Board of Work Meeting Minutes - 11/2/09
BOARD OF WORKS
NOVEMBER 2, 2009 10:00 A.M.
MAYOR SMALL OPENED THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF WORKS AND SAFETY.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN BY ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY STEVE HACKER.
ASSISTANT MAYOR DAVIS MOVED TO APPROVE ALL CITY, WATER, SEWER AND PAYROLL CLAIMS DATED OCTOBER 26, 2009 THRU NOVEMBER 2, 2009. ATTORNEY COPENHAVER: SECOND MAYOR SMALL: AYE AYE VOTE: 3-0
MAYOR SMALL CONGRATULATED THE NEW CASTLE TROJAN MARCHING BAND FOR PLACING IN FOURTH PLACE AT THE STATE FINALS. HE SAID HE ATTENDED TO HELP CHEER THEM ON AND THAT LUCAS STADIUM WAS AWESOME. HE SAID THE FLOOR WAS FILLED AT THE AWARDS PRESENTATION WITH EACH OF THE 10 BANDS THAT WERE PRESENT. HE SAID IT WAS SO COLORFUL. HE SAID THAT THIS IS THE BEST THE TROJAN MARCHING BAND HAS DONE IN MANY YEARS. HE SAID THEY DID WELL IN THE MUSIC, THIRD PLACE AND VISUAL PRESENTATION THEY CAME IN SECOND PLACE. OVERALL, THEY CAME IN FOURTH. WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF THEM.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID HE HAD TWO MATTERS THAT WERE DEALING WITH THE WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT. HE SAID THERE WAS A QUOTE GIVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,731.88 TO INSTALL A SWIPE CARD GAS PUMP AND THIS IS PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE THAT GAS PUMP SO PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN IT AND USE GAS IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER. IN ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP A SECURITY GATE WITH THE FENCE TO MAKE SURE NO ONE CAN GET TO THE CHEMICALS.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUOTE FROM MIDWEST MAINTENANCE CONSTRUCTION AND FURTHER AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF THE SECURITY GATE TO PROTECT THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE STORED IN THAT AREA. MAYORS ASSISTANT DAVIS: SECOND MAYOR SMALL: AYE AYE VOTE: 3-0
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID HIS NEXT THING WAS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. HE SAID HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS IS FOR DESIGN WORK FOR STORM WATER SEPARATION TO OCCUR IN THE GENERAL SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. IT WILL ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE AND REMOVAL OF THAT DRAINAGE FROM OUR STORM WATER SYSTEM. HE SAID IT WAS HIS FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THIS IS PART OF THE CSO, THE LONG TERM CONTROL PLAN BUT THE REASON WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THIS IS THERE WILL BE A GRANT TO REIMBURSE US FOR PAYMENT OF THE PROJECT.
MAYOR SMALL SAID WE ARE DOWN TO 14 PEOPLE AT THE STREET DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE DOING THE TASKS THAT WERE PERFORMED BY 28 OR 29 LAST YEAR. HE SAID WE STARTED OUR LEAF COLLECTION A MONTH EARLIER LAST YEAR AND WE DID FINISH BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE PLOWED SNOW AND LEAVES AT THE SAME TIME. WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
MAYORS ASSISTANT DAVIS MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER: SECOND
