MINUTES
OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Mayor
Larry Tolzin called the city council to order at
Huber moved
to approve the agenda, Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Freeman Ambulance will be hosting an EMT-B class
beginning on
REGULAR MEETING ITEMS: Aisenbrey made a motion
to approve the minutes of the October 2 regular meeting. Guthmiller
seconded; all present in favor; motion carried.
Herman moved to approve the October finance
report. Aisenbrey seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
FINANCE
REPORT:
|
|
General |
Water |
Sewer |
Garbage |
Perpetual Care |
Sales Tax |
Totals |
|
Checking
|
80,867.94 |
35,683.62 |
31,517.58 |
31,716.42 |
1,049.28 |
15,221.85 |
196,056.69 |
|
Warrants: |
(19,606.44) |
(12,035.96) |
(2,207.47) |
(5,879.55) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
(39,729.42) |
|
Receipts: |
15,165.96 |
6,840.88 |
4,067.90 |
5,703.25 |
150.00 |
6,671.80 |
38,599.79 |
|
Interest: |
52.59 |
20.66 |
22.61 |
21.37 |
|
14.83 |
132.06 |
|
Checking
|
76,480.05 |
30,509.20 |
33,400.62 |
31,561.49 |
1,199.28 |
21,908.48 |
195,059.12 |
|
Water
Restricted Cash |
|
(3,200.00) |
|
|
Restricted |
|
(3,200.00) |
|
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: |
178,003.00 |
47,488.69 |
45,156.53 |
33,079.68 |
46,520.78 |
21,908.48 |
372,157.16 |
|
Profit or (Loss) for the month |
(4,387.89) |
(5,174.42) |
1,883.04 |
(154.93) |
150.00 |
6,686.63 |
(997.57) |
RECEIPTS: Water 6710.88; Sewer 4067.90; Garbage 5673.25; Late
Fees 130.00; Ambulance 1448.92; City Hall Rent, South Central Child Development
45.00 and Schelske Insurance 30.00; Tree & Park CD Interest 4.38; Copies,
1-James Harley .10; Power Show, Caution Tape 12.75; Pool Concessions-Pepsi
24.48; City of Centerville, Reimburse Room-SDML Convention 104.98; Gravel, Ken
Zeeb 15.00; Alcohol Beverage Fund Remittance 1168.69; Cemetery Lots,
Clifford/LaVanna Herrboldt (2) 150.00; Cemetery CD Interest 137.15; Sales Tax,
1% 6671.80 & 2% 6670.56; Highway & Bridge 2128.20; 5% License 360.14;
25% Road Tax 209.18; Real Estate Taxes 1906.87; Wheel Tax 619.56; Water
Deposit, Hannahbeth Snow 100.00; Off Fee, M.E. Ulmer 10.00, Ida Mae Chance
10.00 & Power Show 10.00; RU
Site-After Hours Admit, Smith Tree Service 30.00; Perpetual Care Lots, Clifford/LaVanna
Herrboldt 150.00; Interest Earned 132.06. Total Receipts: $38,731.85
WARRANTS APPROVED: Payroll: Council 1027.39; Mayor
161.61; Finance 1042.78; City Hall 98.93; Police 2447.72; Streets 2221.98;
Cemetery 108.81; Ambulance 172.13; Parks 89.07; Library 227.62; Development
312.84; Water 799.07; Sewer 799.00; Garbage 433.23; Wellmark BCBS, Group
Insurance 1374.44; Principal Life, Group Insurance 532.70; SDRS, Retirement
1085.39; Menno State Bank, Payroll Taxes 2569.05. Professional Services:
Rocky Zeeb’s Garbage Service 4963.25. Utilities: Golden West Co., Phone
335.53; NorthWestern, Electricity 1290.76; Verizon Wireless, Police Cell Phone,
Oct. 69.43 & Nov. 67.66. Water Fund: B-Y Water, 2.066 M. Gallons
4812.00; City of Sioux Falls, Samples 39.00; Maguire Iron, Clean Tank, Paint
Exterior, Safety Installation (Homeland Security Grant) 15,980.00; One Call
Systems, Locate 10.35; Petty Cash, Postage 4.14; Experience Works, Contribution
250.00; Deposit Refunds: Julie Andersen 100.00, JoAnn Arens 50.00, Jeremy
Fischer 70.04, Thomas Holst 100.00, Terah Lammers Schoenfish 50.00, Rachel
Robinson Tieszen 50.00, Justin Zeeb 50.00, Mary Taylor 50.00, Aaron Matthaei
100.00, and The Pit Stop 100.00. Sewer Fund: Cummins Central Power,
Generator Heater 93.08; Dept. of Revenue, Samples 195.00; Menno Hardware,
Supply 13.17; Petty Cash, Postage 30.00; One Call Systems, Locates 10.35;
Walter Welding, Valve Tool R&M 33.85; A-Tech Sewer Cleaning,
Jet/Vac-Televise, & Cut Roots 7947.50; Experience Works, Contribution 250.00.
Garbage Fund: SD State Treasurer, Sales Tax 309.96; Second Century
Publishing; Ad 24.50. General Fund: SD Housing Authority, Registration
125.00; Battery Zone, Radio Batteries-Street, Fire, Ambulance 112.58; Bertsch
Law Office, Legal Fees 877.06; Brown & Saenger, Folders & Binder 27.19;
Ed’s Food Market, Building Supply 36.13; Heiman Fire Equipment, Adapter 16.95;
Hutchinson County Highway Dept., Asphalt, Oil, Labor, Equipment-Otela Street
11,667.15; Klaudt Service, Police-Street-Park Supply 532.88; Nancy Kludt, 353
miles, SDML Convention 112.96; Luikens Repair, Ford Truck 600 R&M-Clutch,
Pressure Plate, Bearing 1121.00; Menno Hardware, Supply 49.25; Menno Lumber,
Supply 21.92; Petty Cash-General, Supply 10.66; Ron Kraft, Development
Consulting 500.00; Second Century Publishing 154.27; Sonny’s Hiway 18 Repair,
Sharpen chain-saw 6.00; Vacuum Center, Dust Cup Lid, 10.00; Vern’s Service,
Sweeper & 1990 GMC Pickup R&M 646.74; Walter Welding, Sharpen Mower
Blades 28.00; Western Office Plus, Office Supply-Tape Recorder 81.95; SDML,
Election School 15.00; Elan, Rooms 419.94, Batteries 9.83, Development Supply
43.90, & Sewer Supply-Root Destroyer Crystals 358.87.
Huber made a motion to approve the warrants
as presented. Mehlhaf seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Ken
Bertsch entered the meeting at
OLD BUSINESS: “To Do List”: Nothing was added to the list.
NEW
BUSINESS: Herman
made a motion to set December 4 at
Aisenbrey
seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Following
a lengthy discussion, the Dog-Cat Tag-Vaccination Ordinance died for lack of a
motion.
Progress
on the Sorlien clean up was discussed. Since cleanup efforts are not progressing,
Guthmiller made a motion to have Bertsch go back to court and ask the
judge to impose the other $150 of the sentence that was previously suspended.
Huber seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Herman
made a motion to allow Thranum to attend election school in
Fire
Chief Shannon Herrboldt addressed the council concerning NIMS training. NIMS strongly recommends that all elected officials who will
be interacting with multiple jurisdictions and agencies during an emergency
incident at the minimum, complete IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction and ICS-100:
Introduction to ICS. These courses provide a basic understanding of the
National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System. This
training is a requirement as a condition of receiving federal preparedness
funding assistance. Members of the council that do not already have this
training will take it.
Mehlhaf
made a motion to purchase a radio for the street department from Vantek
for $439. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Huber
made a motion to approve having Connie Knodel work in the finance office
under the Experience Works program. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor;
motion carried.
Huber
made a motion to support the Experience Works program in the amount of
$500. Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.
Tolzin
reported a committee of Menno area residents has been formed to look into
acquiring land for 2-bedroom apartments. City maintenance personnel felt the
city would have sufficient means to meet the water and sewer demands of such
addition if it were to take place. Discussion was had on platting streets into
any proposed addition. No decisions were made.
Aisenbrey
made a motion to allow the boy scouts to meet once a month in the
meeting room at city hall. Mehlhaf seconded, all present in favor; motion
carried.
Maintenance
is to gather information on what it would cost us to have an engineer view the
videotapes or DVD of the sewer lines that could advise us on how to proceed.
An
option of probable costs for the sanitary sewer improvement on US Highway 18
from Park Street west to the last manhole on the highway was received from Arens
Engineering. The proposed cost is $48,200. After speaking with the engineer,
this cost could easily be boosted to $50,000 (plus) to allow for inflation.
This project will be undertaken when the state works on Highway 18. Thranum
spoke to District III about beginning the paper work to get on the State Water
Plan for 2008.
We
haven’t received any information on probable costs regarding the lighting
improvements for Highway 18. The city is responsible for 20% of this cost.
Heckenlaible
asked if we were going to put a new bore under the highway during the highway
improvements for the water line that runs from the Garden Gate to Country
Pride. No decision was made.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: The packet from the October
17 MADC meeting and the SEFP report were included in the council packets.
Aisenbrey made a motion to adjourn at
Peggy Thranum, Finance Officer Larry Tolzin, Mayor