July 6, 2009

Wellman, Iowa 52356

The Wellman City Council met in regular session in the Council Chambers of the Wellman Municipal Building at 7:00pm. Mayor Ryan Miller presided with the City Administrator, City Clerk and following Council Members: Robert Goodrich, Matt Latcham and Fern Bontrager; absent: Marc Pennington and Steve Slaubaugh. Also present were: Mary Coblentz from the news media, Washington County Sheriff Deputy Randy Tinnis and Larry Thurman. The Consent Agenda was approved upon motion by Latcham, second by Bontrager and all aye votes. The consent Agenda includes the agenda, minutes of the previous meeting, the May financial statement and the following claims:

Action Services	Special event units	820.00
AFLAC	employee benefit	606.43
All-American Concrete Inc	3rd Street paving	39,000.00
Alliant Energy	electric/various depts	6,953.81
Baker Paper Company	supplies	66.00
Bancard	credit card charges	91.46
Barco Municipal Products	yellow marking paint	99.84
Bee Line Products	barricades,etc	1,191.08
Calhoun-Burns & Associates	bridge inspections	440.00
City of Wellman	utilities	278.51
Commercial Towel service	skate rink mats,mops	24.10
Computer Express	WATV supplies	30.00
Cox Sanitation & Recycling	May recycling & stickers	4,893.10
Douds Stone Inc	roadstone	217.08
Federation Bank	payroll taxes	3,248.97
Fleck Sales Company	street dance beverages	413.35
Freeman Foods	supplies	200.66
Gambles Hardware	supplies	13.80
Don Gingerich	building permit inspect	140.00
Jesse Gingerich	reimburse for cell phone	43.00
Golden Eagle Distributin	street dance beverages	513.00
Hawkeye Foodservice	supplies	1,832.60
Hawkins Inc	water chemicals	479.20
Helmuth Repair Inc	repairs	119.14
Howard R Green Company	engineering	4,451.16
Hygienic Laboratory	quarter water testing	544.00
I Wireless	Lampe cell phone	52.12
International Institute of Mun Clerks	annual membership	200.00
Iowa Association Municipal Utilities	publications	456.42
Iowa Dept of Natural Resources	annual water permit fee	168.28
Iowa League of Cities	annual membership	696.00
IA Public Employees Retirement Sys	employee retirement	2,934.35
Kalona Machine Shop	material	60.00
Kalonial Lawn Care	chemicals	210.00
Daniel Kitchen	city attorney fee	684.40
Kuenster Heating & Air	water treatment project	1,040.49
Teresa Lampe	reimburse medical exp	811.83
LL Pelling Co	street repairs	22,039.38
Mahaska Bottling	concessions	176.80
Menards	supplies	269.14
Steven Miller	reimburse medical exp	87.73
Municipal Gas System	deposit refunds & rebates	404.05
Municipal Water System	deposit refunds	227.22
William Nickell	Jul lease payment	150.00
Northern Water Works Supply	radio read equipment	15,057.17
Parkside Activity Center Project	CDBG funds transfer	13,775.00
Paws & More	Jun contribution&customr	242.04
Payroll expense	transfers/2 pay periods	36,964.84
Petty Cash Fund	service & supplies	46.71
Pitney Bowes	quarter meter rental	390.00
Reggie Tire	fuel	694.50
Dave Ross	Jun mileage&cell phone	258.98
Aaron Shumaker	Jun cell phone	43.00
Schimberg Company	water supplies	686.75
Standard Pest Control	Jul service	25.00
Technology Services of Iowa	office supplies	39.99
Testamerica Inc	wastewater testing	294.84
Thrapp Electric	supplies&wa treatment pr	21,257.62
Treasurer State of Iowa	state wht & sales tax	3,349.00
Various Vendors	employee medical benefit	429.82
Donna Wade	reimburse medical exp	158.97
Washington County Auditor	Jul law contract	6,295.75
Wellman Advance	publications	191.39
Wellman Emporium	Jul condominium fee	86.52
Wellman Telephone Company	phone services	546.62
Wellmark	premium	508.12
Rory White	reimburse medical exp	602.25
Rory White	reimburse for cell phone	43.00
Wigen Water Technolgies	payment/pilot plant	2,385.60
TOTAL EXPENDITURES		201,751.98

The May financial statement includes revenues as follows:

General Fund	16,656.27
Special Tax Levy Funds	2,928.22
Community Develop Block Grant	13,316.00
Street Assessment Fund	859.59
Local Option Sales Tax	13,484.60
Road Use Tax	9,275.83
Tax Credit Reimbursements	14.92
Tax Increment Financing Fund	6,414.75
Debt Service Fund	1,339.50
Library Services Funds	258.25
Parks & Recreation Funds	11,906.59
Cable Channel Fund	71.53
Senior Center Funds	4,517.86
Housing Improvement Fund	2,190.68
Capital Project Funds	64,483.89
Municipal Water Funds	103,512.81
Municipal Sewer Funds	16,978.77
Municipal Gas Funds	69,879.43
Municipalization Electric Fund	0.00
Solid Waste Funds	6,378.87
Storm Water Drainage Fund	1,583.23
TOTAL REVENUES	346,051.59

Resolution No. 09-24 to enter into a contract with Heritage Agency on Aging for fiscal year 2010 was introduced and caused to be read. Bontrager moved to adopt Resolution No. 09-24, Latcham seconded and upon roll call there were three aye votes, two absent. The Mayor affixed his signature.

Resolution No. 09-25 to approve a final plat for the William Bontrager property was introduced and caused to be read. The Bontragers are dividing the north half of the lot off from the section where the house is located. That will be sold and Bontragers will build a new home on the north section. The Planning & Zoning Commission has reviewed the plat and recommends approval of it. Goodrich moved to adopt Resolution No. 09-25, Latcham seconded and upon roll call there were three aye votes, two absent. The Mayor affixed his signature.

Resolution No. 09-26 to approve a final plat for Sandra Schauf property was introduced and caused to be read. The Planning & Zoning Commission has reviewed the plat and recommends approval of it. Bontrager moved to adopt Resolution No. 09-26, Goodrich seconded and upon roll call there were three ayes, two absent. The Mayor affixed his signature.

Resolution No. 09-27 to set an employee wage was introduced and caused to be read. This was to correct an inaccurate hourly wage stated on the original fy10 wage resolution. Latcham moved to adopt Resolution No. 09-27, Bontrager seconded and upon roll call there were three aye votes, two absent. The Mayor affixed his signature.

The Annual commission appointments were nominated as follows:

Wellman Scofield Library Board of Trustees: Mary Lee Ehrenfelt (rural) and

Francis Brenneman

Senior Center Commission: Jo Weamer and

Dennis Nygaard

Planning and Zoning Commission: Fred Lampe and

Jay Thrapp (to fill a term)

Board of Adjustment: Jared Kinsinger

Goodrich moved to approve the appointments as listed, Latcham seconded and all present voted aye.

During General Administrative discussion comments were made on the July 4^th celebration and all those involved were thanked for their efforts.

Deputy Randy Tinnis arrived to report on calls of service. He stated there were no reported issues during the July 4^th event or the street dance. Goodrich asked about installing a speed bump near the stop sign exiting Circle Drive. He reported many vehicles are speeding through the stop sign and was concerned with the blind exit for pedestrian traffic. Latcham voiced his concern of children operating golf carts on city streets.

With no further business Lathcam moved for adjournment at 7:28pm, Bontager seconded and all voted aye. The next regular City Council meeting will be Monday, July 20, 2009, 7:00pm in the Council Chambers of the Wellman Municipal Building.

Minutes transcribed by the City Clerk subject to Council approval.