MINUTES - REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
HAWARDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY

Monday, June 19, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. 

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Present: Mayor Jacobs; Council members: Kallsen, Woodley, Dorhout, Cauwels.

Absent: Councilman Harvey was recorded present at 7:20 p.m.

Staff Present: Craig Coffey, City Administrator, Tom Kane, Supt. of Public Works, Mike DeBruin, Police Chief, Jim Pickner, City Attorney, Brad Meyer, Ambulance Director

Brad Meyer was introduced to the Council as the new EMS Coordinator.

1. Approval of June 5, 2000 Minutes. Moved by Woodley/Kallsen to approve the June 5 Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.

2. Approval of Claims for Payment. Moved by Cauwels/Dorhout to approve the Schedule of Claims for payment. Motion carried unanimously.

3. Open Business from the Community (limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per item). There was no open business presented from the community.

4. Staff Reports/Discussion

• Sam's Club - We did have some miscommunication on the issue, but I believe we have it resolved. Jubilee has agreed to work with us to provide supplies for our pool concession stand.
• The City Administrator announced the hiring of Mr. Brad Meyer to as the new Emergency Services/Safety Coordinator.
• Chief DeBruin discussed the beginnings of a safety and obstruction problem with roller-bladers in the street and on the sidewalk. Council directed him to amend out current language in the ordinance;
• Staff announced ongoing work on the dry creek project with the installation of 200ft of pipe we had on hand. The project was moved up to take advantage of the inexpensive dirt available from the Coilcraft project.
• Health Care insurance was reported as still not being resolved.
• All of the advertising for the Telecommunications Director Position was mentioned. The annual state telephone report was submitted. Work is progressing on the local phone book with a release date planned for August.
• It was announced that the City was recognized as a semi-finalist for the "Innovations in American Government award" from the Ford Foundation and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
• The past due accounts from long distance carriers and a short phone outage was also discussed.

5. Mayor’s Report. A discussion was held on the evaluation process of the City Administrator. Mike Kallsen was elected to the Community Center Board.

Agenda Items

6. Appointment of member to the Planning Commission to fill vacancy left by Mr. Bud Swartzbaugh. The Mayor took suggestions from the Council and stated that he would have a recommendation for this position at the next meeting.

7. Request for Renewal of Beer and Wine Permit with Sunday Sales. Moved by Cauwels/Kallsen to approve the renewal of Beer and Wine Permit with Sunday Sales for Jubilee Foods. Aye: Kallsen, Dorhout, Cauwels, Harvey. Abstain: Councilperson: Woodley. Motion carried unanimously.

8. Resolution No. 2000-13. Moved by Harvey/Woodley to postpone Resolution No. 2000-13, Tax Abatement for Hillcrest Care Center, until the next regular Council Meeting scheduled for July 10^th. Motion Carried Unanimously. Staff was directed to research the Boyer TIF further and research past tax abatement requests further.

9. Resolution No. 2000-14, Approving Tax Abatement. Moved by Kallsen/Cauwels to approve the tax abatement for Pete Kingma at 1007 - 17^th Street for the construction of a new home. Motion carried unanimously.

10. Discussion of Middle School Property (Closed Session if Necessary). This item was not held in closed session. Craig Coffey, City Administrator, discussed a letter received from a School Board Committee to work on how to get rid of the Middle School Property. He requested permission for the Mayor and him to begin discussions on trying to acquire the property. By general consent permission was granted to begin discussions to acquire the property.

11. Resolution No. 2000-15, Setting a Date for Public Hearing for the Approval of a Forgivable Loan for the Expansion of Hawarden Machine as Part of TIF Area A. Moved by Kallsen/Cauwels to approve this Resolution. Discussion then continued. Questions arose about an economic policy. Moved by Harvey/Woodley to table this item until the next meeting. Aye: Kallsen, Woodley, Cauwels, Harvey. Abstain: Dorhout. Motion carried unanimously.

12. First Reading Ordinance No. 580, An Ordinance of the City of Hawarden Cable Television Rates by Providing for a Basic Local Station Package. This package would include Channels 2-13 and would involve switching Channel 10 (Cartoon Network) with Channel 51 (local channel). This switch would ensure that every customer would get the local channel and is advantageous for the customers that only watch a limited amount of television. Moved by Harvey/Dorhout to approve Ordinance No. 580 on First Reading.

Motion carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00p.m

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Mike Kallsen, Mayor-Pro-Tem

ATTEST:

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Craig M. Coffey, City Administrator