MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

MENNO, SOUTH DAKOTA

October 1, 2007

 

Mayor Larry Tolzin called the city council to order at 7:30 p.m. on October 1, 2007 in the council room at city hall. Council present: Dennis Aisenbrey, Galen Guthmiller, Gary Herman, Jerome Kotalik (entered at 7:32 p.m.) and Darrell Mehlhaf, Finance Officer Peggy Thranum and Superintendent Fred Sayler (entered at 7:34 p.m.). Councilman John Huber was absent. Erik Kaufman and Aaron Matthaei were also present.

 

Aisenbrey moved to approve the agenda with the following deletion: Meet with DOT Commission. Herman seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.

 

REGULAR MEETING ITEMS: Mehlhaf moved to approve the minutes of the September 10 regular meeting. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.

 

Herman made a motion to approve the September finance report. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.

 

FINANCE REPORT:

 

  General

  Water

   Sewer

Garbage

Perpetual Care

Sales Tax

Totals

Checking 8/30/07 Balance:

46,120.17

13,755.50

10,718.30

21,149.03

364.28

20,805.54

112,912.82

     Warrants:

(18,951.05)

(6,272.43)

(2,987.32)

(4,163.32)

0.00

0.00

(32,374.12)

     Receipts:

7,239.37

8,302.00

5,004.00

4,073.00

300.00

1,601.39

26,519.76

     Interest:

22.50

10.13

8.17

13.51

 

14.37

68.68

Checking 9/27/07 Balance

34,430.99

15,795.20

12,743.15

21,072.22

664.28

22,421.30

107,127.14

Water Deposits Held

 

(2,950.00)

 

 

Restricted

 

(2,950.00)

General Purpose CD's

50,000.00

 

 

 

Account

 

50,000.00

Designated Purpose CD's

89,528.42

20,907.63

32,717.14

2,586.65

47,447.42

 

193,187.26

Total Cash Assets:

173,959.41

33,752.83

45,460.29

23,658.87

48,111.70

22,421.30

347,364.40

Profit or (Loss) for the month

(11,689.18)

2,039.70

2,024.85

(76.81)

300.00

1,615.76

(5,785.68)

 

RECEIPTS: Water 8282.00; Sewer 5004.00; Garbage 4020.00; Late Fees 75.00; Ambulance 2061.27; Tree & Park CD Interest 4.52; General Fund CD Interest 1059.59; Pool Petty Cash 100.00; Temporary Malt Beverage Permit-Oktoberfest 10.00; Gravel, Menno-Olivet Care Center 20.00; Rames-Bender Post 152, Return Jr. Legion Baseball Donation 1000.00; Cemetery CD Interest 92.83; Cemetery Lot Sales, Gordon/Patricia A. Mettler (2) 150.00 & Calvin/Carol Mettler (2) 150.00; Sales Tax 1% 1601.39 & 2% 1601.39; 5% License 312.38; Real Estate Taxes 601.67; Penalty & Interest .72;  Water: Off Fee, Willard Hellwig 10.00, & Clara Bittner 10.00; Restricted Use Site Fees 51.00; Painted Wood, James Berry 2.00; Perpetual Care Cemetery Lots, Gordon/Patricia A. Mettler (2) 150.00 & Calvin/Carol Mettler (2) 150.00; Interest Earned 68.68. Total Receipts: $26,588.44.

 

Aisenbrey made a motion to approve the warrants as presented. Guthmiller seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.

 

WARRANTS APPROVED: Payroll: Council 537.43; Mayor 161.61; Finance 1022.65; City Hall 115.44; Police 2759.32 Streets 1865.38; Cemetery 112.08; Ambulance 176.75; Parks 375.75; Library 233.80; Development 272.87; Water 864.22; Sewer 864.21; Garbage 292.66; Group Insurance, Wellmark BCBS 1638.48 & Principal Life 575.86; SDRS, Retirement 1145.54; Menno State Bank, Payroll Taxes 2714.24. Professional Services: Rocky Zeeb’s Garbage Service 3217.50; Bonnie Heirigs, Mow Cemetery (2) 1100.00. Utilities: Golden West Co., Phone 284.88; NorthWestern, Electricity 1515.41; Verizon Wireless, Police Cell Phone 70.26. Water Fund: B-Y Water, 1.850 M. Gallons 4380.00; Deposit Refund, Wayne McMahon 100.00; One Call Systems, Locates 16.65; Walter Welding, R&M 20.00; Western Office Plus, Copier Toner 64.99 . Sewer Fund: Dept. of Revenue, Samples 309.00; One Call Systems, Locates 16.65; Walter Welding, R&M 82.00. Garbage Fund: SD State Treasurer, Sales Tax 230.29. General Fund: SDML, Spousal Registration 50.00; A.L. Mettler Construction, Swale by Leon Schulz & Clyde Tarrence 2402.68; Brown & Saenger, Office Supply 74.50; Dept. of Revenue, Pool Samples 48.00; Klaudt Service, Police-Street-Park Fuel 546.66; Lyle Signs, Truck Route Signs 280.66; Menno Lumber, Park R&M-Street Supply 31.94; Sanitation Products, Gutter Broom 139.37; Fred Sayler, Trailer Rent-Trim Trees ’06 & ’07 100.00; SCPI, Minutes-Notice 303.34; Clarence Simonsen, 9.5 #’s Ambulance Laundry 21.38; Team Laboratory, Weed Killer 957.82; Walter Welding, Street & Park R&M 98.00; Western Office Plus, Time Clock Ribbon 9.99; Menno Hardware, Street-Park Supplies 74.73.

 

SCHEDULED BUSINESS: 7:35 p.m. Kotalik moved to approve the following mowing assessment roll and resolution; Mehlhaf seconded, all present in favor; motion carried.

 

2007-1   Bennett, Thomas F. & Susan K.       N 18’ of Lot 2 & All of Lot 3, Block 2, Christoph Mettler’s Addition       $240.00

 

RESOLUTION LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR

MOWING OF PROPERTY

 

                BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Menno, South Dakota, as follows:

 

  1. The City Council has made all investigations which it deems necessary and has found and determined that the amount which each lot or tract shall be benefited by the property being mowed is the amount stated in the proposed assessment roll.

 

  1. The assessment roll for Mowing of Property is hereby approved and assessments thereby specified are levied against each and every lot, piece or parcel of land thereby described.

 

  1. Such assessments, unless paid within thirty (30) days after the filing of the assessment roll in the Office of the Municipal Finance Officer shall be collected by the County Treasurer in accordance with the procedure in Section 9-43-29 to 9-43-41 of the South Dakota Compiled Laws of 1995, as amended, and shall be payable in one annual installment bearing interest at a rate not to exceed nine per cent (9%).

 

Dated this 1st day of October 2007.

 

ATTEST:                                                                                               City of Menno

Peggy Thranum, Finance Officer                                                       Larry Tolzin, Mayor

 

(SEAL)

 

 

OLD BUSINESS: “To Do List”: Water drainage was discussed. Culverts will be cleaned out with the jetter.

 

NEW BUSINESS: Recommendations/Comments from the sewer inspection were shared with the council.

 

Herman made a motion to pay expenses for Thranum to attend Election School in Sioux Falls November 29. Aisenbrey seconded; all present in favor.

 

Mehlhaf made a motion to allow AAA Collections, Inc. to proceed with legal action to collect an ambulance claim. Guthmiller seconded; all present in favor.

 

We received a letter from the Department of Game, Fish and Parks notifying us that our Land & Water Conservation Fund grant assistance was not recommended for funding. Council members will try to determine what repairs must be done to the pool bathhouse and report at the next meeting.

 

Automatic meter readers for water were discussed. Vendors will be invited to a council meeting to discuss their product.

 

Mehlhaf made a motion to have a couple camper pads in the city park; the site to be determined. Guthmiller seconded; all present in favor.

 

For Your Information: The packet from the September MADC meeting and the SEFP report were included in the council packets.

 

Aisenbrey made a motion to adjourn at 8:33 p.m. until Monday, November 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Guthmiller seconded; all present in favor.

 

ATTEST:                                                                    CITY OF MENNO, SOUTH DAKOTA

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

Peggy Thranum, Finance Officer                                    Larry Tolzin, Mayor