Unapproved MINUTES - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Hawarden Public Library
Monday, February 19, 2001 at 7:00 P.M.

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.

Present: Mayor Porter; Councilmembers: Cauwels, Dorhout, Harvey, Woodley, Kallsen

Absent: None

Staff Present: Craig Coffey, City Administrator; Tom Kane, Public Works Director; Mike DeBruin, Police Chief; Tom Sedgwick, Telecommunications Director; Jim Pickner, City Attorney.

Standard Agenda Items

Item 1. Approval of February 5, 2001 Minutes. Moved by Woodley/Dorhout to approve the Minutes of February 4, 2001. Motion carried unanimously.

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

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

Item 4. Staff Reports/Discussion.

• Mr. Coffey reported to the Council that there had been no additional progress made on the LSS Building or the property proposed to be purchased.
• He stated that the plans for Bomgaar's was still moving forward, with the first closing set for Thursday. He also reported that the rent from Pamida had been received.
• It was announced that the Mayor and City Administrator will be traveling to Des Moines next week to meet with the Governor and legislators as part of the Iowa League of Cities Legislative Day.
• Tom Kane updated the Council on workshops that he and Brent Hamilton, Jeremy Millikan, Al Mace and Travis Waterman would be attending in the near future.
• Tom Sedgwick, Telecommunications Director reported that he would be attending an IAMU meeting on the 27th and 28th of February.

Item 5. Mayor Report. Ric Porter encouraged everyone to vote on the upcoming referendum on February 27th and he also stated that he would be going to Orange City on February 20th for a meeting with the Auditor and the Sioux County Board of Supervisors on the County Budget.

Other Agenda Items

Item 6. Report on Washington D.C. Legislative Rally. Tom Kane and Councilman Kallsen gave the Council a briefing on their Washington, D.C. legislative rally.

Item 7. Revision to Recommendation from the Citizen’s Programming Committee. Tom Sedgwick led discussion on this item. He stated that Fox Sports World was soccer from around the world instead of what was believed to be local sports and more NASCAR racing. The cost difference between the two channels was explained and the additional channel was no longer being recommended. Moved by Cauwels/Woodley to amend the previous acceptance of the Citizen’s Cable Committee’s recommendation removing Fox Sports World. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 8. Request for Renewal of Class E Liquor License, Class E Beer License, and Class B Wine License, with Sunday Sales. Moved by Kallsen/Cauwels to approve the renewal of a Class E Liquor License, Class E Beer License, and Class B Wine License with Sunday Sales for Hat City, Ltd/Calliope Liquor Sales. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 9. Changing the April City Council Meeting Dates from April 2nd and April 16th to April 9th and April 23rd. Moved by Woodley/Kallsen to change the April Council dates from April 2nd and April 16th to April 9th and April 23rd. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 10. First Reading Ordinance No. 590. An Ordinance of the City of Hawarden Repealing Entire Title 9 and all Chapters Therein of the Hawarden City Code and Replacing it With a New Title Nine and Chapters Within That Adopt Specified State of Iowa Traffic Regulations by Reference and Readopt Existing and Creating New Local Traffic Regulations, All as City Code Violations of the City of Hawarden. It was explained how this would basically adopt the State Code for traffic violations and keep existing local regulations such as parking. Moved by Kallsen/Woodley to pass Ordinance No. 590 on first reading. Aye: Woodley, Cauwels, Dorhout, Harvey, Kallsen. Nay: None.

Item 11. A motion to Adopt a Final Proposed Budget and Order Notice of a Public Hearing on the Adopted Proposed Final Budget Estimate. Moved by Dorhout/Woodley to Adopt a Final Proposed Budget and order the publication of the Notice of Public Hearing on the Adopted Proposed Final Budget Estimate. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Dorhout/Kallsen to adjourn. Motion carried.

The Council Meeting adjourned at 7:32 p.m.

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Richard Porter, Mayor