Russell News January
30, 2018
Calendar
Wednesday, February 7, 6:30 p.m. Faith United
Methodist Night Owls , Ronda
Harrison will be the hostess and Margaret Phippen will have the lesson.
Monday, February 5,
7 p.m. Russell City Council meeting
Wednesday,
February 14, Valentines Day -don't forget your sweetie, try chocolate, flowers
or ??
Thursday, February 15, 5:15 p.m. Russell Museum/Library Board
meeting
Thursday, February 15, 1:15 p.m. Russell News meeting
at the Museum-everyone welcome
Monday, February 19, Presidents Day -official holiday
for many, some schools are closed, some are not
Russell Council Meeting
January 8, 2018,
Present were Mayor Duane Bedford, City Clerk Kris
Wilkins and members Terry Newcomb, Chris Feehan, Jay Pierschbacher, Casey
DeHoedt, and Corey Paige. Also Jim Larrington, Austin Smith, and Jennifer
Frampton .
Brian Beaty and Jeff Johnson did not attend.
Jennifer Frampton from SCISWA (South Central Iowa
Solid Waste Agency) addressed the
Council and handed out
information. Jennifer stated that the price per ton will increase
from $37 to $40 at the
landfill in the future.
The Council voted and adopted Resolution 2017-10
regarding adding a street light on 312 Smith Street to our contracted street
lights with Alliant Energy.
Jim reported we received 72 new meters from Core and
Main and he has installed a few due to frozen water lines.
The Council discussed roads to work on in the future
such as East Smith.
Jim had pictures of the bank building roof which
showed some large holes and cracks in the
roof . Corey Paige said he
would look into the cost of putting a new metal roof over top the
old roof.
Chris stated that he painted the bank building walls
and tore the old carpet out. He noticed
that some of the underlayment
was damaged. Chris gave the Council an estimate of approx.
$790 to install new
underlayment.
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http://Russelliowahistoricalsociety.blogspot.com. If you
have comments, suggestions or
you want to volunteer for this column, please
e-mail myoak10@gmail.com or call 641-344-
6609,
or contact Casey at www.facebook.com/russell.iowa
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