Meeting 07-21

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 04, 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.

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 City Council Minutes of August 20, 2007
         b)    Receive and File – Bondurant Community Library Board of Trustees Minutes of     July 05, July 11 and August 02, 2007
         c)    Claims Report
         d)    Tax Abatement Applications – Jennifer Yeager, 411 Tailfeather Court, Northwest, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa
6)     Polk County Sheriff’s Report
7)     Ms. Heather Roberts, Iowa League of Cities – Presentation of an Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the Iowa Cities E-Payment Aggregation System System
         RESOLUTION NO. 07-129 – A Resolution authorizing the approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the Iowa Cities E-Payment Aggregation System
8)     Discussion item
        a) Junk and Junk Vehicles
9)     RESOLUTION NO. 07-130 – A Resolution approving Section 29 Sanitary Sewer Project and Change Order #1
10)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-131 – A Resolution approving the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP) Proxy Designation
11)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-132 – A Resolution approving the Law Enforcement Services Agreement between the City of Bondurant and the County of Polk
12)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-133 – A Resolution approving the Petition and Waiver Agreement between the City of Bondurant and Gary L. Hickle and Carol D. Hickle, 119 – 3rd Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Iowa, pertaining to Sidewalk Improvements
13)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-134 – A Resolution approving the Petition and Waiver Agreement between the City of Bondurant and Bryce T. Cacek, Sr., and Susan L. Cacek, 118 – 3rd Street  Northeast, Bondurant, Iowa, pertaining to Sidewalk Improvements
14)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-135 – A Resolution approving the City of Bondurant Municipal Employee Wages for Fiscal Year 2007
15)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-136 – A Resolution Declaring “Beggar’s Night” as Tuesday,      October 30, 2007, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
16)   RESOLUTION NO. 07-137 – A Resolution approving the City of Bondurant Municipal Employee Wages for Fiscal Year 2008
17)   Reports / Comments and appropriate action thereon:
         a)   City Attorney Brick
         b)   City Administrator Arentsen
         c)   Council Members
         d)   Mayor McCoid
18)    Adjournment

BONDURANT CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

September 04, 2007

Meeting No. 07-21

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 04th day of September, 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 Keith Ryan

City Attorney Matthew S. Brick

City Administrator Mark J. Arentsen

Deputy City Clerk Michelle Wells

Absent: Council Member Jeffrey A. Kromrie

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 31, 2007. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public.

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

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

Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve the consent items consisting of the City Council Minutes of August 20, 2007, Library Board of Trustees Minutes of July 05, July 11, and August 02, 2007, the Claims Report, and Tax Abatement Application for Jennifer Yeager, 411 Tailfeather Court, Northwest, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes. Motion carried.

Polk County Sheriff’s Department representative Lt. Peterman was present and had nothing to report.

Ms. Heather Roberts, Iowa League of Cities, presented an Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the Iowa Cities E-Payment Aggregation System and answered questions from the Mayor and Council Members.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council member Ryan, to approve Resolution No. 07-129, a Resolution authorizing the approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement Establishing the Iowa Cities E-Payment Aggregation System with the following amendment. In Article VII (C) limit the one time, initial fee (the amount to be determined by the Board of Directors) to $400.00. Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-No, Bailey-No. Motion failed.

There was a lengthy discussion concerning procedures to eliminate junk and junk vehicles.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve Resolution No. 07-130, a Resolution approving the final acceptance of Section 29 Sanitary Sewer Project and Change Order #1 in an amount not to exceed $5,015.20. Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Ryan, to approve Resolution No. 07-131, a Resolution approving the Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP) proxy designations as Mark Arentsen as the primary contact and Lori Dunham as the alternate contact. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Cordes-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Ryan, to approve Resolution No. 07-132, a Resolution approving the Law Enforcement Services Agreement between the City of Bondurant and the County of Polk. Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to approve Resolution No. 07-133, a Resolution approving the Petition and Waiver Agreement between the City of Bondurant and Gary L. Hickle and Carol D. Hickle, 119 – 3rd Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Iowa, pertaining to sidewalk improvements. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Bailey-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 07-134, a Resolution approving the Petition and Waiver Agreement between the City of Bondurant and Bryce T. Cacek, Sr., and Susan L. Cacek, 118 – 3rd Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Iowa, pertaining to sidewalk improvements. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 07-135, a Resolution approving the City of Bondurant Municipal Employee Wages for Fiscal Year 2007. Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Ryan, to approve Resolution No. 07-136, a Resolution declaring “Beggar’s Night” as Tuesday, October 30, 2007, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes. Motion carried.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 07-137, a Resolution approving the City of Bondurant Municipal Employee Wages for Fiscal Year 2008. Roll Call: Cordes-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes. Motion carried.

The following item(s) were discussed as part of City Attorney Brick’s comments:

· No Comment

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

· Sidewalk project is almost completed.

· Bids for the Public Safety Building project are due September 13. Bids for the Library project are due September 20.

· Will be meeting with the DNR to discuss lagoon issues.

· Will be meeting with the WRA to discuss bike path issues.

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

· Council Member Bailey – Asked for an update regarding the groundwork being done at Central Business Forms and has discussed traffic citation procedures with Polk County.

· Council Member Adams – Wants “no parking” across sidewalk ordinance enforced.

· Council Member Ryan – Asked where the 15th Street, Southeast, sidewalk project will stop; there is a street light out in front of his house; update on the speed study he did on 15th Street, Southeast; Polk County Assessor needs to update address changes; asked for update on Clement Trailer Sales property line and parking issue and asked if the ditch was going to be filled in at 3rd Street, Northeast and Grant Street, North.

· Council Member Cordes – No Comment.

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

· Update on upcoming meeting with the DNR to address longstanding lagoon problems.

Motion made by Council Member Cordes, seconded by Council Member Adams, to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 p.m. Roll Call: Ayes: 4. Nays: 0. Motion carried.

Marla McCoid, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Michelle Wells, Deputy City Clerk

SEAL

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