CITY
OF POMEROY |
REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING |
MINUTES |
September
8, 2009 |
| Council meeting
called to order at 7:01 P.M. by Mayor Gene Becker |
| Roll
Call: C. Loots, C. Meyer, S Juilfs, and R Bachman. Absent:
D. DeVore |
| MAYOR
AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: C
Loots wanted a Thank you sent to Dan Roese, Ron Hanson, and Mark Passow
for spearheading the new shelter house. |
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA: C Meyer made a motion, seconded by C Loots to
approve the Agenda. Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, C. Meyer, C. Loots,
S Juilfs, Dan DeVore absent. Motion carried.
D DeVore arrived at 7:05. C Loots brought up the $100 nonrefundable
hookup fee. Mayor stated that the nonrefundable hookup fee was necessary
due to people leaving town without paying their water bill. |
CONSENT
AGENDA:
C Meyer made a motion, seconded by C Loots to approve payment request
#4 from R& R Excavating for $156,100.89 for the sewer lagoon project.
Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs,
Motion carried
S Juilfs made a motion, seconded by D DeVore to approve the Consent
Agenda: Financials, Minutes, Requests, Reports, and Bill List. Roll
call: Ayes R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs, Motion
carried. |
| COMMITTEE REPORTS:
John Devitt was on hand to discuss the Sewer Lagoon project. He presented
the change order from R & R Excavating. There was additional work
done; concrete added, reconstruction of erosion stone, increased rift
raft 3 to 6, and 6 to 9. Shirley Helgevold had a no cost item –
Federal Labor Standard Provision (CDBG does an audit half way through
the project). All that is left to do on the project is seeding and
fencing. John Devitt also suggested to the Council to replace the
gate at the Lagoon. He estimated the cost of a new gate at $500.00.
C Meyer made a motion, seconded by Cindy to approve the change order
for R & R Excavating of $2,772.30, allowing them to replace the
gate to the entrance of the Lagoon. Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, D
DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs, Motion carried. |
| New
Maintenance Shed: The electrical hookup for the new shed
was discussed. Mayor Gene Becker gave an outline of the two options
from where the source of the electricity should come from. They could
have MidAmerican Energy put up a transformer pole and run a direct
line into the building at a cost of $3000 or run a line from Dan Buenting’s
property. G Becker will have more information for the council next
meeting. The discussion then turned to water and sewer hookups for
the new shed. No problems anticipated for hooking the sewer up. The
water hookup was too small from Dan Buenting’s property, may
have to go through field or across the road from Simplot. R Bachman
announced that the doors were ordered and should arrive next week.
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| Zoning
Request: Sherri Ricke approached the Council seeking permission
for her rooster and other farm animals to stay within the City limits.
C Meyer made a motion seconded by C Loots that the Council would allow
John and Sherri Ricke to keep their chickens on the southern and western
most part of their property due to the proximity to the outer limits
of the City and that no complaints had been filed. Roll call: Ayes
R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs, Motion carried.
The Council members signed and dated the letter that the Ricke’s
drew up for the Council’s permission. A copy of the letter was
given to Ricke’s to retain for their files. |
| Shelter
House Update: Tabled due to no one to report on update. |
| Community
Building Update: Community Building bathrooms have been updated
with all new hardware, floors, doors, and walls. All is complete except
for the final touches such as mirrors and towel holders, etc. The
discussion on replacing the windows located at the front of the Community
building was tabled for next month. |
Cemetery/Parks:
Two bids for tree removal at the cemetery and park were presented.
C Loots made a motion, seconded by D Devore to accept bid from Travis
Schoon to remove 3 trees and 3 stumps for $850.00. Roll call: Ayes
R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs, Motion carried
Fire Department: Update tabled due to Chief unable to attend.
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| Police
Department: Chief Lorie Gerdes reported on purchasing a computer
and scanner/printer for the office. Initially Chief Gerdes went to
Walmart to purchase a desktop, but that model wasn’t available.
A laptop was purchased instead due to the price and limited space
in her office. C Loots made a motion, seconded by S Juilfs to reimburse
Chief Gerdes for the purchase of a laptop computer and printer/scanner
for her office. Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C.
Loots, S Juilfs, Motion carried |
| Police
Report: Chief Gerdes gave the police report; there were 16
calls for service for the month. |
| City
Hall: Vacate alley. A request was made to vacate the alley
between two properties, but was denied due to neighborhood concerns
for access to the alley for propane fills and electrical maintenance.
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| Can
Recycling/Revenue Request. C Loots wanted to know from the
Summer Recreation Department if they wish to maintain the can recycling
bin located on the north end of First Street. C Loots is part of the
group in town that meets once a week for small projects to better
the community of Pomeroy. This group has cleaned the can-recycling
bin twice with revenue going into the Summer Recreation Program. The
new group would like to fund some larger projects next year through
the Calhoun County Foundation Grant. The revenue from the can recycling
would help with these projects. The Council asked that a letter be
sent to the Summer Recreation Coordinator asking them about the can
recycling status. |
| CD
Maturity: Council wanted the City Clerk to check the maturing
CDs to ensure that they did not roll over for a low rate. They wanted
contact from the City Clerk about information for the intended purpose
of the CDs. If the money could help with water and sewer expenses,
then apply the CD revenue. |
| Resolution
#229 Street Finance Report: C Meyer made a motion, seconded
by D DeVore to approve the Fiscal Year 2009 Street Finance Report.
Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S Juilfs,
Motion carried. |
| Ordinance
#207 Amending Ordinance #167 No Parking Farm to Market: The
Council discussed at lengths whether to change the farm to market
roads or approve no parking on farm to market roads. C Meyer was concerned
about the residents not able to park cars on their street. D. DeVore
made a motion seconded by S Juilfs that there be temporary signs put
up on farm to market roads that rotated toward the streets with “No
Parking on Farm to Market Roads” from September 1 through November
15th, or as determined by the Police Chief. Signs would be turned
away from streets when not in use. Roll call: Ayes R. Bachman, D.
DeVore, C. Meyer, C. Loots, S. Juilfs, motion carried. |
| Ordinance
#208 Amending Chapter 3 Utilities – Refuse Collection:
The council reviewed the contract from Schuttler LLC, discussed rates
and listened to some citizen’s concerns. C Meyer made a motion,
seconded by D DeVore to decline the contract from Schuttler LLC. Roll
call: Ayes R. Bachman, D DeVore, C. Meyer, S Juilfs, Nays C. Loots,
Motion carried. |
Nuisance
Abatement: D DeVore presented the Council with a list of
nuisance properties. Each is to receive a letter with a deadline to
comply with specific instructions on what needs to be done.
ADJOURNMENT 10:03 p.m |
___________________________ Gene Becker Mayor
___________________________ Deb Casey/Deputy Clerk
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