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MINUTES OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION MAY 8, 2006 The
Roland City Council met in regular session on Monday, May 8, 2006, at 7:00
p.m., at City Hall with Mayor Samuel Juhl presiding. Council members present at roll call were
Duane Canny, Bob Hanson, and John Lee.
Council member Fritz arrived at 7:20 p.m.. Absent was council member Jeri Neely. Also present were 6 visitors and members of
the community. Motion
by Lee, second by Canny to approve the consent agenda containing the following
items: agenda, minutes from the April
24, 2006, meeting as written, treasurer’s report, clerk’s reports, claims as
submitted, and set public hearing date for the 2005-2006 budget amendment for
Monday, May 22, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. All in favor. There
was public input at this time from Captain Gary Foster. He reported on the comings and goings of the
Sheriff’s Office. He reported that the
Sheriff’s Office will be doing seat belt checks May 7 – 13, and will be issuing
tickets instead of warnings. There
was also public input from Carroll and Pauline Pearson. There were present to check up on what the
City has decided to do with the bird squawker.
At this time the volume has been turned down and the time in between the
bird squawker going off has been extended.
Carroll would like to have the squawker shut off for a week, and see
what kind of mess there is. He doesn’t
feel there is a problem. They would like
the council to consider something other than the bird squawker. This item has been placed on the agenda for
the next regular council meeting for more discussion. Department Head Reports were as
follows: Street Department - Street Superintendent Harold Hovick
was not present. Water/Wastewater Department – Water/Wastewater Superintendent Dean
Uitermark reported he has received the signed contract from Maguire Iron and
they will be calling to set up an appointment to repair the stand pipe on the
water tower and put up the owls. City Clerk - City Clerk Deneen Frost asked the
council what time they wanted to run the clean up day from and to. Consensus of the council was from 8:00 a.m. –
2:00 p.m.. She also reported she sent
out certified notices to several residents who haven’t mowed or paid their
utility bills. Council member Fritz arrived at 7:20
p.m.. Tom Simmering, of Simmering-Cory, was
present to go over the Housing Rehabilitation Grant. He provided the council members with a couple
of handouts. One gave a brief overview of
the program and the LMI requirements that will need to be met by the eligible
applicants. The second was a list of all
the communities they have written the Housing grants for and the amounts that
were awarded. He went over the
application process, the awarding process and the process they use to determine
if an applicant is eligible for the funds.
Tom said it would run between $700.00 and $1000.00 to write the grant,
and if the City was not selected as one of the grant recipients this year, they
would rewrite the grant the next year at no additional cost. He said it has become a very competitive program
and last year they only funded one third of the applications. Tom said that with the staff they have at
Simmering-Cory they only write six housing rehabilitation grant applications a
year. Motion by Lee, second by Hanson to
commit to the project, and they will determine the City funding match at the
next meeting. All in favor. There was a request from Chris Haywood,
who is opening the Smoke n Antlers Restaurant in Roland, to waive the $100.00
meter deposit. Motion by Fritz, second
by Lee to deny the request, and require him to pay the $100.00 meter
deposit. All in favor. Jerry Dickinson was present to show the
mayor and council members the updated web site.
He went through several of the screens.
Consensus of the council was that the site looked great. He is hoping to make arrangements with Mark
Clarridge at ATech and have the new site up and running by the end of the week. The RADC (Roland Area Development
Corporation) requested permission from the city council to place a 5’ x 9’
concrete sign in the City right-of-way in the Industrial Park. Council member Lee stated he would like to
see what the sign is going to look like.
Council member Hanson stated it was going to be concrete with “ Motion by Fritz, second by Lee to approve
Resolution No. 06-05 entitled, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2005 CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE REPORT (CCR) AS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES. The roll was called for and
is as follows: AYE: Canny, Fritz, Lee, Hanson; NAY: none.
Whereupon Mayor Juhl declared the resolution duly adopted and the same
placed on file. Council/Mayor
comments consisted of the following:
Council member Fritz asked about the traffic calming study. Council member Canny stated the flag at DB
Hydro is in poor condition. Council
member Hanson requested to have cutting There
was no public input at this time. With
no further business at this time, Canny moved adjournment of the meeting at 8:09
p.m., second by Lee. All in favor. The
next regular council meeting will be Monday, May 22, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. at City
Hall.
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