November 6, 2017

Posted: November 6, 2017

Present: Lienau, Langreck, Holthaus, Beckman.
Absent: Meyer.
Don Dilaura along with Zak Kriener from the Ossian Bee were present during the meeting.

Following the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, Mayor Green called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm.

Mayor Green reported on various items that included: speeding and stop sign matters being monitored; the Mary-Brooks Street intersection is finished; filling in the ditch on the south end of Jessie Streets is going well.

Lienau made a motion approving the following consent items: October 2, 2017 council minutes, clerk’s reports and the monthly bills, seconded by Holthaus, carried, one absent.

Beckman made a motion authorizing Payment #4-Final in the amount of $11,464.36 to Bacon Concrete, LLC for the Reilly Addition Interceptor Sewer Project, seconded by Langreck, carried, one absent.

The city clerk reported Bill Nelson, the engineer working with the Military Trail Estates First Addition subdivision, was not ready to present any new information and hopes to have final documents ready for the December 4, 2017 council meeting.

Beckman made a motion authorizing the City of Ossian to enter into a Financial Service Agreement with Speer Financial, Inc. as a Municipal Advisor to provide municipal related financial services, seconded by Lienau, carried, one absent.

Beckman made a motion introducing Ordinance #72, an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ossian. Iowa, by amending provisions pertaining to service charges for water service, and that it be read for the first time, seconded by Holthaus.
Whereupon the Mayor put the question on the motion and the following named Council Members voted:
Ayes: Holthaus, Langreck, Lienau, Beckman.
Nays: None. Absent: Meyer.
Thereupon the Mayor declared said motion approved.

Lienau made a motion approving a proposal for meter interface annual support from Banyon Data in the amount of $295.00, seconded by Langreck, carried, one absent.

The Mayor reported the property owner at 109 Old Sewer Road told him he had submitted the necessary paperwork to the State of Iowa that will validate his business being operated from his property. As a result the nuisance issue on the property was tabled until the December 4, 2017 council meeting.

Holthaus made a motion approving a building permit submitted by Randy Tieskoetter, seconded by Lienau, carried, one absent.

Beckman made a motion authorizing an annual $100 fuel reimbursement to the city’s yard waste site monitor for use of a personal vehicle, seconded by Lienau, carried, one absent.

Beckman made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Lienau, carried, one absent. Meeting adjourned at 6:00 pm.