City of Riceville

City of Riceville

Council Proceedings

March 10, 2014

The regular meeting for the Riceville City Council was scheduled for Monday, Marc h 10, 2014. Mayor Eastman called the meeting to order at 6:3 pm. Those present included Mayor Dean Eastman, Terry Byrnes, Harold Jensen, and Jordan Oulman. Absent was Joe Keeling and Mark Patrick.

There were some additions to the agenda: waste water class request in Mason City on April 17, NIACOG presentation, and committee recaps.

Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Oulman to approve the minutes from February 10, 2014 as amended. Roll call vote, 3-0, motion carried.

The Council reviewed the correspondence including old postcards from a member of the Eschweiler family.

Keeling present at 6:40 pm.

The Council committee member recapped information obtained during meetings over the past month. Oulman provided information from Howard County Economic Development; Byrnes for Mitchell County Economic Development; Jensen for the Library; and Keeling for the Landfill.

Citizens were offered the opportunity to address the Council.

Jason Passmore presented information regarding the Home Base Iowa program. The State of Iowa has created a website, called Home Base Iowa as an attempt to gain veterans to enter into residency within Iowa by providing information on job listings and other state and community assets. In addition, Connect Iowa is a program addressing broadband availability. Skilled Iowa addresses the gap in skills between residents and employers.

Jensen introduced Resolution 14-2014, entitled A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING HOME BASE IOWA, and was first to adopt. Keeling was second to adopt. Roll call vote: ayes – Jensen, Byrnes, Oulman, and Keeling, nays – none. Therefore, Mayor Eastman declared Resolution 14-2014 PASSED AND APPROVED this Tenth day of March 2014.

s/Mayor Dean Eastman

Attest:

Crystal Reddel

Matt O’Brien, with NIACOG presented the Council with information on Hazard Mitigation plan. The Council needs to approve a resolution at the next meeting; following a public notice.

The Council acknowledged there is an on-going problem with freezing of water lines. Full discussion took place between Council and visitors as to possible solutions. One Council member also commented he would like to see it added into the Code book if there is any type of adjustments made. The Mayor decided the Council does have time to make a decision since the next bill will be mailed out in May.

Wapsi Day liquor license request was the idea of selling alcohol during the day, more specifically during the firemen’s chicken dinner. However, this needs to be thought and discussed more. Oulman, Byrnes made the motion to approve the liquor license request. 3-1.

Jensen made the motion, seconded by Keeling to open the public hearing at 7:44 pm. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

There were not any written or oral questions or comments regarding Budget FYE 2015.

Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Oulman to exit the public hearing at 7:45 pm. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Jensen to approve the submission of the Budget 2015 to the County Auditor to complete the process. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

The Council addressed employee’s comp time, and a suggestion was made to pay those hours down. Oulman made the motion, seconded by Keeling to pay employees for the following amounts of comp time: D. Felper 130 hours, B. Sigler 60 hours, and C. Reddel 45 hours. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Keeling to approve the liquor license for the Country Club. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

Public Works Director Felper updated the Council on fuel situation for the new skid loader. A fuel tank needs to be purchased. Further information is to be obtained for the next meeting.

The fire department has one bill to Heiman for $542.32 for boots. Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Jensen to approve the bill. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

Public works director Felper asked to attend wastewater training on April 17 in Mason City for both public works employees. It will be formally approved at the next regular meeting.

Byrnes made the motion, seconded by Oulman to approve the bills as presented. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

February 2014 Disbursements
Check / To Whom / Amt / Purpose / Fund
22510 / Tamara Runde / 184.70 / treasurer wages / govt
22515 / Alliant Energy / 2955.41 / electric / gen/rut/wat/sew
22516 / Curt Jones / 171.20 / sewer main freeze / sewer
22517 / EBS / 15.00 / partial self funding / eb
22518 / Evans Printing & Publishing / 180.62 / publications / govt
22519 / Farmer's Feed & Grain / 75.00 / vehicle repairs / rut, san
22520 / FMC Solid Waste / 766.70 / landfill fees / san
22521 / Gordy's Repair / 36.48 / equipment repairs / rut
22522 / Hach / 86.82 / water chemicals / water
22523 / Hawkins / 10.00 / chlorine / water
22524 / Iowa State University / 255.00 / traning / fd
22525 / Jendro Sanitation / 229.60 / recycling / san
22526 / Mehmert Tiling / 5584.04 / hauling, snow removal, storm sewer / rut
22527 / Omnitel / 406.02 / telephone / gen/rut/wat/sew
22528 / Pickar-Oulman Plumbing / 20.54 / repairs / sewer
22529 / Reedsburg Hardware / 852.88 / chains / rut
22530 / Riceville Lumber Company / 7.07 / supplies / gen
22531 / Riceville Post Prom / 75.00 / donation / gen
22532 / Riley's / 11.39 / wall calendar / gen
22533 / Stacyville LP / 1729.94 / lp / gen/wat
22534 / Superior Welding Supply / 6.20 / shop expense / rut
22536 / Walk & Murphy / 1464.04 / legal fees / gen
22537 / Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield / 30.00 / EOB / eb
22538 / WEX Bank / 1959.02 / fuel / san/rut
22539 / Whitewater Wireless / 57.25 / pager repairs / gen
22540 / Ziegler / 353.01 / grader parts / rut
22541 / True North / 2889.09 / health insurance / eb/san
22542 / True Value / 287.99 / supplies / gen/rut/wat/sew
22543 / Aflac / 95.16 / payroll liability / gen/san/lib
22544 / Riceville Market Place / 20.66 / line work / sewer
ACH / Arnold Felper / 213.00 / payroll / san
ACH / David Felper / 1161.36 / payroll / rut
ACH / Crystal Reddel / 1029.92 / payroll / govt
ACH / Brian Sigler / 896.17 / payroll / water
22545 / Zeimetz Motors / 15900.00 / truck purchase / rut
ACH21414 / TASC / 187.49 / payroll liability / govt/rut
ACH / IPERS / 1639.45 / payroll liability / gen/rut/wat
ACH / IRS / 2357.21 / payroll liability / gen/rut/wat
22511 / Wayne Bottolfson / 60.03 / payroll / san
22546 / Line-X / 675.00 / truck liner / rut
22547 / Wayne Bottolfson / 110.82 / payroll / san
ACH22548 / Alta Faubert / 397.44 / payroll / govt
ACH22549 / Arnold Felper / 90.79 / payroll / san
ACH22550 / David Felper / 1153.62 / payroll / rut
ACH22551 / Crystal Reddel / 1031.48 / payroll / govt
ACH22552 / Brian Sigler / 900.48 / payroll / water
ACH22614 / TASC / 187.49 / payroll liability / govt/rut
48807.58
Library Account
3515 / Jennah Harkin / $ 353.75 / payroll / library
3516 / Betty Morse / $ 339.79 / payroll / library
3517 / Hazel Smith / $ 83.11 / payroll / library
3518 / Nicole Smith / $ 610.08 / payroll / library
3519 / Baker & Taylor / $ 669.71 / books, audios / library
3520 / Marco / $ 121.71 / maint contract / library
3521 / GE Capital / $ 350.82 / lease payments / library
3522 / Omnitel / $ 63.40 / telephone / library
3523 / Mastercard / $ 294.18 / postage, supplies, videos, programs / library
3524 / True Value / $ 22.72 / supplies / library
3525 / Jennah Harkin / $ 296.22 / payroll / library
3526 / Betty Morse / $ 344.82 / payroll / library
3527 / Hazel Smith / $ 220.64 / payroll / library
3528 / Nicole Smith / $ 217.28 / payroll / library
3988.23
52795.81
February 2014 Disbursements
General / 10967.80
Road Use Taxes / 29439.14
Water / 3870.96
Sewer / 513.88
Employee Benefits / 4015.80
Library / 3988.23
Economic Development / 0.00
Total / 52795.81
February 2014 Receipts
General / 3590.41
Employee Benefits / 506.42
Option Tax / 5971.96
Road Use Tax / 7452.50
Water / 316.25
Sewer / 0.00
Electric / 0.00
Utility Deposits / 0.00
Debt Service / 751.64
Economic Development / 0.00
Library / 635.15
Total / 19224.33

Keeling made the motion, seconded by Jensen to adjourn at 8:20 pm. Roll call vote, 4-0, motion carried.

s/Mayor Dean Eastman

Attest:

Crystal Reddel