Monroe Salary and Personnel: Nov. 17, 2008
MONROE - At a meeting Monday, the City of Monroe Public Safety Committee recommended to council to approve a special event from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 5 for Main Street Holiday Parade and Trolley Rides. Monroe Police will be posting signs at 7 a.m. calling for vehicles to be removed from the outer ring of the Square by 5 p.m. for the parade scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
MONROE - In a meeting Monday, the City of Monroe Board of Public Works:
• Approved a permit application from TDS Telecom to directional drill and lay fiber and duct to Monroe Clinic.
• Approved for payment of bills in the amounts of $3,286.63 from Green Valley Waste Disposal for October recycling and $1,350 from Whitney Tree Service LLC for tree removal.
• Approved the purchase of a heating/cooling unit for the Fire Department office area, the cost of which will be paid from funds remaining ($14,000) from the City Hall boiler replacement fund. Director of Public Works Kelly Finkenbinder said the system failed again this year, because of its age. Past repairs have been costing between $1,000 and $1,500 each.
• Accepted quotes and authorized hiring J & R Excavating, Monroe, in the amount of $3,643.75 for about 430 feet of streambank restoration in the area southeast of Third Avenue and Seventh Street. Green County will pay about 70 percent of the costs.
• Recommended to council to amend the amount of revenue from $140,000 to $151,369, beginning Jan. 1, 2009, to be set in the equipment replacement fund of the wastewater treatment plant utility.
Charles Schuringa was absent; Dan Henke was the alternate.
• Approved a permit application from TDS Telecom to directional drill and lay fiber and duct to Monroe Clinic.
• Approved for payment of bills in the amounts of $3,286.63 from Green Valley Waste Disposal for October recycling and $1,350 from Whitney Tree Service LLC for tree removal.
• Approved the purchase of a heating/cooling unit for the Fire Department office area, the cost of which will be paid from funds remaining ($14,000) from the City Hall boiler replacement fund. Director of Public Works Kelly Finkenbinder said the system failed again this year, because of its age. Past repairs have been costing between $1,000 and $1,500 each.
• Accepted quotes and authorized hiring J & R Excavating, Monroe, in the amount of $3,643.75 for about 430 feet of streambank restoration in the area southeast of Third Avenue and Seventh Street. Green County will pay about 70 percent of the costs.
• Recommended to council to amend the amount of revenue from $140,000 to $151,369, beginning Jan. 1, 2009, to be set in the equipment replacement fund of the wastewater treatment plant utility.
Charles Schuringa was absent; Dan Henke was the alternate.