Lawler City Council Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting June 3, 2013 7:00 PM City Hall
Mayor Mueterthies presided.
Council members present: Izer, King, Njus, Scheidel and Zubrod.
Others present: Jay Uhlenhake, Tony Blazek, Harold Busta, Matt Shatek & Jayson Byrne.
Moved by King, seconded by Izer to approve the Agenda with the addition of discussion of electric outages. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by King to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and approve the bills presented to be paid. All Ayes.
| Hawkeye REC | Service |
$16,002.28 |
| Treasurer State of Iowa | Sales tax |
$982.00 |
| United States Treasury | FICA, with |
$1,361.18 |
| IPERS | April |
$873.74 |
| Salaries | Salaries |
$6,046.68 |
| Jendro Sanitation | Garbage-May |
$2,021.23 |
| Post Office | Postage |
$99.00 |
| United Parcel Service | shipping |
$166.38 |
| Windstream | May |
$77.38 |
| Black Hills Energy | natural gas |
$191.61 |
| Test America | water & wastewater testing |
$104.00 |
| Marshall & Swift | rental |
$37.12 |
| Office Depot | office supplies |
$78.72 |
| Iowa DNR | operator certification |
$120.00 |
| Iowa Finance Authority | sewer loan payment |
$31,792.50 |
| Paul Niemann Construction | rock |
$241.08 |
| Hawkins, Inc. | water supplies |
$279.80 |
| Ft Atkinson Nursery | tree replacement – park |
$103.75 |
| Brown Supply Co. | supplies |
$17.07 |
| Stanton Electric | electric repairs |
$200.00 |
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| Total |
$61,257.52 |
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| Library Bills |
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| IPERS | May |
$164.20 |
| NEIBORS | annual fee |
$339.51 |
| INGRAM | books |
$321.02 |
| Midwest Tape | DVD’s |
$71.83 |
| Petty Cash | petty cash |
$35.00 |
| Cathy Humpal | mileage |
$13.60 |
| Windstream | phone |
$82.04 |
| Cathy Humpal | wages |
$1,136.28 |
| Iowa History Journal | subscription |
$18.95 |
| Penworthy | books & puppets |
$345.40 |
| Riley’s, Inc. | repair |
$60.00 |
| Quill | supplies |
$130.76 |
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| Library Total |
$2,718.59 |
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| May Receipts |
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| General |
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$281.72 |
| Property Tax |
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$4,358.23 |
| Road Use Tax |
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$3,422.93 |
| Local Option Tax |
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$3,078.74 |
| Library |
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$10.99 |
| Charges for Services |
$38,477.10 |
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| Total |
$49,629.71 |
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The water project will be discussed at the next meeting.
The Lawler Irish Fest committee will be putting banners at the intersection of Grove and Benz Street and at the tennis court. Snow fence will be placed by the railroad tracks at Croell Park during the fest. Temporary bleachers will also be placed in Croell Park during the weekend of the Irish Fest. All garbage disposal and restroom arrangements have been taken care of by the Irish Fest Committee.
Moved by King, seconded by Scheidel to approve a four-way stop at the intersection of highway 24 and Lincoln Street during the Irish Fest. The four-way stop will be effective Friday, June 21 at 4:00 PM until Saturday, June 22 at 12:00 midnight. All Ayes.
Moved by King, seconded by Njus to approve Bucky’s cigarette permit renewal. All Ayes.
Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to table discussion of enforcing a municipal infraction at 315 E. Grove Street. All Ayes.
Information from the railroad regarding crossings was discussed. Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to check into the cost of installing stop signs with flashers at the railroad crossings. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Njus to have the city attorney review the contract with Chickasaw County for law enforcement. All Ayes.
Moved by King, seconded by Izer to have the sheriff and city employees contact residents concerning nuisances and non-licensed vehicles. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Zubrod to approve a 4% salary increase for the city employees effective July 1, 2013. Jay Uhlenhake $50,765.57, Sue Cutsforth $27,816.88. All Ayes.
Moved by King, seconded by Scheidel to repair the culverts at Diagonal Street and Lincoln Street that were damaged by flooding on May 29th per estimate from Blazek Corporation in the amount of $7,035.00. All Ayes.
Hawkeye REC will be contacted concerning the recent power outages.
Moved by Njus, seconded by King to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 PM. All Ayes.
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Sue Cutsforth, City Clerk