City Council

CITY OF BRITT – BRITT IOWA –JANUARY 19TH, 2021 The City Council of the City of Britt, Iowa met in pursuant to law and the rules of said Council in special session/ZOOM meeting at 7:00 o’clock P.M. the 19th day of January 2021. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Arndorfer, and the following Council members were: PRESENT: Stacy Swenson, Curt Gast, Karrie Wallen, Paul Verbrugge and Chad Luecht ABSENT: None The Mayor presented the agenda for approval. It was moved by Luecht and seconded by Gast to approve the agenda as presented. A roll call vote was had which was as follows: Ayes: Swenson, Gast, Wallen, Verbrugge & Luecht Nays: None The motion carried. It was moved by Gast 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 12/15/2020 Regular Council Meeting b. Approve Minutes of the 12/23/2020 Special Council Meeting c. Claim list in the amount of $144,584.08. d. Approve renewal for a Class B Wine Permit (Carryout Wine – Including Native Wine) with Sunday Sales for Dollar General Store #4565 A roll call vote was had which was as follows: Ayes: Swenson, Gast, Verbrugge & Luecht Nays: None The motion carried, and the Consent Agenda items were approved and adopted. The Mayor announced this was the time, date, and place for the public hearing to discuss the Proposed Change of Zoning Class. The public hearing opened at 7:02 p.m. The Mayor asked the City Clerk whether any petition had been filed in the Clerk's Office, as contemplated in Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, and the Clerk reported that no such petition had been filed. The Mayor then asked the Clerk whether any written objections had been filed by any resident or property owner of the City pertaining to the public hearing to the Proposed Change of Zoning Class. The Clerk advised the Mayor and the Council that no written objections had been filed. The Mayor then called for oral objections regarding the public hearing to the Proposed Change of Zoning Class. Whereupon the Mayor declared the time for receiving oral and written objections to be closed.  Whereupon the Mayor declared the hearing regarding the Proposed Change of Zoning Class was officially closed at 7:14 p.m. The council stated the ordinance needed to be updated, removing parcel numbers: 2240000043, 2240000045, and 2240000046. The updated ordinance will be presented at the next council meeting on February 2nd, 2021 for its first reading. City Administrator Sawyer presented her report. Sawyer, Wes Brown, and Katie Sterk had a Zoom call with Karrie Darnell of the Iowa DNR and Sara Andre of the State Historical Society of Iowa to discuss whether or not the existing water tower, scheduled to be replaced, is eligible to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Due to the use of federal funding and age of the tower, due diligence and an environmental assessment must be completed to confirm it cannot be kept. However, the state has allowed us to proceed with the project, erecting the new tower next to the existing one. The removal of the tower, if deemed ineligible, will be removed during the new Water Treatment Plant (WTP) project. Brown was available for questions during the meeting. Sawyer presented Resolution No. 06-2021 Ordering Bids, Approving Plans, Specifications and Form of Contract and Notice to Bidder, Fixing Amount of Bidder’s Check, and Ordering Clerk to Publish Notice and form a Public Hearing on Plans, Specifications, Form of Contract and Estimate of Costs for the 150,000 Gallon Elevated Storage Tank Project. It was moved by Luecht and seconded by Swenson to approve Resolution No. 06-2021 Ordering Bids, Approving Plans, Specifications and Form of Contract and Notice to Bidder, Fixing Amount of Bidder’s Check, and Ordering Clerk to Publish Notice and form a Public Hearing on Plans, Specifications, Form of Contract and Estimate of Costs for the 150,000 Gallon Elevated Storage Tank Project. A roll call vote was had which was as follows: Ayes: Swenson, Gast, Wallen Verbrugge & Luecht Nays: None The motion carried. Brown will order the advertisement and collection bids for the 150,000 Gallon Elevated Storage Tank project. Bids will be opened on February 12th, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams and will be presented to City Council at the February 16th, 2021 council meeting via Zoom meetings. Mayor Arndorfer presented his report. Arndorfer stated we received requests for the annual budgetary grants. The requests came in from those who request each year. We will not be making any decisions at this time. All decisions will be made during the budget workshop meeting. Next, Arndorfer discussed the possible replacement of the police vehicle (K-9 unit) that was just sold to Forest City. They initially priced out a Chevy Tahoe, but the price was higher than expected. They will continue to look for options and report back to City Council. With no further business it was moved by Gast 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 MUNICIPAL ROOM/FIRESTATION $525.00 ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL TRASH/RECYCLING $13,424.60 AFLAC AFLAC-PRE-TAX $42.76 ALLIED ENS LLC MOINTORING/LICENSE/ANTIVIRUS $543.40 AMAZON LIBRARY-DVD & SUPPLIES $277.46 ARAMARK CLEANING SUPPLIES $411.46 BADGER METER SERVICE FOR DECMEBER $56.76 BARKEMA TREE SERVICE, LLC TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL $12,500.00 BASE MEDICAL REIMB $20.84 BOLTON & MENK PRELIMINARY PHASE/FINAL PHASE $21,577.00 BROWN SUPPLY INC MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES $2,035.10 C J COOPER PRE-EMPLOYMENT TEST $35.00 CENGAGE LEARNING LIBRARY- CENGAGE $160.12 CITY OF BRITT Donation $10,000.00 COMM 1 PHONE/INERNET BILL $583.20 DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DNTL/VISN PRETX $578.78 DEMCO LIBRARY- SUPPLIES $190.62 DEPOSIT REFUNDS REFUND DATE 01/07/2021 $59.64 DES MOINES REGISTER LIBRARY- 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION $336.03 EFTPS FED/FICA TAX $10,707.84 GIFTS SEW SWEET DRY FIT T-SHIRTS (SUMMER REC) $377.35 HACH MISC. SUPPLIES $292.39 HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF GARNISHMENT 2 $574.33 IA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ONLINE WARRANTS & ARTICLES $300.00 IMWCA WORK COMP $1,088.00 IN STEP FLOORING LIBRARY-ENTRY & RESTROOM $1,439.85 INGRAM LIBRARY-BOOKS $405.40 IOWA PUMP WORKS SERVICE AGREEMENT $1,328.00 IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMEN UE TAX Q4 2020 $35.54 IPERS POLICE IPERS $7,239.84 MARC CHEMICALS $1,042.34 MICRO MARKETING LIBRARY-AUDIO $45.00 NATIONWIDE RETIREMENT DEFERRED COMP $40.00 NORTH IOWA LUMBER & DESIG PILOT PRGORAM $35.30 NORTH IOWA MEDIA GROUP PUBLISHING FEES $249.58 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 12/16/2020 $16,989.77 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 12/24/2020 $1,038.34 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 12/30/2020 $13,686.96 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 12/31/2020 $1,164.44 PAYROLL CHECKS PAYROLL CHECKS ON 01/13/2021 $16,196.77 PRESTO-X-COMPANY PEST CONTROL $49.00 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY- 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION $83.29 STATE TREASURER STATE TAXES $1,766.00 SWENSON'S HARDWARE DECEMBER CHARGES $475.48 TRULSON AUTO FIRE REPAIRS $45.95 U S POSTMASTER UTILITY BILL POSTAGE $370.77 UHC HEALTH-PRE-TAX $4,158.78 CLAIMS TOTAL $144,584.08 GENERAL FUND $78,579.81 LIBRARY FUND $10,274.91 FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND $77.40 ROAD USE FUND $17,028.49 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND $27.45 LOST-ECO DEV/MISC REV FUND $18.32 CAPITAL PROJ-WTP PROJECT FUND $22,059.39 WATER FUND $13,949.70 SEWER FUND $2,568.61