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Home My WebLink About04/15/2024 - Work SessionTHE COURIER AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Waterloo -Cedar Falls Courier 6915 Chancellor Drive Cedar Falls 50613 (319) 291-1400 State of Florida, County of Orange, ss: Yuade Moore, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That (s)he is a duly authorized signatory of Column Software, PBC, duly authorized agent of Waterloo -Cedar Falls Courier, a publication that is a "legal newspaper" as that phrase is defined for the city of Cedar Falls, for the County of Black Hawk, in the state of Iowa, that this affidavit is Page 1 of 2 with the full text of the sworn -to notice set forth on the pages that follow, and that the attachment hereto contains the correct copy of what was published in said legal newspaper in consecutive issues on the following dates: PUBLICATION DATES: Apr. 30, 2024 NOTICE ID: pgSfSlEn3mYz8z84GnkH PUBLISHER ID: COL-IA-600249 NOTICE NAME: 4/15. work Publication Fee: $78.69 (signed) 0 ttrOVV _ VERIFICATION State of Florida County of Orange PAMELA BAEZ Notary Public - State of Florida Commission # HH 186700 Expires on October 14, 2025 Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me on this: 05/01/20; Notary Public Notarized remotely online using communication technology via 4 Proof. PUBII8 Notice COUNCIL WORK SESSION Harold E. Getty Council Chambers 4:65 pm. Hoff Call. Members present: Mayor Pro Tem Fe- sIn the Chair, Mr, Batmen, Mr. Nlch- s, Ms. Creighton -Smith, Mr. Simon and Mr. Feuss, Ms. Wilder arrived at 5:05 pm. and Mr. Chiles was absent. Agenda, as proposed or amended. NfenalsBoesen that the aaqq itch, as proposed, be ap- proved. Valce vote-Ayesr Flue. carried. r ov. Approval of Minutes of April t, 2024, as proposed. Nlchol of h,lou to e of dl 1, v, as proposed, approved. Voice vote- Ayes:Flve. Mofion carried. Pu. for the Expenditure n it Public Purpose Policy fortheood,t Fin Finance 01,0 Bdedett Wood, Finance he prop 008 pond anoverview that the proposed poky. She shared toall th dt the purpose pfrchpolicy e tuxes, cofdefee, tsto ar purchase Kleenexes, coffee, or other alsodayalloayw items. The policy 01 Items woWo o �allow for the Purchase ofretir retire- ments, ze death events. such as r, and .death of a family member, and wed dings. policy nd be up t would be stun the policy and be up to the department to Mr. 50 Mr. Rcomrn questioned etl It any other this. as this polish Is based onuch as oneby Guttenberg Brltlgett Wood shared that she would Investigate. Mr. Bowen questioned it there was a guesstimate of what this would cost, Brltlgett Wood explained that this would be optional and that each de- partment would work within their own budg !. Mr. Sl moo commented that they did getat of ha and that n can at smes get out of hand. He further questioned why we need a policy for this if It Is wing out of the department costs In the first place. Brlpgett Wood explained that currently departments are not allowed to use oily funds for these types of expenses. Mr. Simon commoner that It seems that this H a pretty bream statement. Ms. Creighton -Smith commented that It Is her ading that If this Is approved,, each department would de- termine col with r manes are used as well as deal with any disgruntlement.thacurr d part Wood uol brl g their currently departments the! E must bCog mitt requests before the! Finance Committee ltrap- prov before making purchases. s. Wilder are hat depart - meal heeds Ste are saying about this. Sheila Steffen. d 1001 Works d 0p- pr000h, explained that she had ap- pr01,oro Brltlgett back when the as- n12 degree were workiuolnor on the there In s a degree whether fo they could l there chase sustenance where emsefor thel crews There was not, so they ended up pur- chasing Gatorade themselves. Mr. Nichols commented that the poli- cy does seem to have limits for vari- ous purchases at the discretion of the departments. He does agree with the purchase Gatorade and other sports drinks In the case of the high tem- peratures. because Just pushing water there is a risk for low sodium hypona- tremia Mr. Feuss questioned If council has Its own budget. . ttcseod confirmed. Mr. Fouss commented that providing sustenance Items to employees Is a liositive thing. He added that he would ke to see consistency amongst de- partment heads when It comes to gifts of recognition for employees to avoid the perception of any favoritism, and further suggested the use of a bulk purchase rate to managea costs, beentt Wood shared that she has been working to developan Amazon business account making g sure we have an opportunity for low cost sup- plies, local businesses, etc. 4/15. work - Page 1 of 2 Mr Boesen concurs with the sustenance supplies, but voiced his concerned about departments not equally recognizing ern- ployees. ADJOURNMENT BoesenVNichals that the council adjourn at 5:11 p.m. Voice vote -Ayes: Six. Motion carried. Kelley Felchle City Clerk COL-IA-600249 4/15. work - Page 2 of 2