MINUTES OF A MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF COUNCIL OF THE
Mayor Mary Brown called the meeting of City Council to
order at 8:00 P.M. on December 3, 2007. The Clerk called the roll and the
following Councilmembers were present:
Barb Runge, Jim Doepker, Barbara Levine, Eric Haas, Roger Peterman, and
Tom Lampe. Staff members in attendance
included: City Administrative Officer
Don Martin, City Clerk Melissa Kelly, City Attorney Jann Seidenfaden, Finance
Director Fred Ewald, Fire Captain Greg Schultz and Police Chief Mike Daly.
Mayor Brown led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
Minutes
The Minutes of the November 19, 2007 Council meeting were presented to Council for consideration. A motion was made by Mr. Lampe and seconded by Mr. Haas to approve the minutes as written. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
Visitors and Communications
Mr. Robert Prast of 30 Crow Hill was present and addressed Council. Mr. Prast requested that the leaf pickup provided by the city be extended past the deadline of December 18th. Mr. Prast noted that many trees have not lost all of their leaves and would like residents to be able to call for a special pickup. Don Martin said that he would check with the General Services Director, but during snow season the leaf trucks are changed over to plows to ensure a quick response if a heavy snowfall occurs.
New Business
NeCamp Construction: $104,220
Langenheim & Thompson: $124,000
RFH Construction: $160,000
D.C. Byers/Ohio Inc.: 176,253
The City Engineer has reviewed the bids and recommends that the contract be awarded to NeCamp Construction in the amount of $104,220. A motion was made by Mr. Peterman and seconded by Mr. Lampe to award the contract for the Tower Hill Road Pier Wall Project to NeCamp Construction in the amount of $104,220. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted "aye" - Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting "no" - none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
Consideration of Health Insurance Proposals: The city solicits bids each year for employee health insurance. The best and lowest cost proposal to the city was from Humana. The plan the city would like to have in place by January 1, 2008 is the Humana NPOS 100/70 plan in combination with an employer provided Health Reimbursement Account managed by a third party administrator, Chard Snyder. Depending on the usage by employees, the potential savings to the city could be as much as $100,000. A motion was made by Mr. Haas and seconded by Mr. Peterman to accept the Humana NPOS 100/70 insurance plan to be effective for full time city employees on January 1, 2008. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted "aye" - Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting "no" - none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
Report on Vouchers
The Finance Committee presented its Report of Disbursements and recommended the payment of warrants numbered 54755 through 54828 for the period of November 19 - December 3, 2007. A motion was made by Mr. Doepker and seconded by Mrs. Levine to concur in the recommendation of the Finance Committee. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted “aye”: Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting “no”: none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
Ordinances, Resolutions, and Orders
Ordinance
O-34-2007, an ordinance prohibiting the intentional feeding of deer within
the City of
Ordinance O-35-2007, an ordinance amending Chapter 95 of the Code of Ordinances related to the discharge of firearms and other weapons within the city and regulating field dressing of animals.
Roger Peterman indicated that he would like to amend the ordinance by adding a stipulation that the arrow does not leave the owner's property or the property that the hunter has permission to hunt on. He would also like to add that this ordinance expire in three (3) years, that date being January 21, 2011, so that it can be reviewed again at that time.
A motion was made by Mr. Peterman and seconded by Mr. Lampe to amend Ordinance O-35-2007 to restrict any arrow from leaving the owner's property or the property the hunter has permission to hunt on. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted "aye" - Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting "no" - none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
A second motion was made by Mr. Peterman and seconded by Mr. Lampe to make an amendment to the ordinance to put into effect a "sunset" law of three (3) years that would create an expiration date of January 21, 2011. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted "aye" - Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting "no" - none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
Executive Session: In accordance with KRS 61.810 Exceptions to open meetings, subsection (c), council will enter into executive session for discussions "of proposed or pending litigation against or on behalf of the city".
A motion was made by Mr. Lampe and seconded by Mr. Peterman to adjourn to the Centennial room at 8:45 p.m. for Executive Session. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
A motion was made by Mr. Lampe and seconded by Mr. Peterman to reconvene into regular session of council at 9:10 p.m. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
A motion was made by Mr. Peterman and seconded by Mr. Lampe to hire Charlie King, Attorney at Law pertaining to a legal matter related to the City. Upon call of the roll, the following members voted "aye" - Mrs. Runge, Mr. Doepker, Mrs. Levine, Mr. Haas, Mr. Peterman, and Mr. Lampe. Voting "no" - none. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0.
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Mary H. Brown, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Melissa K. Kelly, City Clerk