MONROE - During a meeting Wednesday, The City of Monroe Common Council:
• Set a hearing date of May 5 for an ordinance repealing and recreating subsections 5-15-1(E)(2), 5-15-3(A)(3), 5-15-8(A)(2)(d-e) and 5-15-8(C)(3) of the Monroe City Code: 2009 Floodplain Regulations Amendments. The changes will reflect compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations to remain in the insurance program.
• Held a public hearing for and voted on a resolution vacating and discontinuing a portion of 6th Avenue West near Monroe Truck Equipment, to facilitate the sale of land to a developer for construction of a strip mall. The resolution passed 8-0.
• Set a public hearing date of May 5 for special ordinance No. 139 rezoning property to a planned unit development (PUD) district and adopting a general development plan and specific implementation plan for phase I and phase II of Angelus Planned Unit Development. The project is a proposed 8,500-square-foot addition to the existing Angelus Retirement Community building located along 8th Avenue near 6th Street.
• Passed a resolution approving a certified survey map for the land located near Monroe Truck Equipment.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing the issuance and sale of $1.59 million in water system revenue refunding bonds and providing for the payment of the bonds and other details with respect to the bonds. The resolution is expected to save the city $60,466 between 2009 and 2014. The resolution passed 8-0.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing increased salaries to be set for the following positions on an annualized basis: Fire Chief, $59,011, effective Jan. 1, 2009; Police Department Technical Services Director, $42,200, effective Jan. 1, 2009; Accounting Manager, $42,000, effective Apr. 6, 2009. The resolution came to the board without official recommendation of the Salary and Personnel Committee. The committee discussed the issue in closed session but could not take formal action, because action on the issue in open session was inadvertently left off the agenda. Instead, the committee sent a consensus on the issue to council.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, ratifying the AFSCME city labor contract for 2009-2010.
• Approved, 8-0, payment of claims in the amount of $484,503.20.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, granting an operator license to Amber M. Moyer, and secondhand article dealer licenses to Computer Heroes, Inc. (Josh J. Montgomery) and Garden Gate (Ken L. Leuenberger).
• Passed a restated resolution, 8-0, authorizing employee sale for used city equipment. The original resolution authorized council members to participate in the silent auction of the used city equipment. City Attorney Rex Ewald told council members they could not pass a resolution from which they would benefit.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing that application for urban nonpoint source and storm water planning grant. The grant could provide between $12,500 and $15,000 for amending the city's storm water management plan to conform to DNR new guidelines.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing the application for a storm water construction grant.
• A resolution opposing proposed changes to prevailing wage law was stricken from the agenda. City Attorney Rex Ewald said the resolution's opposition wording did not "track" the proposed changes in the law. The resolution may be brought back at a later date.
City Clerk Carol Stamm announced the results for the 2009 election for City Council. Aldermen Paul Hannes, Ward 2; Jan Lefevre, Ward 4; Keith Ingwell, Ward 6; Dan Henke, Ward 8; and Charles Schuringa, Ward 10, each won re-election for their seats.
Aldermen Neal Hunter and Keith Ingwell were absent.
• Set a hearing date of May 5 for an ordinance repealing and recreating subsections 5-15-1(E)(2), 5-15-3(A)(3), 5-15-8(A)(2)(d-e) and 5-15-8(C)(3) of the Monroe City Code: 2009 Floodplain Regulations Amendments. The changes will reflect compliance with Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations to remain in the insurance program.
• Held a public hearing for and voted on a resolution vacating and discontinuing a portion of 6th Avenue West near Monroe Truck Equipment, to facilitate the sale of land to a developer for construction of a strip mall. The resolution passed 8-0.
• Set a public hearing date of May 5 for special ordinance No. 139 rezoning property to a planned unit development (PUD) district and adopting a general development plan and specific implementation plan for phase I and phase II of Angelus Planned Unit Development. The project is a proposed 8,500-square-foot addition to the existing Angelus Retirement Community building located along 8th Avenue near 6th Street.
• Passed a resolution approving a certified survey map for the land located near Monroe Truck Equipment.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing the issuance and sale of $1.59 million in water system revenue refunding bonds and providing for the payment of the bonds and other details with respect to the bonds. The resolution is expected to save the city $60,466 between 2009 and 2014. The resolution passed 8-0.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing increased salaries to be set for the following positions on an annualized basis: Fire Chief, $59,011, effective Jan. 1, 2009; Police Department Technical Services Director, $42,200, effective Jan. 1, 2009; Accounting Manager, $42,000, effective Apr. 6, 2009. The resolution came to the board without official recommendation of the Salary and Personnel Committee. The committee discussed the issue in closed session but could not take formal action, because action on the issue in open session was inadvertently left off the agenda. Instead, the committee sent a consensus on the issue to council.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, ratifying the AFSCME city labor contract for 2009-2010.
• Approved, 8-0, payment of claims in the amount of $484,503.20.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, granting an operator license to Amber M. Moyer, and secondhand article dealer licenses to Computer Heroes, Inc. (Josh J. Montgomery) and Garden Gate (Ken L. Leuenberger).
• Passed a restated resolution, 8-0, authorizing employee sale for used city equipment. The original resolution authorized council members to participate in the silent auction of the used city equipment. City Attorney Rex Ewald told council members they could not pass a resolution from which they would benefit.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing that application for urban nonpoint source and storm water planning grant. The grant could provide between $12,500 and $15,000 for amending the city's storm water management plan to conform to DNR new guidelines.
• Passed a resolution, 8-0, authorizing the application for a storm water construction grant.
• A resolution opposing proposed changes to prevailing wage law was stricken from the agenda. City Attorney Rex Ewald said the resolution's opposition wording did not "track" the proposed changes in the law. The resolution may be brought back at a later date.
City Clerk Carol Stamm announced the results for the 2009 election for City Council. Aldermen Paul Hannes, Ward 2; Jan Lefevre, Ward 4; Keith Ingwell, Ward 6; Dan Henke, Ward 8; and Charles Schuringa, Ward 10, each won re-election for their seats.
Aldermen Neal Hunter and Keith Ingwell were absent.