City of Russell
Council Meeting
February 4th , 2019
Present: Resident Deloris Carroll, Duane Bedford
(Mayor), Council members: Chris Feehan,
Terry Newcomb, Casey DeHoedt and City Maintenance Supervisor Jim Larrington and
Cindy Smith, City Clerk.
Duane Bedford,
Mayor, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes from
the meetings held on January 7, 2019 and January 21, 2019 were reviewed and
motioned for approval by Chris Feehan and seconded by Terry Newcomb.
Ayes – All
Approved
Nay’s – None
Review of
income and expenses were reviewed with Casey DeHoedt motioning to approve the
financials and this was seconded by Terry Newcomb.
Ayes – All
Approved
Nay’s – None
Deloris
Carroll requested the use/partial closure of Shaw Street on March 16th
2019 for the Annual Southside St. Patrick’s Day parade. The use of Shaw Street for the parade was
motioned for approval by Casey Dehoedt and this motion was seconded for
approval by Chris Feehan.
Ayes – All
Approved
Nay’s – None
Deloris
Carroll also requested the approval to renew Southside liquor license. This request was motioned for approval by
Chris Feehan and seconded by Casey Dehoedt.
Ayes – All
Approved
Nay’s – None
Police
report was submitted by Duane Bedford. He and Officer Hardin had met on
Saturday. At this time we are still
working on properties with junk and debris but with the weather now, little
work has been completed. Duane Bedford
and Chris Feehan are working on other possibilities on getting this into
compliance.
Fire report
was provided by Chris Feehan, the roof of the fire station will need to be
resealed in the spring as it has several leaks.
He is also looking into the noon siren that has not been going off after
the cold weather.
Jim
Larrington provided the waste water report.
The lagoon is having a lot of runoff with the melting snow. Also need to make steps or some means of
getting to the place where the DNR has requested that we now take our samples
from. This will need to be completed in
the spring after all the snow melt is completed and hopefully before the spring
rains.
Jim
Larrington provided the water report.
The tower did freeze up during the cold snap that we had. He has been
able to repair the problem and it is now working correctly. We have received a quote from Suez company that
provides the yearly maintenance (cleaning on the inside and painting) on the
water tower of $9,012.78. This will
continue our contract with them through June 30, 2020.
Jim also
noted that at the class he recently took, the Skybeam tower on the City water
tower should be placed on a platform and not directly tied to the tower itself.
Jim
Larrington provided the street report.
With the thaw and freeze and the snow still expected to fall, there will
be more pot hole issues and a lot of rock will need to be spread in the spring.
During the period from December 15th
to January 15th, we again leased a lift from Duke Arial and a great
deal of pruning and removal of hazard trees was completed on city property. Duane
Bedford stated that the city will probably need to purchase a new chain saw
before completing any tree removal next fiscal year. We should budget
accordingly. Jim also stated that he may
have found some trash cans that need to be put in various places in the city.
He will inform council when all details have been completed.
Old
Business: Second budget work session has
been scheduled for February 20, 2019 at 6:00 pm at City Hall to finalize the
2019/2020 budget.
Chris Feehan
stated that Lucas has agreed to purchase our road grader at a price of
$17,500.00. We will purchase a used grader
for road work from the county. Chris has
coordinated the sale/purchase procedures.
It was also
brought to the attention of the council about golf carts that are being driven
without the correct licensing of drivers.
New
Business: Duane Bedford did submit a
request for S.C.I.C.F. grant monies to
be used to REPACE the basketball poles/nets/goals in the community center park
and new poles and net for the volley ball court.
Jim
Larrington brought up that his personal cell phone is used more for city business
then personal use. He will bring in an
invoice and the council will determine how much we can reimburse him on work
usage.
Casey
DeHoedt motioned for adjournment at 7:55 pm., this was seconded by Chris
Feehan.
Aye’s – All
approved
Nay’s - none
___________________________
Approved by:
Duane
Bedford, Mayor
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Attest:
Cindy A
Smith, City Clerk
