Minutes-11/08/1989

Council consensus to set date for Holiday Open House for Sunday, December 17 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. with city providing money candy and apples for children. Council consensus to set date for Holiday Decorating Contest for Monday, December 11. Eggers will contact judges. Clerk will put information on water bills. Hart reported that Hawkeye Pumping will remove sludge for sewer plant next week and that city will get reimbursement for plugging abandoned wells. Stoner reported that city is still have problems with wreckless driving in the bean field by the sewer plant and tearing up the dikes by the plant. These people also drive into the poles on the railroad crossing on Brown Street and use the entrance illegally. They've also tried to knock down the corner post on the fence surrounding the plant. They also started a fire in the field which was kept under control by these women until the fire department arrived. The vehicle is described as a short box brown pickup truck. The Sheriff's Department cannot prosecute with positive identification of driver. Identifying the vehicle and license number is not enough information. No one can positively identify the driver at this time. Potter instructed Bartels and Herring to meet with Greg Stevens and get "no parking" signs installed on Third Street between Main and Grant. Stoner reported that Beuter had asked for speed limit signs on Brown Street. Council consensus that speed limits sign would not do any good. Potter instructed Morgan to ask Hawkeye Foods to drive their trucks on Grant Street and not on Main Street as Grant is the Farm to Market Road and has a better base. Potter will contact the county and ask them not to drive their trucks on Main Street. Report from Eggers: The LAWCON grant notification will be sometime in the spring. Also, someone hurt their ankle while playing basketball on the new court near the fire station. It had been raining and apparently the cement was wet. Also, There has been vandalism to the new basketball rims. Council suggested setting the rims higher, but members of the Park Commission wanted some lower rims so that smaller children could play basketball, too. Clerk reported that payments due to Iowa City Cleanup and Transfer were being made to the IRS for unpaid taxes. Clerk reported that Carrie Stratton and Pam Brown received a tied vote for a 4 year term on the council. According to the State Code, the Board of Supervisors will break the tie by drawing the name from a hat during the official canvas of votes. This is scheduled for Monday, November 13. Clerk also reported that everyone who took out nomination papers was informed that three four year terms and one two year term was available. Everyone chose to run for four years. This is why the ballot had six people running for three offices and no one running for one office.