MINUTES OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR SESSION
FEBRUARY 12, 2007
The Roland City
Council met in regular session on Monday, February 12, 2007, at 7:00 p.m., at
City Hall with Mayor Samuel Juhl presiding.
Council members present at roll call were Duane Canny, Roger Fritz, Bob
Hanson and Jeri Neely. Absent was
council member John Lee. Also present
were 7 visitors and members of the community.
It was
motioned by Hanson, seconded by Fritz to approve the consent agenda containing
the following items: agenda, minutes
from the January 22, 2007, meeting as written, clerk/treasurer reports, and
claims as submitted. All were in favor.
There was no
public input at this time.
Department Head Reports were as follows:
Street Department - Street Superintendent Harold Hovick had nothing to
report at this time.
Water/Wastewater Department – Water/Wastewater Superintendent
Dean Uitermark stated the mag meter has been installed at the Wastewater
Plant. The water line at Ed Cannon’s
froze. They will need to run a new line
this summer to keep it from happening again.
There is a possibility the next door neighbor’s line is frozen also.
City Clerk - City Clerk Deneen Frost had nothing to report at
this time.
Jerry Handsaker was not present at this time.
The Council reviewed the 2007/2008 budget. It was motioned by Fritz, seconded by Canny
to approve the following changes to the budget:
decrease the Street Dept. Capital Reserve fund by $10,000; wage
increases for employees with health insurance will be 3% with $150 per month
increase for insurance; the Mosquito Capital Expenditure will be decreased by
$4250; the Library line items for adult/juvenile books and dvd’s will be
reverted back to what was presented; wages for the Library will be increase by
$1500 to meet the minimum wage increase.
All were in favor.
Council member Fritz updated the council about what has been happening
at the New Library Joint Committee meetings.
At the second meeting the groups were to come with proposals to
discuss. The Library Board and the
Foundation both came in with the same proposal, to place the same plan on the
ballot with different wording. Council
member Fritz presented his plan to the council.
The plan consists of purchasing the building north of the current
Library, temporarily moving the Library into Wright’s building, tearing down
the two older buildings and constructing a new 6,000 sq ft Library. Once the new Library is done, move the Library
into it and make some renovations to the Wright building and move City Hall
into that building. He feels it could be
potentially done for $500,000, with grants and donations. He feels confident that his proposal will be
accepted by at least 75% of the community.
If his proposal does not pass he will donate $1,000 to the Library
Foundation and resign his position from the Council and not seek re-election
for at least two and a half years.
There was discussion on getting a second opinion of the costs of the
three design plans that the Library has and an estimate on the plan presented
by council member Fritz. Council member
Fritz thinks the Engineering firm will come in and chat for nothing, but there
may be costs to get the numbers crunched.
There was also discussion on getting a second Structural Study
done. Council member Hanson stated he
doesn’t know when the building got that bad.
There was discussion on whether or not the owner of the building north
of the Library is interested in selling.
Council member Fritz stated that he has visited with the wife, but no
price was discussed. He wanted to wait
and see if the council was interested in the proposal. There would be approximately 6,660 sq ft to
build on and if the City grew and the Library needed more space they could
expand into the Fire Station property and build a new Fire Station. Council member Hanson stated that tearing
down Wright’s building is a sore subject.
Council member Neely stated that she has been told to get a Library
Board. They’ve been working on this for
nine years.
Rick DeWald, Library Board & Committee member stated that Council
member Fritz put a lot of work into it, but it was a personal plan. This is a huge project and the Council needs
to give direction on how much is too much and how big is too big. Council member Neely stated she’d like to see
what the Engineer firm has to say before the council does anything else.
Corey Johnson of the Design Committee stated that the committee did look
at alternate plans. The cost was almost
the same whether you tore down Wright’s building or remodeled it. With the new construction there are no
unknowns, you don’t get that when you remodel.
Corey also stated that the roof has been patched. He doesn’t feel that council member Fritz’s
proposal will come in anywhere near what he’s proposing. He stated that the cost of construction is
running about $95.00 per sq ft. He also
agrees that a second opinion would be worth the money.
There was discussion on the future expansion needs of the Library and
how
It was motioned by Canny, seconded by Hanson to have council member
Fritz make contact with the Engineering firm to see if they are interested in
putting together some numbers for the Library project. All were in favor.
Council/Mayor
consisted of the following: Council
member Neely inquired as to the status of council member Lee’s attendance. If he’s not coming back they need to get
someone else on the council. Council
member Hanson stated that he’s not sure council member Lee is going to live in
Roland when he gets back. Council member
Fritz stated that the council can compel him to attend a meeting.
There was
public input at this time from Rick DeWald.
He stated that they have been working on the new Library for seven
years. He also stated that they are
ahead of the curve for this type of project.
There was also input from Kristi Anderson. She asked that when they have the structural
study done to make sure they check the floor to make sure it will support the
weight.
With no
further business at this time, Hanson moved adjournment of the meeting at 8:29
p.m., seconded by Canny. All were in
favor. The next regular council meeting
will be Monday, February 26, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall.
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JANUARY RECEIPTS |
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General Fund |
$
14,783.70 |
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Road Use Tax |
$
9,773.25 |
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TIF |
$
2,226.90 |
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Economic
Development |
$
3,740.58 |
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Meter Deposit |
$
210.11 |
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Library Trust |
$
121.37 |
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|
Debt Service |
$
263.20 |
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|
Capital
Projects-NLAC |
$ - |
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Water |
$
13,582.55 |
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Sewer |
$
8,367.14 |
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|
|
|
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TOTAL |
$ 53,068.80 |
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FEBRUARY CLAIMS |
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GENERAL FUND |
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Police Dept. |
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Story County
Sheriff's Office |
2nd & 3rd qtr
law enforcement |
$
28,135.00 |
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Total
Police Dept. |
$ 28,135.00 |
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Fire Dept. |
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|
|
Hokel Machine
Supply |
recharge fire
extinguisher |
$
24.15 |
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Interstate |
(9) 7.5 v
batteries |
$
205.60 |
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|
training |
$
51.00 |
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Total Fire
Dept. |
$ 280.75 |
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EMT’s |
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|
Interstate |
(9) 7.5 v
batteries |
$
205.61 |
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Total
EMT’s |
$ 205.61 |
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|
|
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Streets |
|
|
|
Heart of |
fuel |
$
71.22 |
|
OSE Trustworthy
Hardware |
couplers |
$ 4.69 |
|
|
(2) tires, mount
& balance (S-10) |
$
184.08 |
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Total
Streets |
$ 259.99 |
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Landfill/Garbage |
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Stone Sanitation |
garbage hauling -
January |
$
6,118.75 |
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Total
Landfill/Garbage |
$ 6,118.75 |
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Library |
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EFTPS |
Fed/SS/Med |
$
610.08 |
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Ia Public Employee
Retire Sys |
IPERS |
$
288.40 |
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Treasurer, State
of |
|
$
76.00 |
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program supplies |
$
52.72 |
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Baker &
Taylor |
adult-juvenile
F/NF |
$
460.81 |
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Hometown Plumb,
Heat & Cool |
install (2) GFI
outlets |
$
90.20 |
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ICN |
long distance |
$ 5.50 |
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|
phone bill |
$
55.70 |
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Premier Office
Equipment |
copier
maintenance agreement |
$
54.00 |
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City Employees |
wages |
$
2,541.85 |
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Total
Library |
$ 4,235.26 |
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Swimming Pool |
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phone bill |
$ 7.98 |
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Total
Swimming Pool |
$ 7.98 |
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Policy & Administration |
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EFTPS |
Fed/SS/Med |
$
920.32 |
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Ia Public
Employee Retire Sys |
IPERS |
$
307.94 |
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Treasurer, State
of |
|
$
128.00 |
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Dust-Tex |
rug rental |
$
30.16 |
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Gibb's Plumbing,
Heating & Cooling |
service
call-condensate hose froze |
$
72.00 |
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IKON Financial |
copier lease |
$
153.00 |
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IKON Office
Solutions |
maintenance
agreement |
$
50.82 |
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DATA dues |
$
30.00 |
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|
phone bill |
$
119.93 |
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JBD Enterprises |
web page
maintenance/add NLJC pages |
$
95.00 |
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Kabel Business
Services |
hra payment &
monthly fee-Deneen |
$
110.76 |
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publications |
$
166.37 |
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US Cellular |
cell phone bill |