Russell News

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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For Russell news updates try the Russell Historical Society Blog 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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