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CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 7, 2011 5:15 P.M. The city council met in adjourned session from the meeting of January 17, 2011 with the following present: Mayor Jack E. Rowden; Councilmen Gary Baughman, Greg Gill, Kim Harper, and Bob Mason. Absent: Councilman Mike Eshbaugh. Others present were Outside Utilities Supervisor Dean Banker, City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks, Chief of Police Courtney Leslie, City Inspector Tony Martin, Electric Distribution System Supervisor Gary Rowden, City Attorney Wayne R. Tate, and Ruthie Winget. Mayor Jack E. Rowden presided. The minutes of the meetings of January 10, 2011 and January 17, 2011 were 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 33 new cases brought before the court and $3,935.44 remitted to the city. Councilman Gary Baughman arrived at 5:18 p.m. INSPECTOR City inspector Tony Martin presented his monthly activities report. SEWER City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks presented an analysis of the sewer department’s debt service requirements. When the sewer truck and cleaner were purchased in 2008, the decision was made to make the debt service payments from the sewer reserve funds until the balance reached $100,000.00. That minimum balance in the reserve fund has been reached. The operating fund must now make those payments, and a rate increase will be required. Also, the city is in the process of replacing the main sewer lift station. That additional debt service will require an even larger rate increase. Hicks offered the following recommendation for the increases – Residential from $12.50 per month to $16.50 per month, Class A commercial from $12.50 per month to $16.50 per month, Class B commercial from $26.50 per month to $35.00 per month, Class C commercial from $48.00 per month to $63.50 per month, and Institutional from $80.00 per month to $106.00 per month. SEWER A discussion was held on the various non-residential sewer customer classes. Motion by Councilman Kim Harper, seconded by Councilman Greg Gill, to move hospitals and nursing homes from Class C to Institutional, to move car washes and hotels and motels from Class B to Class C, and to add recreational vehicle parks as a Class C designated business. In favor of the motion: Councilmen Gill, Harper, and Mason. Opposed: Councilman Baughman. Motion carried. SEWER Motion by Harper, seconded by Gill, that Ordinance No. 774, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES FOR THE USE OF THE SEWER DISPOSAL SERVICE OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, REPEALING SECTION 14-208 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, 1991, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 716 AND REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, be passed. Vote: Councilman Baughman, no; Councilman Gill, yes; Councilman Harper, yes; and Councilman Mason, yes. Motion carried. POLICE The building at 629 Claims against the city were presented and audited. Motion by Baughman, seconded by Mason, that Appropriation Ordinances No. 1927 and 1928 be passed. Motion carried. TRAFFIC Councilman Harper reported UPA has failed to provide adequate lighting to alert traffic coming into town from the west that the unit train has the railroad tracks blocked. Harper also stated UPA has not put together a meeting of the committee as agreed upon at the December 6, 2010 city council meeting. The city attorney will contact UPA about its shortcomings. Motion by Harper, seconded by Mason, that the meeting go into executive session in regard to personnel matters. Motion carried. Mayor Jack E. Rowden called the meeting into executive session at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to reconvene in open session at 6:40 p.m. The meeting reconvened in open session at 6:45 p.m.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 17, 2011 5:15 P.M. The city council met in special session with the following present: Mayor Jack E. Rowden; Councilmen Gary Baughman, Greg Gill, and Kim Harper. Absent: Councilmen Mike Eshbaugh and Bob Mason. Others present were City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks, Chief of Police Courtney Leslie, City Attorney Wayne R. Tate, and Ruthie Winget. The purposes of the special meeting were to discuss a personnel matter and the possible acquisition of real estate. Mayor Jack E. Rowden presided. Motion by Councilman Kim Harper, seconded by Councilman Greg Gill, that the meeting go into executive session in regard to personnel matters. Motion carried. Mayor Jack E. Rowden called the meeting into executive session at 5:15 p.m. with the meeting to reconvene in open session at 5:25 p.m. The meeting reconvened in open session at 5:36 p.m. Motion by Harper, seconded by Gill, to authorize the chief of police to hire the most qualified applicant as a patrolman. Motion carried. A certified officer’s beginning rate of pay is $14.90 per hour. Motion by Harper, seconded by Gill, that the meeting go into executive session in regard to the acquisition of real estate. Motion carried. Rowden called the meeting into executive session at 5:40 p.m. with the meeting to reconvene in open session at 5:45 p.m. The meeting reconvened in open session at 5:47 p.m. Motion by Greg Gill, seconded by Gary Baughman, that the meeting be adjourned to March 7, 2011 at 5:15 p.m. Motion carried. |
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