OAKLAND ACRES CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
7:00 p.m. Monday, October
14, 2019
Oakland Acres
Maintenance Building
Call Meeting to Order:
Mayor
Pro-Tem Ted Schultz called the council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call: Clint Follette, Terry
Morrison, Lisa Griffith, and Ted Schultz. Absent: Don Smith.
Also present: Bill Schulte, Ashley Stock, city clerk.
Inquiries from the Community:
Wanted to know the last time the City considered getting new playground
equipment. It has been quite a few years
ago, will keep eyes out for any grants that are out there as it isn’t in the
budget.
Approval of Minutes: Follette moved to approve the minutes of the September
9, 2019 meeting. Morrison seconded.
Ayes: All.
Treasurer’s Report:
Morrison
moved to approve the September report as submitted. Griffith seconded.
Ayes: All.
Payment of Bills: Morrison moved to approve payment
of the following bills as submitted. Schultz seconded. Ayes:
All.
Payable
to: |
Amount: |
For: |
|
Ashley Stock |
$
301.21 |
Salary |
|
IPERS |
$
55.06 |
Employee retirement |
|
Alliant Energy |
$
0.33 |
Utilities |
|
Bill Schulte |
$1,293.96 |
Maintenance |
|
Dodd's Trash &
Recycling |
$
147.40 |
August city-wide
recycling |
|
Gannatt/Des Moines
Register |
$
66.00 |
Advertising |
|
US Treasury |
$
485.83 |
Quarterly payroll
taxes (Q3 & paid too little in July) |
|
Story Ag, LLC |
$
252.00 |
Copper Sulfate (4
bags) |
|
Matt Innis |
$
417.55 |
Aug-Sept Mowing and
Fuel |
|
Total |
$3,019.34 |
Mayor’s Opening
Address and Report: Nothing
Old Business
Lombard Culvert: Too wet to get in there right now,
Griffith and Lombard are in contact and will get it finished.
Speed Bumps: Need to get them pulled before a snow happens. Bill will pull those up and filling the holes
this week.
Snow removal bids: Extended offer to Devig, Inc and
they accepted.
2019 Election: November 5th is election date, we encourage anyone that
wishes to be written in to spread the word and let it be known as we will have
a couple of openings for the City Council Members and Mayor.
Posts on Dam: Have decided to pull the posts out and replace with boulders, need to
decide how many/how far apart to position them.
Follette moved to approve Lisa to get boulders and get them placed on
the dam, Morrison seconded. Ayes: All.
Lisa will list the PVC pipes and caps for sale or see if we can return, Morrison
moved to approve Lisa selling/returning them, Follette seconded. Ayes: All
Street Signs: 9 different posts
and 13 different signs, Ted will research new signs and some pricing and will
bring it to the November meeting.
Burning the Dam: Lisa has contacted
the fire department 3 times and she hasn’t heard back, but they need it to be
dry and it has been wet. Lisa will
continue to reach out.
Mowing the Dam: Bill got the south
side cut down.
New Business
Lake Treatment: Lisa has contacted Curt Strawser and he is
waiting for it to warm up this week to get it done.
Maintenance Shed Roof: Roof is leaking, need to get it
taken care of as soon as possible. Lisa
will contact a couple of roofers to seal the exterior roof to get bids.
Audit: With a Mayor and City Clerk leaving the standard practice is to get an
audit done. State just completed an
audit two years ago of the books. No
further action deemed necessary.
Tornado Sirens: Didn’t go off a
couple of weeks ago with the storms, Ted will contact the Jasper County
Emergency Management to look at it.
Council
Report:
Muskrat season opens up in two
weeks, and Lisa is going to meet with the guy as he still plans to trap them
around Daryl and Joyce’s residence.
Lisa to put up
signs on the entrances to encourage trick or treaters and City Clerk will put
flyer on the boards with date and time (October 26th from 6-8).
Wood signs are
starting to rot, we can combine that project with the new city signs in the
spring.
In January create
a calendar with standard items – speed bumps, garage sale days, street reports,
budget, snow removal bid, holiday.
Clerk Report:
Nothing to report
Maintenance report: Bill has taken over mowing this
past month, did the weeds at the dam, painting of the roads with the Slow,
Yield signs.
Adjournment: Follette moved to adjourn the meeting at
8:01 p.m. Griffith seconded. Ayes: All.
These minutes are
as recorded by the City Clerk and are subject to council approval at the next
City Council meeting.
________________________________________________ ___________________
Ted Schultz, Mayor
Pro-Tem Ashley Stock, City Clerk