MEETING OF THE CITY
OF
CONNELL,
The regular semi-monthly meeting of the City Council of the City of
PRESENT:
Mayor Gary Walton, Mayor Pro-Tem Perry Skoglund, Councilmembers Monica
Pruett, Ron Boyer, Roel Martinez and Andy Sawyer.
STAFF:
City Administrator
VISITORS: Alan
Schroeder, Anderson Perry; Kathy Bingham, Graphic.
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to approve
the Consent Calendar as listed.
Minutes
of the
Councilmember
Martinez seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
Mayor Walton made the following addition to the agenda:
Item 9 a) – Application for Payment No. 5
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to approve the agenda as amended. Councilmember
Sawyer seconded motion. Motion
carried unanimously.
USDA – WATER SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS
Alan
Schroeder of Anderson Perry reported on the following:
Phase
II– A
sanitary sewer service line had been damaged during construction and had been
repaired.
Phase
III – The
design was under way and targeting for June construction.
STREET
PROJECTS - UPDATE
Alan Schroeder of Anderson Perry reported on the following:
Motion:
Councilmember Pruett moved to approve
Application for Payment No. 5 to ML Albright & Sons in the amount of
$28,345.81. Councilmember Martinez seconded motion, carried unanimously.
WASTEWATER
FACILITY
This
item was tabled to Executive Session to discuss possible litigation.
INTERLOCAL
DISPATCH AGREEMENT
Police Chief Rick Rochleau reported
that this yearly agreement had a few small changes. Fire District # 3 had
been removed from the agreement. The fees had remained the same as the
previous years.
Motion:
Councilmember Sawyer moved to accept, and the Mayor sign, the Interlocal
Dispatch Agreement. Councilmember Boyer seconded motion, carried unanimously.
ASP
CONTRACT
City
Administrator Tackett advised that the agreement for the necessary software
update to the water meter system had been received and needed to be returned
immediately which did not allow time to bring it before Council.
The cost of $1,500 was grant eligible.
Motion:
Councilmember Sawyer moved to approve
the ASP Contract for the software update to the water meter system,
Councilmember Boyer seconded, motion carried unanimously.
CABLE
TELEVISION SERVICE
Attorney Tanner reported that there were not a lot of options.
The City could discontinue the franchise agreement, which would mean no
cable, or condemn the system and take it over.
City Administrator Tackett agreed to check with other companies to see if
someone else would be interested in providing cable service to Connell.
Motion:
Councilmember Skoglund moved to pay the payroll and bills in the amount of
$241,298.93. Councilmember Pruett seconded, motion carried unanimously.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS –
1)
Main Street Committee
would be looking at forming a Historic District.
2)
Planning Commission would
be holding a Public Hearing to approve the Comprehensive Plan.
3)
Would be checking with
MRSC on Conditional Use Permit procedures.
COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS – Councilmember Roel
1)
The City of
ATTORNEY
REPORT – City Attorney Terry Tanner
1)
Next month Court would be on February 2.
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT – Public Works Director
1)
Hired a new employee
2)
Bowling Alley would be
opening back up with new owners
3)
4)
Had met with the RR in
regards to their truck crossing, discussed problems with flooding. Larry Seibel
was doing some drawings to correct the problem.
Council
gave its consensus to have Public Works Director work with the railroad to
correct the problem.
POLICE
DEPARTMENT – Police Chief Rick Rochleau
1)
Did not receive the
surplus truck
2)
Officer Quinton started
teaching DARE
CITY
ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT – City Administrator
1)
Would be having someone do
the land appraisals for the park expansion and the land south of SR 260.
2)
Would be meeting with
elected officials to discuss backfill.
3)
Would be attending an IAC
meeting Jan 27 in
The Mayor recessed the
meeting at
There
being no further business to be heard before the City Council,