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HomeMy Public PortalAboutMarch 2012 Financial Report February 2012 Beginning Bank Balance Feb 2012 = $ 145,996.25 Ending Bank Balance Feb 2012 = $ 78,471.37 General Fund = $ 83,767.83 Special Revenue Fund = $ 242,622.95 Propriety (Sewer) Fund = $ 163,522.51 Capital Project Fund = $ 2,195,728.87 Totals of All Monies = $ 2,685,642.16 General Fund = $ 83,767.83 Special Revenue Fund = $ 242,622.95 Engineer: MSA Professional Services Contact: Jared D. Fluhr, Engineer Office: 563.445.3501 Cell: 563.543.8202 Email Address: jfluhr@msa-ps.com Contractor: Hawkeye Paving Corporation On-Site Contact: Billy Evans, Superintendent Cell: 563.529.0284 RIVERDALE ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT The intent of this letter is to update you on the progress of the construction on Manor Drive, Circle Drive, Fieldcrest Road, Windsor Drive, Elmhurst Lane, & Valley Drive. It is my plan to send these project updates in each issue of the Riverdale monthly newsletter throughout the reconstruction. The first project update was sent out to residents on Friday March 9th. If anyone did not receive one, a copy can be obtained from City Hall. Project Schedule Hawkeye Paving has placed the storm sewer along Manor Drive to Windsor Drive. On Tuesday March 20th they began clearing and grubbing work at the southwest end of Fieldcrest, and will soon begin removing and replacing the storm sewer along Fieldcrest Road. The storm sewer work along Fieldcrest Road will take approximately 3-4 weeks. Hawkeye paving has removed half of Circle Drive, Windsor Drive, and Elmhurst Drive. They are currently preparing the subgrade before placement of the rock base. Hawkeye plans to start paving towards the end of next week (March 28th-March 30th). Saw cutting of the pavement will also be taking place throughout the entire paving process. It may be necessary for Hawking Paving to be saw cutting past the normal working day, and into the evening. We apologize in advance for the noise caused by saw cutting of the concrete, but this work is crucial to the quality of the pavement. After the concrete is poured for the roadways and driveways, traffic on the new concrete will not be allowed for a period of approximately 7 days (unless notified otherwise) to allow the concrete to cure properly. Hawkeye has also begun removing pavement on Valley Drive, and this section of roadway will remain closed until the end of April. Proper road closure and detour signs will be in place throughout the reconstruction phase. Driveway Access & Work Within The right-of-Way Reminder: Residents will not be able to access their driveways while construction is taking place on their side of the street. It is recommended that residents and neighbors work together, and share driveways with neighbors across the street from each other. If sharing a driveway is not possible or feasible for some residents, there will be parking available on the other streets, a temporary parking area at the end of Windsor Dr., and at Volunteer Square and Bicentennial Parks. Please make sure that all landscaping or decorative lawn ornaments that are in the right-of-way (ROW) and will be affected by the construction are removed prior to the construction. The storm sewer along Fieldcrest Road is currently staked, and if any one has any concerns with possible tree or bush removals please contact me. Hawkeye is not responsible for the removal and the replacement of landscaping or shrubbery. If anyone has an invisible fence within the ROW, contact Billy Evans (563.529.0284) and he will mark it. Traffic Control Hawkeye Paving is responsible for all traffic control measures. During the roadway reconstruction, one lane of traffic will always remain open. Circle Drive is currently ONE WAY. Valley Drive is completely closed and proper road closure and detour signs are in place. All emergency services have been notified. With only one lane of traffic open in construction areas, we ask that all residents please be patient, courteous and alternate at one lane restrictions this spring as we work together for the successful completion of this project. Manor Drive hill should be fully open for the 4th of July. Garbage Pick-Up, Mail Delivery, UPS/FedEx Delivery & Spring Clean Up Reminder: We ask that all residents label their garbage and recycling bins and place their bins in their usual location. Hawkeye will move the bins to the other side of the road for waste pick-up. Mail service will continue as usual, but Hawkeye has moved mail boxes to a safe and centralized location. We ask that all mail boxes be labeled with your names and addresses to make it easier for the post master. The locations that mailboxes will be moved to are as follows: Circle Drive will be at the nearest (split half way) intersection of Circle & Manor, Windsor & Elmhurst will be moved to the northwest corner of Windsor at Manor. Mail box relocations of Valley, Fieldcrest, and Manor are yet TBD. All mail boxes will be moved back to original locations after construction is completed. It has been brought to my attention that some residents are not receiving packages from UPS and FedEx. I have contacted both companies notifying them of the issue. If packages continue to not be delivered, please contact UPS and/or FedEx and file a claim or issue a complaint. As discussed at the regular City Council Meeting on Tuesday March 6th, it was decided to cancel the spring clean up day. The next clean up date will be held in the fall. The date is yet TBD. Utility Coordination & Relocations The gas company is still making improvements to their utilities in conjunction with the street project. The water company finished their relocating work that was required for the storm sewer improvements. MidAmerican Energy relocated 4 overhead poles on the north side of Elmhurst to the north right-of-way line, and Mediacom also moved their overhead wires to the new poles. MidAmerican should be removing the old poles immediately. Jared Fluhr is the construction engineer and will be on-site. Jeremiah Luoma, with MSA, will also be an on-site inspector. If any questions or concerns arise during construction, please feel free to contact myself or Billy Evans using our contact information listed on the front page. I look forward to a successful and timely completion to this project, and we apologize for any inconveniences. The finished product will be well worth it! Respectfully, Jared D. Fluhr, Engineer MSA Professional Services, Inc PUBLIC HEARING & OFFICIAL MINUTES Mayor Pro-Tem Cheryl Channon opened the Public Hearing concerning the Proposed 2012/2013 Riverdale City Budget at 7:00 p.m. on February 23, 2012. Roll Call: Present: Channon, Hupp, Littrel, Paddock and Halsey. Mayor Franklin was absent. Also present: Attorney Eric Long, Attorney Steve Hunter, Judy and Dean Hiles, Jean Meer, Bob Dominacki, Don Fisher, Dale Hupp, Ed Collins, Tom Mack, Jim Beran and Steven Townsend. Mayor Pro-Tem Channon asked for public comments concerning the Riverdale 2012/2013 Budget. Steven Townsend quoted Iowa Code No. 384.26 stating that the City will hold a Special City Election pertaining to bonds & Code No. 384.24A stating that the debt levy bond is over the limit for a town of Riverdale’s size. Attorney Hunter explained the text he quoted was not applicable to our situation. Riverdale is implementing an Essential Corporate Purpose Bond and therefore different rules apply. Mr. Hunter explained that these bonds are initiated by Ahlers and Cooney P.C. in Des Moines. They are the Bond Counsel for Riverdale and the most respected Bond Council. Mr. Hunter reiterated that the code Mr. Townsend spoke of was for General Obligation Bonds not Essential Corporate Purpose Bonds and all the proceedings were prepared by Bond Counsel. Jim Beran asked council to clarify the budget line by line. Tom Mack drew a diagram of how much the Riverdale taxes have raised in the last couple of years and stated the tax increase over this time has been 400%. Mayor Pro-Tem Channon explained how the expenses have gone up for Riverdale and that we do not take in the same amount of tax revenue that we did in the past. With our population decrease after this last census our Road Use Tax and our Local Option Sales Tax decreased a considerable amount. Mr. Mack thanked the council for all their hard work and dedication to the city. Hupp moved to adjourn the Public Hearing at 8:00 p.m. on the proposed budget, further discussion will be during the regular council meeting scheduled for March 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. for continuation on the Public Hearing and for the council to take action on the 2012/2013 Riverdale budget. Seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Mayor Pro-Tem Cheryl Channon opened the special meeting of the Riverdale City Council meeting at 8:32 p.m. Agenda: Hupp moved to approve the agenda for February 23, 2012, seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Hupp moved to hire Xylem, Ltd. Rocks Etc. for two loads of playground mulch and Mohr Enterprises to install the mulch at Haven’s Acres and Bicentennial Parks not to exceed $5,000.00, seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: Don Fisher from the Board Of Adjustments stated that the Board had a proposal in front of them and thinks the Board needs to proceed with caution. The issue involves a city official and City Attorney Steve Hunter suggested the Board retain an Attorney independent of Riverdale’s City Attorney. Halsey moved to allow the Board Of Adjustment to hire an Attorney not to exceed $5,000.00, seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried ______________________ _______________________ Cheryl J. Channon Mayor Pro-Tem Paula McIntosh City Clerk RIVERDALE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Mayor Franklin opened a regular session of the Riverdale City Council at 7:00 p.m. on March 6, 2012. Roll Call: Present: Channon, Hupp, Paddock and Halsey. Littrel was absent. Also present: Attorney Eric Long, Jarrod Fluhr & Paul Loete from MSA, Fire Chief Floyd Bruns, Richard Wells, Tom Mack, Dale Hupp and Ashley Steele. Agenda: Channon moved to approve the agenda for March 6, 2012, seconded by Hupp. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Minutes: There were corrections made to the minutes on February 21, 2012. The date was not listed at the beginning of the minutes, changed “publications to the council” to Communications To The Council, and a spelling error on the last page last bullet, changed “mode” to “made”. Hupp moved to approve the minutes from February 21, 2012 with said corrections, seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: Channon – aye, Hupp – aye, Paddock – abstain, Halsey – aye, motion carried. Channon moved to approve the minutes from the meeting dated February 12, 2012 seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes, motion carried. Warrants: Hupp moved to approve the warrants for March 6, 2012 as listed, seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. CLAIMS LIST MARCH 6, 2012 VENDOR NAME REFERENCE TOTAL Bush, Motto, Creen, Koury Legal Services $785.00 Century Link Telephone $6.69 City Of Bettendorf Recreation Trail $13,994.50 Emergency Services Marketing Vehicle Operation FD $2.52 Fire Service Training Training FD $150.00 Iowa Codification Down Payment/ Services $1,500.00 JKM Concrete Snow Removal $1,950.00 K&K True Value Hardware Expenses City Hall & FD $174.55 Mid-American Energy Utilities & Street Lights $1,881.41 Mohr Enterprises Install Playground Mulch $1,200.00 MSA Engineering Recreation Trail $ 6,296.10 Myra Halsey Janitorial $350.00 North American Salt Co. Salt $898.91 Quad City Times & Journal Publishing $337.72 Stitches By Sandi Uniforms FD $1,193.00 US Bank Expenses City Hall & FD $5,824.01 General $11,385.52 Road Use Tax $2,848.91 Capital Reserve $15,490.60 Capital Project Bond $6,819.38 Total $36,544.41 PAYROLL 03/06/12 Paula McIntosh $ 830.58 Mary Frances Blevins $ 574.39 Larry Brown $ 355.09 Total $ 1,760.06 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL: Paul Loete from MSA stated that Kristin Crawford no longer worked for MSA and introduced Jared Fluhr as the MSA engineer that will be in charge of our road reconstruction project. Mr. Loete stated that we have probably noticed all of the activity with the road project. Mr. Loete stated we will be getting many calls and to let MSA help us out with those calls. Jeremiah Luoma will be out in the field working with the contractors as the engineering technician. Mayor Franklin stated that mailboxes had been moved and the residents had not been made aware of that. Mr. Fluhr gave an update on the road project. A public meeting had been held on February 27, 2012 at city hall and the turnout was very good for that meeting. Hawkeye Paving started construction on the storm sewers along Manor Drive on February 22, 2012 and a second crew was on site March 5, 2012 and began removing pavement on Circle Drive. Hawkeye expects Stages 1 & 2 to take place between March 5th and the middle of May, and Stages 3 & 4 to be complete by the end of July 2012. The gas company and water company are making improvements to their utilities in conjunction with the street project. All new gas mains are being installed and the water main is being lowered in 3 areas along the corridor to avoid storm water conflicts. MidAmerican Energy is relocation some poles and doing some tree trimming. Mr. Fluhr also reported that the next meeting for the Comprehensive Planning Committee will be held on March 29, 2012 at City Hall. There are copies at City Hall for anyone to view. After the public meeting, the final steps to implement the plan include recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission and adoption of the plan by the City Council. Tom Mack handed out information for the disposal of the Fire Department’s old command car. Richard Wells stated that he was unhappy with the agreement with Allied Waste. Allied had made a verbal agreement to continue to pick up garbage in any type of garbage receptacle and now they have gone back on their word and now is required to use the uniform containers that are required for the automated truck. Mr. Wells asked that an agreement signed by Ament Inc., Langman Construction and Riverdale be honored. Mr. Wells would like to get his fence in place and he can’t do that until the property pins are in place. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: The Public Hearing for the Riverdale 2012/2013 Budget was reconvened at 7:35 p.m. on March 6, 2012. Mayor Franklin explained a few changes that were made in the budget. The playground mulch is being purchased out of the current budget. We needed less money for street signs because some of the signage is part of the road project. Receipt of the $700,000 bond revenue will be received in the current year’s budget. Mayor Franklin asked for any public comment concerning the Riverdale City Budget 2012/2013. No comments were heard. Hupp moved to approve Resolution 2012-02 A Resolution Approving The Certification Of The 2012/2013 Annual City Budget For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2013. Seconded by Channon. Roll call votes: all ayes motion carried. Paddock moved to close the Public Hearing at 7:40 p.m. Seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 2012-02 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE 2012-2013 ANNUAL CITY BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013 Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Riverdale, Iowa: The 2012-2013 City Budget be approved and the City Clerk is directed to file all pertinent forms and information to the County Auditor and the Department of Management in the State of Iowa. Pass and approved this 6th day of March, 2012. Channon moved to table the Terracon Proposal For Concrete Testing Services to the next council meeting, seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: The time and place for the bid opening was 10:00 a.m. March 6, 2012 at City Hall. Bids were opened and announced. The City received 1 offer to purchase the $700,000 General Obligation Loan Notes. The electronic bid was received from Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley, and Co. Hupp read Resolution Directing Sale Of $700,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes, Series 2012. Channon moved to approve said Resolution, seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Roll call vote, all ayes motion carried. Council held discussion of golf carts for residents that may need assistance during the road reconstruction. Hupp felt we should help each other out instead of renting golf carts. Channon moved to cancel spring clean-up due to the road reconstruction. Seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Hupp moved to purchase landscape mulch for the parks, 6 cubic yards at $25.00 per yard, seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Paddock moved to table Proclamation Fire Fighters Associations Declaring August 15, 2012 As Wear Pink Day to the next council meeting. Seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCIL AND OTHER OFFICIALS: Channon stated that budget season was over and thanks to all for all of their hard work. Hupp stated that Bicentennial Park looks great. Pat Mohr has installed the play ground mulch and did a beautiful job. Mayor Franklin has been in contact with Iowa American Water and looks like Riverdale may have to do their own billing for sewer in the near future. Halsey made a motion to adjourn at 8:07 p.m. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. ______________________ ________________________ John J. Franklin. Mayor Attested by: Paula McIntosh, City Clerk RIVERDALE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Minutes of Riverdale City Council Meeting March 8, 2012 A special meeting of the Riverdale City Council was called to order on March 8, 2012 at City Hall at 7:20 p.m. to discuss ways to help residents get to their cars. Present were Jack Franklin, Doug Littrel, Sonya Paddock and Linda Hupp. Also present was Joe Stewart. Jack Franklin called the meeting to order. Items discussed were the assumption of risk and hold harmless agreement that would be needed for residents that choose to rent a golf cart during construction of streets in Riverdale. It was moved by Doug Littrel to allow residents who have physical disabilities may choose to rent a golf cart to use to get to their parked cars. The resident will sign and rent the cart on their own and sign a hold harmless agreement, fill out an expense reimbursement form, take full responsibility and follow Iowa State law pertaining to golf carts. The City will reimburse residents up to $175. Seconded by Sonya Paddock. Discussion was that this would have to be under the approval of the city attorney. All votes aye. Passed.. Other ideas to help residents get to their cars would be to have the Contractor place gravel by those residents' driveways so they can walk to their vehicles. Driveways that will need gravel are 244, 308 and 212 Circle Drive. Mayor Franklin will also talk to Tony Perkins regarding the order of their work so that parking will be available for residents. He will also contact John Riches at Alcoa to see if vehicles may be parked west of the end of Windsor and at the Learning Center. No other meetings or gatherings will be booked at City Hall until construction is finished, to allow for parking for residents. Mayor Franklin will contact MSA to see if they can help with these issues. Another idea to help residents that was discussed was to have a driver hired to be available at City Hall to shuttle people back and forth to vehicles or home. The hours of availability would be determined. No action was taken on this idea. Sonya moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:30. Linda seconded all ayes. __________________________ ______________________ John J. Franklin, Mayor Attested by: Linda Hupp, Councilperson RIVERDALE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Mayor Franklin opened a regular session of the Riverdale City Council at 7:00 p.m. on March 20, 2012. Roll Call: Present: Channon, Hupp, Littrel and Halsey. Paddock arrived at 7:04 p.m. Also present: Attorney Eric Long, Jared Fluhr from MSA, Richard Wells, Dale Hupp, Jean Meer, Steven Townsend, and Perri and Athena Smith. Agenda: Channon moved to move the Hawkeye items and the design of a pipe end into Scott Community College to the beginning of New Business and then approved the agenda for March 20, 2012. Seconded by Hupp. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Minutes: Channon moved to approve the minutes from the meeting dated March 6, 2012, seconded by Hupp. Roll call vote: Channon – aye, Paddock – aye, Hupp – aye, Littrel – abstain, Halsey – aye motion carried. Hupp moved to approve the minutes from the meeting dated March 8, 2012, seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: Channon – abstain, Paddock – aye, Hupp – aye, Littrel – aye, Halsey – abstain. Motion carried. Warrants: Hupp moved to approve the warrants for March 20, 2012 as listed, seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. CLAIMS LIST MARCH 20, 2012 VENDOR NAME REFERENCE TOTAL Allied Waste Garbage Contract $2,780.00 Century Link Telephone $146.44 City of Davenport Payment to Davenport $3,906.69 Standard & Poor’s Cusip Cusip Global Services $357.00 Eidde Bailly Financial Review $3,962.50 Emergency Services Marketing Vehicle Operation FD $2.96 Iowa American Water Utilities City Hall $234.49 Iowa One Call Iowa One Call Services $36.00 Iowa Prison Industries Street Signs $155.10 Larry Brown Mileage $133.76 Mediacom Internet Service $50.95 Melyx Playground Mulch $1,727.20 Mid-American Energy Utilities/Parks $10.66 Sandry Fire Supply, LLC Uniforms FD $742.66 The Hillman Group Street Signs $152.47 Total $14,398.88 General $10,135.19 Capital Project Bond $357.00 Sewer $3,906.69 PAYROLL 03/20/12 Paula McIntosh $ 830.58 Mary Frances Blevins $ 574.39 Larry Brown $ 368.40 John J. Franklin $553.02 Linda Hupp $565.10 Cheryl Channon $565.10 Doug Littrel $565.10 Dean Halsey $565.10 Sonya Paddock $558.02 Total $5,144.81 Withholding Tax $390.00 IPERS $796.32 Aflac $99.46 RECEIPTS FEBRUARY 2012 Property Tax $223.95 Local Option Sales Tax $8,712.29 Davenport Water Company $1,501.81 Road Use Tax $3,579.14 CDBG Grant Proceeds $2,800.00 Room Rent $160.00 CD Interest $756.17 Copies $16.00 IPAIT Interest $24.32 Total $17,773.68 PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL: Perri and Athena Smith stated concerns they have with the recreation trail and would like a fence between their property and the recreation trail. Jean Meer asked if their yards were going to be reseeded after the construction. There was a property pin removed from her property and she wanted to make sure that would be replaced. Richard Wells stated that the agenda for March 8, 2012 was not on the web site. Mr. Wells thinks the City could save money by sending the newsletter electronically rather than by mailing it monthly. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: The MSA Construction Related Services Agreement was agreed to at a previous meeting contingent on Legal Counsel. The Agreement has been looked over and approved. Hupp moved to approve the agreement as written. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Attorney Eric Long stated he had reviewed the Terracon Agreement and made a few changes. The changes were then approved by Terracon. Hupp moved to approve the Terracon agreement as written. Seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Jared Fluhr presented an update of the road reconstruction project. Storm sewer work on Manor to Windsor is almost complete and storm sewer work will begin on Fieldcrest. Half the pavement has been removed on Circle Drive, Windsor Drive, and Elmhurst Drive. Pavement removal has begun on Valley Drive as well. The gas and water companies are still making improvements to their utilities in conjunction with the street project. Mr. Fluhr also stated that the next Comprehensive Plan meeting will be held Thursday March 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Hupp stated that we have 2 or 3 old computers why couldn’t we use one of those for the public computer? Mayor Franklin stated that it would still take money to revamp an old computer. Information would have to be removed from the old computer and install new hardware for public use. Paddock will do some checking as to what it may cost to redo an old computer to make it usable for the public. Larry Brown, Riverdale Maintenance Supervisor, put together a list of street signs that the City needs to purchase to keep the City in compliance with new street sign regulations. Paddock moved to purchase the street signs not to exceed $6,000.00. Seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Paddock moved to table the Proclamation for Fire Fighters Associations Declaring August 15, 2012 As Wear Pink Day to a later date. Seconded by Hupp. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: There was discussion of designing a pipe end for the pipe into Scott Community College. Attorney Eric Long took no part in this discussion. Hupp moved to approve MSA to design a pipe end that ties into Scott Community College not to exceed $3,500.00. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: Channon – aye, Paddock – aye, Hupp – aye, Littrel – abstain, Halsey – aye, motion carried. Jared Fluhr from MSA presented a pay application from Hawkeye Paving Corp. for $79,133.75. Littrel moved to pay the first progress payment in the amount of $79,133.75. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Two change orders from Hawkeye Paving Corp. were presented. Channon moved to approve Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $5,925.00. Seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Change order No. 2 was not considered. Hupp introduced the following resolution entitled “Resolution Appointing Bankers Trust Company Of Des Moines, Iowa, To Serve As Paying Agent, Note Registrar And Transfer Agent, Approving The Paying Agent And Note Registrar And Transfer Agent Agreement And Authorizing The Execution Of The Agreement” and moved that the resolution be adopted. Halsey seconded the motion to adopt. Roll call: all ayes motion carried. Channon moved that the form of Tax Exemption Certificate be placed on file and approved. Seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Hupp introduced the following Resolution “ Resolution Approving And Authorizing A Form Of Loan Agreement And Authorizing And Providing For The Issuance Of $700,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes, Series 2012, And Levying A Tax To Pay The Notes” and moved that it be adopted. Littrel seconded the motion to adopt. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Hupp moved to table Generator Maintenance until a later date. Seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. The Financial Services Agreement was received from Piper Jaffray. Mayor Franklin explained that Piper Jaffray is the firm that organized the sale of the Bonds. Littrel moved to approve the Financial Agreement with Piper Jaffray. Seconded by Halsey. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Littrel moved to authorize Mayor Franklin to negotiate with Eastern Iowa Community College District concerning cost sharing associated with costs with watershed issues and drainage improvements to Scott Community Colleges southern watershed. Seconded by Paddock. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Halsey moved to authorize Mayor Franklin to investigate establishing a Storm Water Utility Fee. Seconded by Littrel. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Littrel moved to begin the process of eliminating the Riverdale Firefighters Awards Fund by sending a letter to those affected after the letter is approved by Legal Counsel. Seconded by Halsey. Hupp, Paddock, and Channon had no part in this discussion and abstained from the vote. Roll call vote: Channon – abstain, Paddock – abstain, Hupp – abstain, Littrel – aye, Halsey – aye. Motion carried. Riverdale is required by the terms of the agreement in the purchase of the Welch property to install a 5’ wire woven fence designating the boundary. Paddock will get bids on the fencing and present it at a future meeting. Riverdale will be billing for sewer usage in the near future. Paula had pricing for installation and implementation of Utility Billing for the Summit Software that the City currently uses. Paddock approved the purchase of the Utility Billing Module not to exceed $4500.00. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried. Halsey moved to adjourn at 10:15 p.m. Seconded by Channon. Roll call vote: all ayes motion carried John J. Franklin, Mayor Attested by: Paula McIntosh, City Clerk PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID BETTENDORF, IA PERMIT NO. 28 10 From the City of Riverdale 563 355-2511 March 2012 STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS ISSUED A BURN BAN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Your Council and their committee appointments are as follows: Cheryl Channon (332-4730)- Mayor Pro Tem, Contracted Support Service & Budget Linda Hupp (355-3386)- Parks, Contracted Support Services & Budget Dean Halsey (355-2013)-Infrastructure, Parks & Safety Doug Littrel (209-7479)- NPDES Management Sonya Paddock (355-6363) - Mayor Jack Franklin (484-0222) Lou Wren , Zoning Inspector. (355-1300). Please contact him regarding any construction projects. SPRING CLEAN UP HAS BEEN CANCELLED BUT THE FALL CLEAN UP WILL BE SCHEDULED. WATCH FOR INFORMATION IN FUTURE NEWSLETTERS. FYI Spring has come early this year! I realize that many of you have yard waste ready to pick up. There was an error on the City calendar saying that yard waste would be picked up in March. Yard waste pick up does not begin until April 2, 2012. Because of the Road Project Allied Waste has offered to put a hopper at Bicentennial Park to collect yard waste. This is a temporary fix until the Road Project is done. We understand that this is an inconvenience! Please have patience with us during this project. This only effects those living on Manor Drive, Circle Drive, Fieldcrest Road, Windsor Drive and Elmhurst Lane.