Posting Date:   September 24, 2003

 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

 

BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL

 

 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2003

 

 

Meeting 03 - 20

 

 

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the City Council will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2003, at the Holiday Inn Express at 1700 West 19th Street, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.  Said meeting is open and the public is encouraged to attend.

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

 

 

1)             Call to Order

2)             Roll Call

3)             Approval of the Agenda

4)             Capital Improvements Projects and Plans for the City of Bondurant

5)             Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

agenda03.doc

 

BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

September 27, 2003

 

 

 

Meeting No. 03-20

 

 

A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, was held at the Holiday Inn Express at 1700 West 19th Street, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, on the 27th day of September, 2003, at 8:00 a.m.

 

 

 

Present:                Mayor Allen G. Ihde

                              Council Member Michele R. Bailey

                              Council Member Bruce N. Cordes

                              Council Member Terry F. Thomas

                                        Council Member James M. Valentine

                              Council Member David O. Williams

                              City Administrator Darrel Steven Carlyle

                              Administrative / Utility Clerk Michelle Wells

 

Absent:                 Deputy City Clerk Sandra Rhodes

 

Notice of the meeting was posted at the Bondurant City Center, Ampride Store, Casey’s General Store, and Legacy Bank on September 24, 2003.  All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public.

 

Mayor Ihde called the  meeting to  order at 8:00 a.m.  Roll  call  was  taken and a quorum was declared.

 

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Valentine, to approve the agenda, as presented.  Roll Call:  Cordes-Yes, Valentine-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Williams-Yes, Thomas-Yes.  Motion carried.

 

Mayor Ihde presented each Council Member  and City Staff with a blue, polo shirt stitched with the Bondurant logo “On the Move” and a lapel pin.

 

Mayor Ihde suggested listing Capital Improvements that Council approved during City Administrator Carlyle’s administration.  They included the following:  Northeast 62nd Avenue Roadway and Sanitary Sewer Improvements; Sanitary Lift Station and Force Main Improvements; Northeast 80th Street Seal Coat; 2nd Street, Northwest Sanitary Sewer Improvements; 2nd Street, Southeast Resurfacing Project; Water Service Connection to Des Moines Water Works; Water Meter Change Out Program; 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Railroad Street, Southeast Reconstruction Project; Water Tower Demolition; Well Abandonment and Water Treatment Facility Demolition; 2nd Street, Northwest / Northeast Resurfacing Project; U.S. Highway 65 and Grant Street, South (formerly Iowa Highway 945) Improvements and Signalization Project; Cemetery Fence Replacement; Hydrant Replacement; Implemented the Toter Program; Installed chain link fence around Public Works; Updated mowers and Purchased three new trucks for Public Works Staff.

 

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September 27, 2003

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Mayor Ihde led a discussion pertaining to proposed Capital Improvement Projects, which included Capital Improvement Lists submitted by City Staff Department Heads.  Mayor Ihde asked Council to list their visions for the City.  They included the following:  Extend Paine Street, Southeast to connect to Paine Heights to Meadow Brook, North; Elevated Water Tower; Replacement Funds for Equipment; Bike Trail; Sidewalk Inspections and Replacements; Reconstruction on 1st Street, Southeast, from Grant Street, South, to Lincoln Street, Southeast, and from 2nd Street, Southeast to the railroad tracks on Main Street, Southeast; Improvements on Snyder Street, Southeast; Update Infiltration Study; Purchase a Wood Chipper as an Alternative to Burning; Permanent Restroom Facility at Lake Petocka; Additional Staffing Needs; 2nd Street, Northwest / Northeast Replacement with Curb, Gutter and Sidewalks; New Library / Emergency Services Building and Repairs to Drainage District #30 Lines.

 

City Administrator Carlyle explained the Capital Improvement Project Worksheet. 

 

Mayor Ihde distributed a performance evaluation form pertaining to City Administrator’s Employment Contract, which is up for renewal.  He asked each Council Member to fill it out and be prepared to discuss it at the October 06, 2003 Council Meeting.

 

Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Williams, to change the time for the October 06, 2003, Council Meeting from 6:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  Roll Call:  Bailey-Yes, Williams-Yes, Thomas-No, Cordes-Yes, Valentine-Yes.  Motion carried.

 

Motion made by Council Member Valentine, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to adjourn said meeting at 2:38 p.m.  Ayes:  5.  Nays:  0.  Motion carried.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            _________________________________                                                                                                            Allen G. Ihde

                                                                                                            Mayor

 

ATTEST:

 

 

___________________________________

Michelle Wells

Administrative / Utility Clerk

 

 

 

SEAL

 

 

 

 

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September 27, 2003

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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 September 27, 2003, 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