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Council Meeting Minutes
=================== The regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Marion, Kansas was held Monday, April 21, 2008 with Mary Olson presiding as Mayor; Council Members Steven Smith, Bill Holdeman, Stacey Collett and Gene Winkler in attendance. Also in attendance: David Mayfield, City Administrator; Angela Lange, City Clerk; Jami Williams, Economic Development Director; Harvey Sanders, Director of Public Works; Marty Fredrickson, Street Superintendent; Dan Baldwin, City Attorney; Lee Leiker, Keith Collett, and Sarah Cope, USD 408; Susan Berg, Marion County Record. Agenda: Mayfield requested the following additions to the agenda: Approval of Consent Agenda: Mayor Olson moved to approve the consent agenda as presented; Holdeman seconded; motion carried 5-0. City Administrator Report: Mayfield reported that the Charlie Faust memorial is completed at the baseball complex and encouraged everyone to go out and look at it. Police Department Report: Whitwell provided a written report. Public Works Report: Sanders provided a written report. Street Department Report: Fredrickson provided a written report and reported that Tim Makovec has been hired as the new cemetery sexton. Economic Development Report: Williams provided a written report. Designating Public Depository and Authorizing Withdrawal of Municipal Public Funds Account: Lange requested council approval in order to authorize signers for a temporary non-interest bearing checking account that has been established for receiving grant funds and making payments on the Cedar Street and Eisenhower Street project. Collett made motion; Smith seconded; motion carried 5-0. Payment on Arlie’s Inc. Building: Holdeman moved to authorize a payment to Hett Construction for work completed on the Arlie’s Inc. building in the amount of $15,050; Collett seconded; motion carried 5-0. Appointment of Library Board: Lange presented recommendations from the library board for the appointments of Jane O’Connor and Phyllis Kreutziger for four-year terms. Mayor Olson moved to make the appointments; Holdeman seconded; motion carried 5-0. Council Meeting Times: Holdeman made a motion to change the meeting times to 5:30; Olson seconded. Following discussion Olson withdrew her second and Holdeman withdrew his motion. Mayor Olson moved to table the item until the next meeting in order to get public input; Winkler seconded; motion carried 5-0. Williams directed to put the information In the Did You Know column asking that citizens contact a council member or the city office with their input. Warrants and Payroll: Lange presented payroll in the amount of $25,424.59 and warrants in the amount of $144,518.41 for approval. Winkler made a motion; Collett seconded: motion carried 5-0. Baldwin entered the meeting at 4:40pm. Swimming Pool Fees: Lee Leiker presented a proposal for admission fees to the new swimming pool that has been agreed upon by the school board. Following discussion Mayfield suggested that instead of making separate fees for those inside the school district and those outside of the district that one fee be charged for everyone. No action taken at this time. Executive Session, Attorney Client Privilege: Mayor Olson moved for a 10-minute executive session for attorney client privilege to include the council, Baldwin, and Mayfield; Winkler seconded; motion carried 5-0. Meeting reconvened with no action taken. Executive Session, Attorney Client Privilege: Mayor Olson moved for a 15-minute executive session for attorney client privilege to include the council, Baldwin and Mayfield ; Winkler seconded; motion carried 5-0. Mayor Olson requested an additional 15-minutes; Smith seconded; motion carried 5-0. Mayor Olson requested an additional 15-minutes; Smith seconded; motion carried 5-0. Meeting reconvened with no action taken. Executive Session for Non-elected Personnel: Mayor Olson moved for a 15-minute executive session for non-elected personnel to include the council and Mayfield; Collett seconded; motion carried 5-0. Meeting reconvened with no action taken. Public Forum: Holdeman read a statement that he felt that the council had not accomplished much since it was changed from a commission. Holdeman stated that he is ready to do something and feels that the council needs to get moving. Mayor Olson adjourned the meeting at 6:25pm. ____________________________ ____________________________ City Council Minutes Archive The following minutes from past Marion City Council meetings are available for viewing online. If you would like to view minutes from meetings prior to this, they are available in the Marion City Offices during normal business hours. October 8, 2007
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