Minutes of Atkins City Council Meeting

July 1st, 2019 Atkins, Iowa

Council met in regular session. Members present by roll call were: Mayor Bruce Visser, Robert Spading, Heather Rinderknecht, Tim Harbach and Joey Svejda. Absent: Rodney Haerther.

Mayor Bruce Visser called the meeting to order at 7:34 pm. Also, present: Amber Bell City Clerk. Todd Damon Atkins Public Works, Dan Rammelsberg came later in the meeting.

Harbach made a motion to approve the consent agenda including:

• City Council Minutes of Regular Meeting June 17th, 2019.
• City Council Minutes of Special Meeting June 26th, 2019.
• Accept and File Recycling Certificate Midwest Electronics Cleanup Day.
• Accept and File notice from FEMA, FIRM MAP (Flood) approval.
• Accept and File Application for Stone Ridge Addition Preliminary Plat.
• Accept and File Engineers memo 6-20-2019 Stone Ridge Addition Preliminary Plat Review.
• Accept and File Atkins Community Club request for road closing, Lease of Property and fireworks display permit, related to Atkins Watermelon Day 2019 Celebration.

List of Bills for Approval July 1st, 2019

(The Term Accept and File means that the City of Atkins has received a document and will file it appropriately. It does not indicate that the City of Atkins agrees or endorses the documents.) Spading seconded to the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried.

Bills for approval July 1st, 2019

Firehouse Pyrotechnics LC Parks- Firework City match portion $ 2,600.00
Alliant Energy WWTP $ 2,193.64
Alliant Energy Water Treatment Plant $ 2,857.13
Alliant Energy WWTP Lift Station $ 2,428.63
Alliant Energy City Park Pavilion $ 70.82
Alliant Energy City Hall and Library $ 502.39
Alliant Energy Fire Department $ 131.01
Alliant Energy Water Department $ 63.41
Alliant Energy Streetlights $ 2,184.21
Atkins Automotive Parks-Mower repair $ 24.75
Atkins Telephone Telephone Expenses $ 465.94
Atkins Telephone Fire Department $ 154.12
Dept of Natural Resources Water Supply Fee $ 191.02
Depot Express Parks $ 253.17
Depot Express Roads $ 293.73
Depot Express Fire Department $ 116.68
Hawkins Water-treatment supplies $ 2,504.83
Hawkins Water-treatment supplies $ 465.06
Furler Utility Service LLC Wastewater-Testing $ 720.00
L L Pelling Line Markings $ 3,853.50
L L Pelling Road Repair $ 66,113.55
Midwest Computer Brokers INC Clean up day recycling fee $ 364.50
Brown Supply Co Water – valve supplies $ 129.50
MidAmerican Energy Wastewater – Utilities Gas $ 11.75
Poweshiek Water Assoc Wastewater – Utility Water $ 65.50
Snyder Associates Engineering services $ 1,840.50
Snyder Associates Engineering services $ 10,875.00
Waste Management Garbage Collection $ 10,925.31
Amber Bell Health Insurance $ 340.64
Timothy Harbach Wages $ 369.40
Rodney Haerther Wages $ 323.22
Heather Rinderknecht Wages $ 369.40
Rob Spading Wages $ 369.40
Joey Svejda Wages $ 415.57
Bruce Visser Wages $ 806.06
Pam Duball Cleaning Services $ 254.00
Total $ 115,647.34
Received Disbursed
General $ 49,875.89 $ 182,424.50
Road Use Tax $ 40,894.94 $ 15,934.01
Employee Benefits $ 36.08 $ 2,600.99
Local Option Sales Tax $ 8,062.46 $ 20,645.50
Tax Increment Financing $ 379,182.50
Debt Service $ 768,224.70 $ 409,014.49
Water $ 26,763.10 $ 32,549.02
Sewer $ 45,420.18 $ 366,332.71

Harbach made a motion to adopt resolution #726, a Resolution to approve street closing and leasing of city property to the Atkins Community Club. Svejda seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried.
Harbach made a motion to adopt resolution #727, A Resolution adopting the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Iowa Statewide Interoperable communications system board (ISICSB), to join the Iowa Statewide Interoperable
Communications System (ISICS). Spading seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried.

The City Council had a discussion on code enforcement. The Council discussed some code violations in the City and what steps to take next with them. The council also discussed the Recycling Program in the City of Atkins. The program is having to reject some of the Recycling loads due to contamination from food or other products. The city is pursuing getting additional training and documents that would help educate the residents on the best recycling practices.

The Council also discussed having a special session to put together a parks master plan. Discussing the future vision of the existing and possible future parks in Atkins. The Council also discussed Atkins Public Works Updates.

The next regular council meeting was Monday, July 15th, 2019 at City Hall, 480 3rd Avenue at 7:30 PM.

Harbach made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Svejda seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried. Mayor Bruce Visser. City Clerk, Amber Bell