Lawler City Council Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting November 4, 2013 7:00 PM City Hall
Mayor Mueterthies presided.
Council members present: Izer, King, Njus, Scheidel and Zubrod.
Others present: Jay Uhlenhake and George TeKippe.
Moved by King, seconded by Scheidel to approve the Agenda. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Zubrod to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and approve the bills presented to be paid. All Ayes.
| Hawkeye REC | Service |
$16,880.97 |
| Treasurer State of Iowa | Sales tax |
$904.00 |
| United States Treasury | FICA, with |
$1,426.14 |
| IPERS | September |
$935.72 |
| Salaries | Salaries |
$5,288.54 |
| Jendro Sanitation | Garbage-October |
$2,082.33 |
| Post Office | Postage |
$204.00 |
| United Parcel Service | shipping |
$126.68 |
| Windstream | October |
$86.79 |
| Black Hills Energy | natural gas |
$63.00 |
| Marshall & Swift | rental |
$37.12 |
| Hawkins, Inc. | water supplies |
$539.89 |
| Calmar Courier | proceedings |
$44.50 |
| TestAmerica | water testing |
$53.50 |
| Croell Redi-Mix | sand |
$389.19 |
| Stanton Electric | electric services |
$2,804.60 |
| Roger Dreckman Const. | move sand shed |
$6,398.00 |
| Uline | supplies |
$70.22 |
| Iowa DOT | rock salt |
$1,036.60 |
| MARC | lagoon supplies |
$642.90 |
| Bodensteiner Imp. | supplies |
$36.52 |
| Pollard | pest control |
$52.50 |
| Terry-Durin Co. | street lights |
$1,800.00 |
| Emily Arens | deposit refund |
$75.00 |
| Bank Iowa | street note |
$14,465.11 |
| Five Star Coop | fuel |
$211.00 |
| Date Technologies | support agreement |
$1,085.54 |
| Brown Supply Co. | street supplies |
$195.30 |
| Fencl Oil Co. | bury electric lines |
$122.50 |
| Schueth Hardware | supplies |
$47.96 |
| Total |
$58,568.12 |
|
| Library Bills | ||
| IPERS | October |
$169.08 |
| Cathy Humpal | wages |
$1,136.28 |
| Petty Cash | postage |
$135.00 |
| Domain Registry | website |
$60.00 |
| HGTV Magazine | subscription |
$18.00 |
| The Oprah Magazine | subscription |
$35.28 |
| Windstream | October |
$83.33 |
| Time Magazine | subscription |
$72.24 |
| Reader’s Digest | subscription |
$17.98 |
| Family Fun | subscription |
$14.95 |
| IMGRAM | books |
$126.47 |
| New Hampton Tribune | subscription |
$46.00 |
| The Courier | subscription |
$66.69 |
| Robert Patrick Sheridan | reimbursement Kindle |
$119.00 |
| Quill | office supplies |
$80.44 |
| Cathy Humpal | reimbursement story hour |
$33.63 |
| Library Total |
$2,214.37 |
|
| October Receipts | ||
| General |
$227.37 |
|
| Property Tax |
$26,552.77 |
|
| Road Use Tax |
$5,905.51 |
|
| Local Option Tax |
$3,139.42 |
|
| Library |
$1,188.89 |
|
| Charges for Services |
$45,695.13 |
|
| Total |
$82,709.09 |
George TeKippe from Fehr Graham Engineering was present to discuss the proposed design services for upgrades to well #2 including iron sequestration as described in the preliminary report.
Moved by Zubrod, seconded by King to approve the proposal from Fehr Graham Engineering for design services for upgrades to well #2 including iron sequestration as described in the preliminary report. All Ayes.
Mayor Mueterthies opened the public hearing on the consideration of the submission of an application for a Community Development Block Grant for water system upgrades including well and water main improvements at 7:15 PM.
There were no oral or written comments of objections at this time.
The following announcements were made:
The City of Lawler is proposing to submit a Community Development Block Grant Application to the Iowa Economic Development Authority. The grant funds will be used to help finance improvements to the City’s water system. Total project costs are estimated at $550,000.
The grant application will be submitted to the Iowa Economic Development Authority on November 13, 2013.
The City is requesting $300,000 in CDBG funds for the proposed project. If the grant is approved by the State, the City intends to commit $250,000 in local matching funds to the project. The City will be applying to the SRF loan program for financing assistance with the local match.
The project will result in City-wide benefit and based on the recent survey, 61% of the residents living in the community are of low-and-moderate income.
It will not be necessary to displace or relocate any homeowners as a result of the proposed program.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by Zubrod to close the public hearing on the consideration of the submission of an application for a Community Development Block Grant for water system upgrades including well and water main improvements. All Ayes.
Moved by Scheidel, seconded by King to accept the estimate from Don Mueterthies of $935.00 for tree removal in the fence line of the lagoon property. All Ayes.
Moved by Njus, seconded by King to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 PM. All Ayes.
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Sue Cutsforth, City Clerk