Slater Regular City Council Meeting

February 19, 2008

The regular meeting of the Slater City Council was called to order by Mayor Gary Halverson at 7:45 P.M. on February 19, 2008 , at City Hall, 105 Greene St. , Slater, Iowa .  The roll being called the following council members were present as follows: Gene Staples, Steve Ransom, and Mike Higgs; Electronic - Mark Pritchard.  Absent:  Tim Locker.  Also in attendance were Mary Beth Chinery and Jennifer Davies.

It was moved by Staples and seconded by Higgs to approve the consent agenda, February 11, 2008 minutes and expenditures totaling $ 15,038.81 as follows:

CYCLONE AWARDS & ENGRAVING

NAME PLATES

27.90

FEILMEYER, FEILMEYER, ET ALL

LEGAL FEES

313.50

HAWKINS

CHLORINE

25.00

IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

POOL REGISTRATION

105.00

IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES

MLA WORKSHOP

25.00

MALLON EXCAVATION

WATER MAIN BREAK

800.07

MINN. VALLEY TESTING LABS

SEWER TESTING

57.97

MORTON SALT

WATER SALT

2,728.95

MUNICIPAL SUPPLY, INC

TWO - 4 IN CLAMP

315.30

PETTY CASH

LIBRARY

47.30

POSTMASTER

STAMPS

41.00

PRO CLEAN

CLEANING

440.57

SNYDER & ASSOCIATES

ENGINEERING

2,430.41

TOWN & COUNTRY MARKET

BAGS, WATER, TOWELS, ETC

64.43

TREASURER, STATE OF IOWA

SALES TAX

3,261.37

TRUE NORTH

HEALTH BENEFITS

4,355.04

The motion passed with record vote as follows:  Yes:  Staples, Higgs, Ransom, and Pritchard.  No: none. 

The council reviewed the adjustments made to the 2008-09 budget.  There was significant discussion.  It is noted, each department has cut between 10% and 15% from what they asked for from the general fund in 2007-08.  It was moved by Staples and seconded by Ransom to accept the budget in its current form and reschedule the next regular Council meeting which is to include the public hearing for budget review to Monday, March 10, 2008 at 7:30 P.M. held at Slater City Hall .  The motion passed with record vote as follows: Yes:  Staples, Ransom, Higgs, and Pritchard.

It was moved by Staples and seconded by Pritchard to adjourn at 8:25 P.M. , the motion carried and the meeting adjourned.