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June 27, 2011 Wall Lake City Council Meeting
00:00
Approval of agenda
00:34
Approval of the minutes
- Spelling correction needed
01:50
Discussion and approval of bills to be paid
02:05
Discussion about how much is charged for recycling bins
03:10
What was the extra police services for?
- There was a fight there for the last two years
05:13
Discussion about natural gas bill
06:11
We are billed for our demand
07:07
Councilors direct the Clerk to prepare a presentation about the cost of natural gas
08:15
Approval of payment of bills
08:34
Discussion of year end transfers
10:13
-John Morrow sent out to get the reports
10:33
Discussion about meter costs
- What the $5,300 dollars will be spent on.
-- Transitioning between the old and the new software
11:43
Discussion about the well project
12:18
Discussion about using rural water
- Before you hook onto rural water, think about it because then you are stuck.
- You can’t apply for grants because you already have a viable source, and they can do whatever they want with the rates.
13:40
More information is pending from a Snyder and Associates engineer regarding the well project
14:36
Discussion about wastewater generator
- No new information to report.
16:24
Discussion about the Cookie’s project
- It is all done.
- Turned out really good
16:36
John Morrow re-enters room and is updated by the clerk
17:37
Clerk’s Report
17:39
A CD came due on June 26 for bond interest.
- Will cash it and put it into the general fund.
- Is for $18,711.33, which will cover the $18,062 that needs to be transferred into the debt service fund.
19:21
Review of fund balances and approval of year end transfers
- $22,653.25 from the tax increment financing fund into the debt service fund.
- $24,067.84 from the general fund to the debt service fund.
29:49
Addition to bills to be paid
- $9,849.40. This is an expenditure to debt service and a revenue to electric fund for the tax Increment Financing certificate.
- $12,805.85. This is an expenditure to debt service and a revenue to the water fund for the tax Increment Financing certificate.
33:04
Continued approval of year end transfers
- Approval of transfer of $100,000 from electric and $100,000 from the water fund into the general fund.
34:15
Discussion about purchasing extra variable voltage transformers
- Transformer went out at Koster Grain
- Council takes no action.
38:51
Review of the City’s electrical inspection results
- 6 of the 8 items are due to cable TV, which will no longer be a problem after fiber op is installed.
- 1 item is due to a pole that is already being addressed
- 1 item is due to the following: there are 6 areas of town, and the electrical supervisor, due to lack of guidance and through no fault of his own, inspected the wrong area of town, and therefore got behind.
44:06
Discussion about the swimming pool boiler
- There is a daily complaint about the pool being cold.
- This is the result of a boiler that is not working properly.
-- A portion of it is rotted out.
--- This may be due to the use of chlorine pellets.
$6,005.00 would buy a boiler that is comparable to the size that is now.
$3,960.00 would buy a boiler that may do the job, but nobody knows for sure.
The council approved the purchase of a new boiler with a spending limit of $7,000.00 to accommodate the possibility that they will need the bigger one.
56:44
Austin Hartman gets a $1.00 raise
- From $9.00 to $10.00 per hours
59:01
Discussion about renting the airport hanger stalls.
- They will cost $100.00 per month on a first come first serve basis.
Approved unanimously.
01:09:37
Approval of liquor License or Farm Festival
01:09:51
Approval of Building Permits
01:16:32
Dispute between neighbors about length of lawn, trees
- Councilor suggests that the city mow the lawn and trim the trees and bill both citizens
01:21:20
Motion to adjourn dies for lack of second
01:21:10
Review of job advertisement
- City to advertise for replacement of accounting position in the city office
01:22:30
Discussion about employee health plan
01:23:51
Discussion about streets that need fixed
01:29:52
Adjournment
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