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Home My Public Portal AboutMinutes - 1/7/1974244 The Wellsburg Town Council met in special session on January 2d, 1974, with Mayor Eckhoff presiding and all council members present. Purpose of the meeting was to organize for the 1974 calendar year. Incumbent Mayor Eckhoff swore into office Mayor -elect Herman Hippen, Sr. who then presided over the meeting. Thereupon, Mayor Hippen administered the oath o ffice to councilmen Huisman, Heinrich, Fairbanks, Van Deest, ai'4enning, and the clerk, Henry J. Grobe. The mayor made the following committee appointments: Town Hall -- Fairbanks and Van Deest; Water Department --Heinrich and Penning; Streets and Alleys--Huisman and Heinrich; Fire and Public Safety -- Van Deest and Huisman; Sewer and Sanitation --Penning and Van Deest; Parks and Recreation--Huisman and Fairbanks. Huisman was appointed Mayor Pro-tem;-t"Bernard Harms, Treasurer, The meeting was then recessed until January 7. /�? --•ter....- 1�� Ell /►" The Wellsburg Town Council met in re �flar'session on January 71 1974, with Mayor Hippen presiding and all councilmen present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved on a motion by Huisman, seconded by Penning. Carried. On a motion by Fairbanks, seconded by Van Deest, the following bills were allowed for payment: Frank Hippen, net salary $353.88 Henry J. Grobe, net salary 78.51 Merrill Lindaman, net salary 330.67 Herman DeVries, street work and police duty,netl61.00 Larry Bausman, police duty, net 60.38 B & B Sales & Service, labor & parts 23.46 Harold 0. Fischer, official bonds 102.00 Harold Weichers, trucking 618.17 Jungling Gulf, gas, oil & repairs 227.40 Trinus Boomgarden, labor 28.00 Henry Hippen Auto & Oil, hauling snow, parts and concrete 57.18 Krull Skelly Service, gas 13.21 Ryken Engineering, survey & plat for swimming pool property 260.00 Grundy County Auditor, election expense 275.13 Grundy County Landfill, landfill 204.21 Lindaman Supermarket, misc. supplies 70.43 Ken Bowers Sand Co., fill sand 65.78 Grundy County Engineer, voltage regulator 16.88 Clary Concrete Materials, sand 8.88 Cordes Hdwe., supplies & repairs 85.73 Share Corp., enzymes & sewer compound 263.56 Lindaman Lbr. Co., lumber for drag 36.56 Raymond Riebkes, labor building railing 16.00 Universal Welding, misc. repairs for 1973 304.69 Peoples Savings Bank, box rent 2.00 Wellsburg Herald, proceedings and claims 47.04 Kliebenstein & Heronimus, legal fees on curb and" gutter project 570.44 215 Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Allbee, and Hayni, bonding attorneys for curb & gutter 515.00 Verwers Well Co., replace deep well pump 900.00 Brown Supply Co., calcium chloride 195.00 Paul Watters Cons. Co., interest on 1971 curb & gutter 68.96 Treasurer State of Iowa, sales tax 88.52 Treasurer State of Iowa, payroll taxes 52.44 Peoples Savings Bank, payroll taxes 310.60 Dept. H. E. W., payroll taxes 365.19 IPERS, payroll taxes 196.06 United Telephone Co., toll calls 17.06 Iowa Electric Light and Power, utilities 855.30 The treasurer's report was accepted as read on a motion by Hein- rich, seconded by Huisman. Carried. Moved by Fairbanks, seconded by Van Deest, to adopt the resolution accepting the municipal swimming pool and also dedicating and desig- nating the adjoining property as Blythe Park. Carried. Moved by Huisman, seconded by Van Deest, designating the Peoples Savings Bank as official depository for town funds; T. J. Heronimus, City Attorney and Hollis Ryken, town engineer. Carried. The mayor appointed Frank Hippen and Merrill Lindaman as town main- tenance employees. A motion was made by Penning, seconded by Huisman, to fix the salary of each at $500 per month retroactive to January 1, 1974. Carried. Fairbanks moved and Heinrich seconded adjournment. C rried. ,�,&40WAe .,&- Mayor Clerk The Well 1974, with. Supplement to January 8, 1974 and Van Dee Moved by Huisman, seconded by Heinrich, to fix Minutes the clerk's salary at $125 per month and the treas- by Fairbank urer's salary at $145 annually. Carried. Huisman for payment: Henry J. Grobe, net salary $101.21 Frank Hippen, net salary 370.28 Merrill Lindaman, net salary 370.28 Herman De Vries, net salary 116.51 Larry D. Bausman, net salary 41.31 Delbert Hippen, labor on maintainer and blading snow 130.50 Iowa Valley Community District, fees for EMT ambulance school--5 firemen 25.00 State Hygienic Lab., water analyses 25.00 Zimmerman Elec., checking town siren & replacing meter loop and switch 79.45 Fred Ter Hark Repair, 1 used tractor tire 40.00 Fischer Ins., fire protection, workmen's comp. and general liability insurance 2020.00 U. S. Auto Electric Co., overhaul generator 49.91 Wellsburg Drive In, 16 of rock for drive on 3-16-73 and 8-8-73 54.00 John E. Riekena, labor on town pump 15.00