August City Council Meeting Minutes

Lawler City Council Meeting Minutes

Regular Meeting   August 3, 2015   7:00 PM   City Hall

Mayor Mueterthies presided.

Council members present: King, Throndson & Zubrod.

Absent:  Izer & Scheidel.

Others present: Jay Uhlenhake, Paul Rosenbaum, Frank Wilson & Jason Byrne .

Moved by King, seconded by Throndson to approve the Agenda. All Ayes.

Moved by Zubrod, seconded by King to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and approve the bills presented to be paid. All Ayes.

Hawkeye REC Service

$21,422.82

Treasurer State of Iowa Sales tax

$1,171.00

United States Treasury FICA, with

$1,511.74

IPERS July

$987.86

Salaries Salaries

$6,638.82

Jendro Sanitation July garbage

$2,138.81

Post Office Postage

$154.00

Windstream July

$88.98

Black Hills Energy natural gas

$58.80

Fehr Graham water project fees

$656.00

United Parcel Service shipping

$53.97

Hawkins Inc. water supplies

$313.18

ARAMARK rental

$60.80

Iowa Utilities Board energy center assessment

$295.00

Iowa DNR water supply fee

$51.24

Quality Pump & Control pump repairs

$613.00

Lawler Public Library allotment

$4,000.00

ULINE supplies

$62.59

INRCOG annual dues

$206.33

Heartland Asphalt cold mix

$586.88

Mic’s Plumbing & Heating repairs

$114.09

Iowa One Call locates

$14.40

TestAmerica water testing

$50.00

Five Star Coop fuel

$144.66

Northeast Iowa Community Action annual allotment

$329.25

Stanton Electric electric repairs

$2,454.42

Smartsign signs

$26.25

David Throndson utility deposit refund

$75.00

Kadi Reicks park committee supplies

$55.94

Pathways annual allotment

$468.00

 

Total  

$45,265.83

 

Library Bills  

 

IPERS July

$186.58

Cathy Humpal wages

$990.35

Techsoup software

$32.00

Petty cash postage & supplies

$88.15

 

Library Total  

$1,297.08

 

July Receipts  

General

$197.29

Received from CDBG

$20,760.00

Road Use Tax

$3,821.55

Local Option Tax

$6,987.29

Property Tax

$651.81

Park Donations

$1,897.00

Library

$15,844.07

Charges for Services

$36,944.84

Total

$87,103.85

Street repair bids were as follows:  Randy Brummond Const.  $24,574.00, Roger Dreckman Const.  $22,630.00.

Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to accept the bid of $22,630.00 from Roger Dreckman Const. for street repairs.  All Ayes.

Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to accept the bid of $3,175.00 from Frontier mudjacking to raise street panels and remove dip on Lincoln Street and Brush Street.  All Ayes.

The council reviewed the letter from Chickasaw Connections.  The City Clerk will respond to them in regard to the resources available within the City.

Letter will be sent to residents in regard to nuisances.

Discussion on solar power guidelines for customer installation was tabled for the next meeting.  More information was needed.

Lawler All-Niter issues in regard to fence was tabled for the next meeting.  More information was needed concerning property lines and easements.

Moved by King, seconded by Zubrod to adjourn the meeting at 8:05 PM.  All Ayes.

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Sue Cutsforth, City Clerk