MINUTES - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Hawarden Public Library
Monday, June 3, 2002 at 7:00 P.M.

Mayor Porter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Present: Mayor Porter; Council persons: Cauwels, Lubkeman, Woodley, Nohava, Harvey.

Absent: None

Staff Present: Craig Coffey, City Administrator; Tom Kane, Public Works Director; Chris Myres, Telecommunications Director; Jim Pickner, City Attorney; Sharole Rens, Finance Officer; Mike DeBruin, Police Chief.

Staff Absent: None

Standard Agenda Items

Item 1a. Approval of May 20, 2002 Minutes. Moved by Woodley/Cauwels to approve the Minutes of May 20, 2002. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 1b. Approval of Claims for Payment. Moved by Cauwels/Nohava to approve the Schedule of Claims for payment. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 1c. Open business from the Community (limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per item). Randy Von Hagel was present and commended the Council on the progress being made on the City’s cleanup efforts and spoke in favor of the pork plant. Several citizens were present to voice their concerns once again on the proposed pork plant.

Item 2a. Staff /Reports/Discussion.

• Mr. Coffey reported that the financing for Wee Care closed on May 24th and the ribbon cutting was held on Friday, May 31st.
• Mr. Coffey said he received a letter from an attorney about the pork plant and also an attorney in Michigan requesting information on behalf of Mediacom.
• Some discussion was held on an upcoming bike rally to be held in town
• He also reported that the Tilstra house on Central Avenue has been sold and that it is believed it will be torn down.
• Tom Kane told the Council that the cabinets for Wee Care are in and dirt work is being done with repairs and recoating planned for 11th Street.
• Seal coat bids were presented from Top Kote and Road Guy, both at $.49 a sq. yd., with the job being awarded to Road Guy.
• Mike DeBruin, Police Chief, stated that 25 children attended the Bike Rodeo and two bikes and helmets had been given away.

Item 2b. Mayor Report. Mayor Porter thanked the citizens of Hawarden for their efforts in mowing and sprucing up their properties. He encouraged everyone to vote June 4th in the Primary Election. He said he had attended the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Wee Care and also read a thank you from the Barry Small family in Akron.

Other Agenda Items

Item 3. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance #604, Rezoning Property. A Public Hearing on an Ordinance to consider a request to rezone property from R-1 (Single Family Residential) to I-1 (Light Industrial). The property is located east of Avenue L and north and northeast of Oak Hills Drive, totaling approximately 7.40 acres. It is commonly known as portions of the previous Sioux Empire College and more recently known as the LSS group home and gymnasium. Legally the property is a portion of the SW _ of SE _ of Section 26, T95N R48W. A full survey is made available for review at the City Offices. The Public Hearing opened at 7:40 p.m. There were no written comments. Jerry Klemme encouraged the rezoning of the property in order to find a potential use for the property. On the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the property will be rezoned to B-2 Commercial. Because of an error in advertising, the public hearing will continue on June 17th. The Public Hearing closed at 7:45 p.m.

Moved by Harvey/Woodley to approve the first reading of Ordinance #604, Rezoning Property.
Aye: Cauwels, Lubkeman, Woodley, Nohava, Harvey. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 4. Request for Approval for the Renewal of a Class LC Alcohol License with Sunday Sales and Outdoor Service - A request by Hawarden Aerie No. 1865, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Hawarden, Iowa, a non-profit organization located at 725 Avenue H, to renew their license. Moved by Nohava/Cauwels to approve the renewal of a Class LC Alcohol License with Sunday Sales and Outdoor Service for the Fraternal Order of Eagles #1865. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 5. Cigarette Permit Renewals - The following locations requested Cigarette Permit Renewals: Donny Mac’s; Truesdell Oil/Quick Corner; Fraternal Order of Eagles #1865; Fiesta Foods; Krause Gentle Corp./Kum & Go; and Casey’s General Store. Discussion was held on some recent citations for selling to minors. Moved by Harvey/Nohava to approve the cigarette renewals. Aye: Motion carried unanimously with Woodley abstaining.

Item 6. Discussion of Library Roof and Old City Hall Roof Repairs. Discussion was held on the roof repairs needed on the Library and the Old City Hall. Plans have been made to have these roofs repaired. Staff was directed to proceed with repairing the roofs.

Item 7. Discussion and/or First Reading of Ordinance No. 603. An Ordinance of the City of Hawarden Repealing Title 8, Chapter 8.32 “Littering”, 8.36 “Nuisances”, 8.40 “Dutch Elm Disease”, and Title 13, Chapters 13.24 “Dilapidated Structures” and Adding a New Title 14 Entitled Property Maintenance Code”, by Establishing Definitions, Property and Building Maintenance Standards, Enforcement Processes and Public Abatement Standards; Providing Repealer and Severability Clauses and an Effective Date. Moved by Cauwels/Lubkeman to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 603. Aye: Cauwels, Lubkeman, Woodley, Nohava, Harvey. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.

Item 8. Discussion of Credit Card System. Discussion was held on whether or not to implement a credit card system for utility payments. Because of costs charged by the credit card company, monthly costs, and equipment, the City would have to charge the customer a handling fee to cover expenses created by this service. Moved by Woodley/Harvey to choose not to implement the credit card system at this time for the City of Hawarden. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Nohava/Woodley to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The Council meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

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Ricard R. Porter, Mayor