MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
MENNO, SOUTH DAKOTA
Mayor Larry Tolzin called the city council to order at 7:30 p.m. on October 3, 2005 in the council room at city hall. Council present: Dennis Aisenbrey, Galen Guthmiller, Gary Herman, John Huber, and Darrell Mehlhaf, Finance Officer Peggy Thranum and Superintendent Roger Heckenlaible. Councilman Jerome Kotalik was absent. Dale Luikens, Erik Kaufman, and Audrey Fergen were also present.
Aisenbrey moved to approve the agenda with the following additions: Chain Saw and Dale Luikens. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
REGULAR MEETING ITEMS: Herman made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 12 meeting. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Guthmiller made a motion to approve the September finance report. Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
FINANCE REPORT:
|
|
General |
Water |
Sewer |
Garbage |
Perpetual Care |
Sales Tax |
Totals |
|
Checking 9-1-05 Balance: |
29,790.08 |
45,793.88 |
14,443.89 |
29,225.29 |
1,006.28 |
5,653.18 |
125,912.60 |
|
Warrants: |
(20,409.53) |
(8,560.73) |
(5,378.52) |
(5,655.82) |
|
0.00 |
(40,004.60) |
|
Receipts: |
15,877.89 |
10,262.29 |
4,528.34 |
6,442.75 |
0.00 |
11,495.55 |
48,606.82 |
|
Interest: |
5.77 |
10.42 |
2.98 |
6.59 |
|
3.76 |
29.52 |
|
Checking 9-29-05 Balance |
25,264.21 |
47,505.86 |
13,596.69 |
30,018.81 |
1,006.28 |
17,152.49 |
134,544.34 |
|
Water Restricted Cash |
|
(2,650.00) |
|
|
Restricted |
(2,650.00) |
|
|
General Purpose CD's |
50,000.00 |
|
|
|
Account |
|
50,000.00 |
|
Designated Purpose CD's |
48,851.51 |
|
11,447.46 |
0.00 |
43,501.14 |
|
103,800.11 |
|
Total Cash Assets: |
124,115.72 |
44,855.86 |
25,044.15 |
30,018.81 |
44,507.42 |
17,152.49 |
285,694.45 |
|
Profit or (Loss) for the month |
(4,525.87) |
1,711.98 |
(847.20) |
793.52 |
0.00 |
11,499.31 |
8,631.74 |
RECEIPTS: Water 9942.29; Sewer 4349.76; Garbage 6054.25; Late Fees 45.00; Ambulance 3645.34; City Hall Rent, Karen Schaeffer 60.00; Tree & Park CD Interest 3.18; Copies, Mary Rook (20) 2.00; Pool Gate Receipts 126.00; Carol Mettler, Supply .50; General Fund CD Interest 411.37; JoAnn Arens, Fax 1.00; Pool Gate-Petty Cash 100.00; Cemetery CD Interest 57.69; Sales Tax-1% 11,495.55 & 2% 10,433.49; 5% License 286.29; Real Estate Taxes, Aug ‘04 706.03; Water-On Fee, Nancy Zeeb 5.00 & Peace Parsonage 5.00; Water-Off Fee, Casper Dosch 10.00; Water Deposit, Terah Lammers 50.00, Justin Zeeb 50.00; LaDanna Stough (Stanley Rich) 50.00, Thomas Holst 100.00; Returned Deposit Refund, Rick Smith 50.00; Sewer Tap, Menno School-Football Field 178.58; RU Site-After Hours Admit, Herrboldt Construction 10.00; RU Site-Shingles, Herrboldt Construction 12.50 & Doug Christian 75.00; RU Site-Scrap Metal, Environmental Services 291.00; Interest Earned 29.52. Total Receipts: $48,636.34.
WARRANTS APPROVED: Payroll: Council; 330.23; Mayor 83.11; Finance 1010.12; City Hall 95.12; Police 2399.85; Streets 1701.76; Cemetery 104.64; Ambulance 257.09; Parks 514.41; Library 219.72; Development 244.92; Water 744.76; Sewer 744.38; Garbage 292.67; Wellmark BCBS, Group Insurance 1321.64; Principal Life, Group Insurance 298.81; SDRS, Retirement 1041.59; Menno State Bank, Payroll Taxes 2302.67. Professional Services: Rocky Zeeb’s Garbage Service 4995.00; Bonnie Heirigs, 1 Cemetery Mowing 515.00. Utilities: NorthWestern, Electricity 1725.24; Golden West Co., Phone 231.18. Water Fund: B-Y Water, 2.542 Million Gallons 4772.62; Dakota Supply Group, Water Meters & Parts 322.69; Deposit Refunds: Tala Campbell 50.00, Mervin Guthmiller 50.00, & Tim Schaeffer 17.79. Sewer Fund: A-Tech Sewer Cleaning, Clean Sewer Line on East Street 1310.00; MARC, Supply 154.17; Walter Welding, Manhole Extensions 377.57. Garbage Fund: Klaudt’s Service, Supply 13.00; SD State Treasurer, Sales Tax 225.45; Second Century, Publishing 11.90. General Fund: SDML, Convention, Thranum & Herman 150.00; Nettie Herman, Refrigerator 75.00; Brown & Saenger, Office Supply 170.60; Classic Collision, Police Car & Dump Truck R&M 462.86; Dept. of Revenue, Pool Samples 24.00; Klaudt’s, Police-Street-Ambulance-Park Supply 929.73; Luikens Repair, Street Sweeper & Loader R&M 476.82; McCloud’s, Police Supply 45.45; MADC, Advertising 17.00; Menno Hardware, Supply 122.70; Marsha Schelske, Ambulance Supply 58.26; SD State Treasurer, Pool Sales Tax 7.13; Second Century, Publishing 351.26; . Warrants Approved: $31,369.91.
Huber made a motion to approve the warrants as presented. Mehlhaf seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Herman made a motion to transfer $7100 from the Sales Tax Bond Fund to the General Fund per the budget. Huber seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
SCHEDULED BUSINESS: 7:33 p.m. Mehlhaf made a motion to approve the following beverage licenses.
Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor, motion carried.
Huber made a motion to approve the following Mowing Assessment Roll. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried. A $100 administrative fee will be added to each assessment when it is turned over to the county auditor.
OWNERSHIP/ASSESSMENT ROLL
CITY OF MENNO, SOUTH DAKOTA
MOWING OF PROPERTY
2005-1 Chenelle, Quinn Lot 1, Block 2, Simon Mettler’s 2nd Addition $380.00
2005-2 Bennett, Thomas F. & Susan K. N 18’ of Lot 2 & All of Lot 3, Block 2, Christoph Mettler’s Addition $340.00
TOTAL DUE: $720.00
Audrey Fergen addressed the council concerning a “Serve Project” for next spring and asked the council to think of ideas for work projects to keep 70-90 youth busy the last Tuesday in June 2006. Youth come from all over the United States and do projects in communities such as painting, cleaning out basements, landscaping, yard work, or any other worthwhile project that would benefit the community. Projects need to be completed in one day. Ideas will be collected over the next couple months and presented to the youth pastors of First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Falls for approval. Fergen left the meeting a 7:45 p.m.
Dale Luikens asked the council for more time in cleaning up his property. The council has contacted him several times in the past four years about cleaning up his property and received no response from him. They did not extend the 30-day deadline. He asked about having the street in front of his shop blacktopped. This has been discussed in the past. Tolzin will speak with Wintersteen to see if he would be willing to remove the chute on the north side of the sale barn to help preserve the road if it were to be blacktopped. Luikens left the meeting at 7:50 p.m.
Christian Sorlien entered the meeting at 7:48 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS: “To Do List” Heckenlaible stated they would start putting up the fence at the restricted use site in the near future.
Thranum is to take her radio
and Heckenlaible’s to Vantek to see if they can be fixed or if they should be
replaced.
The consensus of the group was to purchase new radios if the old ones can’t be
fixed rather than purchase pagers.
Heckenlaible stated the chain saw is beyond repair. He is to check to see where he can get the best deal and get the purchasing committee’s approval to purchase a new one.
Sorlien asked the council if the pickup he uses in pulling contests has to be licensed. It is not equipped to be driven on the road. The city attorney will be consulted about this before a decision is made.
NEW BUSINESS: Aisenbrey made a motion to pay expenses for Thranum to attend election school in Sioux Falls on November 17. Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Huber made a motion to send Heckenlaible and Sayler to a workshop in Sioux Falls pertaining to regulatory requirements of wastewater treatment facilities and pay expenses. Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Discussion was had on trying to find a way to encourage more people to become EMT’s. We are down to four. Pay scales from area towns were presented to the council for their consideration. Further discussion was tabled to the next meeting.
It was brought to Thranum’s attention that Marsha Schelske made her 500th ambulance run on September 6, 2005. Congratulations Marsha and a huge thank you for your dedication!
The council discussed whether or not to accept treated lumber at the restricted use site. It cannot be put in the burn pit. If we accept it, it would have to go into the shingle pit. The problem with that is we will run out of room pretty fast, will have to dig a new pit, and soon will not have room to dig more. We will check with the Mitchell Landfill to see what the rules about this are and how much it would cost to dispose of it. For the time being, treated wood will be accepted on a separate pile. The charge for dumping it will be the same as for shingles.
Heckenlaible asked for the council’s permission to clean the main trunk line of the sewer. They experienced problems when they were cleaning out the sewer last week because it plugged up the main line. The contractor stated our main line is very congested and can’t handle the extra sludge from cleaning the branch lines. Mehlhaf made a motion to have A-Tech Sewer Cleaning clean out our trunk sewer line from Juniper and East Street to Juniper and Second Street. Huber seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
For Your Information:
Minutes of the September development meeting and the SEFP report were included in the council packets, along with a thank you from SEFP for our continued support.
Lake Menno Development Corporation shared some of the notes they receive concerning the lake. These notes expressed patrons appreciation for the policeman that drives through each night.
Guthmiller made a motion to adjourn at 8:35 p.m. until Monday, November 7, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Peggy Thranum, Finance Officer Larry Tolzin, Mayor