CITY OF ATKINS IOWA
City Council Meeting Regular Session
Minutes
Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m.
City Hall Council Room, 480 Third Avenue, Atkins, Iowa, 52206

Mayor Bruce Visser called the meeting to order. Time 6:30 p.m. Present: Bell, Koehn, Petersen, and Steffen. Absent; DeMeulenaere. Also present; Eric Martin – City Attorney. Absent; Groskurth.
Motion by Koehn to approve the agenda. Second by Petersen. Ayes: Bell, Koehn, Petersen, and Steffen. Motion carried.
Motion by Koehn moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Second by Petersen. Consent agenda was as follows: Council Minutes of June 13 and June 27, 2023, list of bills. Ayes: Koehn, Petersen, and Steffen.
Nay: Bell. Motion carried.
USPS – POSTMASTER POSTAGE 221.35
ALLIANT ENERGY UTILITY EXP 17,783.90
ATKINS LUMBER CO. INC. SUPPLIES 88.03
ATKINS TELEPHONE CO..INC. TELEPHONE 636.84
BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS 152.05
BROWN SUPPLY CO TILE PROBE/BRASS METER 842.00
Cardmember Service JUNE TRANSACTIONS 151.03
CHEM-SULT, INC. CHEMICALS 3,728.75
CRAWFORD QUARRY ROCK/GRAVEL 1,713.91
D P PROPERTIES CLEANING PARK/LIBRARY 948.00
DEMCO LIBRARY SUPPLIES 78.41
GAZETTE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLICATIONS 138.72
ION ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTION LABS 1,365.00
IOWA DNR PERMIT 2023 226.46
LOWRY EQUIPMENT, INC TRACTOR REPAIRS 576.25
M & D MINI STORAGE Derecho – costs 65.00
MENARD’S SUPPLIES 136.52
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY UTILITIES 80.38
MORITZ SERVICE & REPAIR REPAIRS 49.50
POWESHIEK WATER UTILITIES 105.55
SNYDER & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING 4,231.06
THE DEPOT EXPRESS FUEL 1,315.25
TRUGREEN WEED CONTROL 379.85
U S CELLULAR PHONES 242.64
WASTE MANAGEMENT GARBAGE COLLECTION 13,148.76
EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 1,651.89
IPERS IPERS REGULAR 772.74
TREAS. STATE OF IOWA STATE TAX 231.00
EFTPS FED/FICA TAX 3,348.97
Accounts Payable Total 54,280.95
Payroll Checks 16,701.27
REPORT TOTAL 70,982.22

GENERAL 36,557.64
ROAD USE TAX 6,851.12
FEMA 151.02
WATER 16,451.76
SEWER 10,970.68
TOTAL FUNDS 70,982.22
Council held discussion regarding Elected Official Communication Policy. Discussed cost and procedure.
City Atty prepared option 1 and option 2. Council discussion showed preference to option 2.
Council held discussion regarding City Administrator Evaluation Process.. Council to complete evaluation forms, send to City Attorney Corkery for review then City Administrator to review and provide response to Council. Mayor requested council members to complete evaluation forms by end of July to Corkery.
Council heard a presentation by Mayor in regard to the property at the destroyed Fire Station location.
Council discussion. The location will remain as City and Fire District jointly held property at this time. The location may have future use by City but specific use is not determined at this time
Mayors Report. Water plant control upgrade is planned and waiting for equipment on order including control system and scrubber. Annual DNR reports on water plant are being prepared. Street maintenance for chip seal is completed. Sewer main cleaning and inspection is underway. Inspection is resolving items as they proceed. Full report when cleaning and inspection project is complete. City Hall staff is working with State Auditors on-site for annual audit. This is a full audit. Vendors are working on updates to meter reading system. Offsite training scheduled for office staff in next two weeks. Public works is preparing for Watermelon days.
Public input. Correspondence received from DeMeulenaere and Bell.
Next regular council meeting is scheduled for July 25, 2023, at 6:30 pm City Hall/Library 480 3rd Ave, Council room.
Motion to adjourn by Koehn, Second by Steffen. Ayes: All present Motion carried. Time 7:10pm
Kelly Groskurth, City Administrator/City Clerk
Bruce Visser, Mayor