Posting Date:   November 30, 2001

 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING

 

BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL

 

 

DECEMBER 03, 2001

 

 

Meeting 01-25

 

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 03, 2001, at the Bondurant City Center, 200 Second Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa.  Said meeting is open and the public is encouraged to attend.

 

AGENDA

 

1)                 Call to Order

2)                 Roll Call

3)                 Perfecting and Approval of the Agenda

4)                 Guests Present

5)                 Consent Items:

a)                 Approval of the Council Minutes – November 19, 2001

b)                 Receive and File – Keep Central Iowa Beautiful Minutes – November 15, 2001

c)                  Receive and File – Metro Waste Authority Minutes – October 17, 2001

d)                 Approval of Claims Report

6)                 Polk County Sheriff’s Report

7)                 ORDINANCE NO. 01-206 – An Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, 1996, Chapter 62, pertaining to establishing motor vehicle noise levels and restricting the use of engine brakes and compression brakes within the Corporate Limits of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa

8)                 RESOLUTION NO. 01-123 – A Resolution approving the Water Service Agreement between the Cities of Bondurant and Altoona and Charles and Mary Lou Lathrum

9)                 RESOLUTION NO. 01-124 – A Resolution approving Final Payment Request No. 05, in the amount of $32,114.44, payable to The Underground Company, LTD

10)             Reports / Comments and appropriate action thereon:

a)                 Mayor Ihde

b)                 City Administrator Carlyle

c)                  Council Member(s)

11)             Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

December 03, 2001

 

 

 

Meeting No. 01-25

 

 

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, was held in the Community Room at the Bondurant City Center on the 03rd day of December 2001, at 6:00 p.m.

 

Present:                Mayor Allen G. Ihde

                              Council Member Terry F. Thomas

                              Council Member James M. Valentine

                              Council Member David O. Williams

                              Council Member Michele R. Bailey

                              City Administrator Darrel Steven Carlyle

                              Administrative / Utility Clerk Michelle Wells

 

Absent:                 Council Member Bruce N. Cordes

                              Deputy City Clerk Karen S. Meek

 

 

Notice of the meeting was posted at the Bondurant City Center, Ampride Store, Casey’s General Store, and Legacy Bank on November 30, 2001.  All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public.

 

Mayor Ihde called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.  Roll call was taken and a quorum was declared.

 

Motion made by Council Member Williams, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve the agenda as presented.  Roll call:  Ayes:  4.   Nays:  0.   Motion carried.

 

Motion made by Council Member Valentine, seconded by Council Member Thomas, to approve the consent items consisting of the City Council Minutes of November 19, 2001, Keep Central Iowa Beautiful Minutes of November 15, 2001, Metro Waste Authority Minutes of October 17, 2001 and the Claims Report.  Roll Call:  Valentine-Yes, Thomas-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Williams-Yes.  Motion carried.

 

Polk County Sheriff’s Department Representative Randy Toby, informed the Council that there is a strong effort to control speed and other violations, along U.S. Highway 65,  within the Bondurant corporate limits, and that they have issued numerous citations.

 

Motion by Council Member Valentine, seconded by Council Member Thomas, to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 01-206, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, 1996, Chapter 62, pertaining to establishing motor vehicle noise levels and restricting the use of engine brakes and compression brakes within the Corporate Limits of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa.  Roll Call:  Valentine-Yes, Thomas-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Williams-Yes.  Motion carried.  The next reading of said Ordinance is scheduled for December 17, 2001.

 

Motion by Council Member Williams, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 01-123,  a  Resolution  approving  the  Water  Service  Agreement between the Cities of Bondurant and

 

Bondurant City Council Minutes

December 03, 2001

Page Two

 

 

 

Altoona and Charles and Mary Lou Lathrum.  Roll Call:  Williams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Thomas-Yes, Valentine-Yes.  Motion carried.

 

Motion by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Thomas, to approve Resolution No. 01-124, a Resolution approving Final Payment Request No. 05, in the amount of $32,114.44, payable to The Underground Company, Ltd.  Roll Call:  Bailey-Yes, Thomas-Yes, Williams-Yes, Valentine-Yes.  Motion carried.

 

The following item(s) were discussed as part of Mayor Ihde’s comments:

 

·        Assigned Council Members Cordes and Valentine to a committee to review the proposed Code of Ordinances and upon completion present it to Council for final codification.

·        Informed Council that as the next step for traffic control at the intersection of U.S. Highway 65 and Iowa Highway 945, he signed a document that directs the Iowa Department of Transportation to install  flashing beacons on top of four speed control signs that will say 45 MPH.  Placement will be two signs each on the north and south side of  IA Highway 945 on U. S. Highway 65.  They will be placed 600 feet apart (plus or minus a few feet).  Expected completion to be around December 24, 2001.

·        Explained the Board of Commissions appointment communication.

 

The following item(s) were discussed as part of City Administrator Carlyle’s comments:

 

ü      Highlighted response from the Iowa Department of Transportation regarding City Administrator Carlyle’s request to change the proposed frontage road coming in from the Zeigler Development.  The original plan showed a rural road without curb and gutter.

ü      Referenced a list of proposed services to be provided by Stanley Consultants, Inc., regarding the signalization design for the intersection of U.S. Highway 65 and Iowa Highway 945.

ü      Referenced communication from Donald and Joanne Nielson.

ü      Informed Council of a meeting with the Iowa Department of Transportation and the Bondurant Fire Department on December 13, 2001, at the fire station.

 

The following item(s) were discussed as part of Council Member’s comments:

 

¨      Council Member Bailey – Stated that the stop sign at the corner of 2nd Street, Southwest and Garfield Street, Southwest, should either be removed or re-covered.

¨      Council Member Williams – No comment.

¨      Council Member Thomas – No comment.

¨      Council Member Valentine – Asked whose responsibility it is to provide street directional signs at Chateau at Wolf Creek.

 

Bondurant Fire Chief Brian Poffenberger asked if the fire hydrants at Chateau at Wolf Creek were live and if the homes can be occupied if they are not. 

 

 

 

Bondurant City Council Minutes

December 03, 2001

Page Three

 

 

 

Motion by Council Member Valentine, seconded by Council Member Thomas, to adjourn said meeting at 6:22 p.m.   Roll Call:  Ayes: 4.  Nays: 0.  Motion carried.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            ________________________________

                                                                                                            Allen G. Ihde

                                                                                                            Mayor

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

___________________________________

Michelle Wells

Administrative/Utility Clerk

 

 

 

SEAL

 

 

 

 

 

I, the understated Administrative / Utility Clerk of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of proceedings had and done by the Mayor and City Council on December 03, 2001; that all of the subjects included in the forgoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and readily available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk; that such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting, and the said minutes from which the foregoing proceedings have been extracted were written from and available for public inspection within ten business days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            __________________________________

                                                                                                            Michelle Wells

                                                                                                            Administrative/Utility Clerk