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CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 8, 2010 5:15 P.M. Others present were Outside Utilities Supervisor Dean Banker, City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks, Chief of Police Courtney Leslie, City Inspector Tony Martin, Electric System Supervisor Gary Rowden, City Attorney Wayne R. Tate, Wilma Bartel, and Jan Leonard. BIDS Bids were considered for temporary notes to finance the Downtown Streetscape Project. The Kansas Department of Transportation will periodically reimburse the city for the costs of the project, but the temporary notes are necessary to make the initial payments to the contractor and engineer. Commerce Bank 2.083% Country Club Bank 1.240% UMB Bank with .615% Citizens State Bank Motion by Councilman Mike Eshbaugh, seconded by Councilman Greg Gill, to accept the bid of UMB Bank. In favor of the motion: Councilmen Eshbaugh, Gill, and Mason. Abstained: Councilman Harper. Motion carried. FINANCE Motion by Councilman Mason, seconded by Councilman Eshbaugh, that Resolution No. 2010-1, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION TEMPORARY NOTES, SERIES A, 2010 OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,270,00 FOR THE TEMPORARY FINANCING OF A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY; ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE TEMPORARY NOTES, be passed. Motion carried. The minutes of the meeting of January 11, 2010 were corrected with the current mayor’s name and otherwise approved as mailed. Each member of the governing body was provided a copy of Municipal Judge Sherri Leonard’s report for the month of January, showing 24 new cases brought before the court and $3,839.00 remitted to the city. CITY INSPECTOR City Inspector Tony Martin presented his monthly activities report. Councilman Gary Baughman arrived at 5:29 p.m. TRANSIENT GUEST TAX The board of convention and tourism activities is recommending the expenditure of $1,000.00 from the convention and tourism fund for earnest money for the possible purchase of the Showplace Theatre. Motion by Eshbaugh, seconded by Gill, to approve the expenditure and to authorize the city clerk to issue the check. Motion carried. Claims against the city were presented and audited. Motion by Harper, seconded by Eshbaugh, that Appropriation Ordinances No. 1903 and 1904 be passed. Motion carried. ELECTRIC Electric System Supervisor Gary Rowden asked for council’s permission to allow Transmission and Distribution Solutions to return this year to continue the upgrade of the city’s distribution system. Motion by Harper, seconded by Gill, to authorize the work up to a maximum expenditure of $600,000, which is to include contractor’s labor and equipment and major materials provided by the city. Motion carried. STREETS Motion by Councilman Harper, seconded by Councilman Gill, to have the outside utilities supervisor get bids on the replacement of the intersections at Seventh and Harrison (both sides), Eighth and Jackson (west side), Tenth and Adams (both sides), and Tenth and Washington (north side). Motion carried. Motion by Harper, seconded by Eshbaugh, that the meeting go into executive session in regard to personnel matters. Motion carried. Mayor Rowden called the meeting into executive session at 6:50 p.m. with the meeting to reconvene in open session at 6:55 p.m. The meeting reconvened in open session at 6:52 p.m. Motion by Gill, seconded by Mason, that the meeting be adjourned to March 8, 2010 at 5:15 p.m. Motion carried.
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