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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING PRESENT: Jerry Bruns, Mari
Ann Parker, Donna Parish and Tony French.
Mike Batchelder was absent. ALSO
PRESENT: Chris and Trish Gibson, Ken
Stewart, Brian Kingsley, Dan Harden, Neal Hontz,
Jeff Riley, Shawn Tilton, Dick Powell, Carol Hopkins, Ted Collins and Bill Butrick. PRESIDING: Mayor Janet Tyler. The
meeting was called to order at Mari
Ann Parker moved to approve the minutes of the last Regular Council Meeting
held Donna
Parish moved to approve the bills for the month of November, 2004. Mari Ann Parker 2nd, motion
carried unanimously. PRESENTATIONS Brian
Kingsley and Dan Harden of BG Consultants, Inc. presented the Council with
information concerning the water line project and the electrical maintenance
of the new well. They were asked to
submit a copy of their contract for services to the City Attorney for his
review. The Council stated that after
the City Attorney reviewed the Contract that they would keep in touch about
hiring their services for future projects. NEW
BUSINESS Tony
French moved to adopt Ordinance #449, An Ordinance of the City of Jerry Bruns moved to approve the cereal malt beverage
applications for 2005 from Ernies, B.S. Inc.,
Highland Total and Casey’s Retail Company.
Mari Ann Parker 2nd, motion carried unanimously. Tony
French moved to purchase Christmas hams for the five full time
employees. Jerry Bruns
2nd, motion carried unanimously. Tony
French moved to hire Shawn Tilton for the Assistant in the Public Works
Department at step #5 on the salary schedule with a probation period of 6
months. Mari Ann Parker 2nd,
motion carried unanimously. CITY
OFFICERS REPORT Tony
French moved to have the City Clerk,at
his discretion, do a transfer of funds from the Water to the General not to
exceed $5000. Jerry Bruns 2nd, motion carried unanimously. City
Clerk Bill Butrick stated that he would be
certifying 3 council positions for the upcoming 2005 elections. The deadline for filing will be Butrick informed the Council of a letter received from Galen Wieland of the Doniphan County Economic Development
Commission asking for a pledge of $5000 for the financing of the
Commission. No action was taken. Butrick told the Council that the furnace in the Community
Center was still out of order. He was
instructed to contact Keebler Electric to set up a
time frame to get the furnace back in operation. Mari
Ann Parker moved to purchase a seven foot blade attachment for the Bobcat at
a cost of approximately $2300 to be billed after the 1st of the
year. Tony French 2nd,
motion carried unanimously Jerry Bruns moved to have the Mayor, Police Chief and City
Clerk interview the applicants for the vacant police officer position. Tony French 2nd, motion carried
unanimously. Tony
French moved to accept the resignation of Police Officer Mike Liechti. Donna
Parish 2nd, motion carried unanimously. GOVERNING
BODY COMMENTS Councilmember Jerry Bruns stated that he had
spoken with Jim Ruhnke about one of the tractors on the Raymond Ruhnke
auction to look into as a possible purchase. City
Attorney Ted Collins updated the Council on the Degginger
Park Trust fund and informed them he was waiting on a response from a representative
with the Bank of America. Donna
Parish moved to have the City Attorney send a letter regarding damages to the
City police car, Bill Butrick’s vehicle and
possible damage to the City Hall roof to the construction company that
applied roofing to the Highland Hardware building. Tony French 2nd, motion carried
unanimously. Tony
French asked that performance reviews be made available for the January, 2005
Council Meeting from the Mayor and Department Heads. ____________________________
___________________________ Mayor
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