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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CHAPPELL A regular meeting of the Chappell City Council was held on
December 7, 2010 at the Notice of the meeting was posted as required by law. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those present. Mayor Larry Rahe informed the public of the location of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act back wall of Council room. Public Comments: No public comments
were heard. Consent Agenda: A motion was made by Council member Vogt and seconded by
Council member Arrow Seed Company Inc - $465.53 * Carhart - $2281.90 * Century
Link - $587.73 * Century Link - Long Distance - $71.81 * Chappell Municipal
Utilities - $4918.19 * Chappell Register - $257.35 * Chappell Super Foods -
$69.71 * Cranmore Pest Control LLC - $40.00 * Crescent Electric Supply
Company - $134.37 * Deuel County Treasurer - $6670.00 * Display Sales Company
- $149.00 * Division of Public Health - $62.00 * Dutton-Lainson Company -
$1322.32 * E & S Auto Supply - $711.42 * Eakes Office Products Center -
$250.20 * EMC Insurance Companies - $282.00 * EMS Billing Services Inc -
$41.94 * Enviro Service Inc - $14.00 * Farrar Fire Extinguisher Co. - $125.00
* Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Co. - $48.16 * Frenchman Valley Co-op - $37.99
* Great Plains One-Call Service - $10.19 * Hansen's Petroleum - $126.01 *
Hometown Variety - $129.57 * Ideal Linen Supply - $318.24 * Jason's Computing
- $50.00 * Jay Law Office, LLC - $413.00 * L L Johnson Distributing CO -
$80.04 * Linweld Inc - $41.20 * Mary McCall - $100.00 * Michael Todd &
Company Inc - $271.14 * Nebraska Public Health Environmental Lab - $221.00 *
NMC Exchange LLC - $42.41 * Notary Public Underwriters of Nebraska - $206.00
* Oh Sew Pretty - $60.00 * Olsson Associates - $6750.00 * Pitney Bowes -
$38.00 * Retail Acquisition & Development - $34.94 * S A Foster Lumber
Company - $637.95 * Sedgwick County Landfill - $1725.30 * Source Gas -
$247.02 * Verizon Wireless - $51.77 * Western Drug - $72.80 * Western Drug -
$31.51 * Wheat Belt Public Power District - $32.00 * Total Payroll -
$20735.12 Unfinished Business: City Administrator/Clerk
presented second reading of Ordinance 512 dealing with the parking of
recreational equipment. Mayor Rahe read the title as follows: Ordinance 512 An Ordinance
relating to parking of recreational equipment, truck-tractor, semi-trailer, petroleum
transport truck or automobile with attached trailer with an overall length of
twenty-five (25’) feet or more within said city; to provide where said
recreational equipment and semi-trailers may be parked; to establish
penalties for violation; to repeal conflicting ordinances and sections; to
provide an effective date. A motion was made
by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Graeff to accept
the second reading of Ordinance 512. “Yes” Graeff, Vogt, Reichman, Graves.
“No” None. Motion carried. Tom Duffield spoke
to the council on the building permit request for an animal control shelter
building. He had a professional drawing of the approx. 45 x 150 sq. ft.
building with kennels and office space. Discussion was held on the plans for
the facility which would require a variance for the zoned area. Council
tabled the permit until the zoning board can be assembled to review the
permit. If the zoning board does not have a recommendation in one month the
council will re-consider the permit in January. New Business: City
Administrator/Clerk Hansen presented Mayor Larry Rahe and Council member
Jerry Graves with appreciation plaques for their years of service to the
city. Rahe and Library board
member Mark Hardy spoke to the council about continued concerns in the
library basement. The board would like to have Fisher Restoration come back
and do some testing. Council directed the library board to contact Fisher
Restoration and come back with recommendations on any additional work. The city clerk gave the library board an
updated timeline for projects that city employees will complete for the
library and the library board felt this would go a long way to making the
basement a usable space again. The wastewater
treatment plant is in need of a new level controller to run the influent
pumps. John Ford got a quote on the new pump for $4,368.00. A motion was made
by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member Vogt to approve the
purchase of the level controller. “Yes” Vogt, Reichman, Johnson, Graeff. “No”
None. Motion carried. The Administrator/Clerk
received a request to purchase the city’s triangle park property to put up a
metal building for private storage. Discussion was held. No action was taken
at this time. Elections were
opened for council president. A motion was made to re-elect Jim Reichman as
council president and Mayor Akeson asked for a motion to cease nominations. A
motion was made by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member
Johnson to cease nominations. “Yes” Graeff, Vogt, Reichman, Johnson. “No”
None. Motion carried. A motion was
made by Council member Vogt and seconded by Council member Johnson to
re-elect Jim Reichman as council president. “Yes” Johnson, Graeff, Vogt. “No”
Reichman. Motion carried. Discussion was held
on the current city boards. Several boards are in need of re-organization and
new members are needed. A building inspector is also needed. Council members
were asked to bring board member recommendations to the next council meeting.
Agenda item was tabled until the next meeting. Communications: City
Administrator/Clerk reviewed the current administrative procedures on billing
for water leaks. Council agreed with the current procedures. A motion was made by Council member Vogt and seconded by Council member Reichman to adjourn the meeting at 8:07 p.m. “Yes” Reichman, Johnson, Graeff, Vogt. “No” None. Motion carried. ____________________________ Terry Akeson, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Joan Hansen, City Administrator/Clerk CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CHAPPELL A regular meeting of the Chappell City Council was held on
December 20, 2010 at the Notice of the meeting was posted as required by law. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those present. Mayor Terry Akeson informed the public of the location of the Nebraska Open Meeting Act back wall of Council room. Public Comments: No public comments
were heard. Consent Agenda: Clarification was provided on several claims. A motion was
made by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member Reichman to
approve the Consent Agenda, minutes of the regular meeting December 7th, the
claims list, and treasurer’s report. “Yes” Vogt, Reichman, Johnson, Graeff. “No” None. Motion carried. Century Link - Long Distance - $71.81 * First National
Bank-Chappell - $35 * Hometown Leasing - $93.99 * Pitney Bowes - $38 *
Chappell Service Center - $17 * Source Gas - $498.18 * Source Gas - $19.85 *
Western Engineering Co - $910.14 * HireRight Solutions Inc - $29.9 * Pro
Sports - $14.16 * Todd Rust - $467 * Rocky Timm - $467 * Mike Ward - $467 *
Carhart - $9.95 * Chappell Service Center - $15 * Crescent Electric Supply
Company - $200.57 * Dutton-Lainson Company - $104.63 * Dutton-Lainson Company
- $90.77 * Dutton-Lainson Company - $524.39 * Electrical Engineering &
Equipment Co - $220.43 * Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska - $61191.58 *
Nebraska Municipal Power Pool - $2530 * Reserve Account - $150 * Roods Tire
Center - $21 * Verizon Wireless - $17.17 * Enviro Service Inc - $14 * Mike
Graham - $7.5 * Reserve Account - $150 * Source Gas - $19.51 * Source Gas -
$19.51 * Rocky Timm - $7.5 * Verizon Wireless - $17.17 * Chappell Service
Center - $10 * Hess Plumbing - $100 * Reserve Account - $150 * Chappell
Service Center - $25.92 * Reserve Account - $150 * Sinclair Oil Corporation -
$672.42 * Verizon Wireless - $17.17 * Kyle Blochowitz - $237 * Cash-Wa
Distributing - $13.19 * Rick Dale - $49 * Jeannine Everitt - $49 * Dru Lutkehus
- $105 * Dru Lutkehus - $49 * Kya Lutkehus - $49 * NEMSA - $840 * Erica
Priest - $49 * Zoll Medical Corporate - $138.55 * Zoll Medical Corporate -
$105.11 * Cash-Wa Distributing - $14.87 * Cash-Wa Distributing - $122.15 *
Cash-Wa Distributing - $19.75 * Cash-Wa Distributing - $1232.34 * Nebraska
Licensed Beverage Association - $200 * R & R Products Inc - $1219.7 *
Total Payroll - $20915.81 Unfinished Business: City
Administrator/Clerk presented final reading of Ordinance 512 dealing with the
parking of recreational equipment. Mayor Akeson read the title as follows: Ordinance 512 An Ordinance
relating to parking of recreational equipment, truck-tractor, semi-trailer,
petroleum transport truck or automobile with attached trailer with an overall
length of twenty-five (25’) feet or more within said city; to provide where
said recreational equipment and semi-trailers may be parked; to establish
penalties for violation; to repeal conflicting ordinances and sections; to
provide an effective date. A motion was made
by Council member Reichman and seconded by Council member Vogt to accept the
final reading of Ordinance 512. “Yes” Graeff, Vogt, Reichman, Johnson. “No”
None. Motion carried. New Business: Mayor Terry Akeson
administered the Oath of Office to Airport Authority Board member Terry
Livengood. Review was held on
the current city boards needing filled. Council members suggested candidates
to contact for each board. Mayor Akeson nominated Jeff Ortgies to the park/tree
board and Ed Lutkehus to the ambulance board. A motion was made by Council
member Reichman and seconded by Council member Johnson to accept the mayor’s
nominations to the park and ambulance board. “Yes” Johnson, Graeff, Vogt,
Reichman. “No” None. Motion carried. City clerk
discussed the Commercial Downtown Façade Program and asked the council to
waive any building permits for this project. All city codes will be followed
on any sign or awning installation. A motion was made by Council member
Graeff and seconded by Council member Vogt to waive the building permits.
“Yes” Reichman, Johnson, Vogt, Graeff. “No” None. Motion carried. Communications: Council member
Vogt asked about the EMT training process.
Council member
Graeff reported a streetlight that was out and asked about a residence that
has a number of barking dogs. A motion was made by Council member Graeff and seconded by Council member Vogt to adjourn the meeting at 7:37 p.m. “Yes” Reichman, Johnson, Graeff, Vogt. “No” None. Motion carried. ____________________________ Terry Akeson, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Joan Hansen, City Administrator/Clerk
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