City Council

COUNCIL MINUTES November 6, 2023 The City Council of Knoxville, Iowa, convened in regular session on Monday, November 6, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. at the Knoxville Municipal Building Council Chambers. Mayor Hatch presided, and the following Council Members were present: Megan Day, John Gotta, Dylan Morse, Dawn Rankin, and Jyl DeJong. Staff present were City Manager Heather Ussery, City Clerk Jodie Wyman, Fire Chief Cal Wyman, Police Chief Aaron Fuller, and Economic Development Director Glenn Lyons. Motion by Gotta, seconded by Rankin to approve consent agenda; all ayes. 1. Approve City Council Minutes from October 16, 2023 2. Accept Library Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes from October 17, 2023 3. Approve Resolution Approving Tax Abatement Application for Construction of a New Single-Family Dwelling at 610 W Robinson 4. Approve Appointment of Geoff Wheelock to the Board of Adjustment 5. Approve Appointment of Deborah Tupper to the Board of Adjustment 6. Approve Appointment of Jerry Jones to the Board of Adjustment 7. Approve the Revised Investment Policy 8. Approve Municipal Debt Policy Mayor Hatch announced now was the time and place for a public hearing to designate portions of the downtown as a blighted area. The hearing was opened at 6:17 p.m., and the filing of an affidavit of publication was on October 27, 2023. There were no written or oral comments or objections. Motion by Morse, seconded by DeJong, to close the hearing at 6:20 p.m.; all ayes. Motion by Day, seconded by Rankin, to approve a resolution declaring portions of downtown to be a blighted area. The motion passed all ayes. Mayor Hatch announced now was the time and place for a public hearing to endorse the proposed CDBG-DTR grant application. The hearing was opened at 6:21 p.m., and the filing of an affidavit of publication was on October 27, 2023. There were no written or oral comments or objections. Motion by Day, seconded by DeJong, to close the hearing at 6:38 p.m.; all ayes. Motion by Morse, seconded by Gotta, to approve a resolution to authorize submission of Knoxville CDBG Downtown Façade Grant Application. The motion passed all ayes. Motion by Day, seconded by Morse, to approve a resolution approving the 2023 Community and Housing Needs Assessment. The motion passed all ayes. Motion by Morse, seconded by Rankin, to approve the second consideration to adopt an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Knoxville, Iowa, by amending the section pertaining to inspection fees. The motion passed all ayes. Motion by Morse, seconded by Rankin, to approve a resolution approving termination of the agreement between the City of Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, and the Marion County Fair Board Agreement. The motion passed all ayes. Motion by Day, seconded by Gotta, to approve the Class E Retail Alcohol License for Casey’s General Store #3217; all ayes. Motion by Day, seconded by Morse, to approve payment of claims, all ayes. 571 POLSON DEVELOPMENTS CED WAGES-OCTOBER 6,666.67 911 CUSTOM VEST-NEW OFFICER J. BABCOCK 985.00 AFLAC AFLAC-DIS/POST 207.58 AIRGAS USA, LLC EMS CYLINDER RENTAL 593.19 ALEXIS FIRE EQUIPMENT TFT RELIEF VALVE 300PSI 413.33 ALLIANT ENERGY 308 S 3RD ST 1/2 PAYMENT 1,429.17 AMERICAN RED CROSS CPR TRAINING-REC STAFF MEMBERS 252.00 AT&T MOBILITY CELL PHONE SERVICE 1,294.16 BAKER & TAYLOR 36 BOOKS 1,133.54 BASSETT EXCAVATING, INC REPLACE CASTING 500.00 BLACK OAK PUMPING SLUDGE APPLICATION 15,150.00 BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC EMS SUPPLIES 840.27 BROWN'S SANITATION SWIMMING POOL 731.00 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 2 COPIER CONTRACTS 543.46 CEMIFY DIGITIZING CEMETERY RECORDS 10,725.00 CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT 24 PLATINUM MYSTERY SERIES 726.30 CENTRAL IOWA DISTRIBUTING INC CLEANING SUPPLIES 464.00 CIEMSD REGISTRATION- BRANDON GLENN 300.00 CITY OF KNOXVILLE SLF FND BEN-F 8,250.00 CIVICPLUS ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE-WEB SERVICE 8,759.18 CLARK EQUIPMENT CO S76 BOBCAT SKIDLOADER 34,570.22 COLLECTION SERVICES CENTER CHILD SUPPORT 1,430.60 CONNIE GOFF FOUNDATION DRAIN DISCONNECT 274.19 CORE AND MAIN LP CHEMICALS FOR LAB TESTS 72.10 CRAIG CLARK CONSTRUCTION INC 505 SQ FT-REPLACE N DEPOT ST 6,460.00 CUSHMAN EXCAVATION PAY APP NO. 2 17,250.00 DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA DELTA DENTAL 528.74 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP TIF AGMT CONSULTING 3,160.50 ECONO SIGNS LLC 30-SIGN POSTS 4,284.70 ELITE DANCE BY NICOLE REFUND FOR OVERPAYMENT 25,077.47 ELLIOTT EQUIPMENT COMPANY 14'X38' HOSE 935.88 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SYSTEMS HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS 58,475.93 FIRE RECOVERY EMS SEPTEMBER EMS BILLING 3,045.00 FIRE SERVICE TRAINING BUREAU TESTING FEES 100.00 GABE FLYNN PUBLISHERS' 26 BOOKS @ $5.00 130.00 GALLS INC COAT & ITEMS FOR CSO-CSO GRANT 568.10 GISL SPELLMAN & MCDEVITT SWIM LEAGUE DUES-KNOXVILLE IA 60.00 GLOBAL PAYMENTS NOVEMBER RENTAL INSPECTION FEE 108.50 GRAINGER PARTS PIPE REPLACEMENT-LOWER LEVEL 135.16 GREGGORY USSERY BOOT REIMBURSEMENT 96.56 GRUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PAPER SERVICE-YELLOW BRICK RD 48.84 GWORKS W2 ENVELOPES 280.53 HEATHER LIBBY ILA TRAINING & CONFERENCE 585.97 HENDERSON PRODUCTS INC INSTALL WATER TANK-TRUCK #26 26,916.16 HOLLY SHELFORD ILA TRAINING & CONFERENCE 580.42 IA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT IPERS - REGULAR 35,941.54 ICE CUBE PRESS 1 BOOK 16.67 IMFOA 2023-2024 MEMBERSHIP DUES 50.00 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP 185.00 IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY NICHOL-FTO TRAINING 380.00 IOWA MEDICAID ENTERPRISE GEMT PAYMENT 3,795.02 IOWA MUNICIPALITIES WORKERS' WORKER'S COMP PREMIUMS 5,884.00 IOWA PARK & RECREATION ASSOC CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR-JOSH 360.00 IRS WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS FED/FICA TAX 30,821.50 JB'S TREE SERVICE LLC VETERANS PARK TREE REMOVAL 2,700.00 JETCO, INC TROUBLESHOOT WIRING ISSUES 1,893.75 JNB VILLAS AT FOX POINTE, LP PRINCIPAL TIF PAYMENT 18,840.03 JOEL KIMPSTON-BURKGREN OFFICER CLOTHING ALLOWANCE 166.91 KADETH, INC INSTALL WATCHGAURD SERVER 3,595.25 KNOXVILLE FIRE & RESCUE ASSC FIRE DUES 60.00 KNOXVILLE HOSPITAL & CLINICS SEPTEMBER MEDICATIONS 131.97 KNOXVILLE WATER WORKS NOV 2023-COLLECTION EXPENSE 4,166.67 LIND ELECTRONICS LLC 5 POWER CONVERTERS 816.00 LISCO CITY HALL-INTERNET 2,656.29 MARION COUNTY EMERGENCY MGMT ID BADGE-SCHRADER 5.00 MARION COUNTY EXPRESS 10/2 MEETING MINUTES 1,267.21 MARION COUNTY SHERIFF 23/24 DISPATCH SERVICES 117,373.07 MARTIN MARIETTA 56.34 TON ROAD STONE 957.78 MASSMUTUAL HARTFORD 1,223.26 MATTINGLY MUSIC & BOOKS FLUTE & CASE REPAIR 65.00 MICHAEL FREDERICK 2 BOOKS 50.00 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY 0 STREET LIGHTING 44% 10,290.28 MID-IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE CBDG ADMIN SERVICES 4,845.13 MIDWEST ALARM SERVICES ALARM-TERMINAL BUILDING 574.80 MIDWEST OFFICE TECHNOLOGY INC PD COPIER USAGE 594.42 MISSION SQUARE ICMA 486.56 MOTOR PARTS & EQUIPMENT CORP. LIFT SUPPORT-UNIVERSAL GAS 132.36 MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES BATTERY POWERED PPV FAN 5,304.13 MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE MFPRSI 25,142.27 NATIONAL EVERYTHING WHOLESALE 2 SOAP DISPENSERS 174.00 NORRIS ASPHALT PAVING INC 6.36 TON COLD PATCH 1,049.40 O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC WIPER BLADES 83.48 OVERDRIVE, INC 28 EBOOKS 525.29 PELLA RENTAL & SALES INC SPREADER RENTAL 60.00 PITNEY BOWES BANK INC POSTAGE METER REFILL-AIRPORT 3,493.19 PROFESSIONAL RESCUE VICTIM RESCUE HARNESS 150.00 QUILL CORPORATION COPY PAPER 140.92 RACEWAY TIRE & EXHAUST REPAIRS PD VEHICLE #31 600.00 RAMAEKER ENTERPRISES INC 54 BANNERS FOR CITY SQUARE 4,229.89 RAMAEKER PROPERTIES FACADE GRANT REIMBURSEMENT 6,480.00 RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE 1,055.31 ROMAR AIR FILTER 92.74 SANDRY FIRE SUPPLY SCBA415A-6000 REPAIR 328.93 SCI COMMUNICATIONS INC KEY CARDS-DOOR ACCESS 760.67 SHANNON PROCTOR ILA TRAINING & CONFERENCE 270.84 SNYDER & ASSOCIATES INC LIFT STATION & RETROFIT PLANS 31,568.98  STANLEY'S SERVICE 938 SERVICE & REPAIRS 1,565.95 STORM TRAINING GROUP TRAINING-LT. HOW 299.00 STRYKER SALES CORPORATION COT BATTERIES 1,465.41 STUYVESANT, STRONG, KRAPFL MONTHLY RETAINER 2,000.00 THE LIBRARY CORPORATION SCANNER & PRINTER SUPPORT 106.00 THERESE AUGUSTIN 4TH QTR INS REIMBURSEMENT 1,040.82 TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FLEX- MEDICAL 4,361.56 TREASURER STATE OF IOWA STATE TAXES 10,122.35 TRENTON BACUS CHAIN SAW REPAIR 257.73 UMB BANK NA PAYING AGENT FEES GO 2016A 250.00 UP 'N' STITCHZ CITY LOGO EMBROIDERY 7.50 US CELLULAR HOTSPOTS FOR RENT 63.47 USA TODAY NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTION 399.13 UTILITY EQUIPMENT CO 1040 TYPE 2 EJ BEEHIVE GRATE 200.00 VAN MAANEN TECHNOLOGY CAMERAS-VETERANS PARK 1,533.00 VAN WALL EQUIPMENT RANGER REPAIR 1,427.70 VEENSTRA & KIMM INC SEPTEMBER 2023 FEES 4,630.50 WALMART COMMUNITY PARADE & HALLOWEEN CANDY 264.34 WALNUT HILL DESIGN PATCHES FOR OFFICER UNIFORMS 215.40 WEX BANK FIRE FUEL 11,615.47 WITMER PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP EQUIPMENT LABELS 207.92 XEROX CORPORATION COPIER LEASE & OVERAGE 159.06 Mayor Hatch: The election is tomorrow. Please get out and vote. The polling places are listed online. We will lose a council member but hopefully gain her as a school board member. Thank you to those council members who re-ran for their council seats. City Manager Ussery: Origin Homes plans to close on the five lots in the VA District next week. As part of the process of selling these lots, the city must have a public hearing with the purpose of disposing of land by sale. To ensure that we do not delay the closing of these lots, we will need to have a special meeting on Wednesday, November 8, to set the Public Hearing date and time. Then, we will have another special meeting on Wednesday, November 15, to hold the Public Hearing and approve the disposal of the land by sale to Origin Homes. Main Street will be closing this week for a private sewer repair. The Veteran’s Park is officially complete and open to the public. The splash pad has been winterized. Living Windows is scheduled for November 16th, and the entire square will be closed to traffic starting in the afternoon for the event. In preparation, the streets department will set up the Christmas Tree next week. Fire Chief Wyman: The asbestos report for the property at 314 W Robinson has been received. There was only a tiny amount of asbestos found, which will cost approximately $1,900 to abate before the fire department’s training burn this winter. Police Chief Fuller: Cross Mental Health Co-Responder Program has contacted the Knoxville Police Department regarding the potential for funding a position to be paired with a mental health professional. Additional information will be presented to Council on November 20, along with an agreement to join the program. City Clerk, Jodie Wyman: The financial audit is complete for FY23 and available on the City’s Website. Items to highlight: FY22 had 18 findings, while FY23 had only 6. Of those 6, 4 have already been addressed. The budget process is underway for staff. There are a few changes that allow for a later deadline this year, so budget presentations will begin with the January meeting and follow the same format as last year. Motion by Rankin, seconded by Morse, to adjourn at 7:22 p.m.; all ayes. ______________________________ Brian Hatch, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________________ Jodie Wyman, City Clerk