MINUTES
OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Mayor
Larry Tolzin called the city council to order at
Herman moved
to approve the agenda with the following addition: Approve Wellmark BCBS Group
Insurance. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
REGULAR MEETING ITEMS: Huber made a motion to
approve the minutes of the July 3 regular meeting and the July 13 special meeting.
Guthmiller seconded; all present in favor; motion carried.
Aisenbrey moved to approve the July finance
report. Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
FINANCE
REPORT:
|
|
General |
Water |
Sewer |
Garbage |
Perpetual Care |
Sales Tax |
Totals |
|
Checking |
97,709.58 |
39,638.40 |
25,727.26 |
30,275.24 |
879.28 |
59,010.09 |
253,239.85 |
|
Ambulance CD #40692 |
6,792.36 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,792.36 |
|
Warrants: |
(27,184.84) |
(13,763.78) |
(2,458.04) |
(5,694.22) |
0.00 |
(42,426.81) |
(91,527.69) |
|
Receipts: |
14,949.48 |
9,282.00 |
3,674.17 |
5,718.75 |
0.00 |
6,274.60 |
39,899.00 |
|
Interest: |
75.40 |
28.46 |
21.81 |
24.53 |
|
18.50 |
168.70 |
|
Checking |
92,341.98 |
35,185.08 |
26,965.20 |
30,324.30 |
879.28 |
22,876.38 |
208,572.22 |
|
Water Restricted Cash |
|
(3,800.00) |
|
|
Restricted |
|
(3,800.00) |
|
General Purpose CD's |
50,000.00 |
|
|
|
Account |
|
50,000.00 |
|
Designated Purpose CD's |
51,522.95 |
20,179.49 |
11,755.91 |
1,518.19 |
45,321.50 |
|
130,298.04 |
|
Total Cash Assets: |
193,864.93 |
51,564.57 |
38,721.11 |
31,842.49 |
46,200.78 |
22,876.38 |
385,070.26 |
|
Profit or (Loss) for the month |
(12,159.96) |
(4,453.32) |
1,237.94 |
49.06 |
0.00 |
(36,133.71) |
(51,459.99) |
RECEIPTS: Water 8847.00; Sewer 3674.17; Garbage 5603.75; Late
Fees 70.00; Ambulance 2648.63; Mervin Guthmiller (5) Copies .50; Tree &
Park CD Interest 4.38; Pool Gate Receipts 860.00; Pool Concession Receipts
589.92; Audit Collection 42.67; Reimbursement-City of Tripp, Room-Finance
Officers’ School 46.69; Alcohol Beverage Remittance Fund 937.51; Cemetery
Donation, Archie Klaudt in memory of Eileen Klaudt 100.00; Cemetery CD Interest
136.50; Sales Tax, 1% 6274.60 & 2% 6274.59; Highway & Bridge 1168.58;
5% License 352.46; 25% Road Tax 209.18; Real Estate Taxes 1007.82; Penalty
& Interest 6.29; Wheel Tax 493.76; Water-On/Off Fee, Don Zeeb 20.00,
Hutchinson Conservation District 15.00; Water Deposit, Julie Andersen 100.00,
Charles Wickstrom 100.00, Elver Hehn 100.00, & Hasz Financial 100.00; RU
Site-Shingles, Gene Bender Construction 35.00; RU Site, White Goods, Lavern
Wagner 10.00 & Jim Woehl 10.00; RU Site, Painted Wood, Ray Heckenlaible
15.00, Jim Woehl 10.00 & American Legion 35.00; Interest Earned 168.70. Total
Receipts: $40,067.70.
WARRANTS APPROVED: Payroll: Council; 861.48; Mayor
403.67; Finance 1240.23; City Hall 109.11; Police 2441.82; Streets 2007.01;
Cemetery 108.81; Ambulance 152.37; Pool 3530.34; Parks 555.21; Library 227.62;
Development 260.61; Water 885.19; Sewer 793.16; Garbage 308.97; Wellmark BCBS,
Group Insurance 1321.64; Principal Life, Group Insurance 314.29; SDRS,
Retirement 1169.28; Menno State Bank, Payroll Taxes 3473.62. Professional
Services: Rocky Zeeb’s Garbage Service 5022.25; Bonnie Heirigs,
Mehlhaf made a motion to approve the warrants
as presented. Kotalik seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Discussion was had on using the city credit card to
take advantage of discounts offered by vendors. No decision was made at this
time.
Huber made a motion to transfer $20,000 from
the Sales Tax Fund into the General Fund per the budget. Guthmiller seconded,
all present in favor; motion carried.
SCHEDULED
BUSINESS: 7:35 p.m. Guthmiller made a motion to approve the Temporary Malt Beverage
Permit for the Menno Fire Department on August 26, 2006 from 3 p.m. until 10
p.m. at the Menno Fire Hall. Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor; motion
carried.
Dave
Hoffman did not attend the meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: “To Do List” Heckenlaible was instructed to patch
the street by
Mehlhaf made a motion to asphalt the block of
Thranum checked with Golden West and we may not have
the same phone number in the city hall and fire hall, as they are both different
911 addresses. You may only have one DSL hook up per station. The possibility
of a wireless connection will be checked into.
After visiting with legislative audit, it was
decided an Equipment Replacement Fund would not be suitable for a city our
size.
NEW BUSINESS: Guthmiller made a motion to hold the
September council meeting on Thursday, September 7 beginning at
Aisenbrey
made a motion to set September 7 at
Huber
made a motion to approve the first reading of Appropriations Ordinance
2006-1 “An ordinance that sets the appropriations for the 2007 budget”. Herman
seconded, all present in favor; motion carried
Guthmiller
made a motion to approve continuing our group insurance coverage with
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Dakota. Huber seconded, all present in
favor; motion carried.
Kotalik
made a motion to hire Tim Schelske for relief help at the pool and Jack
Hertz and Harold Vis as temporary part-time help whenever Heckenlaible feels he
needs help. Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Guthmiller
made a motion to pay temporary part-time help $6.43 an hour. Mehlhaf
seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Herman
made a motion to set August 21 as the closing date for the pool. Huber
seconded, all in favor; motion carried.
Kotalik
made a motion to approve having Twilah Stirling work in the finance
office under the Experience Works program (which took the place of Green
Thumb). Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Huber
made a motion to pay expenses for Thranum and the council members who
wish to attend the SDML convention in Spearfish October 4-6. Herman seconded,
all present in favor; motion carried.
The
council was made aware of an Ambulance Hardship Exemption Hearing that will be
held at the fire hall Wednesday, August 9 at
The
council received a request to include bow and arrows in our weapons ordinance.
Parties interested in having this added should have a petition drawn up and
present it to the council. Thranum will find out how many signatures are
needed.
Mehlhaf
made a motion to accept the Notice of Taking Tax Deed by County for
Daniel E & Tracy L. Hill property described as (Cert. #2148) Lot 11, Block
3 of Andreas Mettler’s Addition to the City of Menno. (The county purchased the
tax deed for $269.42.) Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
The
insurance company said they would have no problem with us renting the back room
of the old fire station for Jack Knutson’s therapy. Mehlhaf made a motion
to allow Knutson’s to rent the back room of the old fire station for Jack
Knutson’s therapy for $25 per month. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor;
motion carried.
The
results of the on-site pool evaluation conducted by Randolf Hilding from DENR
were included in the council packets. Hilding strongly recommended installing a
controller that automatically maintains both sanitizer ORP (oxidation-reduction
potential) and water pH in pools and going to a tablet chlorination system.
Huber made a motion to purchase the controller and tablet chlorination
system for approximately $4000 from Hawkins. Herman seconded, all present in
favor; motion carried.
Estimates
for pool repair will be gathered to present at the next council meeting.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: A thank you was received
from the American Legion concerning the July 4 parade.
The packet from the July 18 MADC meeting and the
SEFP report were included in the council packets.
8:10
p.m. Tolzin stated the council was dissatisfied with the clean up progress at
Sorlien Manufacturing. Sorlien stated he had been working on it; he hauled out
a load of wood, tires and iron, but it had been too hot the past weeks to do
much and he had busy working. Bertsch asked if Sorlien would allow high school
age kids or other help to assist in the clean up. Sorlien instead asked if he
could put a fence up and was told when he got the business cleaned up, it would
be discussed at that time. Tolzin proposed giving Sorlien two-weeks to finish
the clean up or fine him $200 per day for not complying. Bertsch stated the
city would be authorized to go in and clean up the property and assess the
costs of the clean up against the property. Or, the city could treat it as a
criminal offense, issue a citation and Sorlien could appear before the judge
and make his appeal. The city wants Sorlien to work with them and asked for
some timelines as to when things are going to be done, with noticeable
improvement being made in the condition of the property until then. There has
been some improvement in the front of the shop, but in the middle of the
property and in the back, a lot remains to be done.
Huber
made a motion to go into executive session at 8:25 p.m. to consult with
the city attorney. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Aisenbrey
made a motion to come out of executive session at 8:55 p.m. Huber
seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Guthmiller
made a motion to have the city attorney start a civil action against
Sorlien Manufacturing to force Christian Sorlien to clean up the property or
allow the city to clean it up and assess the cost of the cleanup against the
property. In addition, the Chief of Police is to issue a citation for one
violation of the nuisance ordinance, the fine to be determined by the
magistrate judge. The council will consider issuing additional citations at the
September 7 council meeting if the property isn’t cleaned up. Kotalik seconded,
all council present and voting aye; none voting nay. Motion carried.
Herman made a motion to adjourn at 9:00 p.m.
until Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. Huber seconded, all present in favor;
motion carried.
Peggy Thranum, Finance Officer Larry Tolzin, Mayor