E-1 - Final Minutes - 5-7-24

M. Reports from City Personnel 1. Mayor’s Report – Discussion: Happy with great turn out for pancake breakfast. The roundabout looks great. He would like to get a sign with our new branding. 2. City Council Reports – Discussion: Council Person Olney praised the monthly mayoral proclamations. Council Person Schnedler thanked all who worked with Herkey on Parade. Also mentioned the screen at the baseball fields help with the restroom doors with not getting hot. Council Person Limkemann thanked Mayor Kasparek for his help with the pancake breakfast. 3. Director of Public Work’s Report – Discussion: With it being a wet spring it is hard to keep up with the mowing. But seasonal help will start this month. Broken curbs have been repaired. The flag poles at the Veterans Memorial will be going up soon, along with the splash pad. The Public Works building won the NFBA Building of the Year for Institutional Buildings category. 4. Building Official’s Report – Discussion: The certificate of occupancy was issued for Aster 4. Aster 5 should follow in July. Temporary certificate of occupancy was issued for The Hawk Wash. A walkthrough of the first 3 phases of the sidewalk replacement will be done by the Building Official and Construction Inspector. Mowing letters will be sent out by the 1st of next week. 5. Water/Wastewater Superintendent’s Report – Nothing to report. 6. Recreation Director’s Report – Discussion: A resident has reached out asking about the possibility of getting sand volleyball courts. 7. Fire Chief’s Report – Discussion: A building in town experienced a fire, was saved by the sprinkler system. Fire Marshal Erb and Council Person Limkemann attended FDIC in Indianapolis. They hope others can attend next year. The pancake breakfast served 1233 people on Sunday. The Fire Department received a Class 4 on their ISO analysis. 8. City Engineer’s Report – Written Report included in the Packet. 9. City Attorney’s Report – Discussion: In the process of setting up a settlement conference. 10. City Administrator’s Report – Discussion: Retail Strategies was delayed at the airport and couldn’t make it to the work session. They will be in town tomorrow to go over inventory. Doug, Council Persons Schnedler and Limkemann will be attending the ISCS Conference in Las Vegas starting on the 18th. He wants to keep the council meeting for the current date of the 21st; they will attend via Teams. City Wide Clean Up is this Saturday, no hazardous waste this year. Original Town Phase 3 will start on the 14th. Lastly, plans to be out of the office next Thursday and Friday. N. Adjournment Motion to adjourn by Havens. Second by Olney. All ayes, meeting adjourned at 8:53 PM. ___________________________ May 10th, 2024 Brianna Wilkerson, Deputy City Clerk City Council Agenda Page 4 of 4