HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/26/94September 26, 1994
The Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in Regular Session at City Hall Council
Chambers, Waterloo, Iowa, at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, September 26, 1994. Mayor John R. Rooff
in the Chair. Roll Call: Jordan, Collier, Krizek, Murphy, Getty. Absent: Mollenhoff,
Anders.
Invocation by: Father Michael Mescher, Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pledge of Allegiance: Tiffany Jones --Brownie Troop 99 and Jessica Jones --Troop 346
Recognition of Week: Sery Quik One Hour Cleaners, Earl J. Baugh, President
103601 - Getty/Krizek
that the Agenda, as amended, for the Regular Session on Monday, September 26, 1994,
at 7:00 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Motion carried.
103602 Murphy/Jordan
that the Minutes, as proposed, for the Regular Session on Monday, September 19,
1994, at 7:00 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff,
Anders. Motion carried.
Mayor Rooff read a Proclamation declaring October 2-8, 1994 as Mental Illness
Awareness Week.
Jerry Tarkett presented a $500 donation on behalf of the Public Employees Credit
Union for Strike a Match Program.
Mayor Rooff swore -in the following new Police Officers: Ethel Smith, Timmie Gillam,
Ritchie Hesse, Mark McKinley, Shelly Davis, Tina Hood.
HEARINGS
103603 - Jordan/Collier
that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on sale and conveyance of
property generally located at the south end of Cottonwood Lane to Donald E. Miller,
as published in the Waterloo Courier on September 16, 1994, be received and placed
on file. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103604 - HOLD HEARING --This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for
written and oral objections and there were none.
Collier/Krizek
that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion
carried.
103605 - Murphy/Collier
that "Resolution authorizing sale and conveyance of property generally located at
the south end of Cottonwood Lane to Donald E. Miller for $1.00 and other valuable
consideration", be adopted and City Attorney instructed to prepare and deliver deed
of same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-463.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
103606 - Krizek/Collier
that communication from City Planner transmitting recommendation of award of
contract in the amount of $199,033.90 to Rampart Corporation of Waterloo, Iowa in
conjunction with FY 94 Riverside Trail Project, Contract No. 454, be received,
placed on file and "Resolution approving said award of contract", be adopted. Ayes:
Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-464.
PETITIONS FROM PUBLIC
103607 - Getty/Murphy
that communication from Huckleberrys Dining Emporium transmitting request for a
waiver to Ordinance No. 3094, Noise Ordinance, in conjunction with a band playing
from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. on Friday, September 30, 1994 in conjunction with anniversary
celebration and to close off Water Street between East 4th and East 5th Streets and
East 5th and East 6th Streets, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving
said request", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-465.
September 26, 1994
REPORTS
103608 - Jordan/Collier
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that communication from Deputy Finance Manager transmitting Fiscal Year 1994 Street
Finance Report, Road Use Tax Fund, be received, placed on file and "Resolution
approving said report", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-466.
DOCUMENTS
103609 - Krizek/Jordan
that communication from City Planner transmitting Contracts, Bonds and Certificates
of Insurance in the amount of $199,033.90 from Rampart Corporation of Waterloo, Iowa
in conjunction with FY 94 Riverside Trail Project, Contract No. 454, be received,
placed on file and "Resolution approving said documents", be adopted and Mayor and
City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-467.
103610 - Getty/Murphy
that communication from City Planner transmitting Change Order No. 1 for a net
decrease in the amount of $16,840.00 for work to be performed by Rampart Corporation
of Waterloo, Iowa and to approve extension of completion date from November 15, 1994
to July 1, 1995, in conjunction with FY 94 Riverside Trail Project, Contract No.
454, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor and City Clerk authorized
to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103611 - Krizek/Collier
that communication from City Planner transmitting Contracts, Bonds and Certificates
of Insurance in the amount of $21,410.00 from Lehman Trucking & Excavating of
Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with Demolition Contract D -94(A) be received, placed
on file and "Resolution approving said documents", be adopted and Mayor and City
Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-468.
103612 - Murphy/Jordan
that communication from City Planner transmitting an agreement with the City of
Cedar Falls in conjunction with FY 94 Riverside Trail Project, Contract No. 454, to
split any cost overruns with Waterloo's share being 65t and Cedar Falls' share being
35%, together with recommendation of approval, be received, placed on file and
"Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk
authorized to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-469.
103613 - Jordan/Collier
that communication from Associate Engineer transmitting Completion of Project and
Recommendation of Acceptance of Work performed by Cedar Falls Construction Co., Inc.
in conjunction with F.Y. 1994 Concrete Pavement Patching Program, Contract No. 438,
be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said document", be adopted.
Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-470.
103614 - Murphy/Jordan
that communication from Associate Engineer transmitting Maintenance Bond from Cedar
Falls Construction Co., Inc. in conjunction with F.Y. 1994 Concrete Pavement
Patching Program, Contract No. 438, be received, placed on file and approved. Ayes:
Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103615 - Jordan/Collier
that communication from City Engineer transmitting Change Order No. 7 in the amount
of $8,041.00 for work to be performed in conjunction with Columbus Drive Storm Sewer
Improvements, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor and City Clerk
authorized to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion
carried.
September 26, 1994
Documents - continued
103616 - Krizek/Collier
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that communication from Community Development Administrator transmitting Grant
Agreement and Funding Approval forms from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for the Federal FY 94 Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Recovery
Assistance in the amount of $1,367,000 for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
disaster relief funds, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said
grant and funding approval forms", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized
to execute same. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-471.
RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED
103617 - Murphy/Collier
that "Resolution approving the acquisition contract payment in the amount of $750.00
and accepting the deed for Parcel No. 37E (John & Louis Alexander) in conjunction
with Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive project", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent:
Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-472.
103618 - Jordan/Krizek
that "Resolution authorizing the transfer of the balance of unexpended 1993 and 1994
GO Bond proceeds in the amount of $113,123.51 allocated for the payment of costs of
issuance to the Debt Service Fund, and the transfer of $116,031.29 from the Sewer
Fund to Fund 452 Substitution Project (Engineering) to reimburse the street project
construction account for sewer related construction costs", be adopted. Ayes:
Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-473.
103619 - Krizek/Murphy
that "Resolution calling for a public referendum to authorize the imposition of a
local sales and service tax in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, at the rate of one
percent (1%) to be effective on April 1, 1996", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent:
Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-474.
103620 - Krizek/Collier
that the form of Tax Exemption Certificate for the $8,500,000 Sewer Revenue Bonds,
Series 1994C, be received, placed on file and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent:
Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103621 - Krizek/Murphy
that "Resolution authorizing and providing for the issuance and securing the payment
of $8,580,000 Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1994C, for the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
under the provisions of the City Code of Iowa, and providing for a method of payment
of said bonds", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 1994-475.
ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED
103622 - Getty/Murphy
that "an Ordinance amending the 1991 Traffic Code by repealing Subsection (333)
Sager Avenue of Section 551, Parking Prohibited at all Times on Certain Streets; and
by enacting in lieu thereof a new Subsection (333) Sager Avenue of Section 551,
Parking Prohibited at all Times on Certain Streets (restricted parking on the south
side of Sager Avenue from Progress to the cul-de-sac to the east)", be received,
placed on file, considered and passed for the second time. Ayes: One. Nays:
Jordan, Collier, Krizek, Murphy. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion not carried.
103623 - Getty/Jordan
that "an Ordinance amending the 1993 Code of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, Chapter 14, Fire Prevention and Protection, as it pertains to annual life
safety permits, licenses, and certification fees, and flammable liquids (deferred
from August 22, 1994)", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the
third time. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
September 26, 1994
Ordinances to be Adopted - continued
103624 - Jordan/Collier
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that "an Ordinance amending the 1993 Code of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, Chapter 14, Fire Prevention and Protection, as it pertains to annual life
safety permits, licenses, and certification fees, and flammable liquids (deferred
from August 22, 1994)", be adopted. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4041.
103625 - Getty/Murphy
that "an Ordinance amending the 1991 Traffic Code by repealing Subsection (131)
Fowler Street of Section 551, Parking Prohibited at all Times on Certain Streets;
and enacting in lieu thereof new Subsection (131) Fowler Street, of Section 551,
Parking Prohibited at all Times on Certain Streets and by adding a new Section 571C,
No Parking 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. (restricting parking in the 400 block of Fowler
Street)", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the first time.
Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103626 - Murphy/Collier
that "an Ordinance amending the 1993 Code of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, by repealing Section 16-8(a), Fee for Service, of Chapter 16, Garbage and
Refuse; and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section 16-8(a), Fee for Service, of
Chapter 16, Garbage and Refuse", be received, placed on file, considered and passed
for the first time. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
103627 - Jordan/Collier
that communication from Finance Manager transmitting recommendation of appointment
of Tom Campbell to the position of Deputy Finance Manager, be received, placed on
file and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103628 - Krizek/Murphy
that communication from City Clerk transmitting recommendation of appointment of
Elaine Langenwalter to the position of Parking Enforcement Officer, effective
October 6, 1994, be received, placed on file and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent;
Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
103629 - Murphy/Jordan
that communication from City Clerk transmitting recommendation of appointment of
Nancy Eckert to the position of Deputy City Clerk, effective September 27, 1994, be
received, placed on file and approved. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Motion carried.
Travel Requests
103630 - Jordan/Collier
that the following travel requests, with expenses not to exceed amount shown, be
received, placed on file and approved:
1. Francis Jacoby, Recreation Maintenance, to travel to Galesburg, Illinois to pick
up NAEIR order on September 28, 1994, with costs not to exceed $160.00, including
the use of city vehicle.
2. Sue Taylor, Police Officer/D.A.R.E. Instructor, to attend D.A.R.E. Senior High
School Training in Springfield, Illinois on November 28 - December 2, 1994, with
costs not to exceed $347.50, including the use of city vehicle.
3. Randall Chapman, Police Officer, to attend Community Policing School in
Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 17 - 21, 1994, with costs not to exceed
$725.00, including the use of city vehicle.
Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
MISCELLANEOUS
103631 - Krizek/Collier
that the following beer and liquor license permit applications be received, placed
on file and approved and endorsed applications forwarded to Iowa Beer & Liquor
Control Department and the following application for outdoor service area be
received, placed on file and approved:
1. Beer License Permit Application
Class B
Gates Park Golf Course, 820 E. Donald (Renewal) (Expires 10/3/95) (Includes
Sunday Sales)
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Miscellaneous - continued
2. Beer/Liquor License Permit Application
Class C
China Star, 3840 University (Renewal) (Expires 10/2/95) (Includes Sunday Sales)
Application for Outdoor Service Area
Gates Park Golf Course, 820 E. Donald Street --October 4, 1994 - October 4, 1995
Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
103632 - Jim Porter, 1322 Northey St, extended his sympathy to Mr. Anders for the loss of his
father-in-law. Mr. Porter congratulated Mayor Rooff and the council for making
Affirmative Action a reality and not a promise in the recent hirings for the City
of Waterloo.
Murphy/Krizek
that the above oral comments be received and placed on file. Ayes: Five. Absent:
Mollenhoff, Anders. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
103633 - Murphy/Krizek
that the Council adjourn at 8:00 p.m. Ayes: Five. Absent: Mollenhoff, Anders.
Motion carried.
Susan Fangman
City Clerk