MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD MONDAY OCTOBER 12, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M. PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ISSUED MARCH 16, 2020, THIS MEETING WAS HELD BY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE AND COMPUTER ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS IN PERSON.
MAYOR KONDRITZ CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ WERE PRESENT FOR ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2020. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
MAYOR KONDRITZ ASKED RICK LINTON TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. MR. LINTON BROUGHT HIS WIFE, BARB LINTON, AND KATHY CRAWFORD WITH HIM TO THE MEETING. MR. LINTON SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE NATIONAL ARCHERY TOURNAMENT SET TO TAKE PLACE AT REND LAKE JUNE 17-20, 2021. MR. LINTON ASKED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A SPONSORSHIP OF $3,000.00 FOR THIS EVENT.
COMMISSIONER PERKINS STATED THAT THE HIGHWAY 37 NORTH WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
COMMISSIONER PERKINS MADE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM (B) DISCUSSION AND/OR APPROVAL OF PAY ESTIMATE #1 FOR WIGGS EXCAVATING FOR ROUTE 37 WATERMAIN RELOCATION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAY ESTIMATE #1 FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT TO B.C. CONTRACTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,706.21. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT A PROJECT STATUS REPORT ON THE I-57 INTERCHANGE WAS INCLUDED IN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS’ PACKET. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH STATED THAT THE SIDEWALK PROJECT IS ONGOING AND THEY WILL BEGIN ON EAST MAIN NEXT.
COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER #00043 TO THIN LINE PUBLIC SAFETY, NOVACOM, AND DUNAGAN’S COLLISION CENTER FOR EQUIPMENT FOR PATROL CAR, DEPARTMENT STRIPING, AND INSTALLATION ON THE RECENTLY PURCHASED FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,700.00. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER #00030 TO HASTINGS AIR-ENERGY CONTROL FOR PYLMOVENT VEHICLE EXHAUST REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR 6 VEHICLE CONNECTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,375.00. COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT $45,142.85 OF THIS EXPENSE WOULD BE COVERED BY FEMA FUNDS AND THE CITY WOULD ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $2,232.15. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PERKINS. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER STOREY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER #00031 TO DAVE SCHMIDT FOR REPAIR OF FIRE ENGINE 803 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,098.98. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER #00636 TO LAWLER BROWN LAW FIRM FOR CHAIRS FOR THE AIRPORT TERMINAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,400.00. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER #00635 TO CHASTAIN AND ASSOCIATES FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500.00. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE MONTHLY BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $305,761.82. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAYROLL DATED 10/02/2020 FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,247.46 AND FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,862.77 FOR A TOTAL PAYROLL OF $92,862.77. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ROOF BID FOR CITY HALL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED FROM ANDREWS ROOFING IN BENTON FOR THE AMOUNT OF $32,478.00. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
MAYOR KONDRITZ ASKED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE A PROPOSAL FOR DEMOLITION OF 114 WEST ADAMS STREET FROM CHRIS MENCKOWSKI IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.00. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA MADE THIS MOTION. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER STOREY. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 4. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0. COMMISSIONER PERKINS ABSTAINED.
NO MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
UNDER OLD BUSINESS, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA REMINDED EVERYONE TO FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS.
IN NEW BUSINESS COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION HAD CONDUCTED POLICE TESTING. COMMISSIONER STOREY STATED THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE TESTED AND ONE PASSED.
IN MATTERS FROM THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE, TOM CARTER ASKED IF THE NEW ROOF AT CITY HALL WILL ALSO BE A FLAT ROOF. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA SAID THAT THE ROOF WOULD REMAIN FLAT. MR. CARTER ASKED COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA WHAT KIND OF SHAPE THE GENERAL FUND IS IN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA TOLD MR. CARTER SHE WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION AND GET BACK WITH HIM ON THE ANSWER. MR. CARTER STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK INTO A UV SYSTEM FOR THE FURNACES AT CITY HALL TO CLEAN THE AIR AS IT GOES THROUGH THE FURNACE. RICK HAYES ASKED THE COUNCIL IF ANY FUNDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY OF BENTON THROUGH THE CURES ACT. COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA STATED THAT AT THIS TIME THE CITY OF BENTON HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM THE CURES ACT.
COMMISSIONER PERKINS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH. VOTE WAS TAKEN. YEAS: 5. COMMISSIONER MESSERSMITH, COMMISSIONER PERKINS, COMMISSIONER STOREY, COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA, AND MAYOR KONDRITZ. NAYS: 0.
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