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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES A regular meeting of the Chappell City Council was held on April 5, 2010 at the Chappell City Hall at 7:00 P.M. Along with Mayor Rahe, the following members being present Reichman, Vogt, Graeff and Graves. Staff members present were City Attorney Joel Jay and City Administrator/Clerk Joan Hansen. Notice of the meeting was posted as required by law. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those present and led by Mayor Larry Rahe. Mayor Larry Rahe informed the public of the location of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act on the back wall of Council room. Public Comments: Consent Agenda: American Test Center, Inc - 912.50 * Century Link - 881.91 * Chappell Municipal Utilities - 4867.51 * Chappell Service Center - 36.00 * Chappell Super Foods - 180.06 * Cranmore Pest Control LLC - 40.00 * Deuel County Treasurer - 6670.00 * Dutton-Lainson Company - 706.52 * Eichner's Sales & Service - 109.71 * EMC Insurance Companies - 435.00 * Enviro Service Inc - 14.00 * Erica Priest - 320.00 * Fidele Electric & Woodcrafting - 1000.00 * Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co. - 48.16 * Frenchman Valley Co-op - 386.21 * Hampton Inn - 280 * Hansen's Petroleum - 4501.22 * Ingram Electric Motor Repair - 24.00 * Jay Law Office, LLC - 308.00 * Kya Lutkehus - 320.00 * Livengood Backhoe Service - 480.00 * Mary McCall - 100.00 * Michael Todd & Company Inc - 614.87 * Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska - 51431.96 * Nebraska Public Health Environmental Lab - 846.00 * NGCSA - 25.00 * Pitney Bowes - 38.00 * QA Balance Service - 105.00 * RJ Meyer & Associates - 4960.00 * S A Foster Lumber Company - 683.46 * Sedgwick County Landfill - 1535.46 * Shell Fleet Management - 959.98 * Source Gas - 742.11 * Spic and Span Cleaners - 5354.75 * Stegeman Services - 532.00 * The Chappell Register - 106.64 * Titleist - 319.51 * Verizon Wireless - 54.14 * Wheat Belt Public Power District - 32.00 * Total payroll - $22318.14 Unfinished Business: A motion was made by Council member Vogt and seconded by Council member
Graves to appoint Rachael Motzkus to the community development board.
"Yes" Graves, Graeff, Vogt, Reichman. "No" None. Motion
carried. New Business: Discussion was held on a building permit to extend the length of a building on David Lee's property - 1534 2nd St. Council requested that Mr. Lee attend the next council meeting. Permit was tabled until the next meeting. A motion was made by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Vogt to approve the building permit for a house addition for Shane Peters -1414 Rd. 167 . "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graves, Graeff. "No" None. Motion carried. A motion was made by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member Reichman to approve the building permit for a deck on Dave Henning's house-1249 4th St.. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graves, Graeff. "No" None. Motion carried. Consideration was given to the proforma options presented by NMPP for increasing electric rates. Discussion was held on the recommendation by NMPP to increase rates in October. Council agreed with the recommendations and will invite Andrew Ross of NMPP to attend the first council meeting in June to outline the proforma agreements and provide information on the preferred rate increase schedule. The rate increase will be necessary due to increased costs from the city suppliers. Discussion on the load management software upgrade was tabled until the next council meeting pending more information. Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska is requesting a letter of support for funding purposes. Council members would like to know what programs they provide to the city before providing a letter of support. Clerk will get more information on their scope of services. The scrap iron and old radiator need to be removed from the generator
project. Requests have been received from area scrap metal dealers to
remove the iron. Council members directed the clerk to have city employees
pick up the scrap iron and sell it. Discussion was held on a request for a street light by JD Peters - 1566 5th St.. Council will invite Mr. Peters to attend the next council meeting to discuss. A motion was made by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Graves to go into executive session at 7:50pm to discuss litigation issues. "Yes" Graves, Graeff, Vogt, Reichman. "No" None. Motion carried. City Administrator/Clerk and City Attorney were included in the executive session. A motion was made by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Graves to come out of executive session at 8:15pm. Communications: Council member Graeff asked about the water main break on Monday. A new service was put in and all repairs have been made. Council member Vogt received a complaint about kids in the city park after 10pm. Clerk will contact the sheriff's department regarding enforcing this ordinance. City Administrator/Clerk updated the council on several meetings throughout the week. She invited council members to attend the baseball field meeting on Thursday. The big spring clean up is set for April 7th and 8th at the recycle center. John Ford will be in charge of getting the drywall up in the library basement following the basement kitchen demolition. Updates were given on a slight change to building size on an approved building permit but no side, back or front yard requirements will be in violation. Todd Rust completed his pesticide testing. Ashlea is getting childcare lined up and returns to work on April 19th. A motion by Council member Graves and seconded by Council member Vogt
to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 p.m. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graeff,
Graves. "No" None. Motion carried. CHAPPELL NEBRASKA A regular meeting of the Chappell City Council was held on April 19, 2010 at the Chappell City Hall at 7:00 P.M. Along with Mayor Rahe, the following members being present Reichman, Vogt, Graeff and Graves. Staff members present were City Attorney Joel Jay and City Administrator/Clerk Joan Hansen. Others present included David Lee, JD Peters and Ashleigh Jay. Notice of the meeting was posted as required by law. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those present and led by Mayor Larry Rahe. Mayor Larry Rahe informed the public of the location of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act on the back wall of Council room. Public Comments: Consent Agenda: American Water Works Assoc - $295.00 * Arrow Seed Company Inc - $3719.69 * Bailey Nurseries Inc - $573.00 * Border League - $400.00 * C & M Air Cooled Engine Inc - $2,216.61 * Century Link - $145.15 * Cranmore Pest Control LLC - $40.00 * Deuel County Treasurer - $250.00 * Dutton-Lainson Company - $1841.66 * E & S Auto Supply - $328.69 * EMS Billing Services Inc - $197.35 * Eakes Office Products Center - $56.76 * Great Plains One-Call Service - $6.06 * Hometown Leasing - $93.99 * Ideal Linen Supply - $462.59 * Jirdon Agri Chemicals Inc - $458.97 * Kriz-Davis Company - $150.46 * L L Johnson Distributing CO - $2,094.00 * Linweld Inc - $79.42 * Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska - $45,176.08 * Municipal Supply Inc of Nebraska - $2,746.50 * NMC - $95.13 * Nebraska Municipal Power Pool - $582.03 * Nebraska U. C. Fund - $308.00 * Northwest Pipe Fittings Inc - $427.02 * Polly Olson - $90.00 * Olsson Associates - $3,390.00 * Pitney Bowes - $355.38 * Richard's Auto Upholstery - $125.00 * Sinclair Oil Corporation - $570.09 * Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc - $2,884.61 * Titleist - $125.79 * Verizon Wireless - $108.38 * Viaero Wireless - $15.02 * Westco - $442.05 * Wibby Environmental - $241.32 * Total Payroll - $21,754.64 Unfinished Business: David Lee gave the council a drawing of his extension on his building in order to enclose the north end which was damaged by wind. The building permit was within the property setbacks. Mr. Lee said he would be putting tractors inside the building. A motion was made by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Vogt to allow the 20' extension on the building. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graves, Graeff. "No" None. Motion carried. JD Peters spoke to the council about the need for a street light at the end of 1500 block on 5th street. Discussion was held on the necessity for the street light and where the light would need to be located to remain uniform with the city blocks. If the light were approved council members felt that the utility foreman should decide the best and most cost effective location for the pole. A motion was made by Council member Vogt and seconded by Council member Reichman to put a street light at the end of the block in the most cost effective location for electricity. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graves, Graeff. "No" None. Motion carried. Updates were provided on the services that Community Action Partnership provides. Council members agreed that the city could provide a letter of support for the group to help them secure funding. New Business: A motion was made by Council member Graves and seconded by Council member Reichman that Mayor Rahe sign the Arbor Day Proclamation in celebration of Arbor Day April 30th. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graves, Graeff. "No" None. Motion carried. Administrator/Clerk informed council of an opportunity to have the South Platte NRD prepare a Wellhead Protection Plan. The SPNRD received grant funding to help local municipalities develop these plans. Council agreed to have Ryan Reisdorf with the SPNRD work with the city on this project. Communications: Council member Graeff spoke about the need for discussion and participation on issues. He also inquired as to the status on a legal issue. Council member Vogt asked about cleaning up lots. A motion by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member Graves
to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. "Yes" Vogt, Reichman, Graeff,
Graves. "No" None. Motion carried.
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