Minutes of Atkins City Council Meeting
August 19th, 2019 Atkins, Iowa

Council met in regular session. Members present by roll call were: Mayor Bruce Visser, Robert Spading, Heather Rinderknecht, Tim Harbach, Rodney Haerther and Joey Svejda. Absent: None.

Mayor Bruce Visser called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm. Also, present: Amber Bell City Clerk. Todd Damon Atkins Public Works, Nick Eisenbacher from Snyder & Associates and Wes Howard from Cedar Ridge Homes, Dave Vanous from Stonebrook Homes, Dick Lang from AIM, Frank King, Scott Keiper, Jason West and Mike Palumbo.

Harbach made a motion to approve the consent agenda including:

City Council Minutes of Regular Meeting August 5th, 2019.

Accept and File City Engineers Letter Dated August 15th, 2019 regarding Stone Ridge Preliminary Plat Review

Accept and File City Engineers Report Dated August 19th, 2019.

Accept and File Akins Community Club Letter Thanking the City for participation in Atkins Watermelon Days 2019.

List of Bills for Approval August 19th, 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.)

Svejda seconded to the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

Bills for approval August 19th, 2019

Cathy Becker Wages $ 1,250.35
Amber Bell Wages $ 1,786.15
Todd Damon Wages $ 1,609.65
Todd Damon Wages $ 997.27
Michael Jennings Wages $ 82.96
Richard Lange Wages $ 43.48
Vicky Myers Wages $ 193.39
Jarrod Tomlinson Wages $ 1,303.65
A Tech $ 60.00
Access Systems $ 408.21
Access Systems IT Services $ 514.37
All Goals Soccer Park Equipment $ 435.78
Austin Plotz Park rental refund $ 55.00
Benton County Solid Waste Commission Quarterly Fees per Capita $ 10,855.00
Breeden Tree Service Removal of Ash Tree $ 2,357.00
Chase Roads Department $ 353.10
Chase Water Department – Postage $ 10.46
Chase Storm Steel Water Department $ 40.42
Chase Iowa League of Cities Training $ 410.00
Chase Newspaper Subscriptions $ 266.99
Chase Microsoft Subscription $ 37.50
Chase Water Department – Postage $ 217.74
Chase Summer Reading Materials $ 88.44
Chase Books $ 627.52
Chase Training $ 68.82
Chase Office Supplies and New Key box $ 182.90
Chase Cleaning Supplies $ 178.38
Chase Park Supplies $ 155.90
D P Properties Cleaning Services $ 254.00
EFTPS Federal Tax Deposit $ 1,941.11
Gazette Communication Publishing Expense $ 161.26
G & H Electric Work done in park $ 471.01
Hawkins Water Treatment Plant $ 1,932.18
Havlik Engineering Truck repair and supplies $ 404.90
Iowa Dept of Revenue Payroll Withholding $ 3,331.27
Iowa Dept of Revenue Iowa WET Taxes $ 2,886.07
IPERS City Employee Pension – August $ 3,456.11
John Deere Financial Roads Supplies $ 73.09
Junior Library Guild Subscriptions $ 848.40
Ken-Way Trucking Sanitary Sewer Televising $ 749.00
Keystone Water and Wastewater Testing $ 550.87
Linn Cooperative Oil
Weed Control at Wastewater Treatment
Plant $ 411.61
Midwest Alarm Services Security/Fire Safety for City Hall $ 386.88
Our Town Marketplace Newsletter Insert $ 78.40
Per Mar Security Services Security/Fire Safety for City Hall $ 153.00
Penworthy Books $ 165.85
Star Equipment Excavator Rental $ 2,070.00
US Cellular Telephone Expense $ 171.37
Wellmark Health Insurance $ 3,357.57
Wild’s Custom Mowing Mowing for Ballparks $ 240.00
Total $ 48,684.38
General $ 15,106.02 $ 52,209.19
Road Use Tax $ – $ 9,565.77
Employee Benefit $ 2,582.55
Local Option Sales Tax $ – $ –
Water $ 25,194.13 $ 15,204.11
Sewer $ 51,178.89 $ 8,076.32

The Council discussed street construction Specifications in the Atkins Supplemental Specifications to SUDAS. The new regulations were passed which increased the standards for building roads. These new specifications are more costly and may not be needed in every area. The topic was discussed and agreed a Geogrid study should be done to the new area that will be developed. Once this study is complete the report will be resubmitted to the council and the discussion will be continued.

Harbach made a motion to have Cedar Ridge Homes and Stonebrook Homes work with the city engineers to develop an alternative plan to SUDAS. Rinderknecht seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

The Council discussed creating a subcommittee to create recommendations to the City Council to go into a City Park Master Plan. Spading made a motion to adopt Resolution # 735 A JOINT PROJECT – CITY OF ATKINS AND ATKINS IMPROVEMENT MISSION (AIM) TO INSTALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT THE ATKINS SOCCER PARK AND PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS TO THE PROJECT. The motion was seconded by Svejda. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

Rinderknecht made a motion to adopt Resolution #736 TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF STONE RIDGE ADDITION PRELIMINARY PLAT TO THE CITY OF ATKINS. Spading seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. The Council reviewed the city finances, and reviewed year end reports.

Spading made a motion to table adopting Resolution #737 APPROVING CITY FUND TRANSFERS OF REMAINING BALANCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019. The motion to table was seconded by Harbach. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

Spading made a motion to adopt Resolution #738 APPROVING CITY FUND TRANSFERS TO COMPLY WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 CITY BUDGET. Rinderknecht seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

Svejda made a motion to approve the purchase and installation of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at the Library/City Hall. Haerther seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading, Haerther and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: None. Motion carried.

The Council discussed update from Atkins Public Works. The Work on the Well has been completed and it went smoothly. A boil order was not needed, and that water is functioning normally. The date for the Atkins City Wide Fall Garage Sales is September 28th, 2019.

Svejda made a motion to set the next Regular Council Meeting date for Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 at 7:30PM at Atkins City Hall. The motion was seconded by Harbach. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried.

Harbach made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Svejda seconded the motion. Ayes: Svejda, Rinderknecht, Spading and Harbach. Nay: None. Absent: Haerther. Motion carried.