Mini
Council Minutes
June 2,
2014
Craig Gooder is seeking funds to
resurface the tennis court. Council instructed him to proceed . The weeds
have been removed. Duane and Craig will patch the crack in the meantime.
Larry Templeton is asking on
behalf of Sarah Peek if concrete tiles could be used to divert water to the
culvert and alleviate the buildup of water in her horse pasture. Our city
employee with go look at the issue...Susan asks that ditches be cleaned out on
Chapman and Garfield. Water backs up and eventually floods Smith St.... Mr.
Templeton shared a letter from the DNR regarding his race track. He will not
proceed with doing anything with his semi-trailer until the council has checked
the area he is referencing and give their approval.
Fire Department- can city pay half
of door openers on the first 3 bay doors of the original building. Kevin
Tanner-donation of $200. City approved $800....The annual Fall Festival will be
on Saturday September 13... The AED grant allows a key-less entry to be
installed on one of the community building doors, a person could call 911 and
dispatch would give the PIN code to access the AED. The council agreed to
have a key-less entry on the south door.
Street Department-Larry found
1100-1200 ft. of 12” clay bell storm drain pipe that needs cleaned out from
Shaw east and then into field to the south. Craig Alexander will get
some tiling prices.
Water/Waste water-a large amount
of water goes through lagoon during times of heavy rain, it was decided to stay
with current contract with Utility Service Group for maintenance of the water
tower.
Parks and rec-The roof on the
shelter house at the volleyball court needs replacing. We will be needing
concrete for repair on Prairie St and possibly put a sidewalk from the north
steps of bandstand to the main sidewalk. No action taken on this issue at this
time. Ideal Ready mix will not charge us for delivery.
Old business-The council wants the
businesses to abide by Police Chief Jeff Johnson recommendation that bands stop
playing by 1am.
The trailers for the bands must be moved from blocking any street by 10 a.m.
the next morning.
New business-council approved a
resident to match the paint color with the concrete color to paint over yellow
paint on street curb. He has had no success with trying to remove the paint
with paint stripper.
The neighborhood watch group wants
to donate the funds in that account to use for new tables for the Community
Building. Susan will get prices on tables.
The 4-H group is looking for some
service projects around town, the council approved the 4-H group to paint the
outside trash cans at the Community Building and at the Park uptown, do weeding
at the volleyball court and paint the lattice around the Bandstand.
Duane Bedford, Mayor Pro Tem
called the meeting to order. Council Members present were Susan Beecher, Dana
Blue, Crystal Moore, and Jay Pierschbacher, and Wendy Nickell, City Clerk.
Mayor Ed Scheel was absent. Also in attendance- city employee Larry
Mitchell and Fire Chief Craig Alexander. Visitors were Craig Gooder, Vicki
Jordan, Jake Rodgers, Shanna Rodgers, Larry Templeton, Kevin Tanner and Daryl
Nine,
The next regularly scheduled
meeting will be on Monday July 7.
