MINUTES
June 16, 2014
A regular meeting of the Town Board was held on June 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium.
Item 1 – Roll call. Those present and answering roll call: Trustees;Isbell, Moos, Rohnand Rossand Mayor Moser. Trustee Daniels appeared later in the meeting. Absent: Trustee Heaton. Attorney Rocklin was also present.
Item 2-Review of the Minutes of the May15thmeeting. TrusteeRoss moved to approve the minutes as written, seconded by Trustee Isbell. Motion carried 4-0.
Item 3–Union Pacific Railroad Annexation: (A) Public Hearing; (B) Resolution 2014-09; (C) Ordinance No. 562 – Annexing Property; (D) Ordinance No. 563 – Zoning Property. Mr. Holmberg provided a presentation and
Item 4 –Public Officials Liability Review – Cirsa requires Boards and Councils to review the liability, conflicts of interest, and ethics issues within 90 days of each election. Avi will provide a review of the rules that the Board needs to be aware of. Trustee Moos moved to adopt Ordinance No. 559: Amending Eaton Municipal Code by an increase in the general penalty, the penalty for juvenile offenders and the municipal court surcharge, on second reading, seconded by Trustee Ross. Roll call; Isbell-aye, Ross-aye, Rohn-aye and Moos-aye. Motion carried 4-0.
Item 5 – Citizen comments/questions. Concluding discussion Trustee Moos moved to approve Resolution 2014-08: Resolution in support of oil and gas measures, seconded by Trustee Ross. Motion carried 5-0.
Item 6 – Reports.Chrisreported all paperwork is in order for the request for the Special Events Permit received from Eaton Sertoma for Community Days. Chief Mueller has no objection to granting the request. Trustee Daniels moved to approve the request, seconded by Isbell. Motion carried 5-0.
Chris reported all paperwork for Eaton Liquor license renewal request is in order. Chief Mueller has no objection in granting the request. Trustee Moos moved to grant approval, seconded by Trustee Daniels. Motion carried 5-0.
Chris reported all paperwork for Camacho’s Mexican Restaurant license renewal are in order. Chief Mueller has no objection in granting the request. Trustee Isbell expressed concern regarding the serving of liquor to minors. Concluding discussion, Trustee Moos moved to grant approval, seconded by Trustee Rohn. Roll call; Daniels-aye, Moos-aye, Rohn-aye, Ross-aye and Isbell-nay. Motion carried 4-1.
Item 7 – Adjourn. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
Chief Mueller provided an update of activities in the police department.
Gary reported the west water tank will be back in service next week.
Trustee Ross provided an update on MPO activities. Trustee Ross also requested the attendance policy be provided for review regarding board members. The policy will be sent to all board members for their review.
Attorney Rocklin provided an update on the High Plains Library District litigation. Attorney Rocklin also reported that she has some conflict of interest and feels that ethically it would be better if she recuses herself and Attorney Brad March has agreed to take over. Attorney Rocklin will still be working with Attorney March as co-council. Attorney March has provided a fee agreement for the Board’s review. Concluding review of the agreement, Trustee Isbell moved to approve the agreement, seconded by Trustee Daniels. Roll call; Moos-aye, Rohn-aye, Ross-aye, Isbell-aye and Daniels-aye. Motion carried 5-0
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Item 12 - Adjourn.
Erika C. Bagley, Town Clerk