MINUTES OF THE ROLAND CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR SESSION

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

 

Note:  The following minutes were approved by the Roland City Council at its September 24, 2007, meeting.

 

 

The Roland City Council met in regular session on Monday, September 10, 2007, at 7:00 p.m., at City Hall with Mayor Samuel Juhl presiding.  Council members present at roll call were Duane Canny (telephonically), Roger Fritz, John Lee, Jeri Neely and Erin Varley.  Also present were 7 visitors and members of the community.

 

It was moved by Fritz, seconded by Lee to approve the consent agenda containing the following items:  agenda, minutes from the August 27, 2007 meeting as written, clerk/treasurer reports, claims, with the addition of the claim for Ames Resource Recovery Plant.  All were in favor.

 

There was no public input at this time.

 

Department Head Reports were as follows: 

 

Street Department - Street Superintendent Harold Hovick reported that he has not contacted Draintech to look at the drain at Main & Walnut yet.  The Street Committee has established a rate for trimming trees.  The rate will need to be approved by the Council.  He is still checking on the cost of the radar speed signs.  He received a price from the DOT on the one they used in Union.  The cost was $5600.00.  The sealcoat crew is in town, but has been unable to work due to the rain.  They are hoping to get going tomorrow.  He was asked about the settling on S Main Street.  He said that City Engineer Eldon Rossow is looking into the contract to see if the contractor is responsible for fixing it.  It is assumed that the settling is due to poor compaction.

 

Water/Wastewater Department – Water/Wastewater Superintendent Dean Uitermark had nothing to report at this time.  Dean was asked why the lagoons are green this year.  Dean said it’s because of the ducks and geese.  It’s called “duck weed”.

 

City Clerk - City Clerk Deneen Frost updated the council on what she found out about the Safe Routes grant.

 

Virgil Phillips of Minerva Valley Wireless submitted a letter addressing the issues the council had with the contract.  The council discussed the renewal rate.  The council would like to see the renewal rate determined by the CPI, but the letter states they’d like to use 10%.  CM Fritz stated that if they won’t use the CPI, then he’d like to see the renewal rate at 20%.  It was moved by Fritz, seconded by Canny to refer the letter to City Attorney Wynia for approval.  All were in favor.

 

There was discussion on the fire whistle.  The survey results were read and 75% of those returned wanted the fire whistle left on.  Mike Stille asked why moving it to the water tower wasn’t on the survey?  He stated that if you mount it above the trees it will send the sound out.  There was discussion on moving the whistle to the water tower and what the costs would be.  Alliant would need to run a line from City Hall to the tower and the City would have to hire someone to mount the whistle on the tower.  There was a short discussion on seeing if they can shorten the downtime on the whistle and if they could cover the screens to muffle the sound.  CM Canny will look at the setup on Thursday.  It was moved by Fritz, seconded by Varley to make no changes to the fire whistle and discuss it no further.  AYE:  Canny, Fritz, Neely, Varley; NAY:  Lee, he’d like to leave the options open.

 

There was a short discussion on the local match for the Housing Grant.  This is the grant that the City applied for last year and was unsuccessful in getting.  The local match allocated for the grant last year was $2800 per home, up to eight homes.  It was moved by Canny, seconded by Neely to increase the local match allocated by the City to $3,000 per home, up to eight homes.  All were in favor.

 

There was a quick update on the building located at 221 N Main Street.  City Clerk Frost stated that she has shown the building to seven contractors, but has not received any quotes yet.  Council members would like to have the quotes in by the next council meeting.  City Clerk Frost will contact the contractors and let them know.

 

Council/Mayor comments consisted of the following:  thanked the employees for their work on Saturday for Clean Up Day.

 

There was public input at this time from Sgt. Shawn Slezak of the Story County Sheriff’s Department.  He updated the council on personnel changes and traffic enforcement.  He also mentioned that the speed trailer will be out for about another month.

 

Catherine Steward asked if the contractors were asked if they charged for estimates or were they actually giving estimates.  Council members stated that they are giving estimates.

 

With no further business at this time, Fritz moved adjournment of the meeting at 7:40 p.m., seconded by Neely.  All were in favor.  The next regular council meeting will be Monday, September 24, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall.

 

 

SEPTEMBER CLAIMS

 

 

GENERAL FUND

 

 

 

 

Roland Response Team

 

 

AllMed

splint kit

 $      210.00

 

Total Roland Response Team

 $      210.00

 

 

 

Streets

 

 

Denco Corp.

crack filling

 $   5,017.60

Heart of Iowa Coop

fuel

 $        30.16

Manatt's

patching

 $   1,045.00

 

Total Streets

 $   6,092.76

 

 

 

Landfill/Garbage

 

 

Stone Sanitation

garbage hauling - August 2007

 $   6,426.26

 

Total Landfill/Garbage

 $   6,426.26

 

 

 

Mosquito Control

 

 

Hokel Machine Supply

connector

 $          9.50

 

Total Mosquito Control

 $          9.50

 

 

 

Library

 

 

EFTPS

fed/ss/med

 $   1,059.26

Treasurer, State of Iowa

state w/h

 $      136.00

Iowa Public Employee Retire Sys

IPERS

 $      511.43

Baker & Taylor

adult-juvenile F/NF, audio

 $      478.88

Hometown Market

program supplies

 $        28.97

ICN

long distance

 $          8.18

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $        57.87

Premier Office Equipment

copier maintenance

 $        54.00

City Employees

wages

 $   1,359.42

 

Total Library

 $   3,694.01

 

 

 

Park

 

 

EFTPS

fed/ss/med

 $      389.47

Treasurer, State of Iowa

state w/h

 $        64.00

Iowa Public Employee Retire Sys

IPERS

 $      182.21

Heart of Iowa Coop

fuel/star plus

 $      188.65

Norseman Hardware

snap trigger/rope/paint

 $        73.72

Ryerson's

oil-air filters/spark plug/cutting line

 $        36.66

Wheeler Auto Supply

oil sealant

 $          5.98

 

Total Park

 $      940.69

 

 

 

Swimming Pool

 

 

EFTPS

fed/ss/med

 $   1,704.38

Treasurer, State of Iowa

state w/h

 $      127.00

Alitz, Tasha

pool party refund

 $        60.00

Hansen, Tammy

pool party refund

 $        70.00

Hawkins

chlorine

 $      156.00

Hometown Market

toilet paper

 $          2.86

Iowa Telecom

phone bill

 $        56.22

LGI

water testing

 $          9.80

Rule, Katie

pool party refund

 $          5.00

City Employees

wages

 $      989.10

 

Total Swimming Pool

 $   3,180.36

 

 

 

Policy & Administration

 

 

EFTPS

fed/ss/med

 $          3.62

Iowa Public Employee Retire Sys

IPERS

 $        12.44

Ames Resource Recovery Plant

(2) a/c

 $        40.00

City of Roland

petty cash-postage, mop refill

 $        19.86

Dust-Tex

rug rentals

 $        31.53

Gibb's Plumb, Heating & Cooling

check a/c

 $      212.00

IKON Financial

copier lease

 $      153.00

IKON Office Solutions

maintenance agreement

 $        58.44

IMFOA

fall conference

 $        35.00

ISU-Design Research & Outreach

1/2 payment for PLaCE grant

 $   1,925.00

Iowa