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CITY
COUNCIL MEETING July
11, 2011 5:15
P.M. The city council met in
adjourned session from the meeting of June 21, 2011 with the following present:
Mayor Jack E. Rowden, Councilmen Mike Eshbaugh, Greg Gill, and Bob Mason.
Absent: Councilmen Gary
Baughman and Kim Harper. 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, Jason Edwards, Marc Kliewer, Jan Leonard,
and Ruthie Winget. Mayor Jack E. Rowden
presided. The minutes of the meetings
of June 6, 2011 and June 21, 2011 were approved as mailed. Each member of the governing
body was provided a copy of Municipal Judge Sherri Leonard’s report for the
months of May and June, showing 18 new cases brought before the court and
$2,598.00 remitted to the city in May and 31 new cases brought before the court
and $6,142.50 remitted to the city in June. INSPECTOR City Inspector Tony Martin
presented his monthly activities report. INSPECTOR Martin also reported on a
conversation he had with Target Logistics about setting up a mobile home city
for the workers during the construction of the Abengoa ethanol and power plants.
Finding a location for such a large endeavor, providing utilities, and
meeting zoning restrictions were discussed. CHARGE OFFS Motion by Mike Eshbaugh,
seconded by Greg Gill, that uncollectible utility accounts in the amount of
2,198.65 be charged off with every effort made to collect the accounts.
Motion carried. IMPROVEMENTS Jan Leonard reported on the
proposed “Hike and Bike Trail”. The
total cost of the project is anticipated to be $240,000.00.
If the county could be convinced to share in the cost of the improvement,
each entity’s share would be $42,000.00 plus the engineering fees to file the
application with the State. Motion
by Bob Mason, seconded by Greg Gill, that the city council commit to up to
$42,000.00 if the county agrees to share in the cost of the project and if the
fair board agrees to the proposed route. In
favor of the motion: Gill and Mason.
Opposed: Eshbaugh.
Motion carried. TRAFFIC Marc Kliewer and Jason
Edwards, with United Prairie Ag, gave an update on the signage to warn traffic
coming into town from the west about the unit train blocking the streets.
A more detailed report will be provided at the next regular city council
meeting. CITY PROPERTY City Attorney Wayne R. Tate
reviewed the proposed lease agreement with Verizon Wireless to locate a cell
phone tower on a 40 ft. by 50 ft. tract of city property south of the
linemen’s shed at 411 S. Monroe. The
city will receive $6,000.00 a year in rent with a three percent escalator
compounding each year. The term of
the lease is for an initial five-year term and automatically extends for three
additional five-year terms unless the lessee decides to terminate the lease at
the end of the current term. CITY PROPERTY Motion by Eshbaugh, seconded
by Gill, to authorize the execution of the land lease agreement with Verizon
Wireless. Motion carried. CITY PROPERTY Motion by Gill, seconded by
Eshbaugh, to authorize the execution of the memorandum of land lease agreement
with Verizon Wireless. Motion
carried. CITY PROPERTY Motion by Mason, seconded by
Gill, to authorize the mayor to approve the proposed engineering drawings.
Motion carried. CITY CODES Motion by Gill, seconded by
Eshbaugh, that Ordinance No. 778, AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR SMALL
WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS LOCATED WITHIN THE ELECTRIC SERVICE TERRITORY
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, be passed.
Vote: Councilman Eshbaugh,
yes; Councilman Gill, yes; and Councilman Mason, yes.
Motion carried. ANNEXATION Motion by Mason, seconded by
Gill, that Ordinance No. 779, AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN LANDS TO THE CITY OF
HUGOTON, KANSAS, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-520, AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, be passed.
Vote: Eshbaugh, yes; Gill,
yes; and Mason, yes. Motion carried. FINANCE City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks
reviewed the proposed 2012 budget. Motion
by Councilman Gill, seconded by Councilman Mason, to publish the 2012 budget as
presented. Motion carried.
The document establishes a tax levy rate of 36.00 mills, an increase of
2.62 mills from the 2011 budget. Claims against the city were
presented and audited. Motion by
Eshbaugh, seconded by Gill, that Appropriation Ordinances No. 1737 and 1738 be
passed. Motion carried. CONSULTANTS Electric System Supervisor
Gary Rowden again asked the council to enter into an agreement with Shafer,
Kline & Warren, Inc. for engineering services for the design of catalytic
converters to enable the engines at the south power plant to be in compliance
with Maximum Achievable Control Technology for pollution from Reciprocating
Internal Combustion Engines. Councilman
Greg Gill once again made a motion to enter into the agreement.
The motion again died for the lack of a second. PARKS Parks Supervisor Gary Rowden
asked the council to commit to the installation of an automatic sprinkler system
next year in the Raydene Park block bounded by Monroe and Madison and Thirteenth
and Fourteenth. If he could get such
a commitment, Rowden would apply to the Roy and Myrtle Parsons Trust for funds
to complete the remaining two blocks of Raydene Park.
Members of the city council expressed reservations about hiring a
contractor when the city crew should be able to install the sprinkler system. TAX ABATEMENT Motion by Gill, seconded by
Mason, that Ordinance No. 780, AN ORDINANCE EXEMPTING CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE
CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PURPOSES, be passed. In favor of the
motion: Eshbaugh, yes; Gill, yes;
and Mason, yes. Motion carried. POLICE Chief of Police Courtney
Leslie reported the “National Night Out” activities are set for August 2,
2011. Motion by Gill, seconded by
Eshbaugh, that the meeting be adjourned to August 8, 2011 at 5:15 p.m.
Motion carried. |
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