City Council

CITY OF BRITT – BRITT IOWA – AUGUST 6th, 2019 The City Council of the City of Britt, Iowa met in pursuant to law and the rules of said Council in regular session in the Council Chambers in City Hall at 7:00 o’clock P.M. the 6th day of August 2019. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Arndorfer, and the following Council members were: PRESENT: Stacy Swenson, Karrie Wallen, Paul Verbrugge and Chad Luecht ABSENT: Curt Gast The Mayor presented the agenda for approval with the following change: Change the date to review the webpage proposals to the next council meeting on August 20th. It was moved by Swenson and seconded by Luecht to approve the agenda as amended. Motion carried by unanimous vote. It was moved by Luecht and seconded by Verbrugge that the following items contained in the Consent Agenda be approved and adopted: All items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with a roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a request is made prior to the time Council votes on the motion. Consent Agenda items may include any non-controversial subjects. a. Approve Minutes of the 07/16/2019 Council Meeting b. Claim list in the amount of $134,362.63 c. Approve update to ownership for a Class E (LE) Liquor License for Casey’s General Store #3043 A roll call vote was had which was as follows: Ayes: Swenson, Wallen, Verbrugge and Luecht Nays: None The motion carried, and the Consent Agenda items were approved and adopted. Present to be heard Jim Nelson representing the Britt Group. He updated the Council on the work that was going to be done on the old bank building on Main Ave. They have had some setbacks as some of the contractors did not come when expected. Nelson informed the City Council they are very interested in obtaining the empty lot north of the building. They are willing to offer $100 for the land with the hope of future expansion. The department heads presented their reports. Linda Friedow, Library Director reported the summer lunch program is still going well. They served 450 meals in July 2019. They took summer readers who achieved their goals of 10 hours/month to the Grout Museum in Waterloo and the John Deere Museum. They will be having a Paranormal Iowa (speaker) on Wednesday night. Vance Hagen, Public Works Director reported they had the ADA ramps installed. They purchased a 3-pt mower for mowing large areas. They installed bike racks, benches, trash cans and had safety mulch delivered and installed for Lion’s Park. Chief Anderson reported he had two officers in training which provided some great information. They completed a DCI audit. The last one was performed in 2012 and preliminary corrections have already been made. He stated he is working on some new policies to match DCI requests. They responded to 222 calls for service in July 2019.  The City Administrator gave her report. Sawyer presented a request for a new Class E Liquor License with Sunday Sales for El Tequila Restaurant. They are leasing from Sophia Martinez and will be operating the new Mexican restaurant. All paperwork has been filed with the City. It was moved by Luecht and seconded by Wallen to approve the Class E Liquor License with Sunday Sales. Motion carried unanimously. To move forward with the change to the covenants at Sunset Ridge a public hearing must be held. It was moved by Verbrugge and seconded by Luecht to set the date for the public hearing to change Covenant # 7 in the Sunset Ridge Housing Development for Tuesday, August 20th, 2019. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Sawyer informed the Council the notice from the DNR is for the proposed changes to amend the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. The notice is to inform the public the permit is being amended to extend the compliance schedule for meeting the ammonia nitrogen and E. coli limits based on the Integrated Utilities Systems Plan submitted by the City of Britt and approved by the department. Lastly, Sawyer informed the Council that the 2020 Census will be kicking off and they have employment openings for any individuals wanting to assist with the census. Mayor Arndorfer presented his report. Pritchard Auto has asked if the they would be able to utilize land in the Commercial Park for the storage of their chassis. They are interested in renting the Commercial Park property directly west of their building on Hwy 18. It was moved by Verbrugge and seconded by Swenson to rent the property directly west of Pritchard’s in the amount of $1,000 per month. The lease will be month to month with a 30-day notice to vacate the property if any of the land is sold. Pritchard’s will be responsible to maintain the property. Motion carried unanimous vote. Arndorfer spoke of the part-time landscaping position we currently have each summer. Arndorfer mentioned he was unsure if there is any type of formal job description for this position and would like the council to think about what they feel needs to be included in the job description. The Council reviewed the list of delinquent water bills and decided any bill older than 6 months should be sent to the offset program. If the property is owner occupied the outstanding monies due will be certified to the landowner property and become a lien against their property. Finally, Arndorfer stated he hadn’t gotten a response back from all the Council members regarding the first meeting with HueLife, who the City has hired to complete a new Strategic Plan. They chose the date of the first meeting to be next Tuesday, the 13th of August from 6-8 p.m. The following 2-full day sessions are scheduled on Sunday, August 25th and Monday, August 26th beginning at 1p.m. With no further business it was moved by Verbrugge and seconded by Luecht to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Debra R. Sawyer, City Administrator/Clerk Ryan L. Arndorfer, Mayor “These minutes are as recorded by the Clerk and are subject to Council approval at the next regular meeting.” VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT A P CLEANING SERVICES City Hall Cleaning $595.00 ACCO POOL ROPE $88.00 AFLAC AFLAC-PRE-TAX $85.52 AHLERS & COONEY, P.C. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $247.00 ALLIED ENS LLC Server Monitoring $678.86 AMAZON KIDS $395.78 ARAMARK Cleaning supplies $302.59 BARCO MUNICIPAL PRODUCTS PAINT FOR STREETS $328.39 BASE MEDICAL REIMB $292.52 BOLTON & MENK CONTRACT DOC PREP $5,250.00 BRITT COUNTRY CLUB BUDGET REQUEST $6,381.87 BRITT FOOD CENTER SUPPLIES $512.93 BRODART BOOKS $331.17 BROWN SUPPLY INC CURBBOX/MANHOLE RISER ETC $1,319.81 CENGAGE LEARNING LP BOOKS $65.97 COMM 1 PHONE $604.17 COMPLETE CONCRETE CONCRETE WORK $8,850.00 DEBRA SAWYER MILAGE TO/FR CLERK ACADEMY $126.44 DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DNTL/VISN-PRETX $565.78 EARLES DEMOLITION REPAIR STORM SEWER $2,150.00 EFTPS FED/FICA TAX $13,594.77 FENCHEL, DOSTER, BUCK SERVICES RENDERED $208.00 GREAT AMERICA FINANCIAL COPIER LEASE $135.50 GWORKS ReceiptMgmtModule Training $1,255.00 HANCOCK CO CLERK OF COURT GARNISHMENT $439.00 HANCOCK CO PUBLIC HEALTH POOL INSPECTION/WATERSLIDE $418.00 HAWKINS INC. CHEMICALS $349.00 IMAGINE VIDEO PRODUCTIONS DVD $55.00 IMFOA ATHENIAN DIALOGUE $70.00 IOWA DNR PERMIT RENEWAL $1,275.00 IOWA ONE CALL IOWA ONE CALL $21.60 IPERS POLICE IPERS $10,212.14 KAM LINE HIGHWAY MARKINGS STREET PAINT $1,333.33 KELLY LEERAR PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS $28.00 KIOW ADVERTISING $223.18 KUSTOM SIGNALS INC. ANTENNA $1,025.00 MAXYIELD COOPERATIVE GAS $3,074.95 MEIER PLUMBING AND HEAT Gas Pipe Insulation $174.50 MICRO MARKETING AUDIO $79.99 NATIONAL PURITY DEGREASER $340.00 NATIONWIDE RETIREMENT DEFERRED COMP $40.00 NORTHERN LIGHTS CONCESSIONS $792.41 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 07/17/2019 $23,702.35 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 07/31/2019 $20,844.50 PETTY CASH LIBRARY POSTAGE $149.38 PRESTO-X-COMPANY PEST CONTROL $47.00 PRITCHARD AUTO 2014 EXPLORER MAINTENANCE $864.03 RNL SERVICES LLC POOL INSPECTION $347.50 SMI CO. GROUND CHIPS $55.00 STACI BALL MILAGE FOR CLERK SCHOOL $136.13 STATE TREASURER STATE TAXES $2,880.00 SWENSON'S HARDWARE SUPPLIES $1,749.72 TRULSON AUTO FIRE REPAIRS $999.11 UHC HEALTH-PRE-TAX $6,614.43 WASTE MANAGEMENT TRASH $11,657.31 CLAIMS TOTAL $134,362.63