The
regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Bob Schabert
in the
Schwartz made a motion to approve the amended agenda
to include the LME Road, burning in the city, and quality of Marlin Stein’s
water. Poehler seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.
Schwartz
made a motion to approve the written minutes of the Board of Review held on April
5, 2007. Kollmann seconded the
motion. The motion carried with all in
favor.
Schwartz
made a motion to approve the written minutes of the regular city council
meeting held on April 5, 2007. Nielsen
seconded the motion. The motion carried
with all in favor.
Kyle
Meyers presented an overview of the city audit for 2006. He stated that the city is in good shape at
this point. He stated that the city
decreased our debt by 9% in 2006 and that the city is below average in debt per
capita in relation to other cities of the same size. He stated that we need to develop more
written procedures and policies for the city.
Schwartz
made a motion to approve the bills for the month of April 2007. Nielsen seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.
Joe
Duncan as our city engineer explained the steps that the city must follow
according to statutory procedure in order to rebuild the next 500 feet of Zieske Road south of S & S Motors into a nine-ton
road. This portion of the road will be
assessed to the adjacent landowners if approved. The first step is to approve Resolution
07-104 Calling for the preliminary engineering report. Poehler made a motion to approve Resolution
07-104. Kollmann seconded the
motion. The motion carried with all in
favor.
Schwartz
made a motion to approve Resolution 07-105 Receiving the preliminary
engineering report and calling for a hearing on the improvement. Nielsen seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor. The public hearing was set for May 24th
at
There
was discussion on the issue of the Voges business loan and the fact that they
now owe the city 2 loan payments, which are past due. The clerk asked the council for direction in
handling this matter. Several council
members felt that since the business is now listed for sale perhaps the best
way to handle it would be to send a certified letter stating that they should
either bring the loan current or the council would expect them to come in to
discuss the issue with the council at our next meeting. Schwartz made a motion to have the
administrator send a certified letter to this effect to Voges. Nielsen seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.
Schwartz
made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Nielsen seconded the motion. The
motion carried with all in favor.
The
meeting closed at
A
signed written copy of the minutes is on file in the office of the city clerk.
Respectfully
submitted,
Bonnie
J. Hubert
City
Clerk