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February 23, 2015
5:10 p.m.
Harold E. Getty Council Chambers
Members present: Cole, Schmitt, and Jones.
Moved by Schmitt, seconded by Jones that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Three.
Motion carried.
Moved by Schmitt, seconded by Jones that the Minutes of February 16, 2015, as proposed, be
approved. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Schmitt, seconded by Jones that the request for the following travel requests, be
approved.
Travel Requests
Dept.
Amount + Est. S/H
Expenditure
Building
Maintenance
Amount
Name & Title of Personnel
Class/Meeting
Destination
Date(s)
not to
$1,600.00
Purchase of rock to improve the golf maintenance
road at Gates Golf course.
Leisure Services
$6,854.40
Exceed
Investigator Pohl
MacIntosh and iDevice
Madison,
4/22/15 —
$903.00
Additional membership cards for new SportsPlex
members.
Training
Wisconsin
4/26/15
Police
Lt. Payne and Sgt. Gehrke
Authorized Central
Johnston, Iowa
3/10/15 —
$560.00
Container Program
3/12/15
Sgt. Farmer, Sgt. Bose,
USPCA Narcotics Re-
Spirit Lake,
4/6/15 —
$1,760.00
P.O.A. Bovy and P.O.T.
certification
Iowa
4/8/15
Brownell
Sgt. Rasmussen
Advanced Less Lethal
Mankato,
4/13/15 —
$958.00
Instructor Development
Minnesota
4/15/15
Program
Dan Trelka, Director of Safety Services, explained that the iDevice training is to learn to recover
data off of the devices.
Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Jones, seconded by Schmitt that the request for the following pre -authorizations to
expend over $1,000.00, be approved.
Pre -Authorizations to Expend over $1,000.00
Dept.
Amount + Est. S/H
Expenditure
Building
Maintenance
$39.75
Charges were estimated for emergency pump repair.
Invoice received is for $39.75 above initial pre-
authorization. This is an amendment to a previous
pre -authorization of 1-20-2015.
Building
Maintenance
$5,500.00 +
$200.00 S/H
Pump for boiler at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention
Center.
Leisure Services
$1,600.00
Purchase of rock to improve the golf maintenance
road at Gates Golf course.
Leisure Services
$6,854.40
6' x 6' x 7' .60 SYP treated bollards.
Leisure Services
$4,716.00
12 Skyline Honey locust trees to be planted at Cedar
Valley SportsPlex.
Leisure Services
$1,280.00 + $24.00
S/H
Additional membership cards for new SportsPlex
members.
Police
$5,000.00
Purchase an additional 5 ShieldWare RMS licenses.
Police
$23,655.00
Remodel construction for new property evidence
building.
Finance Committee
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Sanitation
$25,000.00
Replacement Garbage Carts.
Sewer
$19,989.00
Repair of #3 Digester Boiler with replacement tubes,
replacement of refractory floor, resealing and hydro
testing of boiler.
Traffic
$2,101.00 + $50.00
150 14GA 1.75" x 12' Telespar Posts
Operations
S/H
Dan Trelka, Director of Safety Services, explained that the remodel will be to add walls, a secure
entry into the building for vehicles, and a vestibule for individuals to retrieve evidence.
Mr. Schmitt questioned if the use of the building had been approved by Council.
Mr. Trelka explained that there is not a venue to gain Council approval to use a City owned
facility.
Mr. Morrissey questioned the Sportsplex membership is at to date.
Paul Huting, Leisure Services Director, explained that membership is at 2000 memberships for
approximately 5000 total members.
Ayes: Three. Motion carried. Police Department remodel. Ayes: Two. Nays: One (Schmitt).
Motion carried.
Moved by Cole, seconded by Schmitt to approve the budget amendment for the Neighborhood
Stabilization grant in the total amount of $76,366, as submitted by Community Development.
This project is funded with a federal grant. More funds have been received during the current
year than was originally budgeted. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Cole, seconded by Schmitt to approve the project budget for the FYE2014 Capital
Funds for Ridgeway Towers in the amount of $47,009 funded with a federal grant, as submitted
by Housing. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Cole, seconded by Schmitt that Bills Payment, as contained in Accounts Payable
Invoice Report, dated February 23, 2015, in the amount of $2,547,433.15, be received, placed on
file and approved and forwarded to the full council for approval. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
With no further business before the committee, it was moved by Schmitt, seconded by Cole that
the meeting be adjourned at 5:17 p.m. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Suzy Sc i ares, CMC
City Clerk/Human Resource Director