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BUDGET/FINANCE COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 5:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Doug Poehls Chuck Dickerson
Tom Nelson Emelie Eaton
OTHERS PRESENT: Shirley Ewan Mayor Mace
Rick Herr Kurt Markegard
Co- Chairman Poehls called the regular meeting of the Budget/Finance Committee to order at 5:30 p.m.
There was one person from the public in attendance.
The minutes of the January 21, 2014 meeting were presented and approved via motion by Emelie,
seconded by Chuck, and passed unanimously.
Emelie made a motion to approve the claims in the amount of $272,271.16 for Council consent. Chuck
seconded the motion, all in favor, motion passed.
There were no purchase requisitions presented to the Committee.
The Comp /OT reports for PPE 1/19/14 were reviewed by the Committee. There were no questions.
The Payroll Register for PPE 1/19/14 totaling $168,724.01 was reviewed by the Committee. Motion
was made by Chuck, seconded by Emelie, to recommend council approval of the payroll register. Motion
passed.
Clerk/Treasurer Comments:
Shirley informed the Committee that she has sent out the budget sheets to the department heads to begin
their budgets.
She let the Committee know that management met with Union 303 yesterday and the wording on the
contract has been cleaned up with the Union's approval. They still have a problem with the seniority step
pay and will get back to the City once they decide if they'll accept it.
Mayor's Comments:
East Main Lift Station — The Mayor referred the topic to Kurt. Kurt has been researching what can be
done to alleviate the odor at the lift station. The design of the lift station is such that it does not rid the
sewage completely. The best option is to slope the floor of the pump station so that all of the sewage is
moved towards the pump and sent through the piping to the sewer plant. This could possibly be a long
term solution and something that will need to be budgeted. The current solution that the department
would like to try is a new chemical that will prevent the sewage from becoming anaerobic and delete the
sulfuric gas from rising out of the lift station. The only problem with this method is that it is quite
expensive if used over time. The cost is $1,800 /40lbs. and will need to be repurchased several times
before the lift station can be redone with a sloping floor.
Chuck inquired as to whether Fiberglass Structures could design a cylinder that could be placed in the
well that would be less expensive than drying out the well and re- routing the sewage while the cement
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dries. Kurt said that the cylinder and pump are precast and placed in the ground and the gate is not large
enough to get to the cylinder.
Tom inquired as to what businesses would do if they wanted to have sewer installed on the east side of
Main. Kurt said that in order to connect to that main, the business would have to have their own lift
station.
The Committee agreed that Kurt should try the chemicals to start out with and find the cost of sloping the
floor of the lift station and budget accordingly for next fiscal year.
Other:
The Committee chose to have an election of officers. Chuck nominated Emelie as Chair, seconded by
Tom, all in favor. Emelie will now be the Chairman.
Chuck nominated Tom as Co- Chair, Emelie seconded, all in favor. Tom will now be the Co- Chairman.
Emelie is interested in asking LURA if they would consider replacing the sidewalks on the side streets
down town. She stated that Main has been completed and now the side streets need to be repaired.
Shirley let the Committee know that the State did East Main and LURA provided some funds towards
that project. The West side was done by the State and those businesses have a SID on their property.
Possibly LURA would be willing to pay for part of the costs. She will check with Monica and Heidi.
For next agenda:
It was requested that the Park Maintenance District move up to the next agenda. The Mayor requested
that it be moved up to Other.
The next regular Budget/Finance meeting will be Tuesday, February 18, at 5:30 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Ewan, Clerk/Treasurer
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