REGULAR MEETING

                The Fairbank City Council met in Regular Session on Monday, April 13, 2009.  Mayor Welsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M with the Pledge of Allegiance.  Members present:  Frost, Mangrich, Kayser, Shields and Woods.  Also present:  Dave Ryan, Public Works Director; Gary Ott, Assistant Public Works Director; Carter Stevens, City Attorney and Marlene Strempke, City Clerk.

                Motion by Woods, second by Mangrich to amend the agenda to include Financial Support for Improvements to W-13.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Kayser.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Frost to approve the agenda as amended.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Frost, Shields, Woods and Kayser.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Kayser, second by Mangrich to approve the Minutes of the March 23^rd Regular Meeting.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Woods.  Nays: None.    

                Motion by Kayser, second by Woods to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Woods, Shields, Frost and Mangrich.  Nays: None.  Receipts for the month of March were: General $8,874.05; Special Revenue $20,716.98; Capital Projects $117.24; Permanent $71.23 and Enterprise $200,685.47.Disbursements were: General $37,562.94; Special Revenue $11,884.76 and Enterprise $124,337.57.Balance on hand at the close of business on March 31, 2009 was $1,363,899.35.

                Motion by Kayser, second by Frost to open the Public Hearing on the Application for Voluntary Annexation.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Frost, Shields, Woods and Mangrich.  Nays: None. No written or oral comments were received.

                Motion by Woods, second by Kayser to close the Public Hearing.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Kayser, Mangrich, Frost and Shields.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Frost to approve RESOLUTION 2009-09 – RESOLUTION APPROVING VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.   Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Frost, Shields, Woods and Kayser.  Nays: None.

                The architect for the school construction and Randy Woods were present to explain the upgrades in utilities that would be needed for the new building and to answer any questions.

                Tom Richtsmeier of Cedar Falls Utilities gave a presentation on the Ridgeport Wind Project that the city has been involved with.  Motion by Kayser, second by Mangrich to approve the Application for Membership in IAMWind.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Woods.  Nays: None.  Motion by Frost, second by Woods to approve the Participation Agreement for Phase II of the Project.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Woods, Kayser, Mangrich and Shields.  Nays: None. Selection of a delegate will be done at a later meeting.

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Shields to appoint Shelli Hershey to the Pool Board to replace Dan  Cutsforth who resigned.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Shields, Woods, Kayser and Frost.  Nays: None.       

                Ted Vorwald gave an update on things that have been accomplished by the Pool Board.  They have hired some of the personnel and will have another meeting on April 15^th.

                Councilman Kayser presented the estimated cost of replacing the Island Park Shelter with a slightly larger one.  It was decided to wait and do more planning.

                Motion by Frost, second by Mangrich to purchase anti-virus software for all the computers and to have a technician come in and clean and check the system.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Mangrich, Kayser, Woods and Shields.  Nays: None.           

                Motion by Kayser, second by Frost to approve the bills as presented with the addition of Fairbank Plumbing & Heating in the amount of $960.00 and Don’s Truck Sales for an additional $2,130.41.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Frost, Mangrich, Woods and Shields.  Nays: None.

B & K Automotive,Veh. Maint................................................................................... 151.00

Benny’s Welding, Equip Maint.................................................................................. 670.00

Black Hawk Waste Disposal, Service...................................................................... 4498.26

Butler County REC, Electric.................................................................................... 40099.75

Clayton Energy Corp., Transportation.................................................................... 7350.66

Data Technologies, Inc., Fujitsu Install.................................................................... 485.63

Don’s Truck Sales, Equip Maint.............................................................................. 2458.17

Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Legal Fees........................................................................ 1054.50

Emergency Medical Products, Supplies.................................................................... 131.25

Community Club, Dues.................................................................................................. 20.00

Fayette County Economic Development, Dues......................................................... 48.01

Groebner & Associates, Supplies.............................................................................. 809.77

Heiman Fire Equipment, Eqip Maint.......................................................................... 342.12

IAMU, Training............................................................................................................ 100.00

Industrial Chemical Labs, Supplies............................................................................ 122.21

Iowa Rural Water,Training............................................................................................ 40.00

Iowa Telecom, Telephone........................................................................................... 450.18

Kayser Preferred Graphics, Veh Maint...................................................................... 340.00

Keystone Laboratories, Testing................................................................................. 247.00

Martelle Water Treatment, Supplies........................................................................ 1655.50

Modern Building Products, Supplies........................................................................ 185.32

Moore Medical Supplies, Supplies............................................................................ 518.36

Norby’s Farm Fleet, Clothing Allow.......................................................................... 166.27

O’Reilly Auto Parts, Veh maint..................................................................................... 67.93

Oelwein Publishing Co, Publications......................................................................... 200.19

Ohlin Sales, Inc. Supplies............................................................................................ 185.94

Operation Threshold, Contribution........................................................................... 575.00

Ortivus, Inc., Billing Service.......................................................................................... 27.50

Overhead Door, Repairs.............................................................................................. 398.00

Premier Technology LLC, Equip Maint..................................................................... 170.00

Prinsco, Inc., Supplies.................................................................................................... 48.09

Pronto Market, Gas....................................................................................................... 655.99

Radio Communications, Equip Maint............................................................................ 5.00

Rite Price Office Supply, Supplies................................................................................ 41.94

Roberts, Stevens & Prendergast, Services............................................................... 800.00

Dave Ryan, Mileage..................................................................................................... 143.08

Secretary of State, Notary Renewal............................................................................. 30.00

Stanley Consultants, Inc., Services........................................................................... 385.00

Superior Lamp, Inc., Supplies..................................................................................... 303.64

TeKippe Engineering, Services................................................................................ 1225.28

USA Bluebook, Supplies............................................................................................. 185.88

Waterloo Fire Rescue, Mutual Aid............................................................................ 300.00

Maurice Welsh, Mileage............................................................................................. 362.45

Rick Wierck, Grave Opening....................................................................................... 525.00

Drake Mangrich, Dep Refund....................................................................................... 74.24

City of Fairbank, Dep Applies.................................................................................... 125.76

Clayton Energy Corp., Natural Gas........................................................................ 26544.91

Quest Fore, Services.................................................................................................... 247.66

City of Fairbank, Utilities........................................................................................... 4490.77

City of Fairbank, Reimb.................................................................................................. 15.00

Fairbank Postmaster, Postage..................................................................................... 108.50

Data Technologies, Training...................................................................................... 170.00

US Cellular, Telephone................................................................................................ 182.47

Delta Dental, Premium.................................................................................................. 138.46

Wellmark, Premium..................................................................................................... 2996.25

Treasurer State of Iowa, SWT.................................................................................. 3427.00

Northeast Security Bank, 941 Taxes........................................................................ 2956.70

Northeast Security Bank, 941 Taxes.......................................................................... 783.03

IPERS, Payroll Contrib............................................................................................... 1916.13

Treasurer, State of Iowa, Sales Tax.......................................................................... 3036.12

Payroll Claims............................................................................................................ 12151.11

The Library Board approved the following bills on April 1, 2009:

Baker & Taylor, Books................................................................................................. 602.28

Book Look, Books.......................................................................................................... 98.89

Center Point Large Print, Books................................................................................... 41.34

Don’s Truck Sales, Equip Maint................................................................................ 195.99

Fairbank Public Library, Postage.................................................................................. 25.00

Lakeshore Learning Materials, Supplies..................................................................... 57.39

Oelwein Glass, Inc.,Bldg Maint.................................................................................... 69.10

Rosen Publishing, Books.............................................................................................. 74.75

Scholastic, Inc., Books................................................................................................... 31.10

Karen Tiedt, Supplies..................................................................................................... 13.64

Upstart, Supplies............................................................................................................ 23.75

Payroll Claims.............................................................................................................. 1470.10

                Motion by Shields, second by Kayser not to make a financial commitment to the improvement of W-13.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Shields, Kayser, Mangrich, Frost and Woods.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Kayser to adjourn at 8:15 P.M.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Kayser, Shields, Frost and Woods.  Nays: None.

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                                                                                                Maurice Welsh, Mayor

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Marlene Strempke, City Clerk