April Minutes
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022April 6, 2022
Those Present: DeLoy Kunz, Greg Kunz, Trenton Morrell, Tee Steadman, Mayor Steve Waechtler, Maintenance Supervisor Shane Clark, City Clerk Lynette Smith – home sick, Ada DeClark, Kameron Whitaker
Meeting called to order: 7:00 pm Invocation: Mayor Steve Waechtler
The Council entertained a motion from councilor Greg Kunz to approve the published agenda and was seconded by councilor DeLoy Kunz. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The minutes from March 1, 2022, were read by the Council due to Clerk Smith being home sick. Councilor Tee Steadman made the motion to accept the minutes as read. Councilor Greg Kunz seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
The Georgetown Irrigation Company and the City have an agreement with the backhoe that gets reviewed each year. It was decided that things are still good with both parties and the agreement was renewed for another year.
Ada DeClark has offered to put on an Easter Egg Hunt/Spring Celebration for the City if they will donate about $200 towards the event. She is also working on getting sponsors for bikes to be given away. BE Excavating donated $400 for four bikes, B’s Motorsports will donate one bike and Higgins Backhoe Service donated one. The event will be held on April 23rd in the Park at 1:00 pm. The council approved to give Ada $200 towards the celebration.
The City Cleanup Day was then discussed and decided to be at the end of April and just before the county wide spring cleanup week which is free to dump at the landfill. The date was set for April 30th and the Mayor will call Hennings and get some dumpsters brought out. It was discussed that if there is any dead animals or tires put in the dumpsters that the City will no longer provide this service to the community. Shane and Lynette will put signs on the dumpsters to remind citizens.
The council set the dates for the Budget Hearing later this fall for September 6th at 7:00 pm and the budget workshop will be on August 2nd. Lynette will coordinate with Gary Teuscher’s office.
Ada DeClark came before the council to get a building permit for their house. Layne came last year and was approved for the permit but they never did any work on it. The permit this year is for the exact same thing, just need to get approved and get started on it. The Council approved.
Kameron Whitaker came before the council to discuss their building plans on some more property that they have just purchased. He presented his plans and the council thought it all looked good and he can proceed.
The council called City Attorney, Adam McKenzie to follow up with the dog issue at Steadman’s when the neighbor’s dogs chased the kids into the kennel on their property.
The Mayor reported that he has spoken with the dealership at Frank May Ski Doo and has found a Can-Am side by side. It is a little bit more money than what we had originally planned but it is actually available. The guys can use the side by side now and by the time we add in our few extra things we will be about the same price anyway. The Mayor went ahead and told the dealership that we want it and then we won’t have to wait until fall or sometime to get one.
Police Report: There were 25 contacts for the month of March.
Maintenance Report: Shane gave his report for the month of March and stated that he and Alan have been doing their regular routines for the month and are getting ready for spring.
Office Business: There are 17 delinquent water and sewer accounts for the month of March. The City was awarded a $300 grant for trees from the Arbor Day Grant.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz for the council to approve checks and vouchers for the month of March 2022 in the amount of $34,823.99 in the general fund, $21,150.84 in the water fund, and $18,591.00 in the sewer fund, with all funds totaling $74,565.83. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and motion carried the council.
The chair entertained a motion from Councilor Greg Kunz that council adjourns from the April 2022 council meeting at 8:00 pm. Councilor Trenton Morrell seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried the council.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynette Smith
City Clerk-Treasurer