CITY
OF POMEROY |
REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING |
MINUTES |
April
14, 2009 |
Council meeting called
to order at 7:04 P.M. by Mayor Gene Becker
Roll Call: S Juilfs, C Loots, C. Meyer, D DeVore and R Bachman
| MAYOR
AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: |
Loots
announced that the City website is up in running. City Hall is to
run an ad letting |
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the community know about it. |
| APPROVAL
OF AGENDA: |
DeVore made a motion, second by Meyer
to approve the Agenda. |
| Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer,
DeVore and Loots Nays: None. Motion Carried |
| CONSENT
AGENDA: |
Meyer
made a motion, second by Bachman to approve the Consent Agenda:Financials,Minutes,
Requests, Reports, |
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and Bill List. Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore and
Loots Nays: None. Motion
Carried. Motion made by Meyer and seconded by Juilfs to approve two
lagoon project bills: Kuehl andPayer
for $3,469.40, $693.00 to be paid by CDBG and $2,776.40 by SRF, and
MIDAS for $1,058.00 paid byCDBG. Roll
call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore and Loots Nays: None. Motion
Carried. |
| COMMITTEE
REPORTS |
| Water/Sewer/Streets: |
City
Clerk gave a lagoon project update. R & R Excavating hope to have
generator in by the end of the week |
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and have the lift station up and running by the end of next week April
24th. The dirt crew will hopefully be onsite by Monday the 27th to
finish the dirt work depending on the weather. The City Clerk is to
check into Hawkeye Adjustment collection agency to see what steps
the City has to take and what steps they take. A customer asked for
an extension on their water bill payment after brief discussing the
Council agreed to a 30day extension. The Customer is to get a letter
from their lawyer about their situation to City Hall. The Council
reviewed a bid to replace the roof of the maintenance shed. After
discussion the decision was made to have a contractor look at the
structure of the building to see if it is worth fixing the roof or
if a new building is a wiser decision. |
| Fire
Dept: |
After
discussion a motion was made to accept Central States bid to replace
the Fire Stations Roof for $11,900.00. |
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Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore and Loots Nays: None.
Motion Carried. City Hall is to see when the work will be completed.
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| Cemetery/Parks: |
The
Kenny Rhea is to find prices to purchase a second mower for the parks.
A motion was made by Loots and seconded |
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by Meyer to keep the rent of the Shelter House the same as the Community
Building. Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore and Loots
Nays: None. Motion Carried. Decision was made to fix the bathrooms
at the park and to keep the Shelter House bathrooms locked up. |
| Summer
Rec.: |
After
discussion a motion was made to give an additional $400.00 to the
Soccer program |
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help pay for coaches. Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore
and Loots Nays: None. Motion Carried. A sign is to be placed on the
summer rec. can recycling that we no longer accept glass bottles. |
| City
Hall: |
City
Hall is to place an ad in the paper for the Spring Clean up day May
2nd and to add that |
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and vehicles are needed. The City will not be participating in the
Second Saturday advertising since the City already donates the use
of the Community Building to the Historical Society. The Calhoun Co.
Emergency management gave the City a preventative maintenance agreement
for the siren. The agreement would include a yearly inspection and
maintenance plan to keep the siren working properly. A motion was
made by Meyer and seconded by DeVore to be included in the maintenance
agreement on the siren with $525.00 per year if we have a siren with
batteries and $425.00 per year if we have a siren without batteries.
Roll call: Ayes: Bachman, Juilfs, Meyer, DeVore and Loots Nays: None.
Motion Carried. The Council also agreed to be a part of The Iowa Mutual
Aid Compact to support communities in need if a disaster is to accrue
and also to help us if some disaster was to happen in our community.
The City Clerk announced that the City was awarded all three grants
that were applied for: the Shelter House tables and planters, the
Community Building bathrooms and carpet in the Library. The Council
decided that the floors in the Community Building shouldn’t
be done until the bathrooms are completed. The Public Hearing for
amending the fiscal year 2009 budget was set for May 26th at 7:00
in City Hall. The Council discussed the budget amendments and will
continue the discussion on the next regular meeting on May 12th. The
City Clerk gave an update on the audit of the fiscal year 2007 and
2008. The State Auditor’s office is finishing up and hopes to
have it completed by next month. |
| Police
Dept: |
The
Council was informed on the number of applications that have been
received by City Hall and discussed when to meet |
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review the applications after the April 30th deadline. |
ADJOURNMENT
10:10P.M.
___________________________ Gene Becker Mayor
___________________________ Sarah Burke City Clerk
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