REGULAR CALLED CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 – 5:00 P.M.
Boulders Conference Center – Denison, Iowa
The second regular City Council Meeting of the City of Denison, Iowa was held pursuant to law on the above
date and hour; Mayor Bonner called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with the following members present:
AHART, DESY, LEINEN, MAHRT absent: RODRIGUEZ
Motion Leinen/Ahart to approve the agenda. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Motion Desy/Mahrt to approve the following items on the consent agenda: a) approve and waive the reading of the
minutes for 6/2/2015; b) approve the bills as presented; c) approve budget cash & activity reports for May 2015; d)
approve Resolution #2015-30 approving FYE 6-30-15 transfers for various funds; e) approve tobacco permit renewals
effective 7-1-15 for Tienda El Mexicano, Dollar General, The Pub and Ampride. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Dept. Head Reports: Wiebers reported that Public Works has been painting parking lines, mowing and sprayed weeds on
uptown sidewalks. D&S Sales is making a sign listing rules for the tennis courts. Bonner asked him to add a thank you to
the rules sign to DMU and the school for helping make the project possible. Emswiler reported that Officer Melby’s FTO
training is complete. The fund raiser at Hy-Vee for the K-9 unit raised $17,000 and they received $10,000 from the Denison
Foundation. Emswiler will be on vacation for one week beginning June 17th. Snowgren absent, so Deiber reported that
they put rock at the training facility. Three high school students took FFI test and one student from last year took the FFII
test. Fire dept. had a forceable entry door added at the training facility. Kempfert reported that the Aquatic center has
been busy. Swimming lessons have started and he has 11 teams for the adult Sand Volley Ball League. He hired two
employees for grounds maintenance and they have been working at the aquatic center, plus weeding the nodes & planters
around town.
Motion Mahrt/Leinen to appoint Cathy Gibbons, Jake Segebart and Janelle Brungardt to Aquatic/Parks & Rec Board to
replace Shar Hulstein, Scott Bowker and Tamie Frehse. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Mayor Bonner read a proclamation declaring June 19th as Summer Learning Day.
Resolution #2015-31 was introduced approving contract and bond with K&W Electric, Inc. for the Hwy 39/Ave C
Signalization Project. Motion Ahart/Leinen that the resolution is adopted. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Resolution #2015-32 was introduced consenting to dissolution of Denison Foundation, Inc. Motion Mahrt/Ahart that the
resolution is adopted. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Resolution #2015-33 was introduced setting a public hearing for the sale of an alley to Team Ford & Studers Land
Development, LLC. Motion Desy/Mahrt that the resolution is adopted setting the public hearing for July 7, 2015 at 5:02
p.m. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Resolution #2015-34 was introduced setting a public hearing approving P&Z recommendation to re-zone LHDC property for
Hilldale Estates project from R3 to PUD. Motion Ahart/Mahrt that the resolution is adopted setting the public hearing for
June 30, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Motion Desy/Leinen to authorize the City Clerk to pay bills through the 14-15 fiscal year end. Ayes: 4 Motion carried.
Discussed abandoned and problem properties. City administration will get a list together of abandoned properties and see
if the property taxes are being paid. Also, will change the notices left on properties to include language that the city will
only issue one notice per season for not maintaining property. If property owners continue to fail to maintain their
property, they will not be given another notice before the city cleans up their property and sends them a bill.
City Clerk, Koch, reported that she has been through the revised handbook and found several issues. Koch will be sending it
back to the company preparing it for corrections to be made. Also, before bringing the handbook to council, Koch will have
City Attorney, Franck, review it.
Lengthy discussion was held about funding a rescue engine for the fire dept. Motion Ahart/Mahrt to approve the request
for proposal (RFP) to be sent, but changed the proposal due date from Jul. 31, 2015 to Nov. 16, 2015. Ayes: 4 Motion
carried. The council will have 90 days to accept or reject the bids, which will allow them time to look at the budget for 1617 before deciding whether they can purchase the truck.
Councilperson Ahart left the meeting at 6:20 p.m.
Motion Mahrt/Leinen to approve specifications for a rescue engine for the fire dept. Ayes: 3 Motion carried.
Mayor Report: Mayor Bonner gave a report on KDSN radio this morning. He attended a Hwy 30 Coalition meeting in
Council Bluffs.
City Manager Report: Crawford reported that the Denison Hillside has been sprayed once, but it didn’t kill everything so
will have to be re-sprayed. Then the fire dept. can burn off the debris and Phil’s will begin landscaping. City Hall project is
moving smoothly. Crawford wanted to clarify what he reported at the last meeting on N. 20th St. & Oakpark Blvd repairs.
We have to keep the horizontal infrastructure improvements under the $50,000 bid threshold. Therefore, we will be
spending about $20,000 per street plus some engineering costs and he will be getting competitive quotes for the project.
We will be using the $.10 increase in RUT to pay for these street repairs.
PUBLIC FORUM – Granzen asked whether Council had heard anything from Region XII regarding wage study.
Council doesn’t expect results until sometime in July. Dave Nemitz informed council that the Arbor Committee
would be planting another 50 trees on July 11th.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Lisa K. Koch, City Clerk
Signed _________________________
Brad Bonner, Mayor