JANUARY 3, 2017 THE MOULTON ...

January 3, 2017 The Moulton City Council met on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 with the meeting being called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Ogden. Roll call – Thompson, Boyd, Forsythe and Spring; Daniels was absent. Motion by Thompson seconded by Spring to approve the agenda, all ayes none opposed. Sheriff’s Report – 1 10-50 property damage; 1 alarm burglary; 1 all traffic & roads; 3 ambulance request; 1 child custody; served 15 civil papers; 1 domestic disturbance; 1 information; 1 other; 1 phone harassment;1 theft; 1 vehicle lock out; 3 welfare checks; patrolled 25.07 hours in December. Under the Supt. Report the Mayor mentioned the utility bill that will go out in January will be estimated because of illness. (except for the big users) No reports from the Ambulance/First Responders; Fire Dept; Emergency Management, or Library. Public Comment – none. Motion by Boyd seconded by Forsythe to approve the Consent Agenda – Treasurer’s report; bills; minutes of the previous meeting; Iowegian Subscription Renewal, all ayes none opposed. Motion by Spring seconded by Boyd to approve the list of committees, depositories and official paper, ayes none opposed. Sewer Rehab – All the specs have been turned into USDA and the local office has forwarded them on to be approved then we will be able to get bids on those specs. Motion by Forsythe seconded by Thompson to approve LL Pelling’s pricing quote for 2017 sealing coating, all ayes none opposed. Discussed the non-refundable hook-up fee that is currently in place and if we should return to the deposit for the water/sewer/garbage. The council would like to see the pros and cons for this. Motion by Spring seconded by Forsythe to table this until the February meeting, all ayes none opposed. Motion by Spring seconded by Boyd to renew the current health insurance policy with Wellmark for another year, all ayes none opposed. Reviewed the quarterly rate report for water, sewer and gas. The water is looking better and gas is going deeper in the red. Will see what happens over the winter. Also reviewed the quarterly comp report on the employee’s vacation and sick leave. Mayor Concerns – Had a phone call concerning penalties being charged after their check was lost in the mail. This was for the bill that was due on December 5th. The check still hasn’t shown up. Council Concerns – There are a couple of dogs running at large from both Morrow’s on West Broadway. Letter’s need to be sent along with the Animal Ordinance section on dogs not allowed to run at large. No Public Comments. Motion by Spring seconded by Thompson to adjourn, all ayes none opposed. Adjourn at 7:25 PM. EXPENDITURES Alliant – utils/st lights - $2,440.56 ANR – gas trans – 1,600.98 App Co Sheriff– 6 mos – 600.00 Continuum Energy – gas purch – 3,667.44 W Daniels – dep ref – 41.10 Dearborn Nat’l – life ins – 419.95 Farm & Home – plat bk – 44.70 Farmers Mutual – ph/internet – 233.19 Garrett Mem. Lib – subs – 4,770.00 Gas & Wash – fuel – 74.00 Griff & Geo – legal – 22.00 Hall Eng – gas nominate-Nov – 400.00 Hill’s Sant – GB – 3,598.00 R Houser – cell ph – 20.00 Univ. of IA – labs – 250.00 IA Workforce – unemply - .22 Iowegian – publ/renewal – 192.61 IPERS – 1,569.36 Menards – generator – .99 Midwest Envir – testing – 156.00 City Moulton – utils/deps on bills – 1,019.51 IRS – taxes – 2,567.76 Municipal Supply – supl – 501.00 NAPA – parts – 77.94 Pro-Tech – supl – 2.94 RRWA – wa purch – 3,063.20 S Stansberry – dep ref – 171.22 Storey Kenworthy – dr hangers – 218.08 T & L Market – supl – 3.69 Transamerica – ins – 590.86 Treas St of IA – taxes – 2,329.00 True Value – supl – 24.37 US Bank – misc – 1,674.95 Util Safety/Design – aware plan – 973.87 Wal-Mart – supl – 38.15 Wellmark BC/BS – ins – 5,038.22 K Wood – cell ph/mileage – 90.00 TOTAL EXPENSES - $38,485.86 2016 Gross Wages M Boyd - $140.00 W Daniels – 150.00 S Forsythe – 140.00 R Houser – 52,171.46 J Ogden – 1,000.00 L Ray – 590.00 T Spring – 120.00 W Stevenson – 794.00 J Thompson – 140.00 V Withrow – 39,477.33 K Wood – 42,704.80 TOTAL WAGES - $137,427.59 INCOME General/Other Accts - $13,432.74 LOST Funds - $4,413.21 Water Dept - $14,199.16 Sewer Dept - $14,944.26 Sw rehab project - $ - 0 - Gas Dept - $13,927.17 Fire Dept - $1,551.03 Street Dept - $5,749.79 Garbage - $4,159.18 Ambl Serv - $ - 0 - TOTALS -$72,376.54 ATTEST: Mayor Jason Ogden City Clerk/Treasurer Vickie Withrow Runs 1x January 12th, 2017