TheSacNews.com: Monday, February 1, 2010

A little good news - City of Sac City to lower tax rate over $3.00 per thousand

Last year's tax rate was $20.81 per thousand. The proposed tax rate for the 2010-2011 budget is $17.16 per thousand.

This information was presented during a truncated budget presentation at the January 25, 2010 Sac City Council meeting. A detailed budget report will be available later this week.

The following is the 81-767 showing, (among other things,) the new proposed tax rate. Because of the detail, my friends with dial-up will have to exercise a little patience with this particular document. (5 minute estimated download)

I am preparing a detailed budget report for publication on Sunday February 7, 2010.

Sac City signs agreement to store towed vehicles at County Fairgrounds

On January 25, 2010 the Sac City Council signed off an agreement with the Sac County Fair Board to store vehicles towed for violating the winter emergency ordinance on the Sac County Fairgrounds (see contract below)

According to Sac City Administrator Adam Ledford, the fairgrounds have been used in times past because it can be locked up to deter people from picking up their towed vehicles before they pay their $5.00 per day fine.

According to the terms of the contract, the City of Sac City will be liable for any damages incurred during storage of the vehicles.

Traffic Court: January 22, 2010 - January 27, 2010

6-10 OVER IN A 55 MPH ZONE
Michael F Vondrak, Galva IA
Gregory Charles Burnside, Storm Lake IA
Brandon M Hanson, South Sioux City, NE
Amy Marie Sapp, Carroll IA
Michael Joseph Ohlinger, Council Bluffs IA
Shawna Dawn Domingo, Fonda IA
Kirk Lewis Walker, Sioux City IA
Elmer Renke Gerdes, Manson IA

FAIL TO OBEY STOP OR YIELD SIGN
Kevin Bryon Grimes, Hanceville AL

REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Jeremy Vincent Thielen, Minden IA

MAX HOURS OF SERVICE VIOLATION
Michael Jim Yarbrough, Muskegon Heights, No State Given
Craig W Mainquist, Norfolk NE
Robert E Fortin, Storm Lake IA

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY REG.RULES
Charles Wayne Purdy, Foley MO
Robert Larson, Omaha NE
Casey Michael Brown, Lafayette IN

PERMITTING UNAUTHORIZED PERSON TO DRIVE
Lynne Annette Toyne, Odebolt IA

FAIL TO MAINTAIN CONTROL
Janet Marie Hoefling, Odebolt IA

FAIL TO MAINTAIN REGISTRATION PLATE
Brandon Scott Rayme, No address Given

FAIL TO MAINTAIN SAFETY BELTS
John Andrew Hanson, Kirkman IA

PASSING TOO NEAR BRIDGE, INTERSECT OR RR
Dennis Charles Molitor, Carroll IA

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Small Claims Court: January 22, 2010 - January 27, 2010

scsc014037 - Order for Judgement

scsc014088 - Judgement Default

scsc014093 - Order for Judgement

CASES FILED

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DEFENDANT: Debra Joy Neumann, Lake View IA
PLAINTIFF: Midland Funding LLC, Address not Available
DATE FILED: January 22, 2010

scsc014105
DEFENDANT: Kelly Travis Coleman, Early IA
DEFENDANT: Mary L. Coleman, Newell IA
PLAINTIFF: Hauge Associates Inc., Sioux Falls SD
DATE FILED: January 22, 2010

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DEFENDANT: Cassandra Rae Delao, Early IA
DEFENDANT: Hector Delao, Early IA
PLAINTIFF: LF Noll, Inc. , Sioux City IA
DATE FILED: January 22, 2010

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DEFENDANT: Connie Hartman, Wall Lake, IA
DEFENDANT: Keith James Hartman, Nemaha IA
PLAINTIFF: First Cooperative Assoc., Marcus IA
DATE FILED: January 22, 2010

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New Hampshire Supreme Court extends Right-to-Know Law

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Friday unanimously supported the state's Right-to-Know Law and ordered a private organization that represents public agencies to release its salary information...

Sac Economic and Tourism Development director Shirley Phillips, does not open up the records of her organization. I wonder if she she feels she needs to hide something...

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Raw sewage in your basement? Gone by Fall

It took more than a decade and an 80% turnover in city councilmen to wrest control of the money away from those that would rather spend money sticking treadmills in a dilapidated building over getting the raw sewage out of citizen's basements, but at long last it IS happening.

On January 25, 2010, the Sac City Council passed resolution 2010-06 entitled, “Resolution Approving Contract and Performance and/or Payment Bonds for the Sanitary Sewer
Improvements Project”.

This resolution, (see Item A below) makes binding the contract (see Item B Below) and payment bonds with Van Hauen & Associates, Inc. for the work on fixing Sac City's broken sewers.

At that meeting, City Administrator Adam Ledford was challenged regarding the length of the construction warrantee. The recent fiasco at the swimming pool in which the original construction seemed to be faulty and for which the city is now paying left a bad taste in some mouths and Mr. Ledford was basically asked if this contract would cover such a scenario several years down the line if the sewer work were to be revealed to be below standard.

The short answer is no. According to Mr. Ledford, existing code, allows for a 2 year construction warrantee after which it is the city's responsibility to fix errors.

Right now, the engineering firm Snyder and Associates has the responsibility to perform the final inspection on the sewer work, but according to a city official, they have the option to sub-contract that work out to another firm at a future date.

Work is set to be complete on August 21, 2010.

Item A

Item B

Boys ESC Raiders have a bad night, January 19, 2010

Junk mail from Sac City Mayor, Barb Powell

"Dear Curtis,
As your neighbor and local State Farm(r) agent, I know how important it is to have somebody in your corner who's there for you..."

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