REGULAR MEETING
Monday, December 10, 2007 – 7:00 p.m.
The governing body of the City of Coldwater met in regular session with the following present: Mayor Tony Smith, presiding, Council members Penny Bruckner, Klete Hackney, Charles Salisbury, Tiffany Sowa and Richard Thompson, Public Works Director Danny Shaw, Water Operator, Joe Ceballos, City Attorney Skip Herd, City Clerk, Kristal Sherman, and City Marshal, Doug Storie.
Guests included John Mitchell.
Mayor Smith called the meeting to order and led the flag salute.
Minutes were approved as written, motion by Penny Bruckner, seconded by Charles Salisbury. Motion carried.
Marshal Doug Storie gave a report of his activities for the past month. He reported he completed the Cultural Awareness/Racial Profiling training class on 11/20/2007 in Park City and had some minor repairs made to the patrol car. Doug told the council he recently had a dog bite complaint and asked the council if any progress had been made on revising the dog ordinance. He advised the council that he has inspected Lawrence Selzer’s low speed vehicle, he purchased to drive around town, and since he deemed it to be street legal does not see the need for the council to approve a special permit for him to drive it. The council agreed. Doug asked the council for permission to purchase a digital video unit for his patrol car with the money he will have left over in his 2007 budget. He estimates the cost to be anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000. City Clerk, Kristal Sherman said she would like to see no purchases made the last two weeks of December so as many of the 2007 bills as possible could be wrapped up and paid by the end of the year. The council instructed Doug to get firm figures to them the next day so it could be ordered and paid for by the end of the year.
At about 7:30 p.m. the power to the veteran’s building and the south half of the City went out due to the ice storm. The meeting continued by candle light and flashlight.
City Attorney, Skip Herd presented the council with an ordinance to vacate Lariat Lane at the Comanche Estates, no Coldwater citizens showed for the hearing to vacate the street. Chuck Salisbury made a motion to vacate Lariat Lane at the Comanche Estates, seconded by Tiffany Sowa and the motion carried.
Water Operator Joe Ceballos reported the cost of the proposed sidewalk around the shelter at the City Park estimates to be $2,220.00. Councilman, Richard Thompson said he would rather see the concrete come from a concrete truck out of Medicine Lodge and he would volunteer to help put it in, Klete Hackney said he would volunteer also. They said the concrete mixed in the truck is better than the hand mixed concrete. The project was tabled until the spring and warmer weather. The council instructed the City Clerk to check and see how many hours Jack Sooter has worked total for 2007 to date. Since Jack is part-time he can not work more than 999 hours and he has probably gone over that amount. Joe told the council that the state inspector wants photos of the old water tower being torn down. The council instructed Joe to get another bid to tear it down, plus try to get in touch with Pixius to see if they would take the water tower for their internet antennae.
Public Works Director, Danny Shaw passed around a copy of the zoning variance form he has revised. Danny discussed with the council the prospects of taking over the trash hauling in the City and said a man by the name of Phillip Fishburn handles solid waste grants. The discussion then switched to the citizens that are refusing to pay their trash bill. The council instructed the City Clerk to write those citizens a 30-day letter directing them to pay their bill or their utilities will be shut off. Richard Thompson and Klete Hackney volunteered to talk to Dave Osborn before the next meeting and report back to the council. Dave was to have been at the meeting, but could not make it because of the ice storm. Danny asked the council about advertising for the lake manager position. The council instructed Danny to advertise for the lake manager position the month of January. Danny reported he has received a request from CMS to mount a radio antennae on the new city water tower. The council agreed that CMS could mount the antennae on the new water tower at their own cost. Danny asked permission to purchase $10,000 in shoring for the sewer department per OSHA regulations. Klete Hackney made a motion to purchase the shoring, seconded by Penny Bruckner and the motion carried. Danny told the council that the lake pickup is in need of new tires. The council instructed Danny to find a used set of tires for the pickup.
Sealed bids were open for the items Danny had advertised for sale as follows:
Flatbed trailer: Mark Dobrinski - $376.00; Andy Uhl - $125.00, the council accepted the bid of $376.00 from Mark Dobrinski.
Grapple Bucket: J.R. Williams - $100.00; Terry Brown - $485.00; Wendell Unruh - $610.00, the council accepted the bid of $610.00 from Wendell Unruh.
Backhoe Bucket: Dwight Unruh - $25.00; Wendell Unruh - $110.00, the council accepted the bid of $110.00 from Wendell Unruh.
Army Surplus 600-gallon Aluminum Tank: Kenny Colter - $80.00, the council accepted the bid of $80.00 from Kenny Colter.
5 Truck Tires: Dwight Unruh - $110.00; Terry Brown - $110.00, since it was a tie bid, Dwight and Terry will be asked to rebid.
Discussed the scheduling of the City Marshal’s days off for holidays. During the spring/summer, he needs to take the next day off after the holiday (Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day), otherwise in the fall/winter he is to take the same days the other City employees take and not choose which day he is to take off. The entire council agreed.
Mayor Smith presented a truck parking permit application by Brad Gossett for a salt water truck to be parked in front of his home. After discussing the matter, Penny Bruckner made a motion to deny the parking permit, seconded by Tiffany Sowa and the motion carried.
Mayor Smith presented a trailer parking permit for Pat Puderbaugh to park his trailer by his home on East Cottonwood. Penny Bruckner made a motion to approve the trailer parking permit for Pat Puderbaugh, seconded by Richard Thompson and the motion carried.
Council member Tiffany Sowa told the council that the Comanche County Economic Development Foundation is needing to know by January if one of the council members is interested in representing them at their meetings once a month, and since she was already on the CCEDF she would like to see one of them agree to attend. Chuck Salisbury agreed to be the representative to the CCEDF.
City employees cell phone use was discussed. A memo was sent to each one that has a cell phone in October telling them they should not use the city cell phone for personal use. After reviewing the most recent bill, there were quite a few personal calls on Joe and Doug’s phones. The council instructed Joe again to try not to use the cell phone for personal use, Joe told the council he has since purchased a personal cell phone. Doug had already left the meeting, the council will tell him also.
Bills in the amount of $90,661.51 were presented for payment. Penny Bruckner made a motion to approve the bills as presented, seconded by Tiffany Sowa. Motion carried.
No further business was presented. Penny Bruckner moved the meeting adjourned, seconded by Klete Hackney. Motion carried.
SPECIAL MEETING
Thursday, December 27, 2007 – 5:00 P.M.
The governing body of the City of Coldwater met in special session for the purpose of paying year-end bills with the following present: Mayor Tony Smith, presiding, Council members Penny Bruckner, Klete Hackney, Charles Salisbury, Tiffany Sowa, and Richard Thompson and City Clerk Kristal Sherman.
Mayor Tony Smith called the meeting to order, City Clerk, Kristal Sherman, presented bills in the amount of $84,271.75. Richard Thompson made a motion to approve bills in the amount of $84,271.75, seconded by Chuck Salisbury and the motion carried. Mayor Smith asked the council if they knew the patrol car had been in an accident, he passed around an estimate from Curt’s Body Shop in the amount of $2,790.00 and one from John Gean from Protection in the amount of $4,237.00. Mayor Smith told the council the City Marshal had told him that John Gean had totaled the car and then proceeded to pass around bids for a new vehicle. After discussing the matter briefly, the council was in agreement to wait and see what the insurance does before agreeing the patrol car is totaled and look for a new one. Tiffany Sowa made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Penny Bruckner and the motion carried.