CITY OF ANDERSON

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

December 8, 2009

ANDERSON CITY HALL

Present:                                                                       Staff:

Keith Fetzer, Mayor                                                     Darla Coghill, City Clerk

Paul Dempster            

Tina McPherson                                                                                    

Tom Howard  

Excused

Karen Southwood                                              Guests:         

Samantha Thompson                                                                                                                                                                                       Dave Talerico 

                                                                        Bill Beaudoin

                                                                        Jon Bailey

ROLL CALL                          The Regular Meeting of the Anderson City Council was called to order by Mayor Keith Fetzer at 6:35 PM.

AGENDA APPROVAL          M/S P. Dempster/T. Howard moved to approve the agenda.

                                                No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

Minutes                                   M/S T. Howard /P. Dempster moved to approve the minutes from the following meeting:  Regular Meeting, November 10, 2009.    No further discussion.  Motion passed unanimously. 

Oath of Officers                     Clerk Coghill swore in the following council member:

                                                Cindy Wright              1 Year Seat

Correspondence                     Mayor Fetzer reported on the following, a grant to be applied for is the Green Grant Project.  This might be able to be used for the solar project the city is working on with Golden Valley.  CIP list needs to be mailed out and also sent to Representative Joe Thomas.  The Ruba Assessment has been completed for the new sewage lagoon.  This is done through Department of Community and Regional Affairs.

Financial Reports                   M/S /P. Dempster /T. McPherson moved to receive the financial reports for November 2009.   Motion passed unanimously.              

Roll Call

                                                            Paul Dempster                                     yes

                                                                  Tina McPherson                           yes

                                                            Tom Howard                                       yes

                                                                  Cindy Wright                                            yes

                                                            Keith Fetzer                                        yes

Bills to be Paid                        M/S T. Howard /P. Dempster moved to approve the bills to be paid for November 2009. No further discussion.   Motion passed unanimously.

Roll Call

Paul Dempster                                    yes

Tina McPherson                                  yes                    

                                                            Tom Howard                                                              yes

                                                                  Cindy Wright                                            yes

                                                            Keith Fetzer                                        yes

Public Access                              Jon Bailey thanks the council for all their hard work and dedication.

Council comments                  None

Reports

Denali Borough

Mayor                                     Dave Talerico wanted to thank all council members for their hard work.  He will be attending AML Annual meeting in January.  He also reported on Revenue Sharing and that it should all be in place.  He would like to take the City’s CIP list to Juneau with him.  The Fire Chief and council members should attend the boroughs next meeting to push for the departments Brush Truck.  He also talked about projects that the state could do that would help the city and the borough.

School Principal

Bill Boaudoin                          Bill also thanked the council for their dedication.  Bill reported that the school has a coed basketball team and that they should be pretty competitive this year.  There is a school board meeting next week in Anderson.

Department Reports             

                                                Parks & Rec Paul Dempster reported that his department is over budget and that some of the park supplies from last summer need to be billed to the Lions Club.  This should even out that budget.

New Business

Resolution 10-04

AML By-Laws

& Amendments

                                                M/S P. Dempster/T. McPherson           moved to approve amendments to the cooperative participation agreement and bylaws of the Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance, inc. effective July, 2010.   There was no discussion.  Motion passed unanimously.

Roll Call

                                                            Paul Dempster                                     yes

                                                            Tom Howard                                       yes

                                                                  Tina McPherson                           yes

                                                            Keith Fetzer                                        yes

                                                            Cindy Wright                                       yes

Adjournment                          M/S T. McPherson / T. Howard moved to adjourn the meeting @ 7:15 PM.