OAKLAND ACRES CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
7:00 p.m. Monday, January
13, 2020
Oakland Acres
Maintenance Building
Call Meeting to Order:
City
Clerk Ashley Stock called the council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call: Don Smith Absent:
Also present: Ashley Stock, city clerk; Lennie Smith, resident, Joyce Halblom, Curt Strawser, Clint Follette, Lisa Griffith and Dawnette Baker
Swearing in of the
Elected Officials:
City Clerk, Ashley Stock swore in the Mayor Joyce Halblom. Joyce then swore in Curt Strawser, Clint
Follette, Lisa, Griffith and Dawnette Baker as City
Council Members
Inquiries from the Community:
From Lennie Smith:
Came to congratulate the new city council members and if anyone needs
anything to let him know.
Tornado alarm, Jasper County Emergency Maintenance isn’t involved in that
best to call Sieck as Oakland Acres owns it.
Minutes have to be posted within 10 days after
the city council meetings (both boards and website). Agenda has to be
posted by 24 before the meeting and special meetings has to be posted within 10
days of the meeting (both boards and website).
Get ahold of Jasper County Emergency Management to let them know who the
new Mayor is.
Craig Lombard’s yard – questioning how it is going to get fixed when we
don’t know what is wrong with it. He
feels it needs to be researched more prior to doing anything, and the water
needs to be tested. Feels the situation
needs to be re-opened in the springtime.
Approval of Minutes: Follette moved to approve the minutes of the December
9, 2019 meeting. Smith seconded. Ayes:
All.
Treasurer’s Report:
Griffith
moved to approve the December report as submitted. Baker seconded. Ayes: All.
Payment of Bills: Smith moved to approve payment of
the following bills as submitted. Follette seconded. Ayes:
All.
January 2020 Bills |
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Payable
to: |
Amount: |
For: |
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Ashley Stock |
$
301.21 |
Salary |
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IPERS |
$
55.06 |
Employee retirement |
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Alliant Energy |
$
72.98 |
Utilities |
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Dodd's Trash &
Recycling |
$
147.40 |
December city-wide
recycling |
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Agri-Vations |
$2,423.75 |
Snow Removal &
Salt/Sand Applications |
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Q4 Payroll Taxes |
$
484.25 |
Quarterly Payroll
Taxes |
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Total |
$3,484.65 |
Mayor’s Opening
Address and Report: Appreciates the support of getting voted in as Mayor
Old Business
Street Signs: Change the street
signs that have Oakridge Road on them to say Oakridge Drive and change the
other ones on those same posts (about 8 signs total). Don will go and see what signs are needed and
will bring back to the February meeting
Hole #14: 6 months ago, it
was brought to the meeting to sell a piece of the city land to Oakland Acres
Golf Course, needs to be done again per the lawyer as the right steps weren’t
followed. Do a special meeting prior to
the February meeting. Follette makes a
motion to sell Hole #14 property to Oakland Acres Golf Course, Smith seconds.
Ayes: All
New Business
Maintenance Roof
Shed: Roof
is cracking and leaking. Contacted
Henning Roofing - $4500 to repair and leave existing roof. Contacted Tri-County Construction as well -
$3700, leaving the existing roof on.
Table it until February and decide.
2020-2021 Budget
Items: Nothing
with roads this year since we did all the curbs this past year. Nothing major to add to this fiscal year for
projects within the budget. Need to
review and look at maintenance/mowing.
City Clerk will draft a budget for the February meeting.
City Attorney
Contract: Smith
makes a motion to stay with Caldwell’s as the City Attorney, Strawser seconds.
Ayes: All
Council
Report:
School Bus stop/shelter is very dark in the mornings, feel like we need
to put some lighting out there for the safety of the kids. Dawnette will
research and see what is available.
Ordinance books – need for the new city council. They are also online, and you can print it
off.
Laptop – has personal cloud and is still with the old city clerk. Laptop is not registered to the City of
Oakland Acres, can go in and transfer the ownership to the City. Paying $75 a year for office 365, look into just purchasing the software. Talked to Dan Ferro about updating other
reports on website, he can do it for $50/change. Follette makes a motion to buy Office365 for
up to $250 and to cancel the yearly subscription, Smith seconds. Ayes: All
Clerk Report: City
Clerk will get the letter drafted and sent to Clint on Tuesday regarding the
house with graffiti.
Maintenance report:
Nothing
Adjournment: Smith moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:33
p.m. Smith seconded. Ayes: All.
These minutes are
as recorded by the City Clerk and are subject to council approval at the next City
Council meeting.
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Joyce Halblom, Mayor Ashley
Stock, City Clerk