What are the odds?
The former Director* of what was then the Sac Community Recreation Center, Chris Batz alleged on camera in an open meeting, that a member of or a family member of the city council coerced her into giving a child in the flag football program preferential treatment in return for a guaranteed vote FOR funding of the rec center going into the future. Her son later wrote in to TSN alleging that the other side of that coin was also true, that the city council member would vote AGAINST funding for the SCRC if the child was not given preferential treatment.
Odds that the council person involved are one of the incumbents running for re-election: 40%
Odds that Nich Frohardt or Cary Conger engaged in this act: 0%
*Does anyone find the timing of her resignation as interesting as I do?
William Nolan property issue has interesting timing
At the October 12, 2009 City Council meeting, the members of the Sac City Council discussed two properties owned by William Nolan.
One property known as the "old Pizza Hut" downtown was
The other property discussed was the vacant lot across Audubon street to the south of the Bauer Built company. According to information obtained through a public records search at the Sac County Courthouse, the taxes on that property were paid by Jack Dalton. Not yet confirmed, but likely is this lot will be used not for commerce, but more likely as a storage facility for a semi. Not exactly the "going business" Shirley Phillips, Director of the SETD claimed it would be at the October 12, 2009 Sac City Council meeting.
The major question still lingering is why Shirley Phillips, the director of the SETD is getting personally involved with what would otherwise be a normal business transaction between two private entities.
I also question the timing of this entire William Nolan misadventure. I find it curious that William Nolan "happened" to call Shirley Phillips at the precise time that she needed him to call her.
This all has a very political feel to it. If I were small despotic personality with inclinations for "owning" the town I might be inclined to use that situation to my advantage by doing the following:
1. I would attempt to talk the city into taking over the properties in question and to then give those properties to the entities that are interested.
2. If successful, I would use that favor I did for those two entities to get those people to "work" for me on one of Sac City's boards pushing my personal agendas.
(To be absolutely clear, this is not what I'm suggesting Shirley Phillips is doing, just what I would do if I were attempting to make a power grab and take over the ruling bodies of the city, which, again to be clear, is not what I'm Suggesting Shirley Phillips is attempting to do.)
According to Sac City Administrator Adam Ledford, as of October 27, 2009 the City has not been in direct communication with Mr. Nolan. All communication has been received through Shirley Phillips. Several attempts by the City of Sac City to contact Mr. Nolan directly have not been successful.
If the Sac City Council is even a little concerned with watching out for the taxpayer's interests, they will not conduct business with a person that will not contact them directly. At the bare minimum, in the case of a real estate transaction, the City Administrator, if not the City Attorney should be speaking with either Mr. Nolan or his legal representation.
Further charges pending in rape of Sac City minor
All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
This is a Sac City Police Department News release. The SCPD can be contacted at (712) 662 - 7772 if you have futrther questions.
Comments on crime are not allowed unless you use your real name.
NEWS MEDIA RELEASE
On October 04th, 2009 at approximately 2:01 A.M. the Sac City Police Department was called to Loring Hospital for a report of a rape. The police department was informed that a 12 year old juvenile female came to the hospital for medical attention after she had been raped. The police department conducted a lengthy investigation into the incident. The investigation determined that a sex act occurred at the 12 year old victim’s residence in Sac City. It was determined that sexual contact did occur between the victim and a 16 year old juvenile male from Carroll, Iowa. The 16 year old juvenile male has been charged with Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree and referred to the Sac County Juvenile Court Services. Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree is a class “C” felony. Evidence obtained in the investigation has been sent to the Iowa DCI Crime Lab for analysis and additional charges may be filed pending the results obtained from the crime lab.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
This is a Sac City Police Department News release. The SCPD can be contacted at (712) 662 - 7772 if you have fu
Comments on crime are not allowed unless you use your real name.
NEWS MEDIA RELEASE
On October 04th, 2009 at approximately 2:01 A.M. the Sac City Police Department was called to Loring Hospital for a report of a rape. The police department was informed that a 12 year old juvenile female came to the hospital for medical attention after she had been raped. The police department conducted a lengthy investigation into the incident. The investigation determined that a sex act occurred at the 12 year old victim’s residence in Sac City. It was determined that sexual contact did occur between the victim and a 16 year old juvenile male from Carroll, Iowa. The 16 year old juvenile male has been charged with Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree and referred to the Sac County Juvenile Court Services. Sexual Abuse In The Third Degree is a class “C” felony. Evidence obtained in the investigation has been sent to the Iowa DCI Crime Lab for analysis and additional charges may be filed pending the results obtained from the crime lab.
Sac County Supervisors, Sheriff react to complaint about the Communication Tower
Sac County Sheriff Ken McClure appeared before the sac County Supervisors on October 29th to discuss a complaint that had come in regarding the lights on top of the communication tower… they are out. According to the Sheriff, changing the bulbs is just a matter of climbing up the ladder and doing it, but there is a liability issue, which means that the typical contractor will charge in the neighborhood of $2,000.
In the past, L&M electronics changed the bulbs, but when approached this time, indicated to the Sheriff that they would no longer be doing that.
While researching solutions to getting the bulbs changed, Sheriff McClure ran across another potential problem. The red and white paint on the tower has lost over 50% of its luster, which could cost as much as $25,000 to repaint if somebody complains about that to the Federal Communications Commission about that as well.
Sheriff McClure did not, however, show up without a possible money saving answer to the problems. His preliminary research indicates that if the tower were lowered from its current height of 200 feet, to about 180 feet, it will be 10 feet lower than the height at which the FCC requires the lights and the paint. The two possible problems that could stand in the way of this solution would be if 180 feet was then not high enough to get the signal out to the landfill where the repeater sits, and if Verizon, who has an antennae affixed to the tower, needs all 200 feet.
Sheriff McClure was assured by an apparent expert in radio communications, John Zeman that the signal would reach. The sheriff admitted that he had not yet contacted Verizon.
Without knowing what Verizon’s height requirements are, and bearing in mind that Verizon doesn’t pay any kind of fee to the county for the use of its tower, the Sac County Supervisors directed Sheriff McClure to go ahead and find out what it would take to lower the tower. If they find out that Verizon needs the extra 20 feet, then they will perhaps talk to them about sharing the burden of the cost of the lights and painting.
Minutes of the October 20, 2009 Sac County Supervisors Meeting
10:00 AM
The Sac County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with all members present, Rick Hecht, Chairman, presiding. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as submitted.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Bensley to approve the agenda as posted. Ayes all, motion carried.
Sheriff Ken McClure advised the Board of needed repairs to the communications tower located near the courthouse. Several lights on the tower are burned out and the paint is faded below FAA regulations. It was suggested that if the top 20 foot section of the tower was removed it would not need the lights or the required red and white paint. The Board directed the sheriff to investigate the cost of removing the section and to look into the cost of replacing bulbs and painting.
It was moved by Bensley and seconded by Stock to approve the claims as listed on the claims register in the Auditor’s office. Ayes all, motion carried.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Bensley to approve the drainage claims as submitted. Ayes all, motion carried.
There was some discussion about a request from New Opportunities, Inc to fund an appropriation from FY 07, which had not been allocated. No action was taken pending further review.
Ivan Droesler, Drainage Engineer with Kuehl and Payer, presented the Engineer’s report for repair and cleanout on DD 73 Main Open Ditch. The report included a recommendation to disolve DD 21 and include the land within that district in with DD 73. The estimated cost of the project is $233,806.20.
It was moved by Stock and seconded by Bensley to accept the Engineer’s report and set a date for the public hearing for Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 1:30 PM in the conference room of the Sac County Law Enforcement Center. Ayes all, motion carried.
The County Engineer updated the Board on activities of the county road crews and the status of current maintenance and construction projects.
With there being no further business, on motion, the meeting was adjourned.
Secretary S/ James W. Dowling Chairman
Minutes of the October 12, 2009 Sac City Council Meeting
City Council met in regular session at 6:30 p.m. on October 12, 2009 at the Council Rooms Sac City
Municipal Building with the following members present: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston, with
Barb Bloes, Mayor presiding.
It was moved by Bill Brenny and seconded by Jim Frederick to approve the following consent agenda
items:
Approval of the agenda.
Approval of the minutes of the September 28, 2009 council meeting.
Approval of claims as listed.
Darlo Austin Travel $ 213.30
Bauer Built Repair Tire 111.25
Buena Vista Stationery Police Supplies 76.99
Botach Tactical Clothing 159.78
Bomgaars Supplies/Clothing Allowance 921.61
Boyington’s Hardware Supplies 67.54
Boyington’s Hardware Police Supplies 30.47
Colburn and Son Bond Insurance 2,800.00
Council Bluffs Online Web Hosting 180.00
Crop Production Services Fertilizer 1,084.00
Central Iowa Distributing Supplies 1,063.60
Diamond Vogel Paint 2,446.40
Domino Parts/Repair 1,025.35
EBS Self Funding 65.00
Employee Benefit Systems Self Funding 195.20
Ed M. Feld Equipment Extinguisher Inspection 467.00
Fitzpatrick Throttle Cable 30.95
Frontier Phone Service 949.64
Fisher Scientific Lab Analysis 854.43
Golden Valley Hardscapes Playground Mulch 1,615.50
Gall’s Jacket 70.48
Gary Hansen Travel Reimbursement 491.33
Hawkins Chemicals 276.00
Hach Chemicals 1,449.33
IDNR Penalty 2,500.00
Iowa Insurance Division Filing Fee 35.00
IMWCA Workmen’s Comp 3,829.00
Iowa League Budget Workshop 30.00
Inventory Trading Company Clothing 75.97
IAMU Workshop Registration 340.00
IAMU Safety Dues 746.13
Iowa Division of Labor Services Boiler Service 50.00
Iowa One Call One Call 54.90
Iowa Automotive Parts/Supplies 232.89
J. J. Keller OSHA Manuals 164.59
Kirkwood Community College Training 425.00
Duane Lovell Travel Reimbursement 214.91
Charles Ledford Travel Reimbursement 322.07
L & M Repair 10.00
MidAmerican Electricity 9,351.85
Mangold Testing 149.00
Marty Mauer Tiling Parts 164.25
Maintenance Engineering Lighting 402.92
Mississippi Lime Chemicals 3,628.35
Matt Parrott Office Supplies 212.57
Northern Lights Supplies 249.85
Pitney Bowes Meter Rental 1,518.00
Plunkett Pest Control 309.00
Perkins Police Office Supplies 43.19
Richards Construction Excavator 1,380.40
Region XII Housing Project 1,922.00
Mike Rix Travel Reimbursement 215.44
RBC Services Bearings/Chain 4,251.65
Region XII Transit Services 250.00
Michele Suggitt Rebate 50.00
Sac County Solid Waste Agency Tipping Fees/Landfill Charges 18,257.36
Sargeant Drilling Well/Pump Tests 750.00
Star Energy Gas Purchases 3,268.62
Bob Scheffler Backflow Application 60.00
Sac Sun Publications 481.16
Speeds Police Filter 16.47
Farm Plan Supplies 116.48
Sac City Food Pride Supplies 17.99
Unique Paving Cold Mix 888.75
Verizon Wireless Cellphones 151.35
Western Iowa Networks Long Distance 37.17
Wellmark Health Insurance 16,820.39
Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Jim Frederick, Bill Brenny.
Nays: None.
Abstain: Jim Johnston.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
It was moved by Jim Johnston and seconded by Bill Brenny to approve draw down #2 of CDBG funds in
the amount of $1,097.00 for the wastewater treatment plant project. Roll call was taken and vote was as
follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
A motion was made by Jim Frederick and seconded by Jim Johnston to approve Region XII Council of
Government’s bill in the amount of $1,097.00 for the wastewater treatment plant project. Roll call was
taken and vote was as follows: Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
A motion was made by Bill Brenny and seconded by Jim Frederick to approve draw down #4 of FAA funds
in the amount of $438.00 for the Airport Electrical Vault Building Project. Roll call was taken and vote
was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
It was moved by Jim Frederick and seconded by Jim Johnston to approve Snyder and Associates bill in the
amount of $461.40 for the Airport Electrical Vault Building Project. Roll call was taken and vote was as
follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
It was moved by Jim Johnston and seconded by Bill Brenny to approve the city’s portion in the $11.70 for
the Airport Electrical Vault Building Project. Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
Mary Dowling asked the council the status of the cemetery fence and what the projected time frame was.
The council informed Dowling that the hope was to have the fence up this fall.
After discussing the contents of the amended water line agreement and questions pertaining to the pit, it
was moved by Jim Johnston and seconded by Bill Brenny to proceed with the signing of said amendment.
Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
Jim Dowling questioned the cost of the special meeting, requested by Mahler and Dowling, pertaining to
the water line and asked that the fee by waived. Dowling was informed that the topic would be place on
the next agenda.
Jim Johnston introduced and moved and Bill Brenny seconded the adoption of Resolution 2009-13 entitled:
“Resolution Amending the Fee Schedule Under the City of Sac City Zoning Ordinance”. Roll call was
taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
The Mayor declared said resolution duly passed and adopted.
It was moved by Jim Frederick and seconded by Jim Johnston to accept the resignation of Marti Huser
from the Sac Community Rec Center Board. Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
A motion was made by Bill Brenny and seconded by Jim Johnston to appoint Teresa Bruening to fill the
vacancy of Huser on the Sac Community Rec Center Board. Roll call was taken and vote was as follows:
Ayes: Bill Brenny, Jim Frederick, Jim Johnston.
Nays: None.
Absent: Gary Hansen, Brian Muska.
The council discussed the William Nolan properties. Nolan has shown an interest in “turning” the property
over to the city. The council was informed that both properties have back taxes against them. The council
directed City Administrator Ledford to explore the options available to the city.
The council discussed establishing a City Public Health Officer. The city will explore possible agencies
that may be willing to help establish this position (to help with the enforcement of the city code) and ask
Zoning Officer Terry Duffy to come to a future meeting to discuss with the council the need for the
position.
There were no comments received concerning solid waste matters.
The council forum was held. The possibility of turning lanes on South 12th Street was discussed. The City
of Sac City will be hosting the Sac County League Meeting on Wednesday October 14th.
It was moved by Jim Johnston and seconded by Bill Brenny to adjourn.
Time: 7:06 p.m.
Ayes: All.
Nays: None.
_______________________________
Mayor
Attest:
_________________________________
City Clerk
Meeting times and possible agenda items for the November ESC School Boards
WLVA will meet at 5:30PM on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the High School in Lake View.
1. Early retirement policy
Sac will meet at 6:00PM on November 16 at the Elementary School.
1. Early retirement policy
1. Early retirement policy
Sac will meet at 6:00PM on November 16 at the Elementary School.
1. Early retirement policy
How Governor Culver’s cuts will affect East Sac School
It’s not new news that Governor Culver has handed out a 10% across the board (ATB) cut at every level throughout the state. Superintendant Barb Kruthoff held a discussion about the effect the ATB cuts would have on the districts at the October 19, 2009 joint school board meeting.
She sent a major talking points summary of the school’s position to the school board members the night the ATB cut was announce. The following is a copy of that email:
SAC
Total Weighted Enrollment-522.8
FY 2010 State Aid-$2,133,495
(Beginning undesignated reserve balance - $478,987)
Across the board cut-$214,767
WLVA
Total Weighted Enrollment-605.1
FY 2010 State Aid-$2,199,690
(Beginning undesignated reserve balance - $443,659)
Across the board cut -$248,585
Recommendation for both Sac & WLVA:
1. We made major reductions last year and have only the staff we need to run the programs we have.
2. We should not panic as each district has the reserves to handle the cuts.
3. BUT....when we prepare the new budget in March both districts should consider Cash Reserve Levies. This means moving more responsibility from state aid to local taxes.
(to this email, I added the beginning undesignated reserve balance line which contains the dollar amount of the initial fund balance from which the cuts will come to give you, the reader, some perspective. I used “()” to designate the lines that I added)
The conversation began with Ms. Kruthoff referencing a Des Moines Register article from the previous day that ran a series of charts detailing the beginning undesignated reserve fund balances or each school in the state and how much money would be cut from each of those. The exercise allowed her to contrast our two districts with other districts in the conference like Prairie Valley, a district that has received a $300,000 cut in funding… significant because unlike Sac and WLVA, they had a negative fund balance to begin with.
Because of the deep and controversial cuts the districts made last year, the school will be able to weather the Governor’s ATB cut without further loss of personnel and programs this year, but it will not be able to withstand another round of cuts without having to make hard decisions about what employees will be cut next, or worse which programs to cut.
If there is a further downturn in the next fiscal year, the first employees to go will be the at-will employees… bus drivers, teacher associates, secretaries, custodians, etc... Unless the schools do what WLVA Board President Chuck Brotherton has been advocating for the last couple of years… raise taxes.
According to the Superintendant, the school staff is stretched as thin as they can go. If any more staff are compromised, it will begin affecting the functionality of programs and classes.
On the afternoon of October 19, 2009, Barb Kruthoff, Chuck Brotherton, and Sac School Board President Shirley Phillips met for their regular meeting to go over that evening’s agenda. During that meeting they explored the decisions that they will have to make in the next month. They discussed the steps, (raising taxes) the boards would be willing to take in order to maintain the level of education that East Sac County is able to provide.
Besides money saving programs like the innovative calendar, and saving money by discontinuing the hard copy of the newsletter, Superintendant Kruthoff has also asked all staff to use as little paper as possible, shutting down equipment when not in use, making the bus routes as efficient as possible, and getting prices from 3 or 4 different places before buying technology.
The newsletter was a particularly expensive item costing $22,000 per year. It is now a digital only publication with a “subscription” price attached to delivery of the physical product to district members.
When asked for comments, several members of the boards responded.
John Kraft, the business manager for the school said, “The across the board cuts were for cash only, not spending authority, which is a big deal because it’s also more saying, “we expect you to shift the burden to the local level from the state… if they were really saying spend less money, then they would have taken away the spending authority also.”
Chuck Brotherton said, “I think we have two responsibilities; one is to be good stewards of the public’s money, the other one is to educate the children and if that means that we have to ask the people for more money to support education, we’ll have to do that. We’re not asking our people for too much money at this point in my estimation I think that most anyone who is proud of the school that they are supporting now will be happy to support it further in these times …I will work towards that end, that we ask our people for more money.”
Shirley Phillips, turning to Barb Kruthoff said, “And as you said before, we have enough money to get through this year, we’re just going to have to tighten our belt for next year …maybe we could ask the staff if they could help us on cost cutting measures or something that might help us even if it’s hundreds of dollars.”
Ms. Kruthoff gestured to a dog-eared folder in front of her and responded “I think in this folder I have those because we did that last year.”
Veteran Sac School Board Director, Brent Wilhelm asked, “Isn’t the newsletter one of [those ideas]?”
“Yep,” replied Ms. Kruthoff, “the newsletter actually came from …a staff member.”
Sac School board Vice President Dave Sands said, ““The comment that I would make to this is sort of …back door. I really think that the legislators this year, and there are many things that I question now looking back, they thought that was a priority and now we’re taking it out on the kids. It’s sort of sad that they have the priorities in the wrong spot in my mind.”
Shirley Phillips responded saying, “the governor announced that he wanted to have everybody use all their reserves, I don’t know what he thought those schools were supposed to do that didn’t have a reserve, so.”
Chuck Brotherton chuckled and said, “I could talk about the governor but I won’t.”
Ending the discussion on a cautionary note, Chuck Brotherton said, “We can find our way through it, but …we’ve been dealt a serious blow here and …we’re just going to have to be a little more vigilant about how we do things, as if we already haven’t been that way”
QUESTIONS:
1. Because the Superintendant is an at-will employee, will the three members of the Anti-East Sac County board follow through on their elector’s wishes and angle for a way to fire Superintendant Barb Kruthoff in the coming year?
2. What programs or classes do the school boards value the most? The least?
3. How concerned with saving money are President Phillips and Vice President Sands if they demonstrate a willingness to spend extra taxpayer money holding duplicate meetings in separate places at separate times?
4. How high will taxes need to be raised in order to make up for the ATB cut?
ESC School Boards approve spending for 70 new band uniforms
Once again, Band Director Brian Mahler appeared before the School Boards to ask for new band uniforms. The first time he asked for the money last school year, the boards were discussing staff cutbacks. Also on the agenda for the same night as Mr. Mahler’s second try the board was discussing the very serious implications that Governor Culver’s 10% across the board cuts would have. With a “hands thrown in the air” gesture indicating that he knew what he was up against, he characterized his timing as “really terrible”. (Trying to keep the tone light while passing handouts.)
When the two schools started sharing, Mr. Mahler and Andy Meredith discussed possible ways to uniform the band. Their first strategy was to not tax the school any more than they have to because they knew they were going to have to buy all new sports uniforms, so they got by for a couple of years with what they had.
Now, the time is “fast approaching” when they cannot get by with the existing uniforms. According to Mr. Mahler, some of the uniforms are not in very good shape, and for the first time, East Sac County didn’t receive the maximum amount of points possible for appearance at Carroll Band Day. This in spite of making sure that every single band member had matching socks and shoes and had every single piece of the uniform in place. According to Mr. Mahler, this is the first time that he has had that experience.
Mr. Mahler believes that the band may be looking at a significant jump in numbers next year with the possibility of surge of as many as 36 more students participating in band. The best case scenario would be that there will be 80 students going out for high school band next year, but realistically Mr. Mahler thinks it will be in the 60 student range.
Mr. Mahler’s recommendation to the boards was to purchase 80 uniforms, this to insure that there would be enough uniforms at the right size for everyone.
After some discussion where the board asked about what could be done with the old uniforms (used by the middle school), what a plume is (feather on top of the hat), could the money come from PPEL* (no), they got down to price. Each school district would be responsible for coming up with $6,700ish in order to provide the band with 70 uniforms.
There was some niggling over the $10 garment bags, but that was cleared up when the wisdom of spending so little to keep the uniforms looking good was agreed upon.
Near the end of the conversation, President of the WLVA board, Chuck Brotherton made the first statement of support saying, “Well there’s always going to be some reason why we shouldn’t spend the money, I don’t care when it is. We’ve provided our …kids with decent uniforms, we’ve done that with our athletic teams and …I really can’t think of justification for not doing that with the band.”
Other than to say that she was in favor of making the band members buy their own garment bags, Sac School Board President Shirley Phillips had nothing else to say when School Board Director Brent Wilhelm made the motion to give the band department $7,000 for the purchase of new uniforms and called for a vote, which passed unanimously. The WLVA board passed a measure awarding the same amount. With this spending OK’d it is now up to the boosters to come up with the remaining 50% of the money, which they have already apparently agreed to do.
If all goes well, the uniforms should make their public debut on March 1st at the Parade of Bands performance in lake View.
*PPEL funds are used to buy equipment and the Department of Education doesn’t consider band uniforms equipment.
ESC October 19, 2009 Appointments, Resignations, and New Contracts
The Sac School Board decided to wait until they could find out if the Sac Community Center could change the time and date they meet to decide whom to appoint as the schools representative on that board.
The Sac School Board voted to continue to use the services of Ahlers and Cooney as the district’s sole provider of legal representation. This move means that there will be no accidental doubling up of legal fees should both district be involved in the same dispute.
Kelly Bender, an associate for the WLVA district resigned, saying that she found 12 month work at $3.00 per hour more elsewhere.
John Smith was hired as a Varsity Wrestling Coach for $2,827 on a WLVA contract.
The Sac School Board voted to continue to use the services of Ahlers and Cooney as the district’s sole provider of legal representation. This move means that there will be no accidental doubling up of legal fees should both district be involved in the same dispute.
Kelly Bender, an associate for the WLVA district resigned, saying that she found 12 month work at $3.00 per hour more elsewhere.
John Smith was hired as a Varsity Wrestling Coach for $2,827 on a WLVA contract.
East Sac County superintendant proposes over $16,000 in savings next year
The innovative calendar is a tool that the Department of Education allows school districts to use to save a little money. The two main requirements for an innovative calendar are that they save the district a substantial amount of money, and that they not subtract from the number of hours that students receive instruction.
The innovative calendar approved by the Sac and WLVA school boards at the October 19, 2009 joint school board meeting squishes 6 half-day in-services into three, thus saving the Sac School district an estimated $7,200 to $7,650 and the WLVA district $8,800 to $9,350 for a total savings to the schools of between $16,000 and $17,000. These amounts are three days worth of salary that the districts will not be paying non-teachers, (bus drivers, associates, etc.) plus the money spent on fuel for those buses and so forth during the three full in-service days.
The following is a copy of the innovative calendar that Superintendant Barb Kruthoff was directed by the two boards to submit. Just because our school boards approved the innovative calendar there is no guarantee that the Department of Education will approve it. Last year the boards submitted a calendar that saved the two districts over $15,000 and the Department of Education rejected it.
CPC achieves nearly perfect score
According to Sac County Supervisor Rick Hecht, the Iowa Department of Human Services reviewed the (Sac) County Point Coordinator’s office and awarded them a three year accreditation. They achieved a total score of 97%. The Supervisors did not go into the details of the review.
Also at the October 20, 2009 Sac County Supervisors meeting…
Drainage claims were approved without discussion.
The Supervisors began the investigation into a claim by New Opportunities that the Supervisors failed to fund an appropriation from fiscal year 2007. At issue is the fact that New Opportunities and New View were connected at around that time, and the Supervisors aren’t sure if the money wasn’t perhaps given, but under a different name to reflect the entity as it existed at the time. This issue will be revisited at a future meeting.
(from the minutes) Ivan Droesler, Drainage Engineer with Kuehl and Payer, presented the Engineer’s report for repair and cleanout on DD 73 Main Open Ditch. The report included a recommendation to dissolve DD 21 and include the land within that district in with DD 73. The estimated cost of the project is $233,806.20.
The date for the public hearing has been set for Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 1:30 PM in the conference room of the Sac County Law Enforcement Center.
Also at the October 20, 2009 Sac County Supervisors meeting…
Drainage claims were approved without discussion.
The Supervisors began the investigation into a claim by New Opportunities that the Supervisors failed to fund an appropriation from fiscal year 2007. At issue is the fact that New Opportunities and New View were connected at around that time, and the Supervisors aren’t sure if the money wasn’t perhaps given, but under a different name to reflect the entity as it existed at the time. This issue will be revisited at a future meeting.
(from the minutes) Ivan Droesler, Drainage Engineer with Kuehl and Payer, presented the Engineer’s report for repair and cleanout on DD 73 Main Open Ditch. The report included a recommendation to dissolve DD 21 and include the land within that district in with DD 73. The estimated cost of the project is $233,806.20.
The date for the public hearing has been set for Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 1:30 PM in the conference room of the Sac County Law Enforcement Center.
City Council exercises caution while dealing with hard sell land “offer”
On October 12, 2009 Shirley Phillips made the claim to the assembled Sac City Council that she received a phone call from one Bill Nolan, from California. Bill Nolan had originally purchased the property where Bauer Built is now located. That initial purchase included the property across Audubon Street to the South. He also purchased the property that was referred to at the meeting as “The Old Pizza Hut”. In recent weeks, this “Old Pizza Hut” property has also been referred to as the “The Old Schultz’s Standard” by the Sac County Supervisors while discussing the action being taken on that property as a result of its formerly high levels of benzene concentrations.
According to Ms. Phillips, Mr. Nolan said “Shirley, I’m getting older, my children are all located someplace out west, I have no idea why I have property in Sac City, and I would be willing to give up the property to the City of Sac City if you thought you could do something with it.”
….Maybe she wasn’t quoting exactly.
She went on to say that there has been some interest shown in one of the properties, though she did not say which of the properties and she did not say for what purpose. This was marginally expanded upon later in the meeting.
Ms. Phillips then suggested that the property located in the residential area in the vicinity of Bauer Built would be a good place to park semis. Chief of Police John Thomsen who was present at that Council meeting said that the Sac City Police Department gets “a lot’ of calls from that neighborhood about trucks running. Shirley asked “Oh, idling up there behind Bauer Built?” Then, seemingly both trying to move forward and backtracking at the same time said, “Well, you see? They park up in that area anyway, which they’re going to have to quit that anyway, soon... “
According to Ms. Phillips, Mr. Nolan isn’t taking care of the properties, so it isn’t doing “us” any good, saying, “We can’t turn anything over and have it become part of the tax rolls until we get control of the property.” She went on to compare Mr. Nolan’s properties to Nobles manufacturing plant saying “unless we have control of it, there’s no way to resell it to anybody and have anything built and put on the tax rolls.”
Ms. Phillips concluded the (sort of) official part of the presentation by saying “I hate to turn down somebody-“then she cut herself off and changed course, saying that it is a matter of back-taxes and that City Administrator Adam Ledford has the figures on the back taxes.
Then she sat down.
According to City Administrator Adam Ledford, to pay the back taxes on the property on Audubon Street across from Bauer Built, it will take roughly $500.00. The old Pizza hut would take roughly $1000. Both of the properties were sold at a tax sale about 15 months ago. Mr. Ledford said that he contacted the “entities” that now own the properties, (he did not say who they are,) and confirmed that one of the owners would be willing to release it.
Mr. Ledford pointed out that there would be an issue in regards to how the process would work. According to Mr. Ledford, for the City to claim the property, the city would want clear title to the property, so the back taxes would have to be resolved prior to the transfer of that land to the city.
Mr. Ledford asked the council if they wanted him to move forward on claiming those properties and, (presumably,) paying those back taxes.
It was reported in the Sac Sun on October 20, 2009 that Sac County Supervisor Rick Hecht said that the county would be “willing to discuss those back taxes to help get the property back on the tax rolls.” The Sac Sun also reported that Adam Ledford was asked to continue to research this issue. What was not reported was the following conversation:
Councilman Bill Brenny said, “Certainly, if there’s a private party interested in purchasing, I think, that would certainly worth… know about. I think it would be better to have private ownership as opposed to the city.”
Shirley spoke to Mr. Brenny saying that at one time the property was for sale for $20,000. Said Shirley, “I’m not sure that either of the privately interested individuals are willing to pay that amount of money for that piece.”
At this point in the conversation I thought to myself, as I’m sure did many of the people listening, if Mr. Nolan has two potentially interested buyers, at ANY price, why would he be willing to give the property to the city?
Mayor Barb Powell asked Ms. Phillips, “How certain are you that [somebody is] really interested in buying it?”
Shirley said, “Adam’s had some interest- “
Mr. Ledford cut her off saying, “I’ve received… I had heard of two different parties, and I had confirmed with both parties that they were interested in the property if it …is available for sale.”
Councilman Jim Frederick asked, “Can’t we get him talked into giving it to the (Sac) Development Corporation? “
Ms. Phillips paused and stammered a little saying, “the… Sac Development, I don’t know. He offered to give it to the city; I wasn’t going to push him at that point, so. I guess I can call him.” At this point she recovered her cool a bit and said, “First you have to ask Sac Development if they would be willing to accept it, and then …we could call him back and talk to him about that.”
Mayor Powell said, “I think that would be something to check into.”
Mr. Frederick said, “I don’t like the idea of the city getting involved in real estate, personally. I hope he gets this done, somehow.”
Ms. Phillips pulled up the Noble manufacturing argument again saying, “You always hate to… muddy the waters when you have opportunity to do it because we’d have been sitting here with that Nobles Manufacturing empty yet today if we hadn’t moved on that, so. There are some opportunities.”
At this point, probably out of either kindness or more likely in the spirit of wanting to move on, nobody pointed out to Ms. Phillips that the geniuses behind “moving” on Nobles brought… you know, that camper making place.
Mr. Frederick said, “We’ll check with Collin [McCullough, the City Attorney] and see if we have to do it this way. That we can quickly give it to somebody, that we can give it back to the development company and let them handle all the real estate transactions … ‘Cause if we get into it then we have to do bidding…”
Mr. Ledford answered saying, “If he’s offering to sell it to us-“ Ms. Phillips and Mr. Frederick both jumped in correcting Mr. Ledford saying that Mr. Nolan was offering to give the properties to the city, to which Mr. Ledford answered, “Well, it’s kind of hard to call it a gift where we’re going to have to pay off the back taxes in some manner to obtain the property …there is… some fee associated with this, but I kind of get what you’re saying, Jim, there’s a little bit of question about what our process in all this will be.”
Continuing, Mr. Ledford said, “The bigger concern I have, and what would be, probably the significant stumbling block here, would be Mr. Nolan understanding what process would need to be gone through to clear the title first before any type of transfer could occur, whether it’s us or SDC. No one’s going to want to take ownership of the property until the title of transfer is cleared on the back taxes.”
At this point in the conversation, Shirley Phillips, interrupted the flow of the conversation and contributed nothing saying that some of the other communities in the county have been able to take possession of these types of properties in order to clean them up and put them back on the tax rolls. She seemed to be trying to either downplay or ignore the fact that the Sac City Council was attempting to have a conversation whereby they explore ways of making this happen without having to burden Sac City taxpayers with yet more property that is owned by the government.
When Ms. Phillips was done with the what seemed to be an attempted sidetrack of the conversation, Mayor Powell got things back on track and turned to Mr. Ledford and asked if either of the people interested in buying the properties were interested in locating a business on those properties that would return actual tax money to the city. Mr. Ledford said that he only asked if the parties had an interest in the properties, suggesting that he did not ask them if they intended to start businesses.
Ms. Phillips then said, “…One particular party had told me that they wanted to obtain it to make kind of a green space, some really nice space downtown, it would be attractive. Another person indicated that they would like to put up a building and have a going business there, so.”
Mr. Brenny asked Ms. Phillips if the issue of the submerged gas tank on the old Pizza Hut property had been resolved. Shirley Phillips nodded, saying, “That’s gone.”
According to Mr. Ledford, he has left a couple of messages with Mr. Nolan, but has not received a return call. Shirley Phillips said, “He might not call you back because he doesn’t know who you are.” She then laughed and said, “But he might call me.”
Mr. Ledford was directed to research the issue further and the council moved on to other business with a sort of consensus by the three that bothered to show up that they would like to see something positive happen with those properties and with at least two of the members being in favor of letting the Sac Development Corporation handle the real estate.
Some thoughts I’m left with:
1. Isn’t it interesting that Shirley Phillips seems to be discouraging the guy who the city council hired to run Sac City from contacting the guy who wants to unload the property?
2. Isn’t it exciting that yet another business would like to build in Sac City? That’s two in one year!
3. I find it disturbing that the readers of the Sac Sun are left with the impression that the city council is standing in the way of progress if they don’t themselves (meaning on the taxpayers dime,) take possession of the properties in question. If there is truly a business out there that is in such a huge hurry to do business in that area of town, then the matter of paying $500 plus a few transfer fees to get possession of a half a block long lot, can’t be that much of an issue.
4. If Shirley Phillips actually has a business on the hook, and is the only actual person in contact with the owner of the land, then I would think that it’s almost her responsibility as the director of the SETD to get the buyer hooked up with the owner, ASAP. Of course I have to admit that the devilish side of me admires this attempt on the part of this supposed prospective business owner to get the city to not only acquire the land, but to get the city taxpayers to pay the back taxes to boot.
For the record, I recently heard tell of a small filter making company that has decided to build on only half the land at the industrial park. With the city on the verge putting in a very expensive sewer system, (100K+!!), at the industrial park to accommodate them, wouldn’t it make more sense to encourage this “going business” to build on the land that PSF now isn’t going to build on? Aren’t we already set up to give away land to businesses out there?
4. The one thing I learned very early on in this life is that when someone approaches you with a hard sell, the way Shirley Phillips has approached the Sac City taxpayers in this instance, it’s best to take a step back and spend a little time gathering your thoughts. Find out why they are so fired up and in a hurry to get the deal done. Thank you city council, (the 60% of you that bothered to show up that night,) for taking that step back. We the public expect, in the very least, to hear you tell us how much in new taxes and revenue this new business is estimated to bring into the community that it wouldn’t otherwise be able to get… if you intend to spend our money, that is.
According to Ms. Phillips, Mr. Nolan said “Shirley, I’m getting older, my children are all located someplace out west, I have no idea why I have property in Sac City, and I would be willing to give up the property to the City of Sac City if you thought you could do something with it.”
….Maybe she wasn’t quoting exactly.
She went on to say that there has been some interest shown in one of the properties, though she did not say which of the properties and she did not say for what purpose. This was marginally expanded upon later in the meeting.
Ms. Phillips then suggested that the property located in the residential area in the vicinity of Bauer Built would be a good place to park semis. Chief of Police John Thomsen who was present at that Council meeting said that the Sac City Police Department gets “a lot’ of calls from that neighborhood about trucks running. Shirley asked “Oh, idling up there behind Bauer Built?” Then, seemingly both trying to move forward and backtracking at the same time said, “Well, you see? They park up in that area anyway, which they’re going to have to quit that anyway, soon... “
According to Ms. Phillips, Mr. Nolan isn’t taking care of the properties, so it isn’t doing “us” any good, saying, “We can’t turn anything over and have it become part of the tax rolls until we get control of the property.” She went on to compare Mr. Nolan’s properties to Nobles manufacturing plant saying “unless we have control of it, there’s no way to resell it to anybody and have anything built and put on the tax rolls.”
Ms. Phillips concluded the (sort of) official part of the presentation by saying “I hate to turn down somebody-“then she cut herself off and changed course, saying that it is a matter of back-taxes and that City Administrator Adam Ledford has the figures on the back taxes.
Then she sat down.
According to City Administrator Adam Ledford, to pay the back taxes on the property on Audubon Street across from Bauer Built, it will take roughly $500.00. The old Pizza hut would take roughly $1000. Both of the properties were sold at a tax sale about 15 months ago. Mr. Ledford said that he contacted the “entities” that now own the properties, (he did not say who they are,) and confirmed that one of the owners would be willing to release it.
Mr. Ledford pointed out that there would be an issue in regards to how the process would work. According to Mr. Ledford, for the City to claim the property, the city would want clear title to the property, so the back taxes would have to be resolved prior to the transfer of that land to the city.
Mr. Ledford asked the council if they wanted him to move forward on claiming those properties and, (presumably,) paying those back taxes.
It was reported in the Sac Sun on October 20, 2009 that Sac County Supervisor Rick Hecht said that the county would be “willing to discuss those back taxes to help get the property back on the tax rolls.” The Sac Sun also reported that Adam Ledford was asked to continue to research this issue. What was not reported was the following conversation:
Councilman Bill Brenny said, “Certainly, if there’s a private party interested in purchasing, I think, that would certainly worth… know about. I think it would be better to have private ownership as opposed to the city.”
Shirley spoke to Mr. Brenny saying that at one time the property was for sale for $20,000. Said Shirley, “I’m not sure that either of the privately interested individuals are willing to pay that amount of money for that piece.”
At this point in the conversation I thought to myself, as I’m sure did many of the people listening, if Mr. Nolan has two potentially interested buyers, at ANY price, why would he be willing to give the property to the city?
Mayor Barb Powell asked Ms. Phillips, “How certain are you that [somebody is] really interested in buying it?”
Shirley said, “Adam’s had some interest- “
Mr. Ledford cut her off saying, “I’ve received… I had heard of two different parties, and I had confirmed with both parties that they were interested in the property if it …is available for sale.”
Councilman Jim Frederick asked, “Can’t we get him talked into giving it to the (Sac) Development Corporation? “
Ms. Phillips paused and stammered a little saying, “the… Sac Development, I don’t know. He offered to give it to the city; I wasn’t going to push him at that point, so. I guess I can call him.” At this point she recovered her cool a bit and said, “First you have to ask Sac Development if they would be willing to accept it, and then …we could call him back and talk to him about that.”
Mayor Powell said, “I think that would be something to check into.”
Mr. Frederick said, “I don’t like the idea of the city getting involved in real estate, personally. I hope he gets this done, somehow.”
Ms. Phillips pulled up the Noble manufacturing argument again saying, “You always hate to… muddy the waters when you have opportunity to do it because we’d have been sitting here with that Nobles Manufacturing empty yet today if we hadn’t moved on that, so. There are some opportunities.”
At this point, probably out of either kindness or more likely in the spirit of wanting to move on, nobody pointed out to Ms. Phillips that the geniuses behind “moving” on Nobles brought… you know, that camper making place.
Mr. Frederick said, “We’ll check with Collin [McCullough, the City Attorney] and see if we have to do it this way. That we can quickly give it to somebody, that we can give it back to the development company and let them handle all the real estate transactions … ‘Cause if we get into it then we have to do bidding…”
Mr. Ledford answered saying, “If he’s offering to sell it to us-“ Ms. Phillips and Mr. Frederick both jumped in correcting Mr. Ledford saying that Mr. Nolan was offering to give the properties to the city, to which Mr. Ledford answered, “Well, it’s kind of hard to call it a gift where we’re going to have to pay off the back taxes in some manner to obtain the property …there is… some fee associated with this, but I kind of get what you’re saying, Jim, there’s a little bit of question about what our process in all this will be.”
Continuing, Mr. Ledford said, “The bigger concern I have, and what would be, probably the significant stumbling block here, would be Mr. Nolan understanding what process would need to be gone through to clear the title first before any type of transfer could occur, whether it’s us or SDC. No one’s going to want to take ownership of the property until the title of transfer is cleared on the back taxes.”
At this point in the conversation, Shirley Phillips, interrupted the flow of the conversation and contributed nothing saying that some of the other communities in the county have been able to take possession of these types of properties in order to clean them up and put them back on the tax rolls. She seemed to be trying to either downplay or ignore the fact that the Sac City Council was attempting to have a conversation whereby they explore ways of making this happen without having to burden Sac City taxpayers with yet more property that is owned by the government.
When Ms. Phillips was done with the what seemed to be an attempted sidetrack of the conversation, Mayor Powell got things back on track and turned to Mr. Ledford and asked if either of the people interested in buying the properties were interested in locating a business on those properties that would return actual tax money to the city. Mr. Ledford said that he only asked if the parties had an interest in the properties, suggesting that he did not ask them if they intended to start businesses.
Ms. Phillips then said, “…One particular party had told me that they wanted to obtain it to make kind of a green space, some really nice space downtown, it would be attractive. Another person indicated that they would like to put up a building and have a going business there, so.”
Mr. Brenny asked Ms. Phillips if the issue of the submerged gas tank on the old Pizza Hut property had been resolved. Shirley Phillips nodded, saying, “That’s gone.”
According to Mr. Ledford, he has left a couple of messages with Mr. Nolan, but has not received a return call. Shirley Phillips said, “He might not call you back because he doesn’t know who you are.” She then laughed and said, “But he might call me.”
Mr. Ledford was directed to research the issue further and the council moved on to other business with a sort of consensus by the three that bothered to show up that they would like to see something positive happen with those properties and with at least two of the members being in favor of letting the Sac Development Corporation handle the real estate.
Some thoughts I’m left with:
1. Isn’t it interesting that Shirley Phillips seems to be discouraging the guy who the city council hired to run Sac City from contacting the guy who wants to unload the property?
2. Isn’t it exciting that yet another business would like to build in Sac City? That’s two in one year!
3. I find it disturbing that the readers of the Sac Sun are left with the impression that the city council is standing in the way of progress if they don’t themselves (meaning on the taxpayers dime,) take possession of the properties in question. If there is truly a business out there that is in such a huge hurry to do business in that area of town, then the matter of paying $500 plus a few transfer fees to get possession of a half a block long lot, can’t be that much of an issue.
4. If Shirley Phillips actually has a business on the hook, and is the only actual person in contact with the owner of the land, then I would think that it’s almost her responsibility as the director of the SETD to get the buyer hooked up with the owner, ASAP. Of course I have to admit that the devilish side of me admires this attempt on the part of this supposed prospective business owner to get the city to not only acquire the land, but to get the city taxpayers to pay the back taxes to boot.
For the record, I recently heard tell of a small filter making company that has decided to build on only half the land at the industrial park. With the city on the verge putting in a very expensive sewer system, (100K+!!), at the industrial park to accommodate them, wouldn’t it make more sense to encourage this “going business” to build on the land that PSF now isn’t going to build on? Aren’t we already set up to give away land to businesses out there?
4. The one thing I learned very early on in this life is that when someone approaches you with a hard sell, the way Shirley Phillips has approached the Sac City taxpayers in this instance, it’s best to take a step back and spend a little time gathering your thoughts. Find out why they are so fired up and in a hurry to get the deal done. Thank you city council, (the 60% of you that bothered to show up that night,) for taking that step back. We the public expect, in the very least, to hear you tell us how much in new taxes and revenue this new business is estimated to bring into the community that it wouldn’t otherwise be able to get… if you intend to spend our money, that is.
10/15/09-10/21/09 Traffic Court
FAILURE TO HAVE VALID LICENSE/PERMIT WHILE OP
Jason Matthew Kirke, State Center IA
Amanda Nicole Shea, Sac City IA
6-10 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Margaux Jourdain Haines, Ankeny IA
Sharon Ann Blanchard, Swisher IA
Paul Ryan Werkmeister, Lake View IA
Lou Ann Mowrey, Carroll IA
Debra Ann Galvin, Ft. Dodge IA
John C Thomure, Fox Point WI
Robert Donald Haupts, Manson IA
John Edward Keenan, Storm Lake IA
Landa Lynn See, Schleswig IA
Danielle Lynn Madsen, Schaller IA
Gary E. Darlington, Bennington NE
Dean Joseph Wallace, Carroll IA
David Michael Collison, Iowa Falls IA
Bryan R. Case, Lake City IA
Jack Lee Conway, Marion IA
Cecil Frederick, Stockbridge GA
Raul J. Ochoa, North Platte NE
Russell G. Wiederholt, Bellevue NE
Wayne Herman Donaldson, Sac City IA
Tyler Ray Reed, Mapleton IA
Herbert John Turin, Odebolt IA
Jason Matthew Kirke, State Center IA
Laura M. Branstetter, Avoca IA
Bruce Stephen Raymie, Sac City IA
Brian David Souder, Rockwell City IA
Paul Raymand Krause, Linn Grove IA
Jeffrey Dean Brotherson, Wall Lake IA
FAIL TO MAINTAIN SAFETY BELTS
Rebecca Sue Schade, Sac City IA
Richard Lee Neumann, Sac City IA
Tyler James Richey, Marlow OK
Shane David Erickson, Emmetsburg IA
Margaret Ann Teague, Wall Lake IA
Virgil Dean Johnson, Sac City IA
Robert Lee Lewis, Sac City IA
David Lee Swenson, Lake View IA
David Martin Bihrer, Sac City IA
Jessica Lin Hungate, Lake City IA
Andrew Randall Schulte, Lake View IA
OPERATION W/O REGISTRATION
Rebecca Sue Schade, Sac City IA
FAILURE TO SECURE CHILD
Jason Lee Adams, Waterloo IA
Lacey Jane Cullum, Patton IA
WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW REQUIREMENTS
Jason Lee Adams, Waterloo IA
OPEN CONTAINER - DRIVER
Kendrick Myrl Wise, Lytton IA
FAIL TO OBEY STOP OR YIELD SIGN
Tyler James Richey, Marlow OK
Darlis Ann Nielsen, Akron IA
20+ OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Patrick M. Lynch, Newell IA
Bernard J. Nirchi, Orland Park IL
Whitney C. Gill, South Sioux City IA
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY REG.RULES
Leonard Linfred Eickholt, Cushing IA
Kalvin Arthur Martens, Moville IA
William J. Jaeger, Campbellsport WI
Derik James Lampe, Merrill IA
Duane Paul Paskewitz, Redwood Falls MN (2 counts)
Delbert Walter Graber, Lake View IA
Dustin Joseph Bernacki, Swisher IA
Gary Ervin Wroe, Evansdale IA
MAX. HOURS OF SERVICE VIOLATION
Randall Thomas Beard, Tecumseh MO
Steven Patrick Feuring, Mason City IA
Duane Paul Paskewitz, Redwood Falls MN
(1-7) MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORIZED BIKE VIOLATION
Bryson Martin Kramer, Wall Lake IA
WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW OBSTRUCTED VISION
Derek John Thevenot, Schaller IA
DARK WINDOW/WINDSHIELD
Buster J. Wirtjers, Sac City IA
11-15 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Lori Ann Yusten, Mesa AZ
Nicole Ellen Hatch, Sac City IA
Jorge Martinezvillegas IV, Socorro TX
PASSING CONTRARY TO HIGHWAY SIGN/MARKING
Christine M. Amert, Sioux Falls SD
OPERATING NONREGISTERED VEHICLE
Amanda Nicole Shea, Sac City IA
16-20 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Daniel Roy Kennedy, Des Moines IA
FAIL TO USE REQUIRED TOWING EQUIPMENT
Timothy Albert Wilcox, Ida Grove IA
MAX. GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATION
Delbert Walter Graber, Lake View IA
Bruce Warren Fitzwater, Villisca IA
FAIL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL
Agustin Zavala Pizano, Eagle Lake TX
GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF REGGROSS WEIGHT
Agustin Zavala Pizano, Eagle Lake TX
6-10 OVER IN A 25 MPH ZONE
Justin Louis Kuehl, Mapleton IA
FAIL TO HAVE A VALID DL
Emily Jo Nichols, Sac City IA
1-5 OVER IN A 25 MPH ZONE
Rosa Quinones, Fonda IA
6-10 OVER IN A 35 MPH ZONE
Alexis Ann Hanna, Sioux City IA
Jason Matthew Kirke, State Center IA
Amanda Nicole Shea, Sac City IA
6-10 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Margaux Jourdain Haines, Ankeny IA
Sharon Ann Blanchard, Swisher IA
Paul Ryan Werkmeister, Lake View IA
Lou Ann Mowrey, Carroll IA
Debra Ann Galvin, Ft. Dodge IA
John C Thomure, Fox Point WI
Robert Donald Haupts, Manson IA
John Edward Keenan, Storm Lake IA
Landa Lynn See, Schleswig IA
Danielle Lynn Madsen, Schaller IA
Gary E. Darlington, Bennington NE
Dean Joseph Wallace, Carroll IA
David Michael Collison, Iowa Falls IA
Bryan R. Case, Lake City IA
Jack Lee Conway, Marion IA
Cecil Frederick, Stockbridge GA
Raul J. Ochoa, North Platte NE
Russell G. Wiederholt, Bellevue NE
Wayne Herman Donaldson, Sac City IA
Tyler Ray Reed, Mapleton IA
Herbert John Turin, Odebolt IA
Jason Matthew Kirke, State Center IA
Laura M. Branstetter, Avoca IA
Bruce Stephen Raymie, Sac City IA
Brian David Souder, Rockwell City IA
Paul Raymand Krause, Linn Grove IA
Jeffrey Dean Brotherson, Wall Lake IA
FAIL TO MAINTAIN SAFETY BELTS
Rebecca Sue Schade, Sac City IA
Richard Lee Neumann, Sac City IA
Tyler James Richey, Marlow OK
Shane David Erickson, Emmetsburg IA
Margaret Ann Teague, Wall Lake IA
Virgil Dean Johnson, Sac City IA
Robert Lee Lewis, Sac City IA
David Lee Swenson, Lake View IA
David Martin Bihrer, Sac City IA
Jessica Lin Hungate, Lake City IA
Andrew Randall Schulte, Lake View IA
OPERATION W/O REGISTRATION
Rebecca Sue Schade, Sac City IA
FAILURE TO SECURE CHILD
Jason Lee Adams, Waterloo IA
Lacey Jane Cullum, Patton IA
WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW REQUIREMENTS
Jason Lee Adams, Waterloo IA
OPEN CONTAINER - DRIVER
Kendrick Myrl Wise, Lytton IA
FAIL TO OBEY STOP OR YIELD SIGN
Tyler James Richey, Marlow OK
Darlis Ann Nielsen, Akron IA
20+ OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Patrick M. Lynch, Newell IA
Bernard J. Nirchi, Orland Park IL
Whitney C. Gill, South Sioux City IA
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY REG.RULES
Leonard Linfred Eickholt, Cushing IA
Kalvin Arthur Martens, Moville IA
William J. Jaeger, Campbellsport WI
Derik James Lampe, Merrill IA
Duane Paul Paskewitz, Redwood Falls MN (2 counts)
Delbert Walter Graber, Lake View IA
Dustin Joseph Bernacki, Swisher IA
Gary Ervin Wroe, Evansdale IA
MAX. HOURS OF SERVICE VIOLATION
Randall Thomas Beard, Tecumseh MO
Steven Patrick Feuring, Mason City IA
Duane Paul Paskewitz, Redwood Falls MN
(1-7) MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORIZED BIKE VIOLATION
Bryson Martin Kramer, Wall Lake IA
WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW OBSTRUCTED VISION
Derek John Thevenot, Schaller IA
DARK WINDOW/WINDSHIELD
Buster J. Wirtjers, Sac City IA
11-15 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Lori Ann Yusten, Mesa AZ
Nicole Ellen Hatch, Sac City IA
Jorge Martinezvillegas IV, Socorro TX
PASSING CONTRARY TO HIGHWAY SIGN/MARKING
Christine M. Amert, Sioux Falls SD
OPERATING NONREGISTERED VEHICLE
Amanda Nicole Shea, Sac City IA
16-20 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Daniel Roy Kennedy, Des Moines IA
FAIL TO USE REQUIRED TOWING EQUIPMENT
Timothy Albert Wilcox, Ida Grove IA
MAX. GROSS WEIGHT VIOLATION
Delbert Walter Graber, Lake View IA
Bruce Warren Fitzwater, Villisca IA
FAIL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL
Agustin Zavala Pizano, Eagle Lake TX
GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF REGGROSS WEIGHT
Agustin Zavala Pizano, Eagle Lake TX
6-10 OVER IN A 25 MPH ZONE
Justin Louis Kuehl, Mapleton IA
FAIL TO HAVE A VALID DL
Emily Jo Nichols, Sac City IA
1-5 OVER IN A 25 MPH ZONE
Rosa Quinones, Fonda IA
6-10 OVER IN A 35 MPH ZONE
Alexis Ann Hanna, Sioux City IA
10/15/09-10/21/09 SMALL CLAIMS
SCSC013999
Defendant: Misty Dawn Sprague, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Capital One Bank, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Judgment for Plaintiff: $1,307.12 + $107.10 costs
SCSC014004
Defendant: Kristi Lynn Sharkey, Schaller IA
Plaintiff: Johnston Automotive & Ind., Storm Lake IA
Judgment for Plaintiff: $203.47 + $124.70 costs
CASES FILED
SCSC014021
Defendant: Nelson, Inc., Sac City IA
Defendant: Nelson, Mellanie Sue, Sac City IA
Defendant: Nelson, Royce, Sac Ciyt IA
Plaintiff: Star Energy, Manson IA.
Date filed: October 16, 2009
SCSC014022
Defendant: Michelle Green, Lake View IA
Plaintiff: Midland Funding, LLC, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Date filed: October 16, 2009
SCSC014023
Defendant: Heather Housemen, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Carroll Dental Clinic, Carroll IA
Plaintiff: Lynn Curry and Carroll Dental Clinic, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Plaintiff: Lynn D. Curry, Carroll IA
Date filed: October 21, 2009
SCSC014024
Defendant: Michael J. Stehr, Lake View IA
Plaintiff: Christopher Bogue and Carroll Dental Clinic, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Plaintiff: Christopher Bogue, Carroll IA
Plaintiff: Carroll Dental Clinic, Carroll IA
Date filed: October 21, 2009
SCSC014025
Defendant: Reginald Mitchell, Nemaha IA
Plaintiff: Midland Funding, LLC, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Date filed: October 21, 2009
Defendant: Misty Dawn Sprague, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Capital One Bank, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Judgment for Plaintiff: $1,307.12 + $107.10 costs
SCSC014004
Defendant: Kristi Lynn Sharkey, Schaller IA
Plaintiff: Johnston Automotive & Ind., Storm Lake IA
Judgment for Plaintiff: $203.47 + $124.70 costs
CASES FILED
SCSC014021
Defendant: Nelson, Inc., Sac City IA
Defendant: Nelson, Mellanie Sue, Sac City IA
Defendant: Nelson, Royce, Sac Ciyt IA
Plaintiff: Star Energy, Manson IA.
Date filed: October 16, 2009
SCSC014022
Defendant: Michelle Green, Lake View IA
Plaintiff: Midland Funding, LLC, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Date filed: October 16, 2009
SCSC014023
Defendant: Heather Housemen, Sac City IA
Plaintiff: Carroll Dental Clinic, Carroll IA
Plaintiff: Lynn Curry and Carroll Dental Clinic, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Plaintiff: Lynn D. Curry, Carroll IA
Date filed: October 21, 2009
SCSC014024
Defendant: Michael J. Stehr, Lake View IA
Plaintiff: Christopher Bogue and Carroll Dental Clinic, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Plaintiff: Christopher Bogue, Carroll IA
Plaintiff: Carroll Dental Clinic, Carroll IA
Date filed: October 21, 2009
SCSC014025
Defendant: Reginald Mitchell, Nemaha IA
Plaintiff: Midland Funding, LLC, ADDRESS NOT AVAILABLE
Date filed: October 21, 2009
Moter cycle accident incapacitates Wall Laket man
All people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
This document is a public record, and is freely available for inspection at the Sac County Courthouse.
Comments about people accused of crimes are not allowed unless you use your real name.
SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Press Release
100 NW State St Box 7 712-662-7127 Office
Sac City, Iowa 50583 712-662-7129 Fax
________________________________________
POC: Sheriff Ken McClure
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motorcycle accident that occurred Saturday night October 24, 2009 at 8:14PM. The accident occurred as the driver who is identified as 36-year old Stanley Mortensen of Wall Lake was operating a 2009 Harley Davidson owned by Janice Bieret of Wall Lake. Mortensen was turning left on to D-59 of off Hwy 39 3-miles south of Odebolt. During this process, Mortensen lost control of the motorcycle and it tipped over.
Mortensen and Janice Bieret age 49-year were transported to Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove by the Odebolt Ambulance. Mortensen was reported to have incapacitating injuries. Bieret was airlifted to a Sioux City Hospital.
Alcohol may have been a factor in this accident. A blood specimen was taken from Mortensen. Sac County Sheriff’s Office is awaiting laboratory result from the DCI Crime Lab.
Charges are pending. The motorcycle received an estimated $500.00 in damages.
The disposition of all cases are subject to change without notice.
This document is a public record, and is freely available for inspection at the Sac County Courthouse.
Comments about people accused of crimes are not allowed unless you use your real name.
SAC COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Press Release
100 NW State St Box 7 712-662-7127 Office
Sac City, Iowa 50583 712-662-7129 Fax
________________________________________
POC: Sheriff Ken McClure
The Sac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motorcycle accident that occurred Saturday night October 24, 2009 at 8:14PM. The accident occurred as the driver who is identified as 36-year old Stanley Mortensen of Wall Lake was operating a 2009 Harley Davidson owned by Janice Bieret of Wall Lake. Mortensen was turning left on to D-59 of off Hwy 39 3-miles south of Odebolt. During this process, Mortensen lost control of the motorcycle and it tipped over.
Mortensen and Janice Bieret age 49-year were transported to Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove by the Odebolt Ambulance. Mortensen was reported to have incapacitating injuries. Bieret was airlifted to a Sioux City Hospital.
Alcohol may have been a factor in this accident. A blood specimen was taken from Mortensen. Sac County Sheriff’s Office is awaiting laboratory result from the DCI Crime Lab.
Charges are pending. The motorcycle received an estimated $500.00 in damages.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)