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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS - JANUARY 2008
CITY OF STACYVILLE
Mayor Harold Isaac called
the regular January meeting of the Stacyville City Council to order at 7:30
p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008, with council members Gervin Halbach,
Walter Carter, Roger Brumm, and Roger Hemann present. The Mayor then
welcomed all guests and called for approval of the meeting agenda. Hemann
moved to accept the agenda, seconded by Carter and carried. Brumm moved to
accept the minutes, seconded by Carter and carried.
Because of the death of
Nick Pitzen, Hemann moved and Halbach seconded to appoint Paul Halbach to
fill the remaining two years of Nick Pitzen’s term. All voted aye. Paul
Halbach then joined the council at the table.
City Clerk lead (sic)
Paul Halbach, Gervin Halbach, Walter Carter and Roger Hemann in the Oath of
Office.
Tom Madden of Yaggy Colby
said he did not have any pay requests to present to the council. Brumm
moved and Paul Halbach seconded by RESOLUTION 2008-1 TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT
AND BONDS FOR SKYLINE CONSTRUCTION FOR WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE II.
All voted aye.
Madden is working with
Chris Diggins of NIACOG to get the paper work done for the RISE grant that
will be used for the Industrial Park road. The council will establish a
time for bid letting at a later date.
Madden and the council
then discussed the water quality and injection pump trouble. First of all
the water is safe to use, even though some households are experiencing a
discoloring of the water. Mark Heimer has sent in some water samples from
both wells to test for hardness and iron content. This will be an ongoing
effort to determine the cause of discoloring. Madden said that since the
City is having trouble with the current pumps, mainly losing their prime, he
has told the contractor to order new pumps. These new pumps are going to be
“squeeze” pumps. Madden told the Clerk to find out from the Bond Council if
the City can do a change order on the Industrial Park Utilities Improvements
Project to add the force main.
Emery Unruh of Unruh
Insulation presented to the council a solution for the leaking Gym roof. He
has a foam product with a polyurea coating that has a life span of 30
years. The product is sprayed over the top of the existing shingles. The
cost is about 65% that of a steel roof. The council told him to get an
estimate for the council to look at.
The council had met with
the Rural Fire Board in December, and from the meeting it was decided to
change the wording of the 28e agreement. Gervin Halbach moved and Hemann
seconded to approve amending the 28e agreement with the Rural Fire to change
the cost sharing to 50%. This new percentage will apply to the new building
and gear but not the vehicles. All voted aye. The clerk will forward this
information to City Attorney, Mark Walk.
Syd Heimer representing
the Library told the council that usage has remained at its higher level
that was achieved since moving to the new building. She stated that the
Library Board is asking the City for a $1,300 increase in City support. The
total asking will be $25,000. The extra money will be used for wage
increases.
Jay Adams, Fire Chief,
said that the Fire Department’s request from the City will remain at $9,830,
the same as last year. Adams said that they have added three volunteer
firefighters recently. Adams also asked that he receive a $5.00 per week
wage increase to be split with the Rural and City.
Brenda Dryer, Mitchell
County Economic Development Director, was present to ask the City for a
$1250 annual support. She also informed the council about an upcoming
program to help individuals to start or expand a business. Harlan Bisbee,
representing the Stacyville Economic Development, asked the council for
$500.
City Clerk told the
council that Steve Pitzen, executor for the estate of Nick Pitzen, offered
to sell to the City property located on the SE corner of South Broad Street
and School Street for the new fire station. Both the council and
representatives of the Fire Department felt that we should go forward with
the acquisition of this property.
The City Clerk updated
the council about the possible demolition of the schoolhouse building. A
company representative will be in Stacyville on January 25 to look at the
property. The company is a non profit and is interested in keeping material
from going into landfills. They are interested in the building’s brick,
hardwood floors and dimensional lumber to name a few. After they salvage
the material that can be sold, they finish the demolition of the remainder
of the building.
Joe and Connie Smith
presented an estimate of work that they want done in their basement in the
amount of $446.02. They feel that the water damage was the result of the
wet conditions that were present last summer and that the construction done
by the City drilling the new wells was to blame. The council also noted
that the Coop was building their new grain bin last summer. After some
discussion, the council informed the Clerk to talk to Scot at Northern
Country Coop to see if they would share 50% of the bill.
With the help of the
council, Mayor Isaac made the following appointments and designations:
Street All
council members
Sewer Brumm,
Gervin Halbach and Hemann
Park
Brumm and Carter
Finance All council
members
Sidewalks Gervin Halbach,
Hemann and Paul Halbach
Weed
Commissioner Carter
Rural Fire
Board Paul Halbach
Recreation
Program Brumm and Carter
County
Landfill Gervin Halbach, Brumm as
alternate
County Economic
Development Brumm
Mayor
Pro-Tem Gervin Halbach
Zoning
Administrator Harold Landherr
Emergency
Management Jay Adams
County
E-911 Jay Adams
Health
Officer Dr Kelly Ross
City
Attorney Mark Walk
Treasurer Harold Landherr
Fire
Chief Jay Adams
Police
Chief David Zacharias
City
Clerk Harlan Bisbee
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Summer
Recreation will consist of two positions, one for the boys program and one
for the girls program with pay at $1000 per position per season
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Salaries
set: Treasurer $300 per year; Zoning Administrator $200 per year plus per
permit fee; City Attorney fee basis
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Clerk will
be paid $50 monthly to cover office costs
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Authorize
Clerk to pay monthly wage, rent, utilities, garbage and taxes as they come
due
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Designate
St Ansgar State Bank of Stacyville as the official depository
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Name the
Monitor Review of Stacyville as the official city newspaper
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Set the
second Monday of the month as the date of the regular city council meeting
starting at 7:30 PM in the council chambers at City Hall
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Set the
following rates: mileage rate for reimbursement will be the then current
federal rate; occasional day labor will be $7.25 per hour or the then
current minimum wage; extra duty police at $12.50 per hour; truck driver at
$9.00 per hour
All the above
commissions, rates, hiring, offerings, appointments and designations were
given in one motion by Hemann and seconded by Carter. All voted aye.
The council
started working on next year’s City Budget. The Clerk presented some
preliminary numbers to the council. The biggest concern in the upcoming
budget is the amount of capital projects that need funds from the General
Fund. The City is borrowing the money for the Water Project and the
Industrial Park Utilities Project. The City is receiving $104,000 RISE
grant for the Industrial Park road. The remaining $150,000 needs to be paid
by the City. The council would also like to: 1) fix the Gym roof, cost of
$26,000 to $40,000; 2) hard surface Rolling Hills, cost of $10,000 to
$48,000; 3) cement Union Street from Albion Street to the railroad tracks,
cost of $60,000; 4) demolish the school building, cost unknown at this
time. The fire station will be built in the next two to three years and the
City now has about one half of the funds needed for that project. The
council will address the budget again next month.
The next regular meeting
will be held on the second Monday, February 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Motion to
adjourn at 10:10 by Hemann second by Carter and carried.
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Harold Isaac,
Mayor Harlan Bisbee, City Clerk
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