July 7, 2008
Call to order at 7:00 pm by President Knoup.
Members answering roll call: President Knoup, Todd Brinkmeier, Matt Diehl, Jim Westaby, Brian Schiess, Dave Dixon, Larry Johnson, Jamie Melville and Cheryl Liebenstein.
The minutes from the June meeting were reviewed and accepted without dissent by Jim.
Second by Dave.
Motion Carried.
The Committee made a motion for approval to pay all bills as presented.
Motion Second by Jim.
Motion carried.
Motion to approve the treasurer report as presented, by Jim.
Second by Larry.
Motion carried.
Transfer of funds: None needed
Financial Report
The committee presented the Appropriation Ordinance to the Board members. The committee worked with Jon Schubert CPA on reformatting the look of the report. The committee made a motion to approve the Appropriation Ordinance as presented, with a change to increase Motor Fuel and lower the TIF. Roll call vote as follows, Todd-aye, Matt-aye, Jim-aye, Brian-aye, Dave-aye, Larry-aye. Let the record show 6-aye, 0-nay, and 0-absent.
VISITORS
Maintenance Report
Rob has been putting mosquito pellets out weekly due to the amount of mosquitoes this year. We have replaced two flowering pear trees at the cemetery that were damaged in the last wind storm.
Top to Bottom have completed the tree trimming and removal.
The Consumer Confidence Water Report has been delivered to the residents.
Streets & Alleys
The State has made several minor revisions on the Main St. Curb and Gutter project, so at this time the project has not been bid out. Fehr & Graham will bid as soon as the State receives the signed revised documents.
WATER & SEWER
Jim spoke with Precision Drive on wiring the new generator. PDC should be here within the week.
Committee noted that Ni-Cor has been contacted to run a gas line to the site.
CEMETERY
Two Memorial trees have been replaced.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
We have had several complaints on overgrown weeds around town. We do have a weed ordinance and several residents will receive letters notifying them that they are not in compliance with the ordinance.
The committee was requested to check on prices to re-tin the roof at the Village Hall/Maintenance building.
Police
Committee reported that Homecoming is scheduled first weekend in August and that we will have extra coverage for that weekend.
Liquor
Motion was made by Larry to allow Little John’s Tap to close off the alley on Saturday night of Homecoming for a beer garden and live band outside. Motion second by Todd. Motion carried.
Motion by Larry to allow the Legion to have Little John’s Tap serve liquor at the Steak Fry on July 12th. Motion second by Dave. Motion carried.
Old Business
We have received notification that we can sell the old gas station lot with exceptions noted from the EPA. The sight is clean, but will need to have monitoring done for any off site ground water run off. Motion was made by Brian to write up the bid spec sheet and bid out the site of former Hank’s Town Pump. Roll call vote was taken, with results as follows, Dave-aye, Matt-aye, Brian-aye, Larry-aye, Jim-ay, Todd-aye. Let the record show 6-aye, 0-nay and 0-absent.
Bids will be opened at the August meeting.
Jim spoke with Fire Chief regarding the new siren quotes. It was recommended that we go with the Fire Store siren which can be activated by the fire department or the county. The committee has decided that we will use the siren for tornado warnings or any type of evacuation of the Village. We will be doing a daily siren either at noon or 6pm.
Committee made a motion to buy the siren system from Fire Store for $9,100.00. Motion second by Larry. Motion carried.
We did not receive any estimates from PDC for our street light renovations. The board members will make contacts to find someone to sandblast the poles as is instead of taking them down.
New Business
The Safe Route to School committee went to an informational meeting on the grant availability. Matt found that it was going to be harder to receive money this year and felt it may be more beneficial to use TIF funds over several years to fund a sidewalk program.
Matt also spoke with the school regarding the site of the former Lion’s park. The school was holding art classes at the park, but find they can no longer do this since there is no longer a building on the lot. The board will see if the school is interested in buying the land or will look at other options for the site.
President Knoup received information from FEMA regarding the flood insurance program. He will contact them to come and speak at a board meeting for more in-depth information on the program.
Motion to adjourn at 8:20 pm by Larry.
Second by Todd.
Motion carried.
Attest:
Cheryl Liebenstein
Village Clerk