REGULAR MEETING

 

                The Fairbank City Council met in Regular Session on Monday, May 8, 2006.  Mayor Welsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M.  Members present: Kayser, Frost, Mangrich, Woods and Shields.  Also present: Carter Stevens, City Attorney; B. J. Sackett, Police Chief; Ted Vorwald, Utility Superintendent; Dave Ryan, Assistant Public Works Director and Marlene Strempke, City Clerk.

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Frost to amend the agenda to include Pool.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Frost, Shields, Woods and Kayser.  Nays: None.

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

                Motion by Kayser, second by Shields to approve the Minutes of the April 10th and 24th Regular Meetings.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Shields, Frost, Mangrich and Woods.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Shields, second by Frost to approve the Treasurer’s Report for April.  Receipts for the month of April were $250,973.47 and disbursements were $126,117.84.  Balance on hand at close of business on April 30, 2006 was $1,278,311.75.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Shields, Frost, Mangrich, Kayser and Woods.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Woods, second by Kayser to open the Public Hearing to Dispose of Real Estate at 6:05 P.M.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Kayser, Mangrich, Frost and Shields.  Nays: None.  Attorney Stevens announced that the necessary work on the title and abstract were done and the city could now dispose of the property.   There is a possibility that the house cannot be burned because of the close proximity to pine trees so it will be sold as is. No objections or comments, written or oral, were received.

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

                Motion by Mangrich, second by Frost to approve RESOLUTION 2006-12 – RESOLUTION TO SELL LOT 4, BLOCK 8 IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF FAIRBANK, BUCHANAN COUNTY, IOWA.

Roll call vote—Ayes: Mangrich, Frost, Shields, Woods and Kayser.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Frost, second by Shields to open the Public Hearing on the FY06 budget amendment.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Frost, Shields, Woods, Kayser and Mangrich.  Nays None.  No public comments, written or oral were received.

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

                Motion by Woods, second by Mangrich to approve RESOLUTION 2006-13 – RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2006.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Mangrich, Kayser, Shields and Frost.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Kayser, second by Frost to approve the Mayor signing the Electric Service Contract with Butler County REC for service beginning August 1, 2006.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Frost, Shields, Woods and Mangrich.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Woods, second by Kayser to send a letter stipulating the acceptance of Alliant Energy’s rate correction filing.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Kayser, Mangrich and Frost.  Nays: Shields.

                Discussion was held on doing a sex offender ordinance.  Attorney Stevens will contact some professionals who deal with sex offenders and ask them to attend the next council meeting to address the issue of public awareness of sex offenders and their behavior.

                Motion by Shields, second by Mangrich to approve the Application for a Liquor License for Fairbank Development Corporation for Fairbank Days.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Shields, Mangrich, Woods and Frost.  Nays: None.  Abstain: Kayser.

                Main Street will only be closed for the parade on Saturday of Fairbank Days so state permission is not required.

                Motion by Kayser, second by Woods to approve the Mayor’s appointment of the following people to the Board of Adjustment—Bob Bellis, Brad Welsh, Jamie Risse, John Friedrich and Jean Wolff.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Kayser, Woods, Shields, Frost and Mangrich.  Nays: None.

                Motion by Woods, second by Mangrich to pay the bills as presented and to add Prendergast Law Office for $150.00 and Scheel’s All Sport for $390.40.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Woods, Mangrich, Frost, Shields and Kayser.  Nays: None.

Alliant Energy 3008.63

Alliant Energy 35133.65

Alliant Energy.... 11.77

Apex Office Supply.... 92.01

Avalon Tire & Service Center.. 480.62

Burmeister 12435.75

CJ Cooper & Assoc, Inc. 30.00

Covenant Clinic.... 30.00

Don’s Truck Sales.... 74.92

Emergency Medical Products, Inc... 126.95

Evens Lawn Care & Snow Removal.. 530.00

Fairbank Food Center.... 26.70

Farm Plan 2.20

Hydrite Chemical Co. 1028.50

H & H Foods.. 309.48

IAMU .. 100.00

INRCOG 1125.00

Iowa Telecom.. 577.07

James Kaufman 2045.00

Keystone Laboratories 1333.00

Knapp’s Service.. 188.95

Lehmkuhl Oil Co... 241.76

Matt Parrott & Sons Company.. 16.17

Municipal Supply, Inc. 80.00

Modern Building Supply.. 721.16

Moore Medical.. 450.00

Midland Telecom, Inc... 155.95

Municipal Emergency Service.. 137.55

Midstates Power Consulting 1945.92

Norby’s Farm Fleet.. 165.17

Oelwein Daily Register.. 335.08

Ortivus, Inc... 225.00

Gary Ott.... 31.18

Office of Vehicle Services.... 40.00

Paul Niemann Construction Co. .... 90.30

Pool Tech Midwest, Inc... 598.00

Pronto Market.. 973.75

Premier Technology.. 940.00

Predergast Law Office.. 150.00

Quality Truck Rebuilders. 23.92

R. C. Booth Enterprises 80.00

Radio Communications.. 586.89

Roberts & Stevens, P.L.C. 1439.68

Dave Ryan.. 330.83

Sadler Electric 1816.00

Schutte Spraying Service, Inc... 284.00

Scot’s Supply...... 1.42

Superior Welding Supply Co. 29.20

Marlene Strempke.. 11.97

Tripoli Extinguisher.... 55.50

Ted Vorwald.... 68.77

US Treasury 3818.40

Wesco Receivables 18330.00

Wrightsoft Corporation.. 787.50

Zupke Sand & Gravel.. 807.45

Dan & Tara Meyer.... 26.29

City of Fairbank .. 173.71

Chad & Sandy Hamann.. 200.00

Jerry VanDaele 200.00

Ray & Emily Nelson.. 200.00

Fairbank Postmaster 13.46

Estate of Lydia Moeller 32596.67

Fairbank Postmaster 156.00

Office of Vehicle Services.... 10.00

Clayton Energy Corporation 33893.98

Scheels All Sport.. 390.40

Stamp Fullfillment Services 1306.05

City of Fairbank 3239.04

Delta Dental.. 193.61

Don’s Truck Sales.. 538.00

John Deere Health 2931.84

US Cellular.. 152.90

Clayton Energy Corporation 2627.06

McDonald Supply.... 62.02

Fairbank State Bank 3454.29

IPERS 1673.97

Treasurer State of Iowa 3323.13

Payroll 10887.44

The Library Board approved the following bills on May 3, 2006:

Fairbank Library.... 25.00

Karen Tiedt.... 36.08

Victoria International.. 980.00

Baker & Taylor.. 640.83

Sagebrush Corporation.. 495.00

Payroll 1133.48

                Discussion on the terminology on the pool information sent out and what was intended was held.  It will be clarified when the information is put out next season.

                Motion by Shields, second by Mangrich to adjourn at 7:37 P.M.  Roll call vote—Ayes: Shields, Mangrich, Kayser, Woods and Frost.  Nays: None.

 

        

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                                                                                   Maurice Welsh, Mayor

 

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Marlene Strempke, City Clerk