City Board Minutes



City Board Minutes

The Humboldt City Board met in regular session on Monday, December 11th, 2006. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Allen Schmeichel. Trustees present were Theresa Muth and Larry Skari. Sonja Ahlquist was present for the bar.

The minutes of the November regular and special meetings were reviewed. A motion was made by Skari and seconded by Muth to approve the minutes. The motion carried.

The access to Ludens Implement was discussed.

Open discussion was held. Items discussed included the success of Santa Days, vandalism in town the past two week ends, the Game Fish and Parks Grant, the Midcontinent Grant, ball diamond, and kick downs for the Legion Room.

Sonja Ahlquist was present to go over the Bar Policies. Other items discussed regarding the bar included employees under the age of 21, bar tabs, return checks, the employee appreciation dinner, the payphone, happy hour, street dance and the beer light outside the bar.

Year end inventory will be conducted on January 1st, 2007 for the bar.

The water project was discussed. The contractors have started digging in the pipe west of Hartford.

Turkey day and Santa day were both discussed.

Trees in the road right of way on Ford Street were discussed. The property owners will be contacted to remove the trees. Letters will be sent this week.

Rip Rap at the lagoon was discussed. That is the project that was placed on the State Water Plan for 2007 and 2008. The utility manager indicated that he had information on some rock for that project. He will see how far away the location of the rock is and how much the cost will be for trucking the rock.

Annexing the right of way property on the west side of Town was discussed.

The utility manager discussed the dump truck, a sander for the back of the truck, getting a quote on a fogger, trading up on the pay loader and the city truck, and what to do with the picnic shelter roof behind the pump house.

The utility manager would also like to start a program to start changing out water meters on the inside of houses. The budgeting of a certain dollar amount each year until all the meters have been updated was requested. The board agreed and 12 meters will be changed out each year starting with the meters that have the highest usage.

Ordinance O-12-11-06-01 regarding the Supplemental Budget was submitted for the first reading. After review a motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Skari to approve the first reading of the Supplemental Budget Ordinance. The motion carried.

The second reading will be on Monday, December 18th, 2006 at 5:30 p.m.

Resolution R-12-11-06-01 regarding the approval to transfer the contingency line item to cover other department was submitted for approval. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Muth to approve the Resolution for contingency transfers. The motion carried. (E-mail attached)

A quote for an upgrade on a copy machine from Best Business Products was submitted for review. The cost of the upgrade is $2700.00. A motion was made by Muth and seconded by Schmeichel to approve the upgrade to the copy machine. The motion carried.

The janitor at the community center was discussed. An ad will be place in the paper advertising for a part time janitor.

The 2007 Police Contract was submitted for approval. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Skari to approve the contract for an annual cost of $12,090.00 for 10 hours per week. The motion carried.

A PA system for City Events was discussed. The finance office will get quotes.

Randy Davidson arrived at 9:15 p.m. to discuss the Street Dance. The only date the band had open was July 28th, 2007. They have us penciled in for that date. Randy will e-mail them to confirm the booking.

A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Muth to table the utility ordinances, the community garden, and the sewer designation resolution until the December 26th, 2006 meeting. The motion carried.

The mayor called the meeting into executive session at 9:35 p.m. to discuss Salary Actions for 2007.

The meeting reconvened at 9:50 p.m.

A motion was made by Skari and seconded by Muth to make Jen Olson’s Vacation effective January 1st, 2007. The motion carried.

The Town Board will issue raises for the bar employees. They requested a break down of amount per hour each bar employee currently makes and history of raises if any.

After discussion a motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Muth to table the 2007 Salaries Resolution until Monday, December 18th, 2006. The motion carried.

Selling the bar was discussed. The finance officer will get quotes on having the bar appraised.

The bills, financials and payroll were all submitted for approval. A motion was made by Schmeichel and seconded by Muth to approve the bills, financials and payroll. The motion carried. (E-mail attached)

With no further business, a motion was made by Muth and seconded by Schmeichel to adjourn the meeting at 10:30 p.m. The motion carried.

ATTEST: KRISTIE ELLIS

FINANCE OFFICER

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