REGULAR MEETING

The Fairbank City Council met in Regular Session on Monday, September 27, 2004. Mayor Welsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. Members present: Kayser, Suckow, Plaster, Frost and Woods. Also present: Ted Vorwald, Utility superintendent; Dave Ryan, Assistant Public Works Director and Marlene Strempke, City Clerk.

Motion by Plaster, second by Woods to amend the agenda to include proposal for sale of property and approve payment of property taxes and special assessment dismissal. Roll call vote—Ayes: Plaster, Woods, Kayser Frost and Suckow. Nays: None.

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

Bob Bauman and Craig Codner from Butler County REC and Dale Arends from Corn Belt Power Cooperative presented a proposal to sell power to the city. Ted will contact Alliant Energy to see if comparative information is available and it will be on the agenda for the October 11 meeting.

Blane Benham was present from Black Hawk Waste Disposal to discuss the annual citywide cleanup day. The rules will be the same as last year. There will be a $15.00 dollar charge for appliances and air conditioners. All items must be out by 7:00 A.M. on Wednesday, October 20.

Motion by Kayser, second by Suckow to accept the August Treasurer’s Report. Receipts for August were $108,721.77 and disbursements were $119,399.88. Balance on hand at close of business on August 31, 2004 was $925,020.96. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Suckow, Frost, Plaster and Woods. Nays: None.

Motion by Suckow, second by Frost to approve RESOLUTION 2004-14---RESOLUTION APPROVING RELEASE OF MORTGAGE. Roll call vote—Ayes: Suckow, Frost, Plaster, Kayser and Woods. Nays: None.

Motion by Frost, second by Suckow to approve RESOLUTION 2004-13---RESOLUTION FOR COLLECTION OF RATES AND CHARGES PURSUANT TO CODE OF IOWA CHAPTER 384.84. Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Suckow, Woods, Kayser and Plaster. Nays: None.

After TeKippe Engineering did further checking they discovered the contracted services weren’t needed at this time.

Motion by Kayser, second by Suckow for Ted to purchase four new 5 HP aerators for the lagoon at an approximate cost of $5,000.00 each to be installed before winter. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Suckow, Woods, Frost and Plaster. Nays: None.

Motion by Suckow, second by Plaster to approve the following bills relating to the street construction in East Knoll Ridge 3^rd Addition. Heartland Asphalt, Inc. $20,066.00 for one inch of asphalt and Woods Construction, Inc. $18,615.00 toward curb and gutter at $7.50 for 2,482 feet. Roll call vote—Ayes: Suckow, Plaster, Frost and Kayser. Nays: None. Abstain: Woods

Jim Kaufman was present to inform the council that he was ready to sign an option to purchase with a company that needs to property for a possible ethanol plant. Since the property in question is within two miles of the city limits he wanted to be sure the council was aware of what was happening and that they would be okay with it.

Motion by Kayser, second by Suckow to pay the property taxes on the property at 204 Fourth Street South when it was determined that credit was received at the time of purchase. The special assessment will be dealt with at a later date. Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Suckow, Frost, Plaster and Woods. Nays: None.

Motion by Suckow, second by Woods to adjourn at 7:58 P.M. Roll call vote—Ayes: Suckow, Woods, Kayser, Plaster and Frost. Nays: None.

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Maurice Welsh, Mayor

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Marlene Strempke, City Clerk