Lawler City Council Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting February 3, 2014 7:00 PM City Hall
Mayor Mueterthies presided.
Council members present: Izer, King, Scheidel, Throndson & Zubrod
Others present: Alan Powell, Roger Dreckman, Tony Blazek, Jerry Vrzak, Jay Uhlenhake, Paul Rosenbaum, Janel Kuennen, Kurt Croell & Curt Franzen.
Moved by King, seconded by Izer 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 |
$20,975.70 |
| Treasurer State of Iowa | Sales tax |
$1,067.00 |
| United States Treasury | FICA, with |
$1,420.14 |
| IPERS | January |
$935.72 |
| Salaries | Salaries |
$5,288.54 |
| Jendro Sanitation | Garbage-January |
$2,130.44 |
| Post Office | Postage |
$117.00 |
| United Parcel Service | shipping |
$229.70 |
| Windstream | January |
$72.83 |
| Black Hills Energy | natural gas |
$358.59 |
| Marshall & Swift | rental |
$37.12 |
| CASH, Inc. | fuel & supplies |
$274.38 |
| Stanton Electric | electric repairs |
$175.12 |
| Five Star Coop | fuel |
$370.30 |
| Fehr Graham | well improvement services |
$965.00 |
| Dean’s Carpet Cleaning | floor cleaning |
$472.50 |
| Zip’s | parts |
$68.84 |
| Olsgard Auto Sales | cutting edge |
$268.66 |
| IAMU | energy efficiency report |
$200.00 |
| Sensus | autoread software renewal |
$1,524.60 |
| Bodensteiner Imp. | parts |
$162.13 |
| Test America | water testing |
$53.50 |
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| Total |
$37,629.81 |
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| Library Bills |
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| IPERS | January |
$154.98 |
| Cathy Humpal | wages |
$1,041.59 |
| The Courier | subscription |
$66.69 |
| Iowa Library Association | dues |
$50.00 |
| INGRAM | books |
$67.34 |
| Midwest Tapes | dvd’s |
$88.16 |
| Petty Cash | postage & supplies |
$78.67 |
| Windstream | December |
$82.78 |
| This Old House | subscription |
$26.00 |
| People | subscription |
$116.07 |
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| Library Total |
$1,772.28 |
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| January Receipts |
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| General |
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$1,409.45 |
| Property Tax |
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$567.57 |
| Road Use Tax |
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$2,901.71 |
| Local Option Tax |
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$3,248.04 |
| Library |
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$445.00 |
| Charges for Services |
$33,926.85 |
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| FEMA State Share |
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$1,662.55 |
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| Total |
$44,161.17 |
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The council discussed garbage pickup concerns and spring cleanup day with Alan Powell from Jendro Sanitation.
Curt Franzen from the Starlite Ballroom discussed concerns with parking and traffic flow during the Irish Fest weekend.
The Irish Fest Committee presented a draft of parking, street closings, beer garden and activities for the Irish Fest weekend to the council.
It was decided to have the City Attorney draft a golf cart ordinance and it will be reviewed at the next meeting.
The new Law Enforcement Contract should be completed by the next meeting.
The council discussed three-phase electric hookups. The cost of this service will not be paid for by the City in the future.
South Benz Street is not a truck route and is being used by trucks. The City will put up new NO TRUCK signs on South Benz Street.
The FY 2014/2015 budget estimate was reviewed.
Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to hold a public hearing on March 3, 2014 at 7:15 PM on the FY 2014/2015 budget estimate. All Ayes.
Moved by King, seconded by Throndson to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 PM. All Ayes.
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Sue Cutsforth, City Clerk