Council Minutes: October 13, 2009 Regular Meeting

LUCAS CITY COUNCIL
LUCAS CIVIC CENTER
October 13, 2009
7:00 PM
MAYOR: David Urban
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kenny Cain, Alvin Barta, Tammy Seirer, Sheree Herold, Trent Leach
EMPLOYEES: Julie Bretz, Kay Mettlen, James Rezabek, Gary Ward, Gary /bretz
CITY ATTORNEY: Ken Cole
CITIZENS PRESENT: Dawn Bricker, Tammy Hower, Tresa Finch, Jennifer Bates, Jessica Rhudolph
7:04 PM Mayor David Urban called the October 13, 2009 regular meeting of the Lucas City Council to order. Coouncil Member Sheree Herold moved that an Executive Session be added to discuss non-elected personnel - job preformance as item 5-H. Alvin Barta seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes. Alvin Barta moved to approve the minutes of the September 3, 2009 Special Meeting and the September 8, 2009 Regular Meeting of the City Council. Sheree Herold seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes.
7:05 PM Citizen Doug Hickman asked about rumors of the school joining with the Sylvan District. Mayor David Urban said there is to be a regularly scheduled meeting of the 407 School Board on Monday October 19, 2009 in Lucas. The School Superintendent will present information on school funding and operating costs and the public is encouraged to attend.
7:13 PM The letter from Ron Alexander regarding the American's with Disabilities Act was discussed. As improvements are made to sidewalks and curbs ADA requirements are implemented. Mayor David Urban said we would contact Michael Svaty about costs of making handicap accessible cuts in some of the curbs on Main Street. Further discussion will carry over to a future meeting.
7:19 PM The insurance adjustor inspected the roof at the Golden Living Facility and found no damage.
7:21 PM Kansas Power Pool interconnection agreement. The Council asked City Attorney Ken Cole to review the document before signing. Ken Cole would like Bill Harlow to look it over as well. Signing the document was tabled, a Special Meeting may be needed for signing the agreement.
7:26 PM Concerns have been voiced by citizens regarding the cat population. Mayor Urban instructed City Attorney Ken Cole to review the current ordinance regarding cats and report back to the Council on updates that are needed. The City Crew is instructed to set traps in areas where there seems to be the heavest cat populations and relocate strays.
7:36 PM Attorney Ken Cole was instructed to get a copy of a more recent Ordinance on Sidewalk regulations to Council Members. Mayor Urban will look into the possibility of cost sharing for sidewalk repairs.
7:40 PM Mayor David Urban will review Ordinance #374 concerning utility connection fees for rental properties.
7:49 PM City Clerk Julie Bretz was asked to gather additional information about the Collection Bureau of Kansas as a means for collecting of unpaid bills.
7:53 PM Tammy Seirer moved and Trent Leach seconded a motion to send City Clerk Julie Bretz to her third year of City Clerk's School at a cost of $460 for the school and $400 for motel and meals. Motion carried 3 yes vote. Kenny Cain and Alvin Barta voted no on the motion.
8:00 PM Council noted that Blue Cross/Blue Sheild will be going up $56.57 per employee per month. Sheree Herold moved to enter a 20 minute Executive Session to discuss job preformance of non-elected personnel. Kenny Cain seconded the motion. Motion carried. Gary Bretz was asked to remain.
8:20 PM Council exited Executive Session, no action was taken. Gary Bretz reported an inspection of City fire extinguishers wil be done soon. He asked if he was to inspect the extinguishers at the Rest Home. Council concensus was to not inspect them at this time. Gary ward said work is continuing on the conversion to the Wye system and on Wednesday the 21st there will be extra crews here to assist and the final shut down will take place. James Rezabek said that the large cracks on the streets that were scheduled to be sealed this fall were ready for the County to chip seal and that chip sealing should take care of the smaller cracks. Trent Leach was asked to contact the County to see if they are still planning to come this fall or if they want to wait till it warms up next spring. Tammy Seirer moved to send Julie Bretz and James Rezabek to the emergency preparedness class on water systems in Russell on October 15, 2009. The class is free and James will get 5 hours credit toward his water certification. Kenny Cain seconded the motion, Motion carried 5 yes votes.
8:42 PM Kay Mettlen reported she has been contacting citizens about the electrical shut down on October 21st.
8:43 PM Bills were presented for payment. The Council questioned the bill for "scrubs in a bucket". It was explained they are toweletts with degreaser to use at job sites when water is not available. The bill for street signs was questioned, It was reported that a schedule has been set up to replace necessary signs so many per month until the job is cmpleted. The line jetting at the nitrate plant was questioned. James Rezabek was told to look into other systems like ours to see if they have encountered problems with them and how they were dealt with. Alvin Barta moved to approve payment of the bills. Tammy Seirer seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes.
8:52 PM Kenny Cain gave a report on the League of Municpalities Annual Conference in Topeka. Tammy Seirer and Trent Leach had no report. Sheree Herold asked if any bids had been received for the baseball field awning. Alvin Barta had no report.
8:55 PM Alvin Barta moved to adjourn the meeting. Kenny Cain seconded the motion. Motion carried 5 yes votes.