April 9th, 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes
Walford City Council ProceedingsRegular Meeting Monday April 9, 2018Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., by Mayor Bill Voss.Roll Call: Bergmeier, Huber, Kane, Pegump, Voss. None absent.Bergmeier moved approval of the agenda as posted, seconded by Kane. Roll Call: Unanimous.Pegump moved approval of the March 12th, 2018 minutes as posted and published, seconded by Voss. Roll Call: Ayes: Bergmeier, Pegump, Voss. Abstain: Huber and Kane. Motion Carried.Huber moved approval of the March 31, 2018 Treasurer’s Report, seconded by Bergmeier.Roll Call: Unanimous.Huber moved approval of the April Expenditures, seconded by Kane. Roll Call: UnanimousKane moved approval of the FY 18/19 Linn County Law Enforcement Contract, seconded by Pegump. Roll Call: Ayes: Kane, Pegump, Voss. No: Bergmeier and Huber. Motion Carried.Bergmeier introduced Resolution No. 4-18-1 approving Snyder Associates Standard Professional Services Agreement for general engineer services with supplement form to be used for anything over $2,500.00 (Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars), seconded by Pegump. Roll Call: Unanimous.Huber introduced Resolution No. 4-18-2 approving the Pre-Payment of the 2011 General Obligation Public Works Facility Note, seconded by Kane. Roll Call: Unanimous.Bergmeier introduced Ordinance No. 206 amending the Walford Code of Ordinances 2017 by adding New Chapter 48 Titled: Noise and Hour Limits on its Second Reading, seconded by Voss.Roll Call: Unanimous.Pegump introduced Ordinance No. 208 amending the Walford Code of Ordinances 2017 by amending Chapter 165.14 (2) Titled: Rear Yard Exceptions (2) on its Second Reading, seconded by Bergmeier. Roll Call: Unanimous. Kane introduced Ordinance No. 209 amending the Walford Code of Ordinances 2017 by amending Chapter 45.25 Titled: Fireworks – (Adding New Subsection) (D)on its First Reading, seconded by Huber Roll Call: Unanimous.Kane moved approval of the waivement of the Second and Third Readings of Ordinance No. 209, seconded by Voss.Roll Call: Unanimous.Pegump moved approval of the Final Adoption of Ordinance No. 209, amending the Walford Code of Ordinance 2017 by adding New Subsection (D), seconded by Kane. Roll Call: Unanimous.Ordinance No. 209 Fireworks Subsection (D) limits the storage of fireworks to less than 5,000 square feet of floor space.Review of the FY 17/18 Budget Amendment expenditures.Bergmeier moved to set FY 17/18 Budget Amendment Hearing date of May 14th, 2018 seconded by Pegump. Roll Call: Unanimous.Huber moved approval of the renewal of Walford BP Cigarette/Tobacco/Nicotine/Vaper Permit, seconded by Kane. Roll Call: Unanimous.Kane moved approval of the appointments of Burke Blanchard, Paula Butz and Gary Grabe to the Planning and Zoning Commission, seconded by Voss. Roll Call: Unanimous.Other areas of discussion included, but not limited to the following: Garbage collection/recycling, sewer plant projects, sewer-garbage rates, Cowboy Church building permit, disposing of old land scaping blocks, Parks and Recreation purchase of baseball pitching machine and possible frisbee golf.Kane moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:16 p.m., seconded by Huber. Roll Call: Unanimous.Page 1 of 3March Building Permits Approved: NoneMonth’s Receipts: (General Fund) 15,286.68; (Road Use Tax) 13,029.13; (Sewer Fund) 10,014.39; (Local Option) 6,417.78; (Tax Increment) 31.91; (Garbage Fund) 9,572.85. Revenue Totals: 54,352.74.Road Use Tax and General Fund Expenditures:Absolute Security (Monitor/Maint) 444.00Advanced Systems (Maint/Copy) 39.00Alliant (Electric) 3,336.88Butz Insurance (Policy Renewal) 33,380.00Campbell Supply (Vacuum) 133.20Central State Bank (Loan Pre-Payment) 142,148.61Ellis, Gary (Salary) 3,340.38Evans Computer (TEC Support/Backup) 82.37Federal Tax Payment (Withholdings) 1,830.57Gann, Janet (Salary) 1,962.38(Mileage) 33.17Gazette (Publications) 84.40Holland Law Office (Attorney) 434.00Iowa Wireless (Cell Phone) 49.51IPERS (Withholdings) 1,105.17Johnson County Refuse (Dumpster) 527.50Menards (Supplies) 34.99Office Express (Office Supplies) 82.53Orkin (Hall Spray) 58.32Pitching Machine Sale.Com (Equipment) 2,495.00Port” O” Jonny (Restrooms) 199.02Postmaster 85.80Sevig Utility (Water) 82.65Sherwin Williams (Paint) 267.19South Slope (Telephone) 235.50Tiedeman, Dawn (Janitorial) 135.00Treasurer of State (Withholdings) 975.08Visa Business: (BP) 384.22; (Wal-Mart) 216.88(Suburban Lumber) 606.79; (Amazon) 1,511.74;Iowa Municipal Utilities) 353.00; (Interstate Battery)28.88; (Visa Fee) 99.00Voss, Bill (Mileage) 125.73Wellmark Blue Cross (Health Insurance) 1,024.56Wendling Quarries (Lime) 273.78Sewer Fund Expenditures:Alliant (Electric) 3,193.64Furler Utilities (Maint/Testing) 3,002.80Gann, Janet (Salary) 1,962.37Postmaster 155.75South Slope (Telephone) 39.89Page 2 of 3Treasurer of State (Sales Tax) 172.41Visa Business: (Edgewood Hardware) 3.58;(Postage) 40.20Garbage Fund Expenditures:Benton County Disposal (Tipping) 1,052.50;(Landfill) 10,241.00Central State Bank (Auto) 107.50Johnson County Refuse (Hauling) 5,742.75Expenditure Totals: 223,921.19 _______________________________Bill VossMayorATTEST:_______________________________Janet L. Gann, MMC, IaCMC, IaCMFOCity ClerkPage 3 of 3