August, 8th 2022 - City Council Meeting Minutes
Walford City Council Proceeding
Regular Meeting August 8th, 2022
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., by Mayor Bill Voss.
Roll Call: Carter, Ellis, Greiner, Grimm, Voss present.
Carter moved approve of the agenda as posted, seconded by Voss. Roll Call: Unanimous
Grimm moved approved of the minutes from July 11th, 2022 as posted and published, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Greiner moved approval of the July 31st, 2022 Treasurers Report, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Greiner moved approval of the August Expenditures, seconded by Voss. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Deputy Tindal of the Linn County Sheriff Department presented the sheriff report dated July 11th, 2022 through August 8th, 2022. There were 33 calls for service. Report placed on file.
Drew Frey with Wendling Quarries was present to report on Johnson County Conditional Use Permit for Driveway at 1473 Linn Jonson Road and the relocation of scale. City has no objections to said project.
City engineer Luke Lesnik of Veenstra and Kimm was present to discuss project (s) progress.
Tim McCleary of ION Environmental Services was present to discuss monthly sanitary sewer operations.
Carter moved approval of the June 30th, 2022 State Outstanding Obligation Report, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Carter moved approval of the FY 21/22 GASB 77 Statement Report/Letters, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Voss introduced Resolution No. 8-22-1 approving the Annual IDOT Road Use Tax Report for FY 21/22, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Greiner introduced Resolution No. 8-22-2 setting a Public Hearing Date of September 12th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., for the Adoption of the 2022 Code of Ordinances of the City of Walford, Iowa, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Copy of proposed Code of Ordinance is now available at the City Clerk’s Office.
Ellis introduced Resolution No. 8-22-3 setting a Public Hearing Date of September 12th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., for the Designation of Urban Renewal Area and on Urban Renewal Plan and Project, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Greiner moved approval to authorize Evans Computer Consulting to manage Microsoft Office 365 account but no additional SharePoint Cloud equipment/NAS, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous.
Carter moved approval of “group” combination of Hartford Life Insurance policies in the amount of $50,000.00 for all full-time appointed and hired employees, seconded by Greiner. Roll Call: Aye: Carter, Greiner, Grimm, Voss. Abstain: Ellis.
No report/minutes received from Park and Recreation Board.
Other areas of discussion included but not limited to the following: Mayor Proclamation of September 1, 2022 as “16th Annual Five Seasons Stand Down Day” , snowplow delivery date of October 16th, lumber yard demolition has started and the need for generator transfer switches to replace outdated one (s).
Grimm moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:52 p.m., seconded by Voss. Roll Call: Unanimous.
July building permits approved: Skriver (Covered Deck); Arensdorf (Deck); Thurston (Shed); Lehr (Fence).
Months Receipts: (General Fund) 3,580.97; (Sewer Fund) 19,876.54; (Road Use Tax)14,454.55; (Local Option Tax) 5,124.12; (Garbage Fund) 12,641.18; (Tax Increment Financing) 18.05; (SRF) 8,893.23. Revenue Totals: $64,588.64
General and Road Use Tax Expenditures:
Alliant (Electric) 3,553.25
Auditor of State (Audit) 6,670.61
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Boland Recreation (Bench) 629.00
BP Credit Card (Gas) 665.78
City Laundring (Towels/Rugs/Uniforms) 398.84
Ellis, Gary (Wages) 3,947.20
Evans Computer (iCloud/Antivirus/Tec) 360.77
(Tec Support) 75.00
Federal Tax Payments (July) 1,905.13
(August) 2,025.34
Gann, Janet (Wages) 5,002.08
Gazette (Minutes) 111.12
Gordon Flesch (Copy count/Maint) 67.11
Holland Law Firm (Attorney) 52.50
International Institute Clerks (Membership) 290.00
IPERS (Withholding/Exp) 2,429.10
Linn county Sheriff (Sheriff Fees) 10,140.00
LL Pelling Co. (Chip and Seal Maint) 34,816.00
LRS Portables (Restrooms) (July) 315.00
(August) 315.00
Menards (Supplies) 116.46
Miller, Dan (Wages) 3,520.00
Orkin (Hall Spray) 69.00
Richardt, Tami (Wages) 3,520.00
Sevig utility (Water) 39.36
Sherwin Williams (Paint) 167.73
Simmering-Cory (Codification) 1,000.00
South Slope (Telephone/Internet) 292.30
Story Kenworthy (Checks) 429.00
Tiedeman, Dawn (Wages) 275.00
TruGreen (Property Spray) 2,010.50
United Health Care (Insurance) 2,114.84
US Cellular (July) 122.27
Veenstra & Kimm (Engineer) 1,725.00
Visa Business: (Microsoft) 65.00; (Staples) 485.74
Voss, Bill (Cell Phone) 50.00
Wellmark Blue Cross (Insurance) 38.99
Sewer Fund Expenditures:
Alliant (Electric) 3,221.54
Central State Bank (ACH Fees) 112.50
Department of Revenue (Sales Tax) 143.50
IDNR (Annual Permit) 210.00
Iowa One Call (Locations) 99.90
ION Environmental (Operations) 4,550.00
Menards (Paint Supplies) 111.78
Postmaster (Billing) 204.60
(July postage Increase) 18.60
South Slope (Telephone/Internet) 106.93
Veenstra & Kimm, Inc.(Engineer) 598.46
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Garbage Fund Expenditures:
Benton County Disposal (Landfill Fee) 5,876.00
Johnson County Refuse (Hauling) 7,922.00
Expenditure Totals: $112,985.83
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Bill Voss
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Janet L. Gann, MMC, IaCMC, IaCMFO
City Clerk
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