REGULAR MEETING
The Fairbank City Council met in Regular Session on Monday, September 10, 2007. Mayor Welsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. Members present: Shields, Woods, Frost, Kayser and Mangrich. Also present: Ted Vorwald, Utility Superintendent; B. J. Sackett, Police Chief; Carter Stevens, City Attorney and Marlene Strempke, City Clerk.
Motion by Shields, second by Mangrich to amend the agenda to include Payment of Bills. Roll call vote—Ayes Shields, Mangrich, Kayser, Woods and Frost. Nays: None.
Motion by Frost, second by Kayser to approve the agenda as amended. Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Kayser, Woods, Shields and Mangrich. Nays: None.
Motion by Woods, second by Mangrich to approve the Minutes of the August 27, 2007 Regular Meeting. Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Kayser. Nays: None.
Motion by Kayser, second by Shields to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Receipts for the month of August were $121,199.23 and disbursements were $139,588.53. Balance on hand at close of business on August 31, 2007 was $1,470,792.67. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Shields, Frost, Mangrich and Woods. Nays: None.
Motion by Frost, second by Mangrich to open the Public Hearing on Hwy 281 Utility Improvement Projects. Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Mangrich, Kayser, Woods and Shields. Nays: None.
Jon Biederman from TeKippe Engineering was present and went over the plans and drawings of the project. Bids will be opened on September 20th and will be acted upon at the September 24th council meeting. Completion date is June 2008. No other comments written or oral were received.
Motion by Mangrich, second by Woods to close the Public Hearing. Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Woods, Shields, Frost and Kayser. Nays: None.
Motion by Mangrich, second by Shields to approve RESOLUTION 2007-12 – RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT OF FAIRBANK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL PARK, CITY OF FAIRBANK, IOWA. Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Shields, Woods, Kayser and Frost. Nays: None.
Attorney Stevens explained the legal procedures that will occur in dealing with issues at 308 Fourth Street South.
The issue of ways to collect unpaid fines was addressed by Attorney Stevens.
There has been no response from the school on the stop signs. Councilman Mangrich stated he would talk to Superintendent Peterson about the matter.
Ted presented a couple of options for the street lights on Collins Road. Motion by Shields, second by Kayser to go with the galvanized steel pipe option at a cost of $$3,170.48. Roll call vote—Ayes: Shields, Kayser, Mangrich, Frost and Woods. Nays: None.
Motion by Mangrich, second by Frost to schedule City Clean Up Day for Thursday, October 11, 2007. Roll call vote—Mangrich, Frost, Shields, Woods and Kayser. Nays: None. Pick up will begin at 7:00 A.M. Tags for appliances and electronics will be available at city hall at a cost of $15.00 per item and need to be purchased in advance of pick up.
Motion by Kayser, second by Mangrich to pay the bills as presented with the adjustment of the Butler County REC bill to actual when received. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Woods. Nays: None.
American Red Cross.... 59.00
Appliance Plus.... 62.90
Black Hawk Waste Disposal 3589.04
Buchanan County Recorder.... 17.00
Burmeister 597.90
Counseling and Assessment Services, P.C... 150.00
Data Technologies.. 170.00
Don’s Truck Sales.... 77.68
Dunkerton Co-op 82.94
American Bottling Company 141.60
Denver Underground & Grading, Inc. 15273.40
Fairbank Food Center.... 29.56
Fauser Oil Co....... 7.99
Friederich Janitorial Supplies, Inc... 214.75
Force America, Inc... 223.19
Gall’s .. 202.92
G & L Clothing.. 191.96
Hawkeye Community College.... 15.00
Heartland Asphalt, Inc. 8092.72
H & H Food Service.... 87.09
Iowa One Call.... 12.60
Iowa Telecom.. 534.91
Iowa Utilities Board.. 188.00
Keystone Laboratories, Inc... 476.50
Knapp’s Service.. 138.42
K-Mart.... 91.69
Lehmkuhl Oil Co... 177.08
MARC.. 116.61
Manatt’s, Inc... 388.95
Matt Parrott & Sons Company 343.40
Modern Building Products.. 853.72
Midwest Underground Supply, L.L.C..... 19.50
Midwest Radar & Equipment 50.00
Northeast Iowa Inspections.. 418.00
Oelwein Register.. 194.52
Ortivus, Inc. 55.00
Office of Vehicle Services.... 80.00
Pathways Behavioral Services.. 400.00
Prairie Road Builders 14238.74
Pronto Market 1093.14
Polk’s Lock Service.... 17.50
Quality Truck Rebuilders 153.53
Radio Communications 3008.75
Roberts, Stevens & Prendergast, P.L.C... 745.00
Schutte Spraying Services.. 580.00
Superior Welding Supply.... 18.31
TeKippe Engineering, P.C. 3729.25
Turf & Landscape, Inc. 1220.00
Van Meter Industrial, Inc... 111.28
Grainger.. 118.84
Rick Wierck.. 160.00
Woods Construction, Inc... 400.00
Waterloo Fire Rescue.. 150.00
Woods Funeral Home.... 90.60
Dorothy Wehling.. 135.00
Kevin Bodensteiner.. 200.00
Brad & Kim Northburg 200.00
R. Jean Story.. 200.00
David & Devin Shaw.. 200.00
Fairbank Postmaster 36.82
Mike Meyer.... 17.95
Iowa Dept of Natural Resources 100.00
Clayton Energy Corporation 5292.29
City of Fairbank 5257.49
Fairbank Postmaster 22.55
US Cellular.. 193.44
Delta Dental.. 199.42
United Healthcare 3829.97
Fairbank Postmaster 104.00
Melana Doubek.... 62.50
Ashley Everding.... 62.50
Brittni Gipper.... 62.50
Fairbank State Bank 6435.65
IPERS 2080.96
Treasurer State of Iowa 2682.09
Payroll Claims 21628.97
The Library Board approved the following bills on September 5, 2007:
Fairbank Library.... 25.00
HyPro.... 69.95
DEMCO.... 59.26
Baker & Taylor.. 483.32
Book Look.. 114.91
Walden Book Company.. 13.59
Educational Record Center.. 171.61
Modern Building Products.... 27.28
Payroll Claims 1298.44
Motion by Mangrich, second by Woods to adjourn at 7:17 P.M. Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Woods, Shields, Frost and Kayser. Nays: None.
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Maurice Welsh, Mayor
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Marlene Strempke, City Clerk