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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/02/78t ' ! January 2, 1978 The City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met at 11:50 o'clock A.M. on January 2, 1978 in the Council Chambers in the City Hall. Mayor Leo P. Rooff in the Chair and called the meeting to order. Present: Councilmen Harold E. Getty, Robert R. Wilharm, Jack L. Roehr, Frank D. Dowie III, Sally Hutchison, Delman Bowers and James E. Burton. Absent: None. Judicial Magistrate Sally B. McLendon administered the Oath of Office to Mayor Leo P. Rooff. Judicial Magistrate Sally B. McLendon administered the Oath of Office to Councilman -at -Large, East, Harold E. Getty Councilman -at -Large, West, Robert R. Wilharm Councilman, First Ward, Jack L. Roehr Councilman, Second Ward, Frank D. Dowie III Councilman, Third Ward, Sally Hutchison Councilman, Fourth Ward, Delman Bowers Councilman, Fifth Ward, James E. Burton 73392 - Moved by Roehr, seconded by Dowie that the properly executed Oath of Office documents of Mayor Leo P. Rooff, Councilmen Harold E. Getty, Robert R. Wilharm, Jack L. Roehr, Frank D. Dowie III, Sally Hutchison, Delman Bowers and James E. Burton, be received and placed on file this January 2, 1978 at 12:00 Noon. Motion carried. 73393 - Mayor Rooff then requested Calvin J. Geiger, Outgoing Councilman, to offer the Invocation. Mayor Rooff, at 12:03 o'clock P.M., announced the Council would now proceed with the business of organization. 73394 - Moved by Getty, seconded by Wilharm that the communication from Mayor Rooff, submitting the name of Katherine Gibbs for reappoint- ment as City Clerk for the City of Waterloo for the Years 1978 and 1979, be received, placed on file and Katherine Gibbs reappointed City Clerk for said Years. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. Mayor Rooff then administered the Oath of Office to Katherine Gibbs, City Clerk. 73395 - Moved by Wilharm, seconded by Hutchison that the communication from Mayor Rooff submitting for Council approval the appointment of Jack L. Roehr as Mayor Pro Tem for the Years 1978 and 1979, be received, placed on file and Councilman Jack L. Roehr appointed Mayor Pro Tem for said Years. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 73396 - Moved by Dowie, seconded by Burton that the communication from Mayor Rooff submitting the following for reappointment for their respective positions for the Years 1978 and 1979, be received, placed on file and said reappointments approved: Harold L. Smith as Chief of the Fire Department, Robert L. Beener as Chief of the Police Department. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 3397 - Mayor Rooff recommended the positions of City Treasurer and City Finance Director be combined into one position with Tom Campbell reappointed City Treasurer and appointed Acting City Finance Director for ninety days and thereafter City Treasurer and City Finance Director, for the Years 1978 and 1979. Moved by Bowers, seconded by Getty that the above recommendations and two communications from Mayor Rooff, submitting for Council approval the name of Tom Campbell for reappointment as City Treasurer and appointment as Acting City Finance Director, of the City of Waterloo, be received, placed on file, recommendations ap- proved, and Tom Campbell reappointed City Treasurer and apppointed Acting City Finance Director for ninety days and thereafter City Treasurer and City Finance Director for the Years 1978 and 1979. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. . - 2 - 73398 - Moved by Wilharm, seconded by Roehr that the communication from Mayor Rooff, submitting for Council approval the following city officials for reappointment or appointment, be received, placed on file and said persons reappointed or appointed to the offices as designated for the Years 1978 and 1979: City Engineer Personnel and E.E.O. Officer City Attorney 1st Assistant Attorney Assistant Attorneys Superintendent of Streets Supt. of Water Pollution Control Plant Superintendent of Sewers Electrical Inspector Plumbing Inspector Building Official Heating and Air Pollution Inspector Health, Sanitation and Animal Control Milk Sanitarian Superintendent of Parking Ramps Supt. of Traffic Signals and City Electrician Communications Traffic Signs and Street Signs Plan and Program Director Zoning Director Property Manager Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. Bruce P. Radue Karl E. Hollingsworth William S. Smith Victor N. Kennedy Robert Griffin Timothy Luce Vincent Massina Bruce D. Bottorff Paul F. Huntley Ralph Strohecker Wayne Burger Curt Parsons James Boesen William Hoffman John Halbach Virgil Graybill Jerry Sexton Frank Avery Quintin T. Parker Jerry Franke Robert D. Gunderson Jerry Franke 73399 - Moved by Roehr, seconded by Hutchison that the communication from Mayor Rooff submitting for Council approval the appointment of the following standing committees for the Years 1978 and 1979, be re- ceived, placed on file and approved: PUBLIC WORKS FINANCE & PURCHASING Delman Bowers, Chairman Harold E. Getty, Chairman Sally Hutchison Robert R. Wilharm James Burton Jack L. Roehr Frank D. Dowie III PUBLIC BUILDINGS & GROUNDS Delman Bowers, Chairman Harold E. Getty James Burton PUBLIC SAFETY Robert R. Wilharm, Chairman Frank D. Dowie III Jack L. Roehr Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. BOARDS & COMMISSIONS ick L. Roehr, Chairman Frank D. Dowie III Sally Hutchison Robert R. Wilharm ORDINANCES Mayor Pro Tem, Chairman Entire Council 73400 - Moved by Bowers, seconded by Burton that communication from Bachtell Insurance Agency reporting Public Employees Blanket Bond No. S-754668 in the amount of $5,000 covering all classes of City Employees, in- cluding an additional amount of $5,000 for Katherine Gibbs, City Clerk and Tom Campbell, Acting Finance Director, but excluding the Police, Fire and Water Works Departments, is in effect until cancelled, and the Bond No. S -716744-C of Thomas G. Campbell, City Treasurer, in the amount of $10,000, both with the Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as Surety, be received, placed on file and approved. Motion carried. ,73401 - Mayor Rooff addressed the Council, stating in the next twelve months they would be called upon to make major decisions which would affect the community for the next twenty years, naming a few as follows: 1 - Water Pollution Control Plant 2 - Purchase of old post office building 3 - Recycling of waste products 4 - Inter -city highway 5 - Cable t.v. He urged the Council to investigate and study each project before making a decision. - 3 - 73402 - Moved by Hutchison, seconded by Bowers that the Council adjourn. Motion carried. Katherine Gibbs, City Clerk January 2, 1978