9-4-08 Minutes Summary

The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Bob Schabert in the Courtland Community Center on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm. All council members were present.

Schwartz made a motion to approve the amended agenda to include Courtland night out, water tower painting repair, S & S Motors & Courtland Community Center Board. Poehler seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Poehler made a motion to approve the written minutes of the August 7, 2008 regular city council meeting. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Schwartz made a motion to approve the bills from the month of August for payment. Poehler seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

Darren Marquardt approached the city council for approval of liquor licenses for the Crow Bar as the new owners. Schabert made a motion to approve the Sunday liquor, Off Sale and On Sale licenses on condition that they furnish all the correct paper work to the City Clerk to be submitted to the state. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

The council was given copies of the suggested budget figures Bob Schabert, Bonnie and Ralph Bents had worked on and Ralph developed formulas to be able to plug in numbers that the committees had suggested line by line on the laptop computer so it will calculate the numbers for the levy. The council came up with a preliminary budget of $117,113.00, which is a 12 percent levy increase. The budget will be finalized in December.

Schwartz made a motion to approve Resolution 08-#107 Adopting Proposed Tax Levy for 2008 collectible in 2009 of $117,113.00. Poehler seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

The council set the dates for the truth in taxation hearings. The first hearing will be held at 6:45pm on December 1, 2008 prior to the regular city council meeting for December. The continuation meeting will be held on December 8, 2008 at 6pm.

Kollmann made a motion to accept the recommendation for approval from the Planning Commission

For the ALCOR Subdivision’s Final Plat. Schwartz seconded the motion. The motion carried with four votes in favor. Poehler abstained from voting.

Schwartz made a motion to rezone Lots 2 & 6 from Agriculture to R2 and the remaining lots in the ALCOR Subdivision would be rezoned from Agriculture to the R1 district. Bents seconded the motion. The motion carried on four affirmative votes. Poehler abstained from voting.

There was extensive discussion on the situation of hiring a new city administrator. Schwartz expressed his opinion that the Tri-Cities contract is too loosely written. He stated that he is frustrated with the way the joint council is being handled. He would like to see more of the individual councils’ input. Schabert countered that he feels that the agreement has worked well for ten years. He also stated that he would hate to abandon this agreement because of one person’s opinion. Schabert stated that he is done with the search for a city administrator for now. He feels that with the conflict caused on the Tri-City board, he feels there needs to be a cooling off period.

Schabert made a motion to adjourn. Kollmann seconded the motion. The motion carried with all in favor.

The meeting adjourned at 10:25pm.

A signed copy of the minutes is on file in the office of the city clerk.

Respectfully submitted,

Bonnie J. Hubert

City Clerk