Public
Hearing: called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Gene Becker
Roll Call: D. Devore, C Loots, C. Meyer, S Juilfs, and
R Bachman. Absent: None
Brad
Cutler from MIDAS Council of Governments updated the Council on the
status of the Sewer lagoon project. The lift station and lagoon have
been completed and are in operation. The remaining work that needs
to be completed is to finish grading, seeding and fencing. Summary
of expenditures to date: $231,411 has been expended in CDBG funds
to date and $876,081.68 has been expended in local funds to date.
Total expended to date $1,107,492.68.
Close Public Hearing: 7:04 |
CITY
OF POMEROY |
REGULAR
CITY COUNCIL MEETING |
MINUTES |
August
11, 2009 |
| Council
meeting called to order at 7:04 P.M.
by Mayor Gene Becker |
| Roll
Call: D. DeVore, C. Loots, C. Meyer, S Juilfs, and R Bachman.
Absent: None |
| MAYOR
AND COUNCIL COMMENTS: Correction
to July 16th minutes: C. Meyer made a motion, second by Bachman to
approve the Consent Agenda: Financials, Minutes, Requests, Reports,
and Bill List. Roll Call. Ayes: Bachman, Meyer, DeVore and Loots.
Nays: None. Motion Carried. Meyer made a motion seconded by Loots
to reimburse Robert Schossow/Historical Society $150 for the purchase
of a small freezer for the Community Building. Roll Call. Ayes: Bachman,
Meyer, DeVore and Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. Correction to
the July 23rd minutes Loots abstained from the vote due to a possible
conflict of interest in family ties with one of the applicants. |
| APPROVAL
OF AGENDA: Meyer
made a motion, second by DeVore to approve the Agenda. Roll call.
Ayes: Bachman, Meyer, |
| DeVore,
Juilfs and Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. |
| CONSENT
AGENDA:DeVore
made a motion, second by Juilfs to approve the Consent Agenda: Financials,
Minutes, Requests, Reports, |
|
and Bill List. Roll call. Ayes: Bachman, Meyer, DeVore, Juilfs and
Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. |
| Water/Sewer/Streets:
Teri
Sorenson asked the Council to have her sewer charges refunded to her
due to the recent finding that |
| the
property is not hooked into the City Sewer System. Meyer made a motion,
seconded by Loots to reimburse Teri Sorenson for sewer fees and charges
incurred between December 2007 to July 2009. Roll call. Ayes: Bachman,
Meyer, DeVore, Juilfs and Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. The Council
discussed the progress with the new maintenance shed and also tabled
the discussion of the water, sewer and electric hook ups till the
September 8th regular City Council meeting. |
| Grocery
Store: Nick
Graham was present to talk to the Council about bringing a grocery
store to town; |
|
he is also the owner of the Rolfe grocery store. He hopes to open
a store in town by mid-September to mid-October. He also mentioned
that the store in Rolfe makes deliveries and would like to provide
that service in Pomeroy. The Council asked him to attend a Town Meeting
on Aug. 24th to answer questions from the public and to see what interest
the community has in the grocery store. City Hall is to place an ad
in the paper and posters around town to inform the public of the town
meeting. |
| Park:
A
volunteer group will be placing the 3rd swinging bench at the park
right south of the Historical Society Building. |
|
Getting bids for grinding out stumps was tabled to the next meeting.
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| Community
Building: Don
Langenwalter will be updating the bathrooms in the community building
following the Amvets celebrations. |
| Council
member Loots said she will also ask for a bid to replace the two front
windows that Herald Larson had said need replacing due to rotting
frame work. |
| Fire
Department:The
Council told the Dept that they could repair the red truck using their
city budget money. The Fire Chief also |
| discussed
the USDA Grant that they were awarded for $11,000 has to be spent
on “American made” air packs. The Fire Chief was going
to make sure the sales representative understands that. |
| Ambulance:The
Council reviewed an updated given by Kerrie Hull. There were 92 calls
last year in the Pomeroy area, |
| 42
of those times someone from the Pomeroy Ambulance was able to assist
or transport by themselves. The Pomeroy Dept is able to have a full
crew on call Monday-Thursday for the night time coverage, daytime
and weekends do not have anybody available. Kim Gutz gave a list of
the current members there are 6 drivers and 5 EMTS with one also being
a RN. |
| Garbage:The
Council changed the pickup times from 2 to 3 times a month for Gray
Sanitation to come pick up the recycling |
| bin
for a few months to see if it works better. Duane Shuttller gave the
Council a contract for garbage pickup in the City of Pomeroy. The
Council discussed that they would have to update the City ordinances
pertaining to refuse collection so that it didn’t conflict with
the contract, amending the ordinance was tabled to the next regular
meeting on Sept 8th. |
| Police
Department: Chief
Gerdes was asked to get quotes for a new computer for the dept. She
also informed the Council that the Police |
| has
a new email address pomeroy.police@yahoo.com. Amending the Truck route
“Farm to Market” ordinance was tabled to the next meeting.
Council member DeVore and Chief Gerdes are going to work together
to get letters out to nuisance properties. The Council discussed a
complaint made about having roosters in town. The Council discussed
the use of ATV’s and golf carts in town and left it to Chief
Gerdes’ discretion as to whether they be allowed or not, she
stated that she has no problem with them as long as they obey traffic
laws. |
| Nuisance
abatement:Charles
Haack complained to the Council about nuisance properties in his neighborhood.
|
| The
Council turned the properties over to Council member DeVore and Chief
Gerdes. |
| City
Hall The
Council tabled the discussion on vacating an alley till the next meeting
to do some research on the process of vacating an |
alley. A motion
was made by Meyer, seconded by Bachman to approve the September 5th street
dance at Byron’s as long as Byron talks with Chief Gerdes about enclosures
and she approves it. Roll call. Ayes: Bachman, Meyer, DeVore, Juilfs and
Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. The City Clerk will contact Byron to
inform him. Council member Loots commented that the Council should watch
the Zoning Administrator to make sure all are treated fair. The Council
reviewed the 2007 and 2008 audit and asked to put a return check fee and
reimbursement on travel expenses ordinance on next month’s agenda
and also that there be a written policy on passwords in City Hall.
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Ordinance #206: Salaries of Municipal Officers:
Motion by Meyer, seconded by DeVore to approve ordinance #206
amending the pay per |
| meeting
of the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall receive an hourly wage
for the meeting or $50.00 per meeting, whichever is higher be
it effective upon publication. Roll call. Ayes: Bachman, Meyer,
DeVore, Juilfs and Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. Motion
was made by Meyer, seconded by Loots to waive the 2nd and 3rd
reading. Roll call. Ayes: Bachman, Meyer, DeVore, Juilfs and
Loots. Nays: None. Motion Carried. |
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| Public
Comments: Sherry
Ricky asked to be on next month’s agenda to get approval from
the Council to have a rooster in town. |
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Koda Snyder complained to the Council about Chief Gerdes not being
certified in Iowa, the Council stated that she has one year to complete
her certification. |
| Adjournment:10:08
p.m. |
___________________________ Gene Becker Mayor
___________________________ Sarah Burke/City Clerk
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