Lawler City Council Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting October 7, 2013 7:00 PM City Hall
Mayor Mueterthies presided.
Council members present: Izer, King, Njus, and Zubrod. Scheidel arrived at 7:20 PM.
Others present: Jay Uhlenhake, Eric Fibaker and Deb Throndson.
Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to approve the Agenda. All Ayes.
Moved by Njus, seconded by King to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and approve the bills presented to be paid. All Ayes.
| Hawkeye REC | Service |
$23,862.57 |
| Treasurer State of Iowa | Sales tax |
$1,128.00 |
| United States Treasury | FICA, with |
$1,426.14 |
| IPERS | September |
$935.72 |
| Salaries | Salaries |
$5,288.54 |
| Jendro Sanitation | Garbage-September |
$2,082.33 |
| Post Office | Postage |
$112.00 |
| United Parcel Service | shipping |
$115.98 |
| Windstream | September |
$77.13 |
| Black Hills Energy | natural gas |
$58.00 |
| Marshall & Swift | rental |
$37.12 |
| Paul Niemann Construction | rock |
$1,086.09 |
| Hawkins, Inc. | water supplies |
$490.10 |
| Calmar Courier | proceedings |
$42.72 |
| CASH, Inc. | supplies & fuel |
$984.60 |
| Iowa DNR | water use fee |
$66.00 |
| Mracek Electric | sewer pump labor |
$84.00 |
| Sandean & Company | service |
$44.21 |
| Chickasaw County Recorder | recording fees |
$12.00 |
| Municipal Pipe Tool | sewer cleaning |
$691.57 |
| City of Lawler | electric at lift station |
$371.42 |
| Jay Uhlenhake | lodging |
$439.80 |
| State Hygienic Lab | water testing |
$137.00 |
| Fehr Graham | water system report |
$880.00 |
| Iowa Utilities Board | remainder assessment |
$214.00 |
| TestAmerica | water testing |
$50.50 |
| K&W Coatings | water tower cleaning |
$550.00 |
| Blazek Corporation | railing |
$379.68 |
| Blazek Corporation | Pitts Street culvert |
$1,500.00 |
| Iowa Workforce Development | unemployment |
$90.43 |
| Treasurer State of Iowa | withholding |
$738.00 |
| IAWEA | class fee |
$25.00 |
| Wellmark | health insurance |
$2,934.45 |
| Buckys | fuel |
$82.33 |
| Five Star Coop | fuel & supplies – August |
$152.44 |
| Schueth Hardware | supplies |
$17.98 |
| NAPA | batteries |
$238.00 |
| Blazek Corporation | Diagonal Street culvert |
$11,650.00 |
| Richard Zahasky | legal fees |
$133.35 |
| Five Star Coop | fuel & supplies – September |
$173.85 |
| Rosenbaum Auto | truck repair |
$221.04 |
| Municipal Supply | water supplies |
$464.00 |
| New Hampton Newspaper | notice |
$7.21 |
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| Total |
$60,537.30 |
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| Library Bills |
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| IPERS | September |
$165.76 |
| Cathy Humpal | wages |
$930.49 |
| Petty Cash | postage |
$35.00 |
| Cathy Humpal | reimbursement – supplies |
$20.91 |
| Fitness Magazine | subscription |
$16.97 |
| Arthirites Today | subscription |
$19.95 |
| Windstream | August |
$83.03 |
| The Iowan | subscription |
$24.00 |
| Penworthy | books |
$63.83 |
| Midwest Tape | DVD’s |
$105.99 |
| IMGRAM | books |
$209.31 |
| Jeremy Humpal | wages |
$39.88 |
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| Library Total |
$1,715.12 |
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| September Receipts |
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| General |
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$151.57 |
| Property Tax |
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$3,950.15 |
| Road Use Tax |
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$3,345.79 |
| Local Option Tax |
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$3,139.42 |
| Library |
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$0.00 |
| Charges for Services |
$41,355.13 |
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| Total |
$51,942.06 |
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Sandbagging efforts were discussed with fire chief, Eric Fibaker. In the future sandbags will need to be purchased, they no longer will be provided free of charge. The fire department will continue to coordinate and provide the labor for sandbagging.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by King to have the City Clerk contact the City Attorney regarding what procedure the City would need to follow for the possible sale of Fire Department property to Bank Iowa. All Ayes.
Simmering-Cory, Inc. and INRCOG submitted qualifications for grant administration of CDBG funds. Fehr Graham and IIW Engineering submitted qualifications for engineering services for the water system improvement project.
Moved by King, seconded by Njus to select Fehr Graham for engineering services of the water system improvement project based on past experience with this firm. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Zubrod to select Simmering-Cory, Inc. for grant administration of CDBG funds based on past experience with this firm. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by King to hold a public hearing on November 4, 2013 at 7:15 PM to consider the submission of an application for a Community Development Block Grant. The grant application will request funding assistance for water system upgrades including well and water main improvements. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Izer to have the City Clerk check interest rates at Bank Iowa and with State Revolving Fund for the city share of the water improvement project. If the rate is the same funding will be obtained from Bank Iowa. All Ayes.
Correspondence from the Chickasaw County Sheriff regarding nuisances was reviewed.
Correspondence from Black Hills Energy regarding wireless gas meter reading was reviewed.
The Lions Club will be donating some more Christmas decorations this year.
Moved by Njus, seconded by King to adjourn the meeting at 8:05 PM. All Ayes.
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Sue Cutsforth, City Clerk