City of Albion City Council met March 19.
Here is the minutes provided by the Council:
The Albion City Council met in regular session on Mar 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in the Albion City Hall. Mayor John Henze called the meeting to order and led Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call: Present- Pat Hemming, Eric Eirikson, Eric Schmidt, Kim Dostal, and Jordan Hinkle.
Eirikson moved to approve the agenda and Hinkle seconded it. Motion passed 5-0
Dostal moved to approve the consent agenda and was seconded by Schmidt. The consent agenda consisted of regular minutes from Feb 19, 2018, minutes, Special Feb 26, 2018 meeting, Special Mar 5, 2018 meeting, and approval claims for payment, and financial reports. Motion passed 5-0.
Vendor Reference Amount
Albion Fire Dept. Feb 2018 3 Meetings & 6calls $ 414.00
Alliant Utilities Service 1/18-2/17/18 $ 4,361.50
Arnold Motor Supply Feb 2018 #5,2,1 F.D. $ 555.37
Card Services Feb 2018 Postage, Rug, Dues $ 184.23
Caseys General Store, Inc Feb 2018 Fuel Purchases $ 383.16
Central Office Supply Mar 2018 Time Cards - LIB $ 28.07
Clarence Mann Mar 2018 Well Land Rent $ 800.00
Data Technologies Inc. April 2018 User Group Meeting $ 95.00
Denise Bacon Mar 18 Ems Bayer Char Glucose $ 22.51
Doug Loffgren Mar 2018 2-8'rubber Tires MOW $ 14.40
EFTPS FED/FICA Tax $ 1,904.60
Heart OF IOWA Communications Mar 2018 Serv & Feb Long Dist $ 257.04
Heiman Inc Feb 2018 Gauges - 3 $ 271.50
IPERS IPERS $ 1,239.97
John Deere Financial Feb 2018 Theisens purchases $ 378.58
Keystone Laboratories Inc. Mar 2018 WW $ 310.30
Kim Elder Feb 2018 CPR First Aid Train $ 130.50
Marshall County Engineer Jan & Feb 2018 Salt/Sand Mix $ 742.78
Marshall County Sheriff April 2018 Contract Payment $ 2,985.00
Marshall County Treasurer FY19 Lems Assessment $ 1,361.00
Menards - Marshalltown Feb 2018 - Water F.D. $ 29.12
Minute Man Awareness $ 9.95
Moler Sanitation Garbage/Recycling $ 117.00
Rhonda R Guy Feb 2018 Water/Ww Mangmnt $ 1,042.00
Schendel Pest Control Mar 2018 Pest Control C.H. $ 70.00
Times Republican Feb 2018 Legals Published $ 169.45
Us Bank Equipment Finance 2/28-3/31/18 Contract Pay $ 177.50
Us Cellular 2/12-3/11/18 $ 86.47
Veenstra & Kimm Inc. Feb 2018 Engineer & Consulting $ 1,676.00
Payroll Checks 2/19-3/20/18 $ 5,701.06
***** Report Total ***** $ 25,518.06
Fund Breakdown
General $13,564.49
Road Use Tax $ 3,443.74
Employee Benefits $ 110.51
Water $ 3,353.41
Well 5 Capital Project $ 1,983.00
Sewer $ 3,062.91
Total $25,518.06
Guest speaker Aaron Smith from D.A. Davidson gave a presentation on financing options for the City’s water situation through D.A. Davidson.
Deputy Dean gave the Sheriff’s report. Questions pertaining to 4-wheelers on Marshall St and a white pick-up were asked of the Deputy. Dean urged the community to call the communications center.
Eric Schmidt - public safety – nothing to report
Evan McRill gave the Fire Department report stating planning is still in place for the addition to F.D. McRill stated that there is a chain of command within the F.D. and he will be talking to his department regarding this issue.
Doug Loffgren gave the First Responder report stating they had an audit. The auditor will be back to assess the improvements. The EMS computer is up and running a test meeting will be on 3/21/18 for all EMS members.
Rhonda Guy gave the water/sewer report stating our ammonia levels are higher than normal.
Julia Ohrt, Librarian, stated the library is having a good turnout for Travelogue. A direct mail flyer will be coming out with summer programming for both kids and adults.
Jordan Hinkle, parks and rec department stated a dumpster has been added to the City’s Main St Park for summer events held there.
Eric Eirikson – streets – nothing to report
Doug Loffgren – city maintenance – nothing to report.
Resolution 2018-02 was approved by Schmidt for the grant application on Albion School Demolition and execute a conditional bid award subject to grant and loan financing was seconded by Hemming. Resolution passed 5-0.
Motion #1 was previously approved. The council was given further documentation regarding removal of tires from ACC.
Motion #2 was approved by Dostal and seconded by Schmidt to set aside the monies that would have been used to pay the utilities for the ACC after the disconnection of the utilities. Motion passed 5-0
Motion #3 was approved by Hemming and seconded by Dostal to approve the bid change and the installation of cameras by RACOM. Motion passed 5-0.
Discussion of V&K Engineering’s follow up letter in regards to the City’s alternatives for connection to 1) Rural water 2) Rural Water Emergency 3) Marshalltown Water and 4) Water Treatment Plant. The Council will be sending out a letter to all citizens in their water bill with further information and a request that a citizens attend a water solution meeting, date to be announced. Rhonda Guy our current operator has the certification (grade #2) necessary to run a water treatment plant. The city needs to meter the following buildings to know how much water is being used by each 1) City Hall 2) Presbyterian Church 3) Ball Diamond 4) Fire Department 5) Library. A meeting with V&K Engineering will be set up to analyze costs for the water treatment plant option.
The Heart of Iowa put loaning for ACC demo on hold until resolution 2018-02 the bid award and grant financing has been fulfilled.
Schmidt motioned and Hinkle seconded for adjournment of the meeting. Motion passed 5-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:49 pm.
http://www.albioniowa.com/citygovernment/minutes/2018-03-19AlbionCCRegMtg.pdf
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