The Regular meeting of the
Carthage City Council was held November 22nd, 2005, at City Hall, 308 Walnut
Street. In Mayor Nightingale’s absence City Clerk Graham called the meeting to
order at 8:00PM. Answering to roll call were Aldermen Duffy, Smith, Bentzinger,
Fleming, and Walker. Treasurer Lunt was also present. Absent was Alderman
Neally.
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith seconded by Fleming to appoint Alderman Walker as Mayor Pro Tem. Alderman
Duffy, Smith, Fleming, and Bentzinger voted “yes”. Alderman Walker
abstained.
Motion was made by Alderman
Duffy, seconded by Smith to approve the meeting minutes of 11/8/05. All five
Aldermen answered “aye”.
City Attorney Glidden reported
filing a small claim against Keokuk Junction Railroad for failure to pay for a
fire run in March 2005. He also reported that he had provided a report to John
Faulhaber to comply with the annual audit requirements.
Motion was made by Alderman
Bentzinger, seconded by Fleming to re-affirm Ordinance 2006-8 the TIF
ordinance. All five Aldermen voted
“yes”.
Following Harvey Franks death,
Alderman Smith reported his cats were being taken to My Matthews House.
Alderman Smith invited all Aldermen to participate in the interviews for the
new policeman on Monday, Nov 28th at City Hall. He also reported
that he, Tony Slater, and the Mayor would be meeting to discuss the broken
tornado siren within the next month.
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith, seconded by Duffy to have the City accept the new brush truck as an
official “City” vehicle. This will be truck #19. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Alderman Smith reported that
the Fire Department has purchased new air packs with the money from one of the
recent grants. They have inquired into selling the remaining 9 older air packs
to other Fire Departments in the area. Warsaw was the highest offer at $5000.00
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith, seconded by Duffy to sell the 9 Air Packs to Warsaw “as is” without
warranty for $5000.00, and put that money against the vehicle loan. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Alderman Smith reported that
City Hall would be open the evening of the 1st for the Christmas
parade participants.
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Duffy to change the mileage reimbursement to the government
approved rate of $.485/mile. All five Aldermen voted “yes”
Alderman Walker confirmed the
upcoming committee meetings of Property for December 5th, Safety and
Finance committees for December 12th.
Alderman Fleming presented a
recent map of the City that PSBA made indicating potential road improvement
plans for 2006.
Motion was made to adjourn at 8:35PM by
Alderman Duffy, seconded by Smith.
Katherine Graham
City Clerk