Riceville city council met in regular session on March 13, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in city hall. Mayor Mauer called the meeting to order. Present: Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Absent: none.
Motion by Shoger, second Byrnes to approve minutes from Feb. 13 regular meeting. Ayes – 5
Motion by Adams, second Shoger to approve minutes from Feb. 27 special meeting. Ayes – 5
Citizen’s opportunity to address the council – none.
Police report was read.
John Hjelle, Erdman Engineering, presented information on Chestnut St. improvement project. Preliminary assessments, costs and specs had been prepared, with total estimated cost of $59367.50. Drainage tile cost of $12034.00 was included in that total. There was much discussion on cost, type of tile to be used, installation of a cul-de-sac, tile hookups and the individual assessment amounts. Two residents said if the assessments were going to be that high, they would just live with the ditches there and didn’t want to do the project.
Councilmember Adams made the motion to drop the whole project. Motion died for lack of a second.
Motion by Byrnes, second Adams to table this project until such time the residents at Sunrise Acres came back to the council with an alternative proposal. Ayes – 5
Motion by Shoger, second Harnack to pay Harlan Noble, Jim Cody and Keith Eastman $100 each for their services in re-valuing the Chestnut St. project properties. Ayes – 5
At 8:05 p.m., Mayor Mauer opened the public hearing on FY2006-2007 budget. He asked for written comments. There were none. He asked for oral comments. There were none.
Councilmember Adams introduced Res. #17-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR FY2006-2007 AS PUBLISHED AND CERTIFICATION OF SAME TO COUNTY AUDITORS” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Graves. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Nays – none. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #17-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Motion by Shoger, second Byrnes to grant permission to NAPA store to park a NAPA truck in front of their business on July 27 or 28 and to conduct a sidewalk sale at that time. Ayes- 5
Bill from Linkenmeyer Construction for clean up at the tree dump was discussed. Was a lot there and it kept getting stuck in the truck when unloading. Motion by Shoger, second Adams to pay the bill of $926 as presented. Ayes – 5
Motion by Byrnes, second Shoger to approve D. Felper attendance at regional water meeting in Mason City on April 13. Ayes – 5
Councilmember Byrnes introduced Res. #18-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INCREASE IN MARY ANN SWEENEY’S SALARY TO $7.60/HOUR RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1, 2006” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Graves. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Adams, Harnack. Nays – Shoger. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #18-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Councilmember Shoger introduced Res. #19-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH IDOT FOR HWY 9” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Adams. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Nays – none. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #19-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Motion by Adams, second Harnack to approve clerk’s attendance at IMFOA meeting April 19-21. Ayes – 5
Motion by Harnack, second Adams to approve clerk’s attendance at North Iowa Clerk’s meeting in Mason City on March 17. Ayes – 5
Motion by Harnack, second Graves to approve clerk’s attendance at liquor license electronic filing training meeting in Waverly April 5. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Adams, Harnack. Nays – Shoger. Motion carried.
Motion by Shoger, second Graves to sign contract for porta potty at library park. Ayes – 5
Motion by Adams, second Harnack to pay $200 down with deferred payment on balance until July 1 for copier from Iowa Office Solutions. Ayes – 5
Councilmember Adams introduced Res. #20-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION TO DO OPEN CUT SEWER REPAIRS AS LISTED BY ERDMAN ENGINEERING. NO SPECS NEEDED FROM ENGINEER” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Shoger. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Nays – none. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #20-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Current recycling program discussed. Possibility of hiring an outside contractor for the city’s recycling and possible reduction in work force discussed. Councilmember Harnack just wanted the council to consider this option for future.
Garbage truck has some holes rusting through on the side. McNeilus has stated they can cut out and weld a piece back in and consensus of council was to do this before it got any worse.
Councilmembers Harnack and Graves had taken a tour of the city buildings and had listed some items that could be disposed of. Whole council was asked to do the same tour before a future meeting. Old library building should be addressed. A party had looked at it the previous weekend and was interested in renting it. Amount of rent discussed and consensus of council was to charge $100/month, the same as previous renters. Any remodeling would be at the expense of the renter.
Motion by Adams, second Harnack to approve Class C liquor license w/ Sunday sales and outdoor service for Riceville Country Club. Ayes – 5
Motion by Byrnes, second Graves to credit account #0210140004 for unpaid water deposit. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Adams, Harnack. Nays – Shoger. Motion carried.
Motion by Adams, second Shoger to approve listing of businesses on the city website and to advertise for businesses to contact city clerk to be included in this project. Use school district boundaries for listing businesses. Ayes – 5
Consensus of council to leave the senior citizen discount for garbage as is.
Consensus of council to make the signs across from the fire station “No Parking Between Signs” since we already have these signs on hand.
Councilmember Adams introduced Res. #21-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION TO APPROVE TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY RANDY AND AMY TORNEY AND FORWARD OF SAME TO COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR FINAL APPROVAL” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Shoger. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Nays – none. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #21-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ DeanR. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Councilmember Shoger introduced Res. #22-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION APPROVING MERRI CROSS AS REPLACEMENT FOR NANCY HALL ON THE LIBRARY BOARD” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Harnack. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams, Harnack. Nays – none. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #22-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Councilmember Byrnes introduced Res. #23-2006 entitled, “RESOLUTION APPROVING RICK GRAVES TO REPLACE TERRY BYRNES AS RICEVILLE’S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE UPPER EXPLORERLAND HOUSING BOARD” and moved for adoption. Second to adopt Adams. Ayes – Graves, Byrnes, Shoger, Adams. Nays – Harnack. Whereupon, the Mayor declared Res. #23-2006, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 13 day of March, 2006.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk
Councilmember Harnack reported that the individual committees for HCED are starting to meet.
Motion by Adams, second Byrnes to approve the bills as presented. Ayes – 5
Motion by Shoger, second Graves to adjourn. Ayes – 5. Meeting adjourned 9:00 p.m.
s/ Dean R. Mauer, Mayor
Attest:
s/ Trudy O’Donnell, City Clerk