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Clear Lake City Legals Ventura City Legals Notice of Probate
PUBLIC NOTICE
MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Date of second publication: 13th day of April, 2016.
VENTURA, IOWA

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL THE CITY’S INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY Item # 1 – Call Meeting to order/roll call
KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE FORMER FOUR WINDS WATER TOWER SITE A regular meeting of the City Council of Ventura, Iowa was held on March 28,

You are hereby notified that the City of Clear Lake will hold a public hearing on the 2016. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Lynn Benson. The
18th day of April, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers, at Clear Lake City meeting was held at Ventura City Hall. The following Council Members were present:
Hall, for the purpose of discussing the intent to sell real property owned by the City of Darwin Avery, Mike Thackery, Brian Vaage, and John Quintus. Also present were:
Clear Lake, Iowa, to Mark E. Fisher for the sum of $0.50/sq ft. The property is known City Administrator Else Taylor, Public Works Director Bill Bredlow, Attorney Michael
locally as the former Four Winds Water Tower Site and is also described as follows: Moeller and Chief Pete Roth with the Clear Lake Police Department. Absent: Kristie
Meints.
COM SW COR SE SW 11-96-22 TH N 09° 19’ E 174.3’ TO POB ON N R/W LINE Item # 2 - Consent Agenda
HWY 18 TH N 73° 36’ E ON R/W LINE HWY 18 100’ TH N O5° 24” E 100’ TH S 73°
36” W 100’ TH S 05° 24” W 100’ TO POB 11-96-22 Motion by Avery/Thackery to approve the consent agenda for March 28, 2016.
Passed unanimously.
You are further specifically notified that at the time and place aforesaid all persons a. Agenda March 28, 2016
will have an opportunity to be heard for or against said proposal. Following such b. Regular Minutes March 14, 2016
hearing, the Clear Lake City Council will take action on said approval without further c. Claims Register March 28, 2016
notice or opportunity for hearing. d. Cigarette Permit Renewal - Ventura Mart
Disbursement

Dated this 5th day of April, 2016. 24379 Taylor, Else Payroll 03/23/2016 1313.84
Published on April 13th in the Clear Lake Mirror Reporter.
24380 Bredlow, William Payroll 03/23/2016 1261.11

24381 Alliant Energy Utilities 4073.35

/s/ Jennifer Larsen 24382 Blazek Electric Fire alarm equip test Lib. & C. Center 368.38

Jennifer Larsen, City Clerk 24383 Bob Kimball Meter deposit refund - 110 Hillcrest 20.00

Clear Lake School Board 24384 D & D Sales, Inc. FD – Embroidery for jackets 514.50

24385 Fedex Shipping – water samples 44.70

24386 Goodnature Work Stop FD – Jacket (new member) 99.97

CLEAR LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 24387 Hach Water testing supplies 58.33
Special Session Minutes
March 30, 2016 24388 Iowa Lot Striping Street sweeping 973.75

24389 Iowa Prison Industries FD – Decals 87.50

24390 Office Elements Disconnect notice – Door hanger 128.00

Present – President: Bergvig; Directors; Brady; Kuhlers; Moeller and Tesar. 24391 TQ Technologies Back-up device (2) 223.17

24392 Wellmark Bluecross Health insurance – April 2016 2889.12

Moved by Tesar, seconded by Kuhlers to approve the March 30, 2016 Agenda. All Total claims $12,055.72
ayes. Motion carried.
Item # 3 - Police Report – Chief Roth reported the following calls from 3/14/16 –
Moved by Kuhlers, seconded by Brady to approve the low bid of $2,104,000.00 for 3/27/2016:
the High School Kitchen, commons and entrance renovation from Dean Snyder Con- Traffic Contacts (8), Theft (1), Lost/Found (1), Collision (1), Suspicion (1), Fire (2),
struction. All ayes. Motion carried. Special Assignment (1), Assist to Other Agency (1), Medical (1), Motorist Assist (1),
Parking (1), Incomplete 911 (1).
President Bergvig declared the meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
Chief Roth reported on personnel changes within the department and the status
____________________ ________________________ of filling the new captain position. Chief Roth informed the Council of the storm siren
Chyrl Bergvig, President Lorna Leerar, Board Secretary test schedule and posting it on Facebook to get the message out. Chief Roth spoke
to the Council about posting information online for transparency and to ease the
Landfill North Iowa workload of administrative staff.
Item # 4 – Resolution 16-06, Resolution adopting the 2015 Iowa Handbook for City
LANDFILL OF NORTH IOWA Clerks / Finance Officers by the Iowa League of Cities as the Ventura Official Proce-
UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS dural Manual

The regular Landfill of North Iowa Board of Directors meeting was held RESOLUTION 16-06 was introduced by Quintus, A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
on March 22, 2016, beginning at 7:04 P.M., at the Landfill Education Center, 15942 THE IOWA HANDBOOK FOR CITY CLERKS/ FINANCE OFFICERS 2015 BY THE
Killdeer, Clear Lake, Iowa. IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES AS THE OFFICIAL VENTURA PROCEDURAL MANUAL,
Barney Ruiter, Chairman, presided at the meeting. Ruiter called the seconded by Avery. Roll call vote resulted as follows:
meeting to order, with the following other members present: David Abele, Lon Allan, Ayes Avery, Thackery, Quintus & Vaage
George Andersen, Lynn Benson, Mark Brosz, Brian Crowell, Scott Heagel, Paula Nays None
Lubkeman, Dan Martinson, Robert Michaelis, Russ Morgan, Mary Nagel, Tony Nel- Whereupon the Mayor declared RESOLUTION 16-06 duly adopted.
son, Jolene Nohrenberg, Corey Pulju, Yvonne Reicherts, Jeff Robak, Roger Rustad, Item # 5 – Waste Management – Proposal for Residential Solid Waste & Recycling
Raymond Silver, Greg Urbatsch, Jay Urdahl, Jay Waddingham. Services
Also present were William L. Rowland, LNI Director, and Mitzi Brunsvold,
Education Coordinator, as well as James J. Locher, LNI Attorney. Council discussion focused on a proposal that would include a 64 gallon cart for
Meeting attendees introduced themselves at Ruiter’s invitation. regular trash. Recycling would involve an additional 64 gallon cart for single stream
Minutes of the January 14, 2016, Board meeting were approved upon mo- recycling service where residents can throw all their recycling items into one con-
tion by Urdahl, seconded by Allan, and unanimously adopted. tainer.
Year-to-date financial statements were reviewed.
Bills paid in January and February, 2016, were reviewed. Motion by Avery and seconded by Vaage, to table the Waste Management Resi-
Rowland commented on appliance recycling, noting the price reduction dential Solid Waste & Recycling Service proposal, until the next meeting. Passed
instituted last year, from $13 to $5 for customer drop-offs, the death in January, 2016, unanimously.
of the person who had been picking up appliances at the Landfill and that a request Item # 6 – Discussion – Hiring part-time help
for proposals in connection with a new recycler would be out in about one month.
By way of an engineering update, Rowland reported on two matters: The Council continued the discussion item from last meeting about managing staff-
• The estimated amount for financial assurance in connection with closure/ ing inadequacies. The general consensus of the Council concluded that two part-time
post-closure maintenance at the Landfill has been reduced, based upon employees would be required to meet current deficiencies.
the engineering consultant’s recommendation, from $5,287,570 to
$4,862,014. This is subject to approval by the Iowa Department of Natural City Administrator Else Taylor stated she would draft job descriptions and update
Resources. Currently, $6,037,887 has been set aside and restricted for the employment application for review by the Council at the next meeting.
this purpose.
• The DNR Air Quality Bureau has issued a letter of non-compliance to LNI, No formal action taken on this item.
relative to the amount of waste buried exceeding the operating limit of 2.75 Item # 7 – Budget Amendment #2 FY15-16 – Set Public Hearing Date & Approve
million tons. With the assistance of the consulting engineer, LNI has re Hearing Notice
sponded to the letter by requesting a new limit of approximately 3.5 million
tons. Motion by Quintus and seconded by Thackery, to approve the proposed FY15-16
Rowland provided details regarding the 2015 audit recently completed Budget Amendment #2 for public notice and set the public hearing date for April 11,
for LNI. Locher commented on the process. Upon motion by Rusted, seconded by 2016. Passed unanimously.
Pulju, the audit report was accepted. Item # 8 – Public Works Report
Rowland presented statistics relative to residential recycling, which re-
flected one municipality meeting the goal of 10 pounds per person per month and an Public Works Director Bill Bredlow reported on the following items:
average of 5.4 pounds for all municipalities. a. Storm siren failure at 2380 E Lake Street.
Brunsvold offered statistics concerning educational contacts, noting these b. Large Item Pick Up day set for April 9th.
totaled 5,525 for calendar year 2015. She also provided statistics on waste diverted c. Plans to haul in a load of playground bark mulch.
and recycled, as well as regional collection center activity. A $45,000 grant had been Item # 9 - Old Business
obtained from the DNR, she said. a. Status of Dog Park Proposal
Upon motion by Michaelis seconded by Brosz, and unanimously adopted,
all actions of the Executive Committee and Directors were ratified. City Administrator Else Taylor reported that Five Star Cooperative has already
Rowland reported the consulting engineers were studying leachate invested considerable expense with planting three rows of trees to shield the public
handling opportunities and indicated a cost analysis would be done relative to land from viewing their operations and provide a buffer. It was a Five Star Board decision
purchase. to decline the Dog Park Proposal, because the dog park would be counterproductive
It was announced the next Board meeting would be held at the LNI Educa- to that concept.
tion Center on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. Item # 10 – New Business
The meeting adjourned at 7:57 P.M.
City Administrator Else Taylor mentioned that the Ventura Zoning Code has not
been updated for over twenty years. Mrs. Taylor informed the Council that Veenstra &
Kimm Engineering would be able to assist with the update of the zoning code should
the Council decide to move forward.

The Council requested a proposal from Veenstra & Kimm to update the Ventura
Zoning Code in the next fiscal year.
Item # 11 – Public Forum - none
Item # 12 - Adjournment

Motion by Vaage/Quintus to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.
_____________________________
Lynn Benson, Mayor

Attest:_________________________________
Else Taylor, Clerk

Clear Lake Sanitary District County Legals

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to
March 22, 2016 approve the claims. Motion passed unanimously.
Unapproved
Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to
The Board of Supervisors of Cerro Gordo County, approve a payroll change request for Peggy Meany in the
Iowa, met in regular session pursuant to adjournment. Treasurer’s office to $52,938.02 annually, effective March
Present: Chairman Casey Callanan, Supervisor Phil 28, 2016. Motion passed unanimously.
Dougherty, Supervisor Jay Urdahl, and various members
of the public. Dougherty made a motion, with Urdahl seconding, to
authorize Rod McKinney to investigate a problem in
Callanan convened the meeting at 10:00 a.m. Urdahl Drainage District 128/13 as reported by Terry and Susan
made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to approve Auborn. Motion passed unanimously.
the March 15, 2016 regular minutes and today’s agenda.
Motion passed unanimously. Dougherty made a motion, with Urdahl seconding, to ap-
prove an amendment to the Pictometry Contract. Motion
Urdahl made a motion, with Dougherty seconding, to ap- passed unanimously. Date of second publication: 13th day of April, 2016.
prove FY2017 Budget and 5 year construction program
for submittal to the DOT and authorize the chairman to Dougherty made a motion, with Urdahl seconding, to County Legals
sign. Motion passed unanimously. adjourn at 10:13 a.m. Motion passed unanimously.

Dougherty made a motion, with Urdahl seconding, to The audio tape of the meeting and various tabulations, Property owners are responsible for dust control on county roads. Board action
adopt Resolution 2016-31, Temporary Bridge Embargo. reports, correspondence, and other documents that were authorizes use of calcium chloride, magnesium lignin sulfonate, lignin sulfonate, and
Whereas: The Board of Supervisors is empowered under presented are placed on file with the County Auditor’s magnesium chloride as the control substance. No other products carry county autho-
authority of Sections Sub. (8), 321.255 and 321.471 to office. rization. Materials may be applied either liquid or dry.
321.473 to prohibit the operation of vehicles or impose
limitations as to the weight thereof on designated ___________________________________________ Please note: Signed permits must be received in our office by May 15th for applica-
highways or highway structures under their jurisdiction. Chairman Casey Callanan tion after June 1st. Any permit received after May 15th will be held until the second
Whereas: The County Engineer has completed (or Board of Supervisors application. Any new permits for the second application must be in our office by July
has caused to be completed) the Structure Inventory 15th for application after August 1st.
and Appraisal of certain county bridges, in accordance ATTEST:
with the National Bridge Inspection Standards and has _____________________________________________
determined (or it has been determined) that they are Ken W. Kline
inadequate for two lane legal loads at allowable operat- County Auditor
ing stress. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Cerro
Gordo County Board of Supervisors that vehicle and load Applications will be by private contractor licensed with the county. The County
limits be established and that signs be erected advising Engineer’s office (641) 424-9037 can provide contractor information on request. The
of the permissible maximum weights thereof on the county will assume no liability for satisfaction of material or workmanship.
bridges listed, as follows:

County No. Location Load Limit tons The following contractors meet county requirements:
(FHWA No.)
L-12-A-14 (105980) Over Beaver Dam Creek 10

on 210th St. appx. 2,700 One lane Deano’s Dust Control Woody’s Dust Control
14711 210th St. 611 Hampton St., P.O. Box 46
feet east of Finch Ave. Mason City, IA 50401 Rudd, IA 50471
(641) 421-8622 (641) 395-2650
Sec 12-95-22

Motion passed unanimously.