NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held at
6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 03, 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.
DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF THE MEETING,
MAYOR MCCOID HAS REQUESTED A RECESS FROM 7:50 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING
Meeting No. 07-29
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, 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 Attorney
Matthew S. Brick
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 November 30, 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 Ryan, seconded
by Council Member Cordes,
to approve the agenda as presented. Roll
Call: Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Adams-Yes,
Bailey-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion
carried.
Mr. Kent Sullivan, 121 Paine Street,
Southeast, Bondurant, Iowa, asked the status of a proposed sidewalk project on
2nd Street, Northeast from Paine Heights to Grant Street, North.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams,
to approve the consent items consisting of the City Council Minutes of November
19, 2007, the Claims Report and Tax Abatement applications for Dustin Eash, 406
– 2nd Street, Northwest; William L. Stickler, 3401 Maple Drive, Southwest; and
Char Miller, 808 – 33rd Street, Southwest, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa. Roll Call:
Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Polk County Sheriff’s Department representative Lt. Peterman had nothing to report.
Mr. Robert Josten, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP., presented the Subdivision Development Special Assessment Financing option and answered questions from the Mayor and Council.
Ms. Jenny Blankenship, Public Financial Management, Inc., presented the proposed water and sewer rates for FY09 and answered questions from the Mayor and Council.
Motion made by Council Member Kromrie, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to approve Resolution No. 07-171, a Resolution accepting and filing the Polk County Canvassers’ Abstract of Election. Roll Call: Kromrie-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Ryan, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 07-172, a Resolution approving the appointments of Mark J. Arentsen as Primary Representative and Marla McCoid as Alternate Representative to the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority and Patrick Collison as Primary Representative and Edwin Slattery as Alternate Representative to the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority Technical Committee for calendar year 2008. Roll Call: Ryan-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Ryan, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to approve Resolution No. 07-173, a Resolution approving the appointments of Mark J. Arentsen as Primary Representative and Marla McCoid as Alternate Representative to The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and Lori Dunham as the Primary Representative and Mark J. Arentsen as the Alternate Representative to The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation and Technical Committee for calendar year 2008. Roll Call: Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Ryan, to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 07-220, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bondurant, Iowa, 2002, by amending provisions pertaining to Parking Where Prohibited within the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, after deleting the word gravel in Section 69.12. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve Resolution No. 07-174, a Resolution approving the appointment of Jason Greubel, 904 Pleasant Street, Southeast, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, to represent the City of Bondurant on the Polk County Aviation Authority Board, effective January 01, 2008 through December 31, 2011. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve Resolution No. 07-175, a Resolution approving the appointment of Craig Campbell, 503 Lincoln Street, Northeast, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, to the City of Bondurant Library Board of Trustees, effective January 01, 2008 through December 31, 2011. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Kromrie-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to table Resolution No. 07-176, a Resolution approving the appointment of Marlene Valentine, 301 – 2nd Street, Northwest, to represent the City of Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, on the Northeast Beltway Citizens Authority Committee, effective January 01, 2008, until the December 17 Council meeting. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes, Adams-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Bailey, to approve Resolution No. 07-177, a Resolution approving the appointments of Kris Klinker, 100 Grant Street, North and Greg Hanson, 505 – 11th Court, Southeast, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, to the City of Bondurant Board of Adjustment, effective January 01, 2008 through December 31, 2012. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Motion made by Council Member Bailey, seconded by Council Member Adams, to approve Resolution No. 07-178, a Resolution approving the appointment of David Higgins, 1006 Grant Street, South, Bondurant, Polk County, Iowa, to the City of Bondurant Planning and Zoning Commission, effective January 01, 2008 through December 31, 2012. 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. 07-179, a Resolution approving the City of Bondurant Employee Health Insurance Coverage Plan. Roll Call: Bailey-Yes, Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried.
Mayor McCoid asked Mayor Pro Tem Bailey to preside over the meeting at 7:25 p.m. Mr. Cris Christenson and Mr. Brad Horsch disputed the bulk water use invoice billed to PDC Midwest, Inc., pertaining to the watermain project on Pleasant Street, Southeast, Bondurant, Iowa. Mayor Marla McCoid, 900 Pleasant Street, Southeast, Bondurant, Iowa, voiced her dissatisfaction over the constant phone calls and complaints she continues to receive from her neighbors concerning the entire project. Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Cordes, to table Resolution No. 07-180, a Resolution approving the amount due from PDC Midwest, 700 Walnut Drive, Hartland, Wisconsin, pertaining to the water use for the Pleasant Street, Southeast, Watermain Project until the December 17 Council meeting. Roll Call: Adams-Yes, Cordes-Yes, Kromrie-Yes, Bailey-Yes, Ryan-Yes. Motion carried. Mayor McCoid presided over the meeting at 7:52 p.m.
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:
·
No
Comment.
The following item(s) were
discussed as part of Council Member’s comments:
·
Council
Member Bailey – No Comment.
·
Council
Member Adams – No Comment.
·
Council
Member Ryan – No Comment.
·
Council
Member Kromrie – Asked status of credit card use for utility payments.
·
Council
Member Cordes – No Comment.
The following item(s) were
discussed as part of Mayor McCoid’s comments:
·
No Comment.
Motion made by Council Member Adams, seconded by Council Member Bailey,
to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 p.m. Roll Call:
Ayes: 5. Nays:
0. Motion carried.
Marla
McCoid, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
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 December 03, 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