in the IA DOT Small Town Sign Replacement Program was unanimously passed on roll call vote. Clerk was instructed to mail the annual Consumer Confidence Report that has to be distributed to all residents. Clerk was instructed to put information out about old vehicles in town. If there is little or no response, then letters will be sent to owners of said vehicles. Res. 08-15 Approving Participation in the Income Offset Program with the State of Iowa was unanimously passed on roll call vote. No action taken on the Emergency Operations Plan. The Clerk reported the following receipts for the month of March:
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Richard Snyder, Mayor |
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