Saturday, July 18, 2009

Council Minutes: July 17, 2009 Special Meeting

LUCAS CITY COUNCIL SPECAIL MEETING
LUCAS CIVIC CENTER
July 17, 2009
12:00 PM

COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kenny Cain, Trent Leach, Tammy Seirer and Sheree Herold
EMPLOYEES: Julie Bretz
12:00 PM Council President Trent Leach called the Special Meeting to order. The request for the Special Meeting was signed by Council Members Trent Leach, Tammy Seirer and Kenny Cain for the purpose of considering Resolution #09-04 authorizing EFM consulting, LLC to prepare the City of Lucas' Hazard Mitigation Plan. Kenny Cain moved to accept resolution #09-04. Tammy Seirer seconded teh motion. Motion carried 4 yes votes.
12:06 PM

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Council Minutes: July 15, 2009 (reconvened meeting from July 14, 2009)

LUCAS CITY COUNCIL MEETING
LUCAS CIVIC CENTER
July 15, 2009
12:00 PM

MAYOR: David Urban
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kenny Cain, Trent Leach, Tammy Seirer, Sheree Herold and Alvin Barta
EMPLOYEES: Julie Bretz, Gary Ward and Gary Bretz
CITIZENS PRESENT: Doug Hickman
OTHERS BRINGING BUSINESS BEFORE THE COUNCIL: Sam Brock and Katrina Woelk of Gudenkauf and Malone.
12:19 PM Mayor David Urban re-convened the July 14, 2009 Regular Council Meeting and called it to order.
Sam Brock and Katrina Woelk of Gudenkauf and Malone explained the proposed 2010 budget. Each Fund was examined and changes were made. The mil levy on the proposed budget was 46.590 on the first draft and after changes were made the mil levy was adjusted to 32.466.
1:32 PM Alvin Barta moved to accept the final budget proposal. Kenny Cain seconded the motion. Motion carrried 5 yes votes.
1:33 PM Alvin Barta moved to waive the 90 day waiting period for Gary Ward to be covered under the City's Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance. Tammy Seirer seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes.
1:34 PM A date of August 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM was set for the Budget Hearing. Budget Hearing will be held at the Lucas Golden Age Center, 210 South Main, Lucas, KS.
1:35 PM Sheree Herold moved to adjourn the meeting. Alvin Barta seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Council Minutes: July 14, 2009 Regular Meeting

LUCAS CITY COUNCIL MEETING


LUCAS CIVIC CENTER
July 14, 2009
7:00 PM
MAYOR: David Urban
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kenny Cain, Alvin Barta, Trent Leach, Tammy Seirer and Sheree Herold
EMPLOYEES: Julie Bretz, Kay Mettlen, Bill Harlow, James Rezabek, Gary Bretz, Gary Ward
CITY ATTORNEY: Ken Cole
CITIZENS PRESENT: Alicia Seirer, Linda Brant, Tresa Finch, Sue Wenthe, Jennifer Bates, Dawn Bricker, Jessica Rhudolph, Doug Hickman, William Schneider, Tammy Hower
OTHERS BRINGING BUSINESS BEFORE THE COUNCIL: Lois Cooper, Dr. Weseloh, Pam Gudenkauf and Katrina Woelk of Gudenkauf and Malone
7:02 PM Mayor David Urban called the meeting to order. Approval of the minutes of the June 9, 2009 meeting was tabled until the August 11, 2009 meeting. Alvin Barta moved to add an Executive Session to discuss non-elected personnel as item 6C to the agenda. Sheree Herold seconded. Motion carried 5 yes votes.
7:03 PM Doug Hickman arrived at the meeting.
7:04 PM William Schneider arrived. Jessica Rhudolph asked about the City not mowing the ditch on Wolf Street. Mayor David Urban said he would look into it.
7:07 PM Jennifer Bates asked if all meetings of the council that are not Regular Meetings must be called as Special Meetings. Attorney Ken Cole said they should be and said tonight's meeting could be recessed and reconvene at noon on July 15, 2009 for the budget meeting.
7:09 PM Lois Cooper of North Star Realty introduced Dr. Wesleoh to the Council. Dr. Weseloh has made an offer of $80,000 on the Golden Living Center Property. Dr. Weseloh said he likes what he has seen of the Lucas Community and he would like to open an assisted living/hotel facility in the former rest home. The facility would be staffed by a couple who would be responsible for maintenance and rooms could be rented by the month or by the day at a cost of $19.95 per day. There would be an exercise room, game room, and community room. The facility would be much less structured than an nursing home. The kitchen facility would be leased out so meals could be provided at a reasonable cost to those renting rooms but could also be open to the public as a resturant. The Mayor said the Coucil appreciated his interest and would need some time to consider his offer and perhaps a Special Meeeting would be needed before any decision could be made.
7:19 PM Lois Coper and Dr. Weseloh and Bill Harlow left the meeting. Pam Gudenkauf and Katrina Woelk presented the Audit report. Letter 114 and letter 112 of the audit listed deficiency in controls and states the City does not staff anyone to prepare the financial reports. Linda Brant left the meeting. Katrina Woelk stated, there were no problems found during the audit. There were no budget violations in 2008. Alvin Barta made a motion to approve the Audit Report by Gudenkauf and Malone. Trent Leach seconded the motion. There were 5 yes votes. Pam Gudenkauf and Katrina Woelk left the meeting.
7:02 PM Lois Cooper returned and told the Council that Dr. Weseloh's idea of assisted living may be a little different than what we know it to be. His facility would only provide laundry and janitoral serices. She said there would be no health care and food would cost extra.
7:26 PM The next item was the Bowl Plaza update. Notification was received at the City Office that the Grant from the State of Kansas for $7,500.00 was recieved.
7:35 PM Community service work was discussed for past offenders. The Council was in agreement the scraping and applying a primer paint to the north side of Troy's Grocery would be an excellent community service project and that each of the offenders should serve 20 hours. Julie Bretz was told to contact them so that they could do their community service. If they are not willing to do their communtiy service, Mayor Urban will contact Sheriff Fletcher.
7:42 PM The Budget Hearing was discussed. Tammy Seirer made a motion to hold the Budget Hearing on August 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Golden Age Center at 210 S. Main Street. Sheree Herold seconded the motion. There were 5 yes votes. The Regular Council Meeting will take place at the Civic Center immediately following the Budget Hearing.
Mayor Urban suggested Keith Haberer come to the next meeting and explain the County-wide hazard mitigation plan to the Council. Resoluton #09-04, authorizing EFM Consultiong, LLC to prepare the City of Lucas' Hazared Mitigation Plan, is tabled.
7:56 PM Alvin Barta made a motion to go into Executive Session for 20 minutes, at 8:00 PM, to discuss non-elected personnel. Tammy Seirer seconded the motion. There were 5 yes votes.
8:20 PM Council exited Executive Session. No action was taken.
8:23 PM Gary Bretz reported that the employees have been working on the streets, putting out mosquito dunks in puddles and he may start spraying for mosquitoes.
8:24 PM James Rezabek reported he may start digging water valves for replacement. All of the valves have been rotated.
8:25 PM Gary Ward has been working on the football field lights and teh Wye System update.
8:26 PM Bill Harlow told council they have set poles and changed out cross arms at the school. Bill also reported Sunflower Electric is wanting to sell the 3 500KVA post feeding the north side of town. The pots would be back-up to the Wye System in case of an emergency. Bill suggested the Council make an offer of $3.00 a KVA or $1,500 each. PCB testing for contamination will be done first.
Bill also told the Council that we now have a pole for the newly acquired tornado siren. USD #407 recieved 5 poles from the City of Luray and donated one pole to the City of Lucas for the tornado siren. Julie Bretz was told to put the tornado siren on next month's agenda.
Tammy Seirer asked if DJ Environmental's line jetting cleaned out the sewer line by the nitrate plant. James Rezabek said they did a good job.
Gary Bretz told the Council that the Airport was inspected and they will need to remove 5 small trees in the north fence line. Permission was received from the land owner.
8:38 PM Lynn Schneider gave the Chamber's 3rd Quarter report. The Chamber's lunch stands were good money makers. Lynn thanked the City for putting up the Welcome flags for the Model T car group. The British travel writer enjoyed his stay here. TheGarden of Eden and Brant's Meat Market have both been very busy with tourists.
8:44 PM Julie Bretz had nothing more to report. Kay Mettlen had nothing to report. Tammy Seirer asked about the City's Blog site. It is lucascity.blogspot.com . Kay told the Council that she has their names listed as well as local attractions, the agenda, minutes and other information.
8:46 PM Questions aabout the bills presented for approval were answered. Alvin Barta made a motion to approve the bills as presented. Sheree Herold seconded the motion. There were 5 yes votes.
8:50 PM Kenny Cain attended the Kansas Power Pool Meeting in June. There are grants out there to assist with energy audits on homes.
8:52 PM Tammy Seirer reported in looking over the guys' work sheets they seem to be busy all the time. Julie Bretz told Council that Scott Wilson's last day to work will be August 5, 2009. James Shiroky didn't know when his last day would be yet. Council agreed to ask them if they would be able to work any for the City after their school starts.
8:55 PM Sheree Herold thanked the City Crew for the tarps over the dugouts.
8:56 PM Using the McCrystal funds for awnings over the bleachers at the ball field was discussed. David Urban will check on the cost.
8:58 PM Alvin barta had nothing to report. Trent Leach moved to recess the meeting until noon on July 15, 2009 for the Budget Meeting. Kenny Cain seconded the motion. The motion carried with 5 yes votes.









Friday, July 10, 2009

Agenda for July 14, 2009 Regular Council Meeting

CITY OF LUCAS
AGENDA FOR COUNCIL MEETING
DATE July 14, 2009
1. Call to order at 7:00 PM Lucas Civic Center
2. Reading and approval of minutes from the June 9, 2009 regular meeting
3. Citizens bringing business before the Council
4. Other scheduled persons present for City Business: Pam Gudenkauf and Katrina Woelk - Auditors Report
5. Old Business
a. Bowl Plaza
b. Rest Home Up-date
c. Kansas Partnership Loan Fund
d. Community Service
6. New Business
a. Setting Date for Budget Hearing
b. Report on subjurisdiction Mitigation Plan
7. Monthly Report from City Employees
a. Gary Bretz b. James Rezabek c. Gary Ward d. Bill Harlow e. Julie Bretz f. Kay Mettlen
8. Approval of expenses presented for payment
9. Other Business, if any
10. Committee Reports: Utilities, Personnel, Streets, Parks, Industrial Development.
NOTE: CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND INTERESTED PERSONS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.