MINUTES OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR SESSION

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2009

 

Note:  The following minutes were approved by the Roland, Iowa, City Council at the council’s August 24, 2009, meeting.

 

The Roland City Council met in regular session on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 6:00 pm, at the Roland City Hall with Mayor Samuel Juhl presiding.  Council members present at roll call were Duane Canny, Larry Ford, Corey Johnson, Jeri Neely and Erin Varley.  Also present were Street Superintendent Harold Hovick, Water/Wastewater Superintendent Dean Uitermark and 8 visitors and members of the community.

 

It was moved by Ford, seconded by Johnson to approve the consent agenda which contained the following items:  August 10, 2009 agenda, minutes from the July 27, 2009 meeting, Clerk/Treasurer reports and claims as submitted.  All were in favor.

 

There was public input from Sgt. Shawn Slezak.  He updated the council on the personnel issues at the Sheriff’s Office; that it has been a busy summer; and the speed trailer is being rotated through the communities.

 

There was public from Mike Chappa.  He was present to discuss cleaning up after animals and asked, if a person who owns property in Roland, but doesn’t live in Roland, has the same rights as a person who does own property and live in Roland.  Council members replied that they are working on re-codifying the code book and one of the sections they are looking at pertains to Animal Control.  Mr. Chappa asked who is responsible for what goes into the ordinance.  The council stated that they are.

 

Department Head Reports were as follows: 

 

Street Department - Street Superintendent Harold Hovick reported reverse is out of the 3010 JD tractor and will cost between $2,000 and $6,000 to repair.  He was asked about his 5 year street plan, spraying weeds on E Maple Street and the manhole on Bryan Avenue.  Harold also stated that he needs to meet with the Street Committee sometime this week.

 

Water/Wastewater Department – Water/Wastewater Superintendent Dean Uitermark reported he is done installing new water mains for this year; fire hydrants were replaced on S Main Street; visited with Pool Tech about repairing the surge tank.  They will be down after the pool closes on August 23rd to repair the surge tank that is still under warranty.  Dean feels we should look for another company to work on the pool.  The pool seemed to work fine this year and he will leave the water in the pool.  He was also asked about his 5 year manhole/water/wastewater plans.

 

City Clerk - City Clerk Deneen Frost reported she had visited with City Attorney Tom Wynia on Thursday about CitiMortgage and the gentleman Tom is working with is on vacation until the 17th; Shirley Helgevold with MIDAS will be here on Thursday, August 20th at 7:00 to go over the different grants that are available; Randy Cook with the IDNR will be here on Monday, August 17th to do a tree survey of the trees in the right-of-way; purchased a new computer monitor; will order the trash can for Main Street tomorrow and emailed Eldon about the sewer project, but hasn’t heard anything back.

 

Marvin Wright and Jerry Handsaker were here to update the council on the Library Board.  They had election of officers and they are as follows:  Marvin Wright – President, Steve Olson – Vice President, and Kristi Anderson – Secretary.  He will also be working with the Library Foundation on the financial side for the new library.  They have appointed a Design Committee and would like to have a council representative.  CM Johnson stated that he would be willing to serve on the committee.  After discussion, the council decided not to appoint anyone from the council to the Design Committee, but if Mr. Johnson wanted to be on the committee as a citizen that would be fine.

 

There was discussion on the bill that was submitted by the City of Story City for the girl’s summer softball program. City Clerk Frost stated the she had called Story City’s City Administrator Mark Jackson in February to let him know that Roland wasn’t going to support the girl’s summer softball program this year.  When she received the bill for $955.00 from the City of Story City, she called Mr. Jackson to remind him that Roland wasn’t supporting the program this year and was told that she should’ve talked to Kathy Hovick about not supporting the program.  It was moved by Canny, seconded by Johnson not to pay the bill submitted from the City of Story City for the girl’s summer softball program in the amount of $955.00.  The council would be willing to listen to discussion on why they should pay the bill if anyone from the girl’s softball program would like to discuss it.  All were in favor.

 

It was moved by Varley, seconded by Canny to approve Pay Request #2 for S & J Installation in the amount of $12,560.00 for work done at Olin Arthur’s residence.  All were in favor.

 

It was moved by Ford, seconded by Varley to approve Resolution No. 09-09 entitled, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO THE ROLAND AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.  The roll was called for and is as follows:  AYE:  Canny, Ford, Johnson, Neely, Varley; NAY:  none.  Whereupon Mayor Juhl declared the resolution duly adopted and the same placed on file.

 

It was moved by Johnson, seconded by Canny to approve Resolution No. 09-10 entitled, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ROLAND IOWA APPROVING THE APPLICATION(S) FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING COMMUNITY BETTERMENT GRANT AWARDS FROM PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACETRACK AND CASINO, INC.  The roll was called for and is as follows:  AYE:  Canny, Ford, Johnson, Neely, Varley; NAY: none.  Whereupon Mayor Juhl declared the resolution duly adopted and the same placed on file.

 

Council/Mayor comments consisted of the following:  visual timeline for the Action Plan and set August 24th after the council meeting for a work session.

 

There was public input from Mike Chappa.  He asked about the timeframe for adopting ordinances.  Council members explained that an ordinance requires three readings at three different meetings, unless the council decides to waive the second and third readings, then it can be passed at the first meeting.  It then needs to be published in the Story City Herald before becoming effective.  So it can take anywhere from ten days to six weeks depending on the ordinance and citizen input.

 

With no further business at this time, Johnson moved adjournment of the meeting at 6:42 pm, seconded by Canny.  All were in favor.  The next regular council meeting will be Monday, August 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall with a council work session to follow.

 

 

AUGUST CLAIMS

 

 

GENERAL FUND

 

 

 

 

Fire Dept.

 

 

ACS

software support

 $         105.00

 

Total Fire Dept.

 $         105.00

 

 

 

Roland Response Team

 

 

Electronic Engineering

pager repairs/tower rent

 $         135.95

 

Total Roland Response Team

 $         135.95

 

 

 

Streets

 

 

Barco

6' retractable cone bar/batteries

 $         150.96

Draintech

clean out riser-W Maple St

 $         250.00

Hall Backhoe & Trenching

repair storm sewer-R Cordes

 $         219.00

TNT Welding

angle iron-intake @ Ind Park

 $           40.00

True Value

raid/bolts/measuring tape/bar oil/connectors

 $           33.28

 

Total Streets

 $         693.24

 

 

 

Landfill/Garbage

 

 

Stone Sanitation

July '09 garbage hauling

 $      6,925.54

 

Total Landfill/Garbage

 $      6,925.54

 

 

 

Library

 

 

Baker & Taylor

adult-juvenile F/NF

 $         847.38

Demco

covering supplies

 $         204.09

ICN

long distance

 $             3.11

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $           61.19

Premier Office Equip

copier maintenance agreement

 $           66.00

State Library of Iowa

EBSCOhost annual fee

 $           64.72

Story City Historical Society

adult F/NF

 $           18.00

The Penworthy Company

juvenile F/NF

 $         118.87

Titus, Hannah

reimb for supplies

 $           21.70

City Employees

wages

 $      1,610.72

 

Total Library

 $      3,015.78

 

 

 

Park

 

 

Ryerson's

repairs to the 300 & 1435 mowers

 $      1,029.33

 

Total Park

 $      1,029.33

 

 

 

Swimming Pool

 

 

Electric Wholesales

GFI circuit tester

 $           39.46

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $           53.51

LGI

coliform test

 $           11.00

Middleton, Joy

oversee June swim lessons (WSI Certified)

 $         150.00

City Employees

wages

 $      3,701.35

 

Total Swimming Pool

 $      3,955.32

 

 

 

Policy & Administration

 

 

Depository Trust Co

verification fee for audit

 $           22.00

IKON Office Solutions

copier maintenance agreement

 $           45.53

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $         132.65

JBD Enterprises

July '09 web page maintenance

 $           38.00

Kabel Business Services

monthly hra fee-Deneen

 $             3.25

Story City Herald

publications

 $         359.34

US Cellular

cell phone bill

 $           77.28

 

Total Policy & Admin.

 $         678.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL GENERAL

 $    16,538.21

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROAD USE

 

 

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $           34.35

US Cellular

cell phone bill

 $           29.12

City Employees

wages

 $      1,240.21

 

TOTAL ROAD USE

 $      1,303.68

 

 

 

HOUSING GRANT

 

 

S & J Installation

O. Arthur - Pay estimate #2

 $    12,560.00

 

TOTAL HOUSING GRANT

 $    12,560.00

 

 

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

 

RADC

Econ Dev loan for Community Center

 $    25,000.00

 

TOTAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 $    25,000.00

 

 

 

METER DEPOSIT

 

 

City of Roland

T. Haywood-meter deposit used on acct

 $         100.00

Luyendijk, Rudi

meter deposit refund

 $         100.00

 

TOTAL METER DEPOSIT

 $         200.00

 

 

 

WATER

 

 

Hall Backhoe & Trenching

water leak-N Martha/720' new main-W Maple

 $    22,820.00

Iowa One Call

locates

 $             9.00

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $           48.96

Kabel Business Services

monthly hra fee-Dean/Deneen

 $             4.87

LGI

coliform testing

 $           22.00

Martin Marietta Materials

Class "A" rock-water main project

 $         345.00

Roland Post Office

water bill postage

 $           65.31

Staples

drum-Janet's printer

 $           84.99

US Cellular

cell phone bill

 $           14.56

City Employees

wages

 $      2,679.67

 

TOTAL WATER

 $    26,094.36

 

 

 

SEWER

 

 

Hall Backhoe & Trenching

re-reroute backwash at City Hall

 $      3,380.00

Iowa One Call

locates

 $             9.00

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $           58.05

Kabel Business Services

monthly hra fee-Dean & Deneen

 $             4.88

LGI

cod testing

 $         235.12

Lowe's

toilet valve

 $           11.97

Roland Post Office

water bill postage

 $           65.31

Staples

drum-Janet's printer

 $           85.00

US Cellular

cell phone bill

 $           14.56

 

 

 $      3,863.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

 $    85,560.14

 

 

 

 

_____________________________________                   ____________________________________

Samuel Juhl, Mayor                                                       Deneen Frost, City Clerk

 

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