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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING PRESENT: Mike Batchelder, Tony French, Donna Parish
and Mari Ann Parker. ALSO
PRESENT: Jason Pendleton, Katie
Hargis, Carol Hopkins, Deb Fox, Jeff Riley, Shawn Tilton, Ted Collins, Russ
Karn, Tammie Petrik, Rachel Williams and Bill Butrick. PRESIDING: Council President Jerry Bruns. Mayor Tyler was absent. The
meeting was called to order at Mike
Batchelder moved to approve the minutes of the last Regular Council Meeting
held Tony
French moved to approve the minutes of the Special Council Meeting held Donna
Parish moved to approve the bills for the month of January, 2005. Mike Batchelder 2nd, motion
carried unanimously. PRESENTATIONS Council
President Jerry Bruns informed the Council that the
10” water line was too deep for city equipment to expose and that a bigger
backhoe would be needed to reach the depth of approximately fourteen feet. NEW
BUSINESS Tony
French moved to approve Resolution #05-01.
A Resolution of finding that financial statements and fixed asset
accounting prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP)
are not relevant to the requirements of the cash basis law and
budget laws of Recreation
Commission members Russ Karn and Tammie Petrik were in attendance to update
the Council of any changes or requests for the upcoming summer recreation
program. They presented copies of
umpire pay from last year and said that the equipment should be sufficient
except for a few small items. They
also stated that at their Commission Meeting it was decided to raise the fee
for each participant to $15. Russ Karn
presented figures from last year of 107 kids and coaches, three tournaments
were hosted and
sixteen games were held at The
Council commended Russ and Tammie as well as the rest of the Commission
members on the work they had done last year. Mari
Ann Parker moved to allow the Recreation Commission to hire a Summer
Recreation Director at the same pay as last year. Donna Parish 2nd, motion carried
unanimously. Mari
Ann Parker moved to accept the renewal of the employee health insurance with
Community Health Plan. Tony French 2nd,
motion carried unanimously. CITY
OFFICERS REPORT Tony
French asked about updating software for the Clerk’s office and agreed to
look into the cost and software that would be available for city accounting. Acting
Police Chief Jason Pendleton informed the Council that communications with
the College were going well and that department activities were also getting
better even though they are one officer short. City
Superintendent Jeff Riley talked of street repairs and future water line projects
and stated he would be bringing estimates of the costs to the planning
meeting to be held GOVERNING
BODY COMMENTS Councilmember Donna Parish asked that new council candidates Ken
Stewart and Robert Powell be invited to the Planning Meeting on February 16th. Mike Batchelder stated he would invite
them. City
Attorney Ted Collins updated the Council about conversations he had with
other city and county representatives concerning the sales tax issue. He stated that he and City Clerk Bill Butrick would be putting something together in the near future pledging
support of the sales tax coming up in the April election. ________________________
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