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October 10, 2006 Regular Meeting

CITY OF ANDERSON

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

ANDERSON CITY HALL

 

Present:                                                                 Staff:

Mike Pearson, Mayor                                         Nancy Hollis, City Clerk                                                                   

Clint Berry @ 8:30                                              Guests:

William Nelson                                                     Sid Michales

Andy Archer                                                         Geoff Buerger, Principal

Daryl Frisbie                                                         Holly  Morris

                                                                                Mayor Dave Talerico                                        

                                                                Karen Southwood              

                                                                Keith Fetzer

                                                                Josh Hockin

                                                                Bill Odom                                                             

                                                                                                               

Unexcused:                                                          

Allen Miller                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                                 

ROLL CALL                                       The Regular Meeting of the Anderson City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike Pearson at 7:33 PM.

 

AGENDA APPROVAL                     M/S A. Archer/W. Nelson moved to approve the agenda with the following change: 

                                                                                Add:       5 a)  Vacancy

                                                                                                10e)  School Reports

                                                                                                11 d)  Fire Equipment Surplus

                                                                                                14 f)  Dozer

                                                                                                14 g)  Ordinance 07-01 Lot Rebate

                                                                There was no further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

               

Minutes                                                 M/S D. Frisbie/A Archer moved to approve the Regular Meeting, September 12, 2006 minutes with the following change:

                                                                                Page 3 in paragraph Fire surplus Sale delete the following words in third sentence “a piece”.   No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

Correspondence                                 Grant Correspondence

                                                                Letter from the state reporting our 2005 Full Value Determination.

 

Vacancy                                                Josh Hockin indicated that he was interested in filling the open seat on the city council.  Clerk Hollis swore in Josh Hockin to fill Seat E.

                                                               

 

Financial Reports                              M/S D. Frisbie/W. Nelson moved to receive the financial reports for September 2006.    No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

 

Bills to be Paid                                    M/S D. Frisbie/W. Nelson moved to approve the Bills to be Paid for September  2006.  There was no further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

                                                                               

Public Access                          Karen Southwood read a letter from Scott Thompson.  He thanked the community for everything that they did for his family during the tragic accident.  He asked if it was possible to rename 1st Street “Brett’s Way” and establish a permanent memorial for Brett at the scene of the accident at the park entrance.  The council added this to the agenda. 

 

                                                                                               

Interior Region Health

Center                                     Lisa and Sharon from Interior Health Center requested from the city council a letter of support from the city for a possible expansion of their services with Denali Borough and the City of Anderson.  This will be placed on the agenda for next month.  They will be sending a draft resolution to the city clerk. 

 

Denali Borough Report          Mayor Talerico discussed the following items:

1.      School applies for a matching grant for the installation of the lights with the borough.

2.      He will be contacting Alaska Railroad about the possibility of removing the brush from along side of the railroad tracks.  Several residents stated that it is a safety hazard because the brush has been piled on the trail. 

3.      He also asked the city to draw up a wish list for the legislature.   

 

School Report                         Principal Buerger stated that we have 53 students.    He asked for assistance from the community for volunteers for coaching.  He also explained that the school has received a Global Science Learning grant for opportunities for eight students to get hands on training in Denali, Prince William Sound and Hawaii.  It was suggested that the school possibly placing lights at the basketball court and parking lots for safety.  It was suggested that the principal contact Healy Electric on costs. 

 

Department Reports             

 

Public Works                          Mayor Pearson stated that he has contacted the owners of the vehicle that is constantly parked in the street on E Street.   He stated that the city workers on working on the following projects:

1.      Street Lights

2.      Dan Loden’s Lot  Removing debris

3.      Waste Oil Furnace

4.      Closing of the park

5.      Completion of the repair at the lagoon

 

Public Safety                           Karen Southwood gave a report on the following for the Fire Chief:

1.      New heating system

2.      Runs for September

3.      New Members

4.      Ambulance on loan from Interior Region

5.      Radio Mask

6.      New ambulance

7.      Fire prevention week

8.      AED’s

9.      EMT class  

OLD BUSINESS

 

Surveying                                Clerk Hollis stated that she has not heard from Mr. Irving regarding the surveying.

                                               

VSW Grant                             There was discussion from the community regarding the city going forward on the sewer project.  Keith Fetzer indicated that he was not in support of the system and that he wished that the city had applied for the water instead of the sewer. It was suggested that we have PDC, Inc attend our next meeting and be able to give the residents some more information regarding the costs.  There will be a work session @ 6:30 on November 14th to further discuss the city’s options. 

 

Rock Crusher                         Mayor Pearson stated the employees were pulled off the job to work on the lagoon.  They should be starting the project soon.  Clerk Hollis stated that the city received an extension until December 31, 2006 to complete the grant. 

 

Fire Equipment Surplus         M/S W. Nelson/C. Berry moved to approve the sale of the Fire surplus equipment for $ 2,000.00 for both fire trucks to Aurora Drilling.  Mayor Pearson stated that Aurora Drilling had declined the previous price of $ 3,000.00 that was approved at September’s meeting.  No further discussion.  Motion was by voice call with five yeas and one no vote from Mayor Pearson.

 

                                               

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

AML Conference                    Clerk Hollis reported that the AML Conference will be held in Juneau in November.  Mayor Pearson asked what the cost of the conference would be.  Clerk Hollis stated that it would be approximately $ 1,500 to $2,000 per person.  Due to budget constraints the council decided not to attend this year.             

 

                                                 

Rural Cap Vista Grant

Program                                 Clerk Hollis reported that she received information regarding the Vista Program.  She stated that literature is in their packets.  Mayor Pearson suggested that we post the information on the bulletin board to see if any residents are interested in it.   

 

Small Communities

Block Grant                            Clerk Hollis stated that we are not eligible for this grant at this time because we have not finished the park grant. 

 

Elections                                 Clerk Hollis reported that we have four seats that will be on the ballot in November.  Deadline for declaration of candidacy is October 18th. 

Approval of Election

Board                                      M/S W. Nelson/A. Archer moved to approve the election workers for the November 2006 city election.  No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

Dozer                                      M/S W. Nelson/C. Berry moved to approve the purchase of a D-5B Dozer from Scott Anderson for $33,000.00 pending approval from Mayor Talerico and Josh Hockin.  Mayor Pearson reported that he went to Ferry and looked at the other dozer and although it is in good shape he felt it was too old of equipment for the city to purchase.  He reported that he looked at the loader in Healy and said that it was in good shape.  He asked Josh Hockin and Mayor Talerico to look at it and give their opinion.  Mayor Pearson stated that it was not a large dozer but felt that this dozer would be able to complete the tasks required.  No further discussion.  Motion passed by voice call vote and was unanimous. 

 

Ordinance 07-01

Lot Rebates                            M/S A. Archer/W. Nelson moved to approve the first reading of ordinance 07-01, Lot rebate.  Clerk Hollis stated that this was an extension of last years rebate offer for the new subdivision.  No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

Renaming of Street                Mayor Pearson stated that more research would have to be done prior to the city acting on this request.  He also stated that he thought the land where the memorial would be is private property. 

                                                M/S A. Archer/J. Hockin moved to table this item until next meeting.  No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

ADJOURMENT                     M/S A. Archer/W. Nelson moved to adjourn the meeting @ 10:30 PM.

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