OAKLAND ACRES CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
6:00 p.m. Monday, August
17, 2020
Oakland Acres
Maintenance Building
Call Meeting to Order:
Mayor
Pro-Tem Lisa Griffith called the council meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
Roll Call: Don
Smith, Dawnette Baker, Lisa Griffith, Clint Follette, Curt Strawser
Also present: Ashley Stock, city clerk
Inquiries from the Community:
Residents have been asking when/how the tree debris will
be removed, city council is discussing during meeting today.
Approval of Minutes: Baker moved to approve the minutes of the July
13, 2020 meeting. Smith seconded. Ayes:
All.
Treasurer’s Report: Smith moved to
approve the June report as submitted. Strawser
seconded. Ayes: All.
Payment of Bills: Follette moved to approve payment
of the following bills as submitted. Smith seconded. Ayes:
All
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Payable
to: |
Amount: |
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For: |
Ashley Stock |
$
301.21 |
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Salary |
IPERS |
$
55.06 |
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Employee retirement |
Alliant Energy |
$
55.45 |
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Utilities |
Griffith Masonry |
$
505.69 |
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Materials to fix the
park |
Bill Schulte |
$
261.65 |
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Maintenance |
Joyce Halblom |
$
33.79 |
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Bulletin Board Cork |
Lisa Griffith |
$
230.48 |
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Paint |
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Total |
$
1,443.33 |
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Mayor’s Opening
Address and Report:
Old Business
Roads/Culvert/Dam: Table until next
month due to storm.
Liquor License
Approval – Strawser made motion to renew the Oakland Acres Golf Club Liquor License, as
requested. Follette
seconds. Ayes: All
New Business
New Resident
Letter: Table till September
meeting
2020 Elections: Good until next
year, as no one’s term is up this year.
ICAP & Alliant
Grants –
Alliant opened on August 1st so will get
that submitted. ICAP is filled out and
ready to be submitted just need to know what we want to apply the money
to. Will table and talk about during
September meeting.
Snow Removal
Winter 20/21 –
Brian Edelen from Agri-Vations
stopped by during the meeting and stated he is still available for snow removal
and interested. He will supply a bid
before the September meeting.
2020 Street Financial
Report –
Follette makes motion to accept and approve 2020
Street Financial Report as presented. Resolution
19-2. Baker seconds. Ayes: All
Council
Report:
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City Debris Clean-up: Kelby Taylor put a bid in at $250/hour and
wants limbs at 10 feet or less. He will
also rake up all the leaves and small sticks left after grabbing the big
limbs. Will haul it to the brush dump to
dispose of. Jasper County Construction
can also come in with a semi and are $325/hour and we have to tell them where
to haul it. Agri-vations
also gave bid while at the meeting of $475/hour to bring in Skidloader,
dump-truck, excavator, and trailer. Follette moves to
hire Kelby Taylor for clean-up bid of $250/hour and
will begin picking up the debris on August 23rd. Smith seconds. Ayes: All
Clerk Report:
Maintenance report: quite a bit of painting has been done around the community/park and it is looking
good.
Adjournment: Smith
moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:54 p.m. Baker seconded. Ayes: All.
These minutes are
as recorded by the City Clerk and are subject to council approval at the next
City Council meeting on September 14, 2020.
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Joyce Halblom, Mayor Ashley
Stock, City Clerk