Council
Chambers
City
Hall
December 1,
2009
7:30
P.M.
Council met in regular session with
Mayor Sharon Brown presiding and roll call showing Councilmembers: McKenna Porter, Butch Hess, Sterling
Meals, Connie Jordan, Steve Fox, Justin Begnoche, Daton Hess and Rhys Baker
present.
Copies of the minutes of the
previous meeting were presented and approved by the Council. Copies of the minutes of the previous
Public Utilities Commission meeting were presented.
Cash balances for the month of
November 2009 were presented.
Expenditures with balance of the budget for the month of November 2009
were presented.
Appropriation Ordinance Nos. 3304
and 3305, were presented. Moved to
approve payment by Councilmember B. Hess and seconded by Councilmember
Meals. Upon being put to a vote by
roll call the motion carried by a unanimous vote of all Councilmembers
present.
City Clerk read “Thank You’s
from:
Clay Center Area Chamber of Commerce for the City sponsorship of
Wednesday morning coffees during the month of
October.
Mr. Wohler announced to the Council
and Public that the deadline for 2010 business applications are due December 14,
2009.
Joshua Hanson appeared before the
Council with his updated plans to finance the restoring of the condemned
building at
Moved by Councilmember Begnoche,
seconded by Councilmember B. Hess, to have the Ways and Means and Laws and
Ordinance Committees discuss whether or not to create an EDG policy to help
persons restore old downtown buildings.
The motion carried unanimously.
City Attorney, Dustin Mullin
presented several items for action/review.
Ordinance
No. 2239, entitled “AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
ZONING IN THE CITY OF CLAY CENTER, KANSAS, REZONING LOTS 4,5,6,7,8,9 AND 10 IN
BLOCK 63 OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF THE CITY OF CLAY CENTER, KANSAS, TO ZONE
1-EA, THE WAREHOUSE AND LIGHT MANUFACTURING ZONE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 16-201
OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF CLAY CENTER KANSAS.”, was read and considered by
sections. Moved by Councilmember B.
Hess, seconded by Councilmember Baker, to adopt Ordinance No. 2239 as
presented. Motion carried
unanimously. Councilmembers Porter,
B. Hess, Meals,
During the work session before the
Council Meeting, four Resolutions were reviewed. Council will study the Resolutions and
hopefully adopt at the next Council Meeting. Codification of the code book was also
discussed.
Mayor Brown asked each one on the
Council to sign a “Get Well” card that she passed out. The card will be sent to Fireman Steve
Cooper, who is having health problems.
Committee reports were as
follows:
Ways
and Means-Moved by Councilmember
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Streets
and Alleys-There is some problems with downtown
alleys. Some buildings get water in
the basement due to drainage problems.
City Administrator, Cheryl Beatty has visited with an Engineer and
received an estimated cost of $2,850.00 to have engineering done on the alleys
and roof drainage to see what can be done.
Moved by Councilmember Fox, seconded by Councilmember D. Hess, to have
the engineering done as stated above.
Parks
and Pool-Park Department has received two
bids for a new Grasshopper mower with no mowing deck. The bids were for an outright price or
less a trade-in of an old mower.
The Cemetery Department could use the old mower from the Park
Department. The low outright price
for a new mower less deck is $11, 238.00.
The Park Department’s share would be $6,013.00 and the Cemetery
Department’s share would be $5,225.00.
Moved by Councilmember Porter, seconded by Councilmember B. Hess, to
purchase the above mentioned mower from Bruna Implement Company at a total cost
of $11,238.00. The motion carried
unanimously.
City
Property-The plans for the Animal Shelter are
on going. The current plan is to
have city staff disassemble the current shelter building and reassemble at a new
location. A site has been selected
near the front gate of the WasteWater Plant entrance, if the ground is
suitable. Moved by Councilmember
Fox, seconded by Councilmember
Cemetery-Department
has received information about a weed trimmer that attaches to a riding
mower. This attachment would
drastically reduce hand trimming at the Cemetery. The trimmer is made by Noah Mowing
System and the cost is $2,299.00 with spare parts. Moved by Councilmember B. Hess, seconded
by Councilmember Porter, to purchase the trimmer attachment as described
above. The motion carried
unanimously.
Building
Permits-Moved by Councilmember Meals,
seconded by Councilmember
Airport-Committee
met to discuss rent of land in the Industrial Park. Crop Production Services wants to lease
ten acres in the
Police
Advisory-The Police Department employees are
wanting to purchase two Electro-Muscular Disruption Weapons, commonly known as
Tasers. A policy for use of a Taser
was presented for review. A Police
Department that use Tasers must have a policy in place that defines how and when
they can be used. Police Chief,
Bill Robinson, appeared before the Council to explain how a Taser can protect an
officer and/or the person they are trying to subdue. Moved by Councilmember B. Hess, seconded
by Councilmember Begnoche, to approve the Taser policy pending the approval of
the City Attorney. The motion
carried unanimously. Moved by
Councilmember B. Hess, seconded by Councilmember D. Hess, to purchase two Tasers
at a cost of $1,865.40 after the approval of the City Attorney of the
policy. The motion carried
7-1. Councilmember Meals voted
“nay”.
Recycling
Committee-The 6th, 7th,
and 8th grade classes at CCCMS had a contest to see which class could
recycle the most. It was a
successful program.
Mayor Brown gave a report of her
activities to the Council.
Old
Business-City is planning to sell some unused
park properties in the City. The
property on
There is another question regarding
the Street plated at 14th and Clarke Streets that may be considered
for abandonment. If someone
purchases it to build a new house they could ask for a set back
variance.
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New
Business-Ms. Beatty explained to the Council
about an energy audit for the City that we can have done. The Kansas Corporation Commission has
grants available for cities to have the audits done. The audits are designed to hire
contractors to improve energy consumption therefore using the savings to pay for
the project. Councilmembers
informed Ms. Beatty to move forward with the energy
audit.
Moved by Councilmember B. Hess,
seconded by Councilmember D. Hess, to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried unanimously. The meeting was
adjourned.
SEAL
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Calvin
Wohler
City Clerk