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CITY
COUNCIL MEETING November
7, 2011 5:15
P.M. The city council met in
adjourned session from the meeting of October 11, 2011 with the following
present: Mayor Jack E. Rowden;
Councilmen Gary Baughman, Mike Eshbaugh, Greg Gill, Kim Harper, and Bob Mason. 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, Mark Crawford, Neal R. Gillespie, Alvin
Riley, and Ruthie Winget. Mayor Jack E. Rowden
presided. The minutes of the meeting of October 11, 2011 were
approved as mailed. Councilman Greg Gill arrived at 5:16 p.m. Each member of the governing
body was presented a copy of Municipal Judge Sherri Leonard’s report for the
month of October, showing 12 new cases brought before the court and $3,283.50
remitted to the city. CITY INSPECTOR City Inspector Tony Martin presented his monthly
activities report. ADDITIONS Martin also reported the planning commission has
approved the final plat for the Stevens County Industrial Park east of town.
After reviewing the plat, motion by Councilman Kim Harper, seconded by
Councilman Mike Eshbaugh, to accept the plat as presented.
Motion carried. HOUSING USD #210 Superintendent Mark
Crawford and Stevens County Economic Development Director Neal R. Gillespie
asked the city council to consider offering some type of cash incentive to
builders for the construction of speculative homes to help with the
community’s housing shortage. GOLF COURSE Alvin Riley reported the golf
course still needs to pump 16 million gallons of water by the end of the year to
perfect the additional water rights at the golf course. POWER SUPPLY City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks
presented updated figures on Pioneer Electric Cooperative’s power supply
proposal. The comparison between the
current agreement and the new proposal is actually an increase of approximately
$417,000.00 in the cost of electricity based on 2010 data.
The city could realize an offset of $98,040.00 for municipal generation
credit. Even with the credit, the
city is looking at a 17 percent increase for the purchase of electricity.
Without the power plant credit, the increase would be 22 percent.
Pioneer has offered to reduce the adder in the new proposal from three
mills in the first three years, four mills the next three years, and five mills
thereafter to two mills for the first two years, four mills for the next three
years, and five mills thereafter. Each
mill is approximately $35,000.00. Representatives
of Pioneer Electric will be invited to attend the next council meeting. COMMUNITY SERVICE City employees have
historically provided the community service of locating property pins for
residents. The city has received a
letter from Harder and Associates LLC directing the city to cease locating
property boundaries. Motion by
Councilman Kim Harper, seconded by Councilman Bob Mason, that the city continue
to provide the service of locating property pins but those who request the
service will be required to sign a release and indemnification agreement
prepared by the city attorney. Motion
carried. PERSONNEL On-call time was again
discussed. The city clerk corrected
what was reported at the last city council meeting.
Employees under the supervision of the outside utilities supervisor are
actually receiving six hours of overtime, not six hours of regular time, for
each day of on-call. So, the
proposed change is not equivalent to the current practice.
Under the proposed ordinance, the on-call employees under the supervision
of the outside utilities supervisor would be losing three hours or a third of
their credited time for each day of on-call.
After discussion, the city clerk was instructed to redraft the ordinance
on on-call time. PERSONNEL Motion by Mike Eshbaugh,
seconded by Greg Gill, that Ordinance No. 786, AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
OVERTIME POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, AMENDING SECTION
1-511(a) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON, KANSAS, 1991, AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, be passed.
Vote: Councilman Baughman,
yes; Councilman Eshbaugh, yes, Councilman Gill, yes; Councilman Harper, yes; and
Councilman Mason, yes. Motion
carried. CITY CODES The city clerk presented each
member of the governing body, the city attorney, and city inspector with copies
of the codification of all city ordinances prepared in conjunction with the
League of Kansas Municipalities. A
quick review of highlighted additions and changes was conducted.
Those receiving copies are to read as much or as little of the
codification as they want but any changes must be offered at the meeting of
December 5, 2011. Claims against the city were
presented and audited. Motion by
Harper, seconded by Gill, that Appropriation Ordinances No. 1945 and 1946 be
passed. Motion carried. Motion by Baughman, seconded
by Mason, that the meeting be adjourned to November 21, 2011 at 5:15 p.m.
Motion carried.
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