City of Tekoa
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
For March 15, 2010
I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor John Jaeger called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Council members present at the meeting were Jaeger, John Giudice, Eileen Soldwedel, David Tysz and Troy Wilson. Also present were Clerk/Treasurer, Kynda Browning and City Attorney, Stephen Bishop. In attendance in the audience were Matt Morkert, engineer, and Ron Flock.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Jaeger asked those present to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
III. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION: Matt Morkert was in attendance and went over the plans and specifications to upgrade the water storage reservoir and reconstruct well #2 with the council. The Community Development Block Grant will be awarded in May. John Giudice made a motion to apply for the Public Works Grant/Loan. Eileen Soldwedel seconded the motion; all council members voted yes.
IV. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: Ron Flock was in attendance and talked about property he has outside of the city limits and would like to request that his property be annexed into the city. Stephen Bishop said that if you annex property into the city, it has to contiguous. There are presently two homes between his property and the city limits. Ron Flock was told he will need to talk to his two neighbors and if they agree to be annexed, he will then come back to the council.
V. OLD BUSINESS:
A. CITY HALL ELECTRICITY BILL: Duane Groom was not in attendance.
B. BUS SERVICE TO SPOKANE: Eileen Soldwedel does not have anything at this time. It will be at least one
year down the road before bus service may be available.
C. WHITMAN COUNTY .09 GRANT FOR 2010: We looked at the city shop and decided that the facility
wasn’t in good enough condition at this time to warrant grant monies. We will not apply for the .09 grant this
year.
D. PDA REPORT: Roy Schulz was not in attendance.
E. UNFIT DWELLING ORDINANCE: Council members now have a copy of the ordinance.
F. LETTER TO OWNERS OF RAILROAD APARTMENTS: Mayor Jaeger says it appears that we will
have to start all over again with this property. Stephen Bishop suggested that we have Zach Lanham look at the
building before progressing further in defining the building as an unfit dwelling.
G. FEE TO POST HOUSE LISTINGS ON WEBSITE: John Giudice asked who gave permission to the
person who has houses for sale on our web site. The council felt that the Chamber of Commerce should have
homes for sale on a web site, not the city. The link for houses will then be taken off of the city’s web site.
H. MEMORIAL TRAIL: Mike Bogenreif was not in attendance.
I. SHREDDING OLD CITY DOCUMENTS: There will be a stack of old documents for the council to
review at our next meeting for possible shredding.
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
A. ACREAGE THAT CITY OWNS: We are beginning to develop a list of property/acreage owned by the
city.
B. SELECTION OF ENGINEERING FIRM: Kynda Browning reported that we have received Statements
of Qualifications from engineering firms for the 2010 year. The Council asked her to notify them that we are not
taking any action at this time.
VII. MAINTENANCE REPORT: Duane Groom was not in attendance.
VIII. CLERK/TREASURER REPORT: Kynda Browning reported that she will be attending some upcoming workshops put on by the auditor’s office and Rural Development.
IX. COUNCIL REPORTS:
~Dave Tysz is working with his neighbors to clean up their property.
~John Giudice talked about having someone besides Duane Groom do code enforcement. They will talk about it
at our next meeting.
X. MAYOR’S REPORT: Adam Smith came in and asked to sub-divide the property heowns near the golf
course. Mayor Jaeger will appoint a committee to be on the Planning Commission that will work with Adam Smith
and others in the future who want to sub-divide their property. Troy Wilson will be the chairman of the planning commission.
XI. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. APPROVE February 15, 2010 MEETING MINUTES: Roy Schulz made a motion to approve the
February 15, 2010, meeting minutes as presented. John Giudice seconded the motion; all council members
voted yes.
B. APPROVE BILLS FOR PAYMENT: Roy Schulz made a motion to approve payroll check numbers
8446 through 8460, 8463 through 8465, 8485 through 8488 and EFT 941 payment and HSA Bank payment for
$14,932.74; and check numbers 8461,8462 and 8466 through 8484 for $23,566.52 as presented. Eileen
Soldwedel seconded the motion; all council members voted yes.
XII. ADJOURNMENT: Roy Schulz made a motion to adjourn the meeting 9:30 p.m. Eileen Soldwedel
seconded the motion; all council members voted yes.
APPROVED:
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John Jaeger – Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kynda Browning – Clerk/Treasurer
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