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December 11, 2007 Regular Meeting

CITY OF ANDERSON

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

December 11, 2007

ANDERSON CITY HALL

 

Present:                                                                                 Staff:

Keith Fetzer, Mayor                                                            Nancy Hollis, City Clerk                                                   

Tom Howard       

Samantha Rathbone                                                          Guests:  

Kris Giani                                                                              Clint Berry           

Andy Archer                                                                         Scott Thompson                                 

                                                                                                Denna Archer                      

Excused                                                                                 Donna McDavid 

Jacob Noll, Excused                                                            Randy Witte                        

Mary Berry, Excused                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

ROLL CALL                                       The Regular Meeting of the Anderson City Council was called to order by Mayor Keith Fetzer at 6:33 PM.

 

AGENDA APPROVAL                     M/S K. Giani/T. Howard moved to approve the agenda with the addition of  16 f) Library Board.

                                                                No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

 

Minutes                                                 M/S  A. Archer/T. Howard moved to approve the minutes from the following meeting:

                                                                                Regular Meeting, November 13, 2007

                                                                No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

 

Correspondence                     Clerk Hollis received correspondence from the following:

1.      Legal correspondence for land disposal    

 

Financial Reports                   M/S K. Giani/S.Rathbone moved to receive the financial reports for November 2007.  No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

 

Bills to be Paid                        M/S A. Archer/K. Giani moved to approve the Bills to be Paid for November 2007.              There was no further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

                                               

Public Access                          Randy Witte asked if there was damage to the park this fall due to improper shutdown of the park.  Mayor Fetzer stated yes there was damage to the park infrastructure and maintenance issues will have to be addressed in the spring.  Mayor Fetzer stated that the city will not know the extent of the damage until spring.  Mr. Witte also asked if the city would be interested in leasing or adopting the park to the Lions Club.  A meeting was setup for December 18th @ 7:30 PM to discuss the viability of this arrangement.  Mayor Fetzer asked the council and the public for questions that they would like to see addressed by both parties to please submit them to the city clerk or to the Mayor.  Mayor Fetzer, Samantha Rathbone, and Mary Berry will be on the committee.

                                                Randy Witte also asked if the old fire truck was frozen.  Mayor Fetzer stated that there was some confusion this fall on what equipment was to be stored.  Mayor Fetzer stated that he has set up a meeting with the Borough Mayor Talerico to see if the borough has the emergency funding available to fix the equipment. 

                                                David Miller asked who the new Fire Chief was.  Mayor Fetzer stated that Bryan McPherson has been appointed by the city council.  There was some concern on whether the Fire Chief had the qualifications to act as Fire Chief.   Mayor Fetzer stated that the city also receives mutual aid from the base. 

                                               

                                                           

Council Reports                      No council member’s comments.

 

Denali Borough Report          No Report.

 

School Reports                                   No Report.

 

Department Reports

 

Admin                                     None

 

Public Safety                           None

 

Land                                        None

 

Environmental                        None

 

DMV                                       None. 

 

Public Works                          None

 

 

Department Appointments     Mayor Fetzer appointed the following council members as                                                     directors of the following departments:

                                                            DMV/Administration               Mayor Fetzer

                                                            Land                                        Samantha Rathbone

                                                            Public Works                           Thomas Howard

                                                            Environmental                         Kris Giani

                                                            Health & Social Services         Andy Archer

                                                            Public Safety                           Jacob Noll

                                                            Park                                         Mary Berry

 

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Surveying                                Clerk Hollis stated that she had received a phone call from Ginger at DNR on the status of the land patent.  Ginger reported that it has gone through the initial review and is presently on the desk of Mr. Jennings.  Ginger also stated that the survey will have to go back to the surveyor Mr. Irving for changes.  Ginger thought that it would probably be at least two months before Mr. Jennings was able to review the survey.  Clerk Hollis expected that we would not receive patent until at least early summer. 

 

Strategic and Economic Plan Clerk Hollis stated that the city has received approximately thirty surveys. 

 

Ordinance 08-01

Amending the sale of

Municipal land disposals        Clerk Hollis stated that the city received correspondence from the lawyer regarding recommended changes to the ordinance.  There was discussion on changing the terminology for type of appraiser that the city will require.  There was discussion on what the cities intention is regarding if someone has a disagreement with the type of appraiser and value amount.  A committee was formed of Andy Archer, Samantha Rathbone and Tom Howard.  A meeting was set for Wednesday, December 19th @ 7:00 to review the lawyer’s recommendations.   

                                               

John Goslar’s

Correspondence                     Mayor Fetzer stated that he had communication with Mr. Goslar concerning the bill for repair that he submitted and also his fence being on the easement of the road.  Several parties have a conflict of fences and permanent structure being placed on the easement.  He suggested that the landowners work together for a solution.  Mayor Fetzer stated that he informed Mr. Goslar that the city would not be paying the bill since it was not approved prior to the work being performed. 

                       

Certificate of Occupancy       Mayor Fetzer stated that the city needs to come up with a building code procedure for new construction in the city.    Samantha Rathbone, Andy Archer and Keith Fetzer will meet to discuss the building code procedure.  It was suggested that the city clerk contact Mr. Kuhl, whom is a stated certified inspector to find out which inspections should be required in the building code ordinance and what level of certification he has.   A meeting will be held after the holidays.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Resolution 08-07

Appreciation for Julie

Pearson

Resolution 08-08

Appreciation for Daryl

Frisbie

Resolution 08-09

Appreciation for

08-10 Appreciation for

High School Students              M/S A. Archer/T. Howard moved to approve Resolution 08-07, 08-08, 08-09 and 08-10 Appreciation for the following for their time and service to the city:

                                                            Julie Pearson

                                                            Daryl Frisbie

                                                            Lindsay Erber

                                                            Anderson High School Students

                                                No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

Elected Officials

Training                                  Clerk Hollis asked if the council members would like a training session on parliamentary procedures.  It was suggested that a training session be held possibly the first week of February.  Clerk Hollis will contact a government specialist to arrange the training.

 

Library Board                        M/S A. Archer/T. Howard moved to approve the Library Board officers as following:

                                                            Stacy Frisbie                President

                                                            Bryan McPherson        Vice-President

                                                            Tina McPherson           Treasurer

                                                            Lindsay Erber              Secretary

                                                            Sandi Trumbower        Board Member

                                                No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

                                                                                   

ADJOURMENT                     M/S A. Archer/T. Howard moved to adjourn the meeting @ 7:37 PM.

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