City Council

CITY OF BRITT – BRITT IOWA – December 6th, 2022 City of Britt, Iowa Council met in pursuant to law and the rules of said Council in regular Council session at 7:00 o’clock P.M. the 6th day of December 2022 in the Britt Municipal Room. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Arndorfer, and the following Council members were: PRESENT: Stacy Swenson, Curt Gast, Karrie Wallen, Chad Luecht, and Ashley Weiss ABSENT: None The Mayor presented the agenda for approval. It was moved by Wallen and second by Weiss to approve the agenda. A roll call vote was had which was as follows: Ayes: Gast, Wallen, Luecht, and Weiss Nays: None The motion carried. It was moved by Luecht and second by Gast 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 11/01/2022 Council Meeting b. Claim list in the amount of $632,093.94 c. Tax Abatement for Jared Wingert A roll call vote was had, which was as follows: Ayes: Gast, Wallen, Luecht and Weiss Nays: None Linda Friedow, Library Director, was present to give her report. The HCLA visited the county supervisors on Monday, December 5 for our budget meeting. Parade of Trees will be at the library during Frozen Frolic, sponsored by Friends of the Britt Library. The library has decided to discontinue passport services – we evaluated the time involved and the usage by the community and it was not balancing out. (passport renewals are not available online as well.) The library received a generous donation from the Hancock County Health System ($614) from “Jeans on Fridays”. The new entry ramp: lock system is complete at the library. The library hosted representatives from both Senator Grassley and Senator Ernst for community meetings. There was no public participation for either. Heidi Tjarks is a new hire at the library – she will be working Reta’s hours and helping with programming. She is currently in training. We are planning a small retirement celebration for Reta on Thursday, December 29th. Vance Hagen, Public Works Director, was present to give his report. The Dept. removed two storm intakes that were connected to sanitary sewer and removed the storm intake at 220th 1st St NW and in parking lot east of Main. We repaired the storm sewer on 1st St SE. We removed and replaced the fire hydrant on 1st St SE and 6th Ave. Met with Iowa Pump Works rep about sludge pump. We picked up handrail for Lions park from Muth Welding. It was prepped painted and installed. Hagen attended the insurance meeting with Laurie and Elizabeth. We received the pickup from Pritchard’s. Snow equipment ready and serviced. We cleared streets of snow, put up Christmas decorations/nativity scene, progress meeting for WTP, changed blade on sander truck, assisted Andy Buffington with tower antennae, employee evaluations, read meters, locates, and shutoffs. The Golf Course was connected on green #7 to assist in blowing irrigation lines out. We blew out lines. Mark Anderson, Police Chief, was present to give his report. It was as follows: Since the last council meeting the PD had 194 calls for service. The Dept has closed 226 cases and currently has 16 open/active cases. Jon Swenson, Fire Chief, was present to give his report. There was one service in November of 2022. We also had two escorts out of town for the WHS football team and 1 escort back home. We also brought Santa to town. Training for October: Video on READING smoke at a Fire, Check on trucks, wash trucks and gear. We drained pumps, hoses, and lines for winter. ISO score is better, was 56.56 out of 105.5, new is 58.26 out of 105.5, water supply in city and on fire trucks improved- Rural score is 39.06 out of 105.5. The annual soup supper will be Dec. 17th @ City hall-chili, beef, and oyster stew -from 5-7pm. It will be a free will donation. Mike Boomgarden, Zoning Administrator, was not present to give his report. Boomgarden issued two building permits and spoke with two residents on zoning questions. Jen Weiland was not present to give her report. Next on the agenda was to approve pay application #6 to Henkel Construction for $333,285.62. It was motioned by Swenson and second by Weiss to approve pay app #4 to Henkel Construction for $333,285.62. Motion carried unanimously. Ibarra presented the renewal contract for Bolton and Menk’s 2023 general engineering contract. The contract agreement states that Bolton and Menk will only charge the city $87.00/hr. for the first 16 hours of general engineering services performed each month. If we go over the 16 hours in a month we agree to pay at the schedule of fees. It was motioned by Weiss and seconded by Gast to approve Bolton and Menk’s General Engineering Contact for 2023. Motion carried unanimously. Ibarra presented the Request For Proposal to the council for 585 6th Ave SE. It was motioned by Luecht and seconded by Swenson to approve the Request for Proposal for 585 6th Ave SE. Motion carried unanimously. Ibarra reached out to Ahlers and Cooney and they gave us a couple option for the property. We could list it with a realtor or sell the property ourselves with legal counsel assistance. Ibarra presented the Annual Financial Report. Cindy Kendall with CKendall Consulting assisted Ibarra on the report. There was a beginning balance of $1,910,882 and an ending balance of $1,812,159 for fiscal year 2021/2022. Ibarra needs a motion to set the Public Hearing for Ordinance no. 513 An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Britt, IA by adding a Subsection Pertaining to the Location of Tents for January 3rd, 2022. It was motioned by Weiss and seconded by Gast to approve setting the public hearing for January 3rd, 2022. Motion carried unanimously.  Mayor Arndorfer updated the council on the Water Treatment Plant. The Interior footings in lower roof were completed, Exterior foundation was completed, and Block above the roof deck for the lower roof section is completed. For a full list of progress, please reach out to Elizabeth or Vance. Also, on the agenda is Planning and Zoning appointments. Arndorfer notified the council that there are three openings on the committee. There have been many that have expressed interest on being put on the committee. It will be back on the agenda next month for approval of new committee members. Mayor Arndorfer set the Personnel and Finance Meeting for January 3rd, 2022 @6pm before the council meeting. There was no public comment. It was motioned by Gast and seconded by Weiss to go into closed session at 7:28pm. It was motioned by Weiss and seconded by Luecht to come out of closed session at 7:52pm. It was motioned by Gast to discontinue efforts on property discussed during closed session and Mayor will have a conversation with owner. It was seconded by Wallen. Motion carried unanimously. With no further business it was moved by Luecht and seconded by Swenson to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Upcoming Events: Fireman’s Soup Souper- December 17th @ City Hall and the Community Supper-December 28th @ City Hall ______________________________________ _____________________________________ Elizabeth Ibarra, City Clerk Ryan L. Arndorfer, Mayor CLAIMS REPORT VENDOR REFERENCE AMOUNT A P CLEANING SERVICES FIRE AND MUNICIPAL ROOM CLEAN 1300.00 ABC LOCK FIRE LOCK REPAIR 957.94 ABSOLUTE WASTE REMOVAL TRASH SERVICES 28984.88 ACCO UNLIMITED CORP MISC POOL 694.25 AGSOURCE TESTING SERVICES 1196.00 ALLIANT ENERGY ELECTRIC 9589.03 ALLIED ENS LLC SOFTWARE 2137.34 AMAZON LIBRARY-SUPPLIES 198.74 ARAMARK CITY HALL 1107.18 BADGER METER SERVICES FOR OCTOBER 2022 57.66 BASE REIMB DEF COMP 1296.96 BMC AGGREGATES L.C. ROADSTONE 104.21 BOLTON & MENK WTP IMPROVEMENTS 22468.00 BOOK LOOK LIBRARY-IF BOOKS 405.77 BRITT FOOD CENTER CHILI COOK OFF 284.33 BROWN SUPPLY INC WATER REPAIR MISC 6280.03 C J COOPER ANNUAL ADMIN FEE 2023 85.00 CARD SERVICES OFFICE MISC 2823.51 CENGAGE LEARNING LIBRARY- LP BOOKS 148.75 CENTRAL LOCK AND KEY INC CITY DOOR FINISHES 5928.00 CHASE DECALS. COM K9 SUPPLIES 43.42 CHOSEN VALLEY TESTING WTP TESTING 1454.00 CODY YODER FLAG FOOTBALL REF 75.00 COLLECTION SERVICE CENTER GARNISHMENT 327.86 COLOFF DIGITAL WEBSITE SUPPORT 169.00 COMM 1 PHONE 601.25 DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DNTL/VISN-PRETX 342.70 DOUBLE ACTION DEFENSE LLC DUTY PISTOL CRAM 842.00 EARLES DEMOLITION WATERMAIN REPAIR 1060.00 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP LIBRARY-USBORNE BOOKS 281.73 EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 17173.53 ELIZABETH IBARRA MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT BUDGET 65.00 FELD FIRE FIRE MISC REPAIR 1468.57 FIRST STATE BANK Dec-22 34908.64 GREAT AMERICA FINANCIAL SVCS COPIER LEASE 248.70 HANCOCK CO HEALTH SYSTEM FLU SHOTS FOR FIREMAN 400.00 HANCOCK CO TREASURER PARCEL #2207160050 207.00 HASSEBROOK REFRIGERATION FIRE STATION REFRIGERATOR FIX 192.00 HAWKINS INC. CHEMICALS 40.00 HEIMAN INC PAGER CASES 20.14 HENKEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PAY APP #6 WTP 333285.62 HISCOCKS EXCAVATING 361 5TH ST SW DEMOLITION 10780.00 HORSTMAN FARMS HAULING 5152.86 IMWCA INSTALLMENT 5 WORK COMP 3171.00 INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES LIBRARY-BOOKS 770.78 IOWA FIRE CONTROL INSPECTIONS 1297.00 IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACAD TRAINING 40.00 IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES BUDGET WORKSHOP-IBARRA 50.00 IOWA PUMP WORKS POOL 2828.34 IPERS IPERS 8099.72 JORDAN WILLIAMS K-9 SUPPLIES 49.15 KALE ZUEHL FLAG FOOTBALL REF 125.00 KELLEN SMITH FLAG FOOTBALL REF 100.00 KIOW BRITT CAMPAIGN 118.00 LAMPE CUSTOM WELDING RUBBER CUTTING EDGE SNOW 813.60 METERING & TECH SOLUTIONS COMMUNICATION DEVICE 502.90 MICRO MARKETING LIBRARY-AUDIO 117.79 MID-AMERICA PUBLISHING LEGALS 11.01.22 253.94 MIDWEST RADAR MISC 200.00 MIKE MUTH WELDING LIONS PARK RAIL 325.00 MITCHELL SMITH FLAG FOOTBALL REF 125.00 MOSQUITO CONTROL OF IOWA MOSQUITO SPRAYING 2022 6095.00 NEW COOPERATIVE FUEL CHARGES 3029.22 NEXT GENERATION TECH INC ONSITE SUPPORT POLICE 2126.46 NORTH IOWA LUMBER & DESIGN INC ROADS MISC 45.78 PANASONIC CONNECT MOBILE COMPUTER REPAIR 1293.11 Payroll Paid November 2022 Payroll 55204.52 PRESTO-X-COMPANY PEST CONTROL 115.26 PRITCHARD AUTO VEHICLE REPAIR 14249.40 RYAN ARNDORFER MILEAGE 235.00 SHIPLER ELECTRIC LIBRARY-BUILDING 59.10 SRF-IA FINANCE AUTHORITY INTEREST WATER TOWER 16517.26 STATE HYGIENIC LABORATORY TESTING 27.00 STATE TREASURER STATE TAXES 1778.00 SWENSON'S HARDWARE MISC 3059.27 TEAGUE SMITH FLAG FOOTBALL REF 100.00 TOM KARDOES 585 6TH AVE SE INSPECTION 250.00 TRULSON AUTO FIRE REPAIR 2206.89 U S POSTMASTER OCTOBER UB POSTAGE 398.77 UNITED HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE 10501.16 VERIZON POLICE PHONES 378.92 WORLD TRADE PRESS LIBRARY-A-Z FOOD AMERICA 250.00 Total Account Payable $ 632,093.94