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

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

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

Absent: None

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

Standard Agenda Items

Item 1. Approval of March 5 and March 8, 2001 Minutes. Moved by Woodley/Cauwels to approve the Minutes of March 5 and March 8. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 2. Approval of Claims for Payment. Moved by Kallsen/Dorhout 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 that the closing on the Bomgaars property is to be completed as soon as the Coast-to-Coast Store is vacated. The Dollar General Store will then go into the old Bomgaars Building.
• He mentioned that several City employees are taking classes in their specific fields, including Brent Hamilton and Brian Warner taking the annual welding qualification class; Jeremy Millikan is taking the Water I and Wastewater I level tests; and Tim Ericson is beginning training in Water I Certificaton. Tom Kane will also be taking this training.
• Police Chief, Mike DeBruin, reported that he would be assisting a Sioux Center Car Seat Safety Check Station. Chief DeBruin will be working to set one up in Hawarden.
• Mr. Coffey reported that the City of Hawarden has gained 39 people in the preliminary number from the census.
• He also reported that the HAPP Development Committee met on Saturday to set economic.
• He reported that the Golf Course Superintendent has resigned.
• Tom Kane told the Council that the street department is doing their best on the roads but cannot do any blacktop until the temperatures warm up.

Item 5. Mayor Report. Mr. Porter reported that he had attended two H.A.P.P. meetings within the past couple of weeks, and also a League of Cities meeting in Sutherland. He also reported that Craig Coffey and himself met with the manager of American Identity and they are not closing the plant as has been rumored.

Other Agenda Items

Item 6. Motion to Allow Wee Care to Attach to the Middle School. Moved by Cauwels/Dorhout to allow the attachment of Wee Care to the Middle School Building. Aye: Cauwels, Woodley, Dorhout. Nay: Harvey, Kallsen

Item 7. Approval of Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales for the Hawarden Golf Club. Moved by Kallsen/Woodley to approve the Class “C” Liquor License with Sunday Sales for the Hawarden Golf Club. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 8. Review and Acceptance of the Playground Equipment Bids. Moved by Dorhout/Kallsen to accept the low bid of $76,068.00 from Gazaway and Associates of the Miracle Recreation Company. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 9. Appointment of Erin Blankenship until January 1, 2003, and Robert Klocke, Until January 1, 2002 to the Citizen’s Programming Selection Committee to Fill Current Vacancies. Moved by Cauwels/Woodley to accept these appointments to the Citizen’s Programming Selection Committee. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 10. Proclamation Declaring March 26, 2001, James Ericson Day in the City of Hawarden. Mayor Porter informed the Council that Mr. Ericson is a Hawarden native who visits every year and strongly supports the community. He is a retiring President of Northwest Mutual Life. The City was asked to issue a proclamation for this long time Hawarden supporter.

Item 11. Appointment of City Rep. to a Sioux County Habitat for Humanity Steering Committee. Moved by Dorhout/Woodley to appoint Bub Van Wyhe to the Sioux County Habitat for Humanity Steering Committee. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 12. Resolution No. 2001-10, Architect Selection for CDBG Grant and Phase I of the Community Center Project. Moved by Woodley/Cauwels to hire Ruble Mamura Moss Brygger, PC as architects for the CDBG Grant and Phase I of the Community Center Project. Aye: Dorhout, Woodley, Kallsen, Harvey, Cauwels. Nay: None.

Item 13. Second Reading Amended 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. Moved by Kallsen/Woodley to approve the Second Reading of Amended Ordinance No. 590. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 14. Second Reading of Ordinance No. 591, An Ordinance of the City of Hawarden Amending Chapter 6.08 “Solid Waste Disposal” of the City Code by: Adding a Definition; Prohibiting Organic Wastes; Changing Residential Collection Frequency; Establishing Unit Based Pricing; Modifying Residential Container Storage Requirements; Encouraging Recycling; Providing Repealer and Severability Clauses and an Effective Date. Moved by Woodley/Dorhout to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 591. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 15. Resolution No. 2001-11, Approving the Purchase of a 1990 John Deere Road Grader. Moved by Cauwels/Dorhout to approve Resolution No. 2001-11 and to purchase the 1990 John Deere road grader for $49,000 with a $2,500 trade-in on the City’s 1956 road grader. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 16. Closed Session to Discuss Proprietary Information Concerning the Telecommunications System Under Iowa Code Section 388.91. At 7:33 p.m., moved by Kallsen/Woodley to enter into closed session. Motion carried unanimously. At 8:42 p.m., moved by Woodley/Cauwels to adjourn closed session and resume regular session. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Kallsen/Woodley to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The Council meeting adjourned at 8:44 p.m.

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Richard Porter, Mayor