Posting Date: August 17, 2007
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the City
Council will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 20, 2007, in the Bondurant
City Center at 200 Second Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Polk
County, Iowa. Said meeting is open and
the public is encouraged to attend.
BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Meeting No. 07-20
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 20th
day of August, 2007, at 6:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Marla McCoid
Council
Member Mike Adams, Sr.
Council Member
Michele R. Bailey
Council Member
Bruce N. Cordes
Council
Member Jeffrey A. Kromrie
Council Member
Keith Ryan
City
Administrator Mark J. Arentsen
Deputy City Clerk
Michelle Wells
Absent: None
Notice of the meeting was posted at the Bondurant City Center, Casey’s
General Stores, Legacy Bank and the United States Post Office on August 17,
2007. All proceedings hereafter shown
were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public.
Mayor McCoid called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Roll call was taken and a quorum was declared.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams,
to approve the agenda as presented. Roll
Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes,
Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Council Member Adams,
seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve the consent items consisting of
the City Council Minutes of August 06, 2007, the Claims Report, and Tax
Abatement Application for Prisilla A. Ford, 301 Mulberry Drive, Northwest, Bondurant,
Polk County, Iowa. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Kromrie-Abstain,
Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes. Motion carried.
Polk County
Sheriff’s Department representative had nothing to report.
Motion made by
Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to defer item #7
and said item will be defined as item
#12a. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes,
Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Adams, to defer item #8 and
said item will be defined as item #12b.
Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Adams-Yes,
Bailey-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes.
Motion carried.
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Motion made by
Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to table Resolution
No. 07-125, a Resolution authorizing the approval of an Intergovernmental
Agreement Establishing the Iowa Cities E-Payment Aggregation System, until a
representative is present to answer Council Member questions. Roll Call:
Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve Resolution
No. 07-126, a Resolution approving the Annexation Petition and Agreement, as
amended, between the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, and Erik and Kami
Olesen, 7555, Northeast 86th Avenue, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa. Roll Call:
Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie, Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Mr. Eric
Gjersvik, Bartlett & West Engineers, presented the Final Plat for Clarence
Oleson Vista Estates Plat 5 and answered questions from the Mayor and
Council. Motion made by Council Member
Kromrie, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to approve Resolution No. 07-127, a
Resolution approving the Final Plat for Clarence Oleson Vista Estates Plat
5. Roll Call: Kromrie-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Adams-Abstain,
Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion
carried.
Mayor McCoid
called for a recess at 6:40 p.m. The
Council meeting reconvened at 6:55 p.m.
Motion made by
Council Member Ryan, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution
No. 07-128, a Resolution approving a Right of First Refusal Land Purchase Agreement
between the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, and Don Newby. Roll Call:
Ryan-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Mr. John Bein, Planning and Zoning Commission
Chair, answered questions from the Mayor and Council pertaining to parkland
dedication. Motion made by Council Member
Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to waive the second reading of
Ordinance No. 07-216, an Ordinance amending
Chapter 178 of the Zoning Code of the City of Bondurant, Iowa, “R-2” One-Family
and Two-Family Residential District, by adding Subsection 178.03(5) on Parkland
Dedication, which provides a formula, definitions, requirements and criteria to
govern land area devoted to open space and landscaping and approve as the third
and final reading. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes,
Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by
Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council member Adams, to waive the second
reading of Ordinance No. 07-217, an Ordinance amending Chapter 178 of the
Zoning Code of the City of Bondurant, Iowa, “R-3” Multi-Family Residential
District, by adding Subsection 178.04(6) on Parkland Dedication, which provides
a formula, definitions, requirements and criteria to govern land area devoted
to open space and landscaping and approve as the third and final reading. Roll Call:
Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Mayor McCoid led
a discussion concerning the need to enforce ordinances pertaining to junk and
junk vehicles.
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Mayor McCoid left
the meeting at 7:25 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem
Bailey presided over the remainder of the meeting.
City
Administrator Arentsen gave an update on the rail line.
The following item(s) were
discussed as part of City Administrator Arentsen’s comments:
·
Dr. Pick’s
dental office opened August 20th.
·
Bid ads
for the Public Safety Building and the Library will be published on August
29th.
The following item(s) were
discussed as part of Council Member’s comments:
·
·
Council
Member Bailey – Asked when DART bus service will begin.
·
Council
Member Adams – Asked for update on the sidewalk project and railroad track
repair on Grant Street, North.
·
Council
Member Ryan – Asked status of radar gun for 15th Street, Southeast.
·
Council
Member Kromrie – New fire truck chassis is at the manufacturer.
·
Council
Member Cordes – No Comment.
Motion made by
Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Kromrie, to adjourn the
meeting at 7:45 p.m. Roll Call: Ayes:
5. Nays: 0.
Motion carried.
Michele
R. Bailey
Mayor
Pro Tem
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Michelle Wells
Deputy City Clerk
SEAL
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I, the understated Deputy City 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 August 20, 2007, that
all of the subjects included in the foregoing 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
Deputy
City Clerk