Lawler, Iowa

 

The Lawler City Council met in regular session on January 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM.

 

Mayor Mark Mueterthies presided.

 

Council members present:  Izer, Scheidel, and King Council members absent: none

 

Others present:

 

Motion made by King to approve the Agenda

Second by Scheidel.   All Ayes.  Motion passed.

 

Motion made by Scheidel to approve the previous minutes and current bills to be paid.

Second by Izer.   All Ayes.  Motion passed.

 

ARAMARK	RUGS	313.23
BODENSTEINER IMPLEMENT CO	TRACTOR	30.14
JENDRO	GARBAGE CONTRACT	2,561.69
STANTON ELECTRIC		2,714.85
UPS		97.75
TEST AMERICA		166.95
EFTPS	FED/FICA TAXES	1,726.31
IPERS	IPERS	1,288.44
STATE WITHHOLDING	STATE TAXES	780
BLACK HILLS ENERGY	GAS UTILITY	303.64
MIENERGY	ELECTRICITY	19,707.85
CASH	CITY HALL	1,503.86
HAWKINS	AZONE	312.12
IOWA DEPT OF REVNUE/SALES	SALES TAX	1,063.00
NEW HAMPTON TRIBUNE	DECEMBER 2021 MINUTES	162.24
WELLMARK BLUE CROSS		4,279.65
LAWLER FIRE DEPARTMENT	2022 1ST TRUCK PYMT	5,671.25
UNITES STATES POSTAL		635
CHICKASAW COUNTY AUDITOR	3RD QTR AMBULANCE SERVICE	1,879.36
MIC’S PLUMBING & HEATING		192.67
ANDERSON		360
BANK IOWA	DEC 2021 SEWER LOAN PYMT	8,487.52
MUNICIPAL SUPPLY INC	RADIO READS	1,725.66
MARC		1,379.58
DENNIS UNGS	CORRECT PDF	100
VISA – J UHLENHAKE		65.88
SCHUETH ACE HARDWARE		14.99
HAWKEY INTERCONNECT		43.12
BUSTA LAWN CARE	FLOOD DAMAGE JUNKO PARK	255
ZIP’S		521.59
PAYROLL CHECKS	TOTAL PAYROLL CHECKS	5,119.63
	CLAIMS TOTAL	63,462.97	REVENUE
	GENERAL FUND	20,752.14	8,463.62
	SANITATION FUND	2,561.69	2,637.57
	ROAD USE TAX FUND	1,069.84	3,422.71
	EMERGENCY FUND		218.30
	LOCAL OPTION TAX		4,603.42
	DEBT SERVICE FUND	8,487.52	2,646.78
	WATER FUND	3,527.41	6,665.29
	SEWER FUND	4,442.54	7,131.51
	ELECTRIC FUND	22,621.83	24,850.42
		63,462.97	60,639.62

 

Suzette gave Mark Mueterthies his Oath of Office as Mayor.  Mark accepted.

 

Appointments we made by council.

Appointments January 2022

Mayor pro-tem                                    Dale King

Bank                                                    Bank Iowa

City Attorney                                      John Anderson

City Clerk                                           Suzette Byrne

Toxic Cleanup                                     Jeremy Scheidel

Street Committee                                Kurt Croell, John Izer, Jay Uhlenhake

Utilities Committee                            Gwen Kuehner, Dale King, Jay Uhlenhake

Fire Dept. Rep.                                   John Izer & Dale King

Tree Committee                                  Dale King, Gwen Kuehner, Jay Uhlenhake

Health Officer                                     Dr. Lukas Brinkman

Ambulance Service Rep.                    Mark Mueterthies, Dale King

Street Superintendent                         Jay Uhlenhake

Water Superintendent                         Jay Uhlenhake

Landfill Committee Rep.                    Jay Uhlenhake

 

Board of Adjustment                          5 year term

Linda Anderson                                  2025

Jeremy Scheidel                                  2025

Kurt Croell                                          2027

Roger Dreckman                                2024

Frank Wilson                                      2025

 

Park Board                                          5 year term

Roger Dreckman                                2026

Dale King                                            2026

Jeremy Scheidel                                  2025

 

Emergency Management Board

Mark Mueterthies

Dale King

 

REAP

Mark Mueterthies

 

Motion made by Scheidel to approve the 2022 appointments for the city.  Second by King.

Ayes:  Scheidel, King and Izer

Nays:  None

Motion passed.

 

Property Fences will be table to next month.

 

Motion made King to set Public Hearing date for the Max Levy approval for February 7, 2022 at 7:15pm.  Second by Izer

Ayes:  Scheidel, King, Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed

 

Mark updated the council regarding the Ambulance.  A feasible study will be performed before decision s can be made.  Please reach out to County Supervisors for your opinions.

 

Motion made by Izer to open Public Hearing for Lease City Land.  Second by King.

Ayes:  Scheidel, King, and Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

No questions were asked regarding the Property Land Lease to John Brincks.

 

Motion made by Scheidel to close Public Hearing.  Second by King.

Ayes: Scheidel, King, and Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Motion made by Scheidel to approve Resolution No.  2021-12062021 to rent farm land to John Brincks.  Second by Izer.

Ayes: Scheidel, Izer and King

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Motion made by Scheidel to open Public Hearing to vacate and convey city owned property to Kurt Croell.  Second by Izer.

Ayes: Scheidel, Izer and King

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

No questions were asked regarding to vacate and convey city owned property to Kurt Croell.

 

Motion made by King to closed Public Hearing.  Second by Scheidel.

Ayes:  Scheidel, King and Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Motion made by King to approve Resolution No.  2021-12062021-2 to vacate and convey city owned property to Kurt Croell.  Second by Izer.

Ayes: King, Scheidel and Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Council discussed budget item.  Street repairs were discussed.  Also, possible new Dump truck, picnic tables for Croell park and tennis court repairs.  Suzette will run the numbers the council gave.  Budget numbers will be discussed next month.

 

Mark informed the council the building at the lagoon will be pushed down by Blazek Corp.

 

Next meeting will be February 7, 2022 at 7:00pm.

 

Motion made my Scheidel to adjourn meeting.  Second by Izer.

Ayes:  Scheidel, King and Izer

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:45pm.

 

 

 

Suzette Byrne

City Clerk

 

The Lawler City Council met in regular session on December 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM.

 

Mayor Mark Mueterthies presided.

 

Council members present:  Izer, Scheidel, Kuehner, King and Croell

Council members absent: none

 

Others present:  Austin Kuehner, Cathy Humpal, Stephanie Tangen and Jason Byrne

 

Motion made by Croell to approve the Agenda

Second by Scheidel.   All Ayes.  Motion passed.

 

Motion made by Scheidel to approve the previous minutes and current bills to be paid.

Second by King.   All Ayes.  Motion passed.

 

ARAMARK	RUGS	208.82
JENDRO	GARBAGE CONTRACT	2,560.88
SANDEAN & COOMPANY, INC	PLOW TRUCK	441.68
STANTON ELECTRIC	SECONDARY WIRE AT COOP	70
UPS	Cathy HUMPAL	106.85
TEST AMERICA		168
EFTPS	FED/FICA TAX	1,478.27
IPERS	IPERS	1,101.61
BLACK HILLS ENERGY	GAS UTILITY	177.22
MIENERGY	ELECTRICITY	16,422.87
IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY	DEC 2021 INTEREST	7,065.00
CASH	flood	1,188.77
HAWKINS	Azone	512.88
IOWA DEPT OF REVNUE/SALES	SALES TAX	1,300.00
TEAM LAB	MEGA BUGS PLUS WINTER BLEND	969
NEW HAMPTON TRIBUNE	2021 AFR	216
CHICKASAW COUNTY AUDITOR	2021 ELECTION	159.6
MIC’S PLUMBING & HEATING	FURNACE	3,908.38
ANDERSON	FARM LEASE	157.5
IOWA RURAL WATER	DUES 01/01/22-12/31/22	225
USABLUEBOOK		144.33
PATHWAYS	DONATION FY21/22	468
MUNICIPAL SUPPLY INC	monthly pymt radio read	1,725.66
IOWA UTILITIES BOARD		172
MARK MUETERTHIES	2021 MILEAGE	394.24
DENNIS UNGS	JAY’S LAPTOP	60
STATE HYGIENIC LAB		20
VISA – J UHLENHAKE	SAW CHAIN	16.9
VISA – S BYRNE		151.61
CHRIS RIGEL	INSTALLED BASE TRIM IN CITY HA	500
MISSION	LAWLER LIFT STATION	347.4
HAWKEY INTERCONNECT		48.13
HEARTLAND FLOOR CLEANING	CLEAN FLOORS	807.8
NUTRI-HOSE INC	pump water from park	2,000.00
PAYROLL CHECKS	TOTAL PAYROLL CHECKS	5,358.02
	CLAIMS TOTAL	50,652.42	REVENUE
	GENERAL FUND	13,963.03	5691.45
	SANITATION FUND	2,560.88	2610.68
	ARPA		104
	ROAD USE TAX FUND	686.12	3016.9
	WATER FUND	3,384.29	10066.52
	WATER SINKING FUND	2,410.00	4705
	SEWER FUND	4,002.82	10098.63
	SEWER SINKING FUND	4,655.00
	ELECTRIC FUND	18,990.28	23906.56

 

The council reviewed the Election Canvas Summary provided by Chickasaw County Auditor’s office.  Kurt Croell with 22 votes and Gwen Kuehner with 16 votes have been elected to city council for a 4 year term.  Mark Mueterthies with 59 votes has been elected as Mayor for 2 year term.

 

King made motion to set the Public Hearing on Proposal to Lease City Land on January 3, 2022 at 7:10pm.    Second by Kuehner

Ayes:  Scheidel, Izer, Croell, King and Kuehner

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Scheidel made motion to set Public Hearing on Proposal to Vacate and Convey City-owned Real Estate on January 3, 2022 at 7:15pm.  Second by King.

Ayes:  Scheidel, Izer, Croell, King and Kuehner

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Cathy Humpal with the Public library discussed Budget FY22-23. The library will be asking for an increase from the city if the County votes no to increase funding for libraries.

 

Mark traded his personal ranger to Drilling All-Sports in Calmar.   Drilling All-Sports will sell to city for $8,500.  The price will come out of the electric, water, sewer and park funds.  Motion made by King to purchase ranger from Drilling All-Sports for 8,500.00.  Second by Scheidel.

Ayes: Croell, Kuehner, Scheidel, Izer and King

Nayes: None

Motion passed.

 

Fencing around yards was discussed.  A few yards have fencing around the front yard and leaves have collected around the fence.  The property owners have not cleaned up the property.  Gwen mentioned to make ordinance for to allow only certain fences to be allowed in front yard.  Suzette will do some checking on an ordinance to correct this.

 

Budget FY22-23 was discussed.  Suzette explained she had talked with Iowa Department of Management regarding the budget for the box culvert project.   The city does not know the cost of project or the amount we would receive from Iowa Homeland Security but can budget the expense and will also need to budget the revenue received for the project.  Dawn Croell said it would cost around 5 million for this project.

 

It was mentioned to budget for snow removal equipment.

 

Suzette mentioned to schedule work sessions for working on budget.

 

Mark explained the county is requesting to sign a new Chapter 28E Agreement for the Ambulance Service.  Scheidel made a motion to sign the 28E Agreement with for the Ambulance Service. Second by Croell.

Ayes:  Kuehner, Izer, Scheidel, King and Croell

Nays: None

Motion passed.

 

Mark said the Ambulance board received a quote from AMR Ambulance service for $245,000 for the FY2022-2023.  They will not accept Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  The ambulance board is not interested in AMR.  Ambulance personal will not work for AMR.

Jason Byrne, county supervisor discussed the option of a possible county run ambulance. Jason has spoken with other counties who have their own ambulance services.  At Monday supervisor meeting, the county discussed to use the ARPA money to help with expenses for the ambulance service and eventually a 28E agreement with the cities.  A contractual service will be hired for billing for the service.  The county also mentioned to set of scholarships to send to schools to keep the service running.

 

Delinquents were discussed.

 

The next meeting will be January 3, 2022 at 7:00pm

 

Izer made motion to adjourn at 8:08pm.  Second by Kuehner.

All Ayes. .  Motion passed

Suzette Byrne, City Clerk