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City of Victoria Council Minutes March 16, 2009 Regular Meeting The
Governing Body of the City of Victoria met in regular session on March
16, 2009 at 7:30 PM in Council Chambers of City Hall. Roll
Call Council
Members Jan Piesker, Jerry Brungardt and Kenneth Pfeifer present.
Absent Joe Robben and Leroy Schmidtberger Presiding The
Honorable Mayor Curtis B. Unrein. Also
Present Russell
County News Reporter Bud Brann, Police Chief Cole Dinkel,
Police Officer Ryan Mauch, City Superintendent Julius Windholz,
Rose Ann Dreiling, Estella Kuhn, Municipal Judge Don Pruitt, Vernon
Berens, Al Pfeifer. Paul Schippers, Troy Schippers, Brenda Dreiling,
Wilmer Dinkel Jr., Gayle Weber, Theresa Kuhn, Robert Kuhn, Deborah Kuhn,
Curt Kuhn, Dru Miller, Joe Dreiling and City Clerk Mary Pfeifer. Minutes Minutes
of the February 16, 2009 regular meeting were presented for review.
Motion by Jan Piesker, second by Kenneth Pfeifer to approve the
minutes as submitted. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Minutes
from the Victoria Housing Authority, Victoria Rec Commission and
Victoria Volunteer Fire Department were also reviewed. Warrant
Ordinance Ordinance
A-03-09, consisting of bills against the City for the month of February
was presented for review. Motion
by Jerry Brungardt, second by Jan Piesker that Ordinance A-03-09 be
approved and all bills paid. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Agenda Motion
by Jan Piesker, second by Jerry Brungardt to approve the agenda. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Smoky
Hills Resource Cons. & Devel. Area, Inc Darla
Juhl with Smoky Hills Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc.
gave a presentation on how the organization can help the city with
grants for park mulch along with hike and bike trails. Municipal
Municipal
Judge Don Pruitt would like to purchase court software.
Reports must now be electronically submitted.
He found the least expensive software to be through a company
called Thoroughbred Municipal Court Manager . Motion by Jerry Brungardt,
second by Kenneth Pfeifer to purchase Thoroughbred Municipal Court
Manager software for court submittal for a cost of $685.00. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Police
Department Report Police
Chief Cole Dinkel gave his department report.
The new equipment has been installed in the cars.
No major problems during the last month. Nex-Tech Drew
Miller, with Nex-Tech, would like to give a presentation on a program
offering emergency notification. He
will give the presentation at the next council meeting. Contract
Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried.
Main
Street Council
Member Jan Piesker would like to see the Main Street area more
attractive to visitors. Council
was in agreement and she will get some ideas put together for the next
meeting. Plumbers
Advance
Home Maintenance and Improvement submitted an application for a
plumbers license. Motion to approve the plumbers license application
submitted by Advance Home Maintenance Improvement by Jerry Brungardt,
second by Kenneth Pfeifer. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Bad
Debt The
city currently submits bad debt charges to the Kansas Setoff Program.
They charge a fee for the service and the city can pass that
fee along to the individual who has the bad debt.
Consensus of the council was to have an ordinance ready for the
next meeting. Grocery
Store The
city has been notified the grocery store will be closing in the near
future and the owner is wanting to know if the city would be
interested in purchasing the store. Several members of council will
try to meet with the owner. City
Superintendent Report City
Superintendent Julius Windholz gave his department report.
A major water leak was found and repaired.
Windholz will check into sealing streets and then approach the
county for help. Will need
to purchase tires for the trash truck.
There is a grant available through KDHE for park mulch. Motion
by Jerry Brungardt, second by Kenneth Pfeifer to go ahead and apply
for the grant for park mulch through KDHE. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Executive
8:37
PM Motion by Jerry Brungardt, second by Jan Piesker to go into
executive session for 5 minutes for the evaluation of City
Superintendent Julius Windholz. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Regular
8:42
PM Motion by Jan Piesker, second by Kenneth Pfeifer to return to
regular session. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Salary Motion
by Jerry Brungardt, second by Jan Piesker to increase the salary of City
Superintendent Julius Windholz to $20.00 per hour. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried. Adjournment All
business on hand having been discussed, Motion by Kenneth Pfeifer,
second by Jerry Brungardt to adjourn the meeting. Vote:
3 Ayes 0 Nays, Motion declared carried.
__________________________ Curtis
B. Unrein, Mayor
___________________________ Mary Pfeifer, City Clerk
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