City Council

Regular Council Meeting November 23, 2020 1. Mayor Scott Schultz called the meeting to order at 7:00. Present were Council members Kale Dankenbring, Amanda Milne, Dara Carmichael, and Larry Finley. Also present were City Superintendent JR Landenberger, City Treasurer Jennifer Blair, and City Attorney Lauren Reyelts. Council member David Butler and Sheriff Beeson were absent. 2. Minutes from the November 9 Council meeting were distributed and read. It was moved by Amanda and seconded by Dara to approve the minutes as written. Motion passed. 3. Visitors - none 4. New Business: a. Dorothy Carpenter Memorial – Mayor Schultz informed the Council that Mrs. Carpenter’s daughter, Connie Hays, would like to purchase one or two horses for the playground in the courthouse park. The council agreed it would be fine. Mayor Schultz will look into prices and discuss them with Ms. Hays. 5. Old Business: a. Bob Ogden, VFW – Mr. Ogden presented a map for the Veterans Memorial Park showing where things will be placed. They would like a light pole removed and will be requesting electricity at some point. Mayor Schultz would like to rename the park Veterans Memorial Roadside Park. b. Property Cleanup – Progress has been made by the property owner who appeared in court. Attorney Reyelts will file a continuance. Mr. Poulson has received his notification and JR will check on the progress of cleanup. A letter will be sent to a property owner on Denison Street to address some clean up issues. c. Projects Pending – Discussion was held regarding possibilities for the old pool. There was a possibility the County would help with the demolition of the old pool this winter. JR will contact them. d. Transient Vendor – Attorney Reyelts is having to revise the entire article regarding transient vendor licenses. e. Bandshell Grant – Mayor Schultz discussed looking into grants after the first of the year. The Council discussed the seating area and possibilities for it. f. Streets Project – Miller and Associates will be at the next meeting. 6. Building Permits – none 7. Superintendent Report – a) Ward Electric has completed the work within the amount that had been approved for this year. A motion was made by Amanda and seconded by Kale to approve $200,000 from the capital improvements fund for additional work by Ward Electric in 2021. Motion passed. b) JR received tire bids for the skid steer and the Street Department F350 Pickup. The quote for the skid steer tires is $1,076 and the pickup tire quote is $840. A motion was made by Larry and seconded by Dara to approve the purchase of the tires. Motion passed. c) JR reported that 4 employees from our city crew went to Bird City last week to assist them with a water main leak. Bird City was shorthanded and appreciated the help. It was the consensus of the Council to not send a bill. d) JR reported that a representative with EMC Insurance was here to inspect all the city buildings and everything looked good. e) KCC is conducting an audit on the contract with Sunflower and Prairie Land. He will be providing information to them. f) JR presented a tree bid for work at the Roadside Park from Barnes Tree Service in the amount of $3,306. The Council approved the bid as long as the work will be completed in a timely matter. JR will present the bill again for a motion once a time frame is discussed with Mr. Barnes. The location of the memorial and dog park were discussed. g) JR reported that Ed Marin has been working on installing the touchless faucets and toilets that were purchased with the Covid 19 grant. It was moved by Kale and seconded by Dara to accept and file the Superintendent report. Motion passed. 8. Attorney Report – a) Lauren discussed sending out a reminder notice with the January bills to remind citizens they need to be in compliance by February 17, 2021. Larry had a concerned citizen contact him regarding the ordinance because businesses in town are having a hard time getting numbers in. b) Lauren  requested 3 minutes of executive session for a personnel matter regarding non-elected personnel. A motion was made by Amanda and seconded by Larry to accept and file the Attorney report. Motion passed. 9. Clerk Report – a) none. Longevity Award letters and Christmas Letters were presented to the Council to be signed. 10. Council Comments: Kale – none; Amanda – discussed the possibility of giving an allocation to the Food Pantry from the 2021 Budget; Dara – none; Larry – none. 11. Mayor – none 12. At 7:53 a motion was made by Larry and seconded by Kale for the Council to recess into executive session for non-elected personnel for a personnel matter. The open meeting resumed at 7:56 with no action taken. 13. The Mask Mandate was discussed. 14. Adjournment: It was moved by Larry and seconded by Kale to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. ___________________________________________ City Clerk