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Seneca City Council meeting….11/3/04 The Seneca City Council Wednesday evening accepted a proposal from a Lenexa firm to help the city through the process of planning a new swimming pool. Council member Alice Lackey reported that the recreation committee had met to review proposals from 3 companies and recommended a company called “Waters Edge” from Lenexa for a fee of $3,500 that is refundable if the city would chose that company for the design of the pool. In other business the council approved a motion to submit a historic preservation funds application for $10,000 to $12,000 in grant funds. Glen Rodden reported that he is in the process of seeking at least 3 bids for an air curtain burner. Gene Holthouse, owner of property adjacent to the City’s airport was present to protest the location of the air curtain burner at the airport. He said that he was concerned that trash would blow onto his property. Rodden assured him that only tree branches, leaves and grass clippings were to be dumped at the air curtain burner. The council discussed at length other locations that might be used for the air curtain burner. Mayor Mitchell directed Rodden to research all the costs that might be involved in operating the burner and the cost of surveillance to keep unwanted materials from being dropped off. After an executive session the council approved a motion to pay a bill from Max Jantz Excavating that has been under dispute. The bill of $25,000 was for work stoppage and extra dirt work that took place during the Seneca Sewer extension project. Wilson and company of Salina has agreed to pay $12,000 of the amount, the City of Seneca will pay the remaining amount of $13,000. Seneca City Council meeting….10/20/04 The Seneca City Council Wednesday evening selected a site to place an air curtain burner to incinerate lawn waste from city residents. Approval to move ahead with placing an air curtain burner at the city airport conditional on the availability of a suitable space was given by Seneca city Council members. Included in the motion is a plan for the city to study the possibility of placing a collection site in the city limits for yard clippings and leaves. The motion was approved by 5 members of the council, Tom Kramer opposed the motion. An air curtain burner is a low emission incinerator. Koch and Company has offered $40,000 towards the cost of the purchase and installation of the burner plus the payment of an monthly fee to use the burner. A motion was approved to sign a contract with APAC of Kansas City for the work to be done to extend Nemaha Street to the new Koch and Company 1st street expansion project. The contract includes street paving, storm drainage and waterline improvements The Seneca City council selected Blue Cross Blue Shield as their employee health insurance carrier. City Administrator Glen Rodden said that rates were lower this year after several years of rates being raised annually. Rodden recommended allowing employees to choose one of three plans ranging in cost from $266 to $316 for single coverage. The policy renews in December. In other business the council discussed a proposed ordinance prohibiting motorized bicycles on city streets. City Attorney Richard Massieon said that he could not recommend the ordinance as written for several reasons. A motion was approved to table the ordinance until more interest is shown in the matter. Seneca City Council meeting….10/7/04 At last nights Seneca city Council meeting, City Administrator Glen Rodden informed the city council members that the historical survey of downtown buildings in Seneca was complete. Rodden asked council members if a presentation of the findings of the survey could be held during a city council meeting or if a special meeting should be held. Council members suggested holding the presentation an hour before the next city council meeting. No action was taken. In other business Rodden suggested an alternate site to place an air curtain burner to replace the city’s burn pile. Rodden suggested talking to the Nemaha County Commissioners about using the County’s land fill as a possible site, or possibly contracting with Seneca Sanitation to remove lawn waste. Two previous suggested locations include the city airport and land located at the south east corner of Seneca. No action was taken. The council approved a motion to accept an ordinance authorizing a loan agreement between the city of Seneca and the State of Kansas Department of Transportation to help finance the extension of Nemaha Street to the Koch and Company 1st Street expansion project. Rodden said that work on the project is scheduled to begin on December 15th. New business regarding the Schmitz property acquisition was tabled until the next meeting. A motion was approved to pay BG Consulting of Manhattan $5,355 for their design of the Spring Creek Estates Sub-division. Glen Rodden reported that Bob Vincent of Ground Water Assoc. would be searching for water for two new wells on the east side of town from October 15th to the 25th. Rodden informed the council that Blue Cross and Blue Shield may be offering a reduction in the city’s comprehensive insurance plan for the next contract year. The policy renews in December, however Rodden said that the council needs to decide whether or not to renew the policy in November. Special Seneca City Council meeting….9/30/04 Last night the Seneca City Council held a special meeting to consider a bid received to extend Nemaha Street from 1st Street to the Koch and Company 1st Street expansion project to create an entrance for the new addition. Only one bid was received. APAC-Kansas of Hutchinson bid almost $400,500 for a 5 inch asphalt street with an additional inch and a half to be added in the spring. The bid come in under the project budget of $400,900. A motion to accept the bid was approved. Seneca City Council meeting….9/15/04 At the Seneca City Council meeting, the Seneca Soccer Association representative met with the council to request the budget for this soccer season. 147 kids are out for soccer this season, making up 12 teams. Council members approved giving the association $2,219 to pay for referees, balls, and whistles. In other business a motion was approved to hire Nichole Leirtz for the assistant city clerk position. Seneca City Administrator, Glen Rodden said that 20 applications had been received and 4 interviews were held. The position pays $9.00 per hour and no date has been set for Leitz to begin. Seneca Community Investors, LLC gave a presentation on how they plan to market the sale of lots in the Spring Creek Estates Subdivision. Dave Haverkamp gave the council members a 20 page – full color brochure that the LLC had printed. Haverkamp said that the advertising in the brochure paid for the printing and that the brochures would be left at businesses in a 90 mile radius. Haverkamp also said that the LLC has a web site located at www.springcreek-seneca.com which has received many emails from visitors to the site. Seneca Police chief Steve Jones approached the council with a request for their approval to submit an application to the Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the Federal Local Law Enforcement Block Grant. Jones said that the grant limit is $10,000 and his application asks for $7,500 for hand guns, computers, a bullet-proof vest, digital camera and other misc. items. Jones said that the guns will be city property and he would like all officers to have the same type of weapon to cut down on the cost of ammunition. A motion to approve the submission of the grant with the addition of extra cameras was approved. The grant, if approved requires a 10% match by the city. Jones also brought before the council the state laws and regulations concerning the use of motor scooters on city streets. Jones said that he would like the city attorney to draw up an ordinance requiring motor scooters to be restricted from city streets for safety reasons. Jones was directed to work out the details between the City Administrator Glen Rodden and City Attorney Richard Massieon. A motion was approved to purchase liability insurance for the new golf course ponds until the course is complete. The cost is $100 for the insurance. A motion was approved to allow a pool committee to form and directing them to move ahead with the pool planning. A motion was approved to allow President of the Council Gary Henry to sign the previously approved change order with Hall Brothers of Marysville for the Spring Creek Estates project and the BG Consultants of Manhattan inspection contract. Seneca City Council meeting….9/1/04 At last nights Seneca City Council meeting, Mark Bachamp with BG Consultants of Manhattan said that 2 bids were received to complete the Nemaha Street extension project. Bachamp said that both bids came in over the engineers estimate and he recommended re-designing the project to bring the cost down, and to send out new bid forms. Council members agreed and approved a motion to move ahead and get new bids. Bids received for the street and storm drainage, waterline relocation and new water line to extend Nemaha Street to the Koch and Company 1st street expansion project include a bid from Schmidtlein for a total of $730,305 and the other bid from Smokey Hill LLC was a total of $653,154. The engineers bid came to a total of $557,122 for the entire project. In other business the council approved a motion to participate in the Kansas Municipal Utilities Legal Fund. The fee to participate is $537.37. A motion was approved to pay BG Consultants $30,345 for the Nemaha Street Extension engineering design. A motion was approved to donate $25 to the Saint’s Peter and Paul school sports and activities fund. Another motion was approved to renew the full page ad in the Nemaha Valley Year Book for 2004/2005. A motion was approved to accept the Spring Creek Subdivision Installment Contract of Sale. Tom Kramer abstained from voting. City Attorney Richard Massieon said the contract specifies that the Golf Club and Seneca Limited Liability corporation are responsible to pay the taxes. In a related matter, Massieon read a report from the Kansas Government Ethics Commission that states it is the decision of the commission that no violations have been made by Seneca council persons or mayor for being investors of the LLC. And that Tom Kramer can vote on matters regarding any project that the LLC is involved without any conflict of interest. Jane Strathman, Seneca City Clerk reports that over 20 applications have been received for the assistant City Clerk position. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 3rd. Council person Alice Lackey requested the approval of the council to develop a committee to investigate options to improve the current City pool or to build a new pool. Lackey also asked if she could hire a consultant to help the committee with the project. Lackey said that she has received a lot of public interest in the pool project and specifically the public is interested in an indoor pool. Seneca City Council meeting….8/19/04 The Seneca City Council Wednesday evening adopted the 2005 budget as published. Approval followed a public hearing in which City Auditor Jay Langley answered questions from one audience member about the budget. The 6 ½ million dollar budget calls for a more than half mill drop in the property tax levy. Even though spending will increase, an increase in the city’s assessed valuation allowed a drop in the tax rate to a levy of 32.9 mills. 2005’s projected valuation of 14 millions dollars is an increase of almost one million from 2004, and marks the third year in a row that Seneca has seen growth of near 5 percent. In other business Langley presented the annual audit. Langley said that he had found no cash basis violations and no budget violations. The council voted to accept the audit report. The council took up a couple of matters in regards to the Spring Creek Estates Subdivision. The council members voted to re-zone the property from agriculture to residential. The council approved a construction inspection agreement with BG Consultants of Manhattan for a maximum cost of $22,632. Mayor Mitchell voiced his opposition to the agreement, saying a limited inspection contract isn’t enough. A decision to accept the Spring Creek Subdivision installment contract of sale was tabled. Mayor Mitchell said that he did not agree that the City of Seneca should retain ownership of the subdivision property. The contract calls for a payment of 1.5 million dollars from the LLC to the city of Seneca for the lots on the Spring Creek Subdivision. The matter will be discussed further at a future meeting. The council voted to accept the Golf Course Management agreement for the new Spring Creeks Golf Course. Karen Holthaus from the city Library met with council members to request help replacing the carpet in both the library and the community room. Holthaus said that when the carpet was laid, not enough glue was used and the carpet is now wrinkling and is a safety hazard. She also said that they had a bid of $14,000 and were able to pay for $7,000 of that amount. Holthaus asked the council if they would pay the balance of $7,000 out of the Library building fund. A motion was approved to replace the carpet. Seneca City Council meeting….7/21/04 At last nights Seneca city Council meeting, council members approved a motion to publish the 2005 budget. The budget calls for a decrease in the tax levy amount from 33.54 mils this year to 32.89 in 2005. Jay Langley of Clubine and Rettle accountants, of Salina said that the tax levy is decreasing due to a 6.4 percent increase in the City's assessed valuation. The city's valuation jumped from nearly 13.6 million to nearly 14.5 million. The budget calls for total expenditures of 6.5 million, up from nearly 3.3 million this year. The hearing regarding the budget will be held on Wednesday, August 18th. In other business the council approved a motion to pay the final bill for replacing 2 of the city’s sewer lines. The final payment is $1,439 less than the original contract price. The council briefly discussed the Golf Course Management agreement. Acceptance of the agreement was tabled till the next meeting to give council members a chance to look at the agreement. Seneca City Administrator, Glen Rodden mentioned that he had met with the County Commissioners and that they were willing to put more riprap on the erosion at South 8th Street, but were not willing to be a part of the proposed study or any water diversion work. Council members directed Rodden to meet with the landowners to find out what they wanted to do about the drainage problem. Council members discussed the Seneca Tree Ordinance and discussed whether the City Employees should pick up tree branches from the curbs after storms. The council decided to keep up with the practice, but that it was not necessary to add it to the ordinance. A motion was approved to add to the side walk ordinance the requirement that residents who take out sidewalks on their property must replace them. Glen Rodden informed the Council that a representative from KDOT had given him the OK to place a air curtain burner at the airport as long as it was kept away from anything flammable, and was not so tall that it would interfere with planes that were landing. Rodden also said that an alternate site for an air burner would be at the corner of Snake road and Hwy 63. Rodden was directed by the council to contact the realtor and discuss the details of the property. Rodden said that he had received 3 applications and wanted to interview 2 of the applicants for the open position on the police dept next week. The council decided to close the City pool and August 17th because all the life guards would be leaving for school on that date. Seneca City Council meeting….7/7/04 At last nights Seneca city Council meeting the city council approved an ordinance to annex the Spring Creek Subdivision into the city limits. The Spring Creek Subdivision is located on the west side of Seneca, north of Hwy 36. In other business a lone bid was accepted from Bryant and Bryant Construction of Halstead Kansas for curbs and gutter repair located at the south end of First Street. The bid total was $43,500. The city employees will do some of the removal of the broken concrete to bring the cost down by $2,000. Work on the curb and gutter repair will begin in the fall. A gift of land was accepted from Larry and Mary Ann Holsapple and from the Seneca Golf Club. City Attorney Rich Massieon presented the Golf Course Management agreement for the consideration of the Council. Mark Bachamp from BG Consultants of Manhattan presented the project schedule for construction of streets and installation of utilities for the Spring Creek Estates subdivision. After bids are approved, work is scheduled to begin on September 15th and be complete by June 1st of 2005 Bachamp also informed the council that if the City wants to install 3 phase power to the golf course and loop through the subdivision an additional engineer’s agreement must be approved. A motion was approved to enter into an agreement with BG Consultants to provide the engineering to bring 3 phase power to both the golf course and subdivision for an amount not to exceed $7,500. The council discussed whether a study should be done on the storm drainage on the south side of Seneca. No decision was made; Glen Rodden Seneca City Administrator was directed to ask the affected land owners and the Nemaha County Commissioners if they would meet to discuss the matter. Brian Ruske, Seneca City Superintendent said that the city has been removing tree branches that have the potential for falling for public safety at no charge. Ruske was asked to follow City tree ordinance and require residents to remove their own dangerous trees or be charge by the city to remove the trees but only in an emergency situation. A motion was approved to allow the Seneca Jaycees to have a beer garden at Swisher field on Saturday, July 31st during the Dustin Evans concert that is being sponsored by the Seneca Chamber of Commerce. Glen Rodden informed the Seneca City Council that the Wildlife and Parks grant that the city has been seeking to help build the new golf course was denied. The amount requested was $200,000. Rodden also informed the Seneca City Council that he has begun work on the City’s 2005 budget and that if they had any projects or programs that they would like to see done in 2005 that they should let him know. A motion was approved to include quality control inspections into the golf course bid package. Jeff Connor with Koch & Co told the Seneca City Council that he had been doing some research on the costs of bringing an air burner to the city of Seneca. Connor said that he had a price of bringing 3 phase power to the proposed airport site of $29,000. Connor said that he thought the price was too high and had looked into using a gas motor to run the burner for an additional estimated cost of $4,200. Conner also said that he had checked with KDHE solid waste division to make sure that the materials Koch & Co want to burn are approved for burning. Conner said that about 75% of the materials are approved and said he must reduce the offer of support from $40,000 to $35,000. Conner urged the council to move forward on the project. Councilman Dave Carlson brought to the attention of the council that there is an ordinance requiring residents to replace sidewalks if they are removed. Carlson suggested that the ordinance be enforced before there are no sidewalks left in Seneca. Carlson also asked that the traffic light that is being re-installed at 6th and Main be installed on a pole or other solution other than from a wire suspended over the intersection. Carlson said that he didn’t want to see another truck hit the traffic light. Seneca City Council meeting….6/16/04 At the Seneca City Council meeting, City Administrator, Glen Rodden presented information on several Air curtain burners that he had researched. Jeff Conner from Koch & Co was present at the meeting and stated that Koch & Co would be interested in co-sponsoring the purchase and installation of an air curtain burner with the City of Seneca. Conner said that the disposal of the solid waste from the Koch & Co plant is very expensive. Conner offered to pay $40,000 towards the purchase and installation of an air curtain burner and $200 per month to use the burner. Conner also said that a burner could cost as much as $69,000. Council person Alice Lackey asked the City Administrator and City Attorney, Rich Massieon to move forward with the project. In other business, the council approved a motion to issue Industrial Revenue bonds for the Koch & Co 1st Street expansion project in the amount not to exceed 1,750,000 for the purpose of financing land purchase and construction and equipping of the expanded facilities. The City council received 6 applications for the engineering of the Nemaha Street extension that will be used by Koch & Co as an entrance to their 1st Street expansion. A motion was made to select Wilson & co as engineers for the project. That motion failed another motion was made to approve BG Consultants as engineers for the project. That motion passed unanimously. The council also accepted a bid from Cohorst Engineering of Marysville to survey the boundary of the proposed golf course of $2,500. Seneca City Council meeting….5/17/04 A representative from the Nemaha County Sheriff Dept was present to request a donation for the 12th annual bullhead fishing tournament that will be held on June 13th at the Centralia Lake. The council decided to donate $200, the same amount donated last year. Council members reviewed the preliminary and final plats for the Spring Creek Estates Subdivision. Don Leager, representing the LLC requested help from the City to pay for the Streets and storm drainage for the length of Street outside the subdivision from 11th Street to the subdivision. The engineer’s estimate of the total cost would be just over $114,000. Mayor Mitchell said that he did not want to set a precedent for paying for streets for subdivisions. Councilman Gary Henry reminded the Mayor that it is the city’s policy to pay for the streets from existing city streets to new subdivisions. Leager said that the LLC would pay for the sewer and water lines to the subdivision at an estimated cost of almost $51,000. A motion was approved to accept the plats. Joe Schmelzle representing the Seneca Golf Club presented the final plat for the golf course. A motion was approved to accept the plat contingent on many other items. A motion was approved to allow City Superintendent Brian Ruske permission to let out for bids the annual curb and gutter repair. Council members reviewed a revised final plat for Koch and company. A motion made by councilman Steve Bennett to table any decision until the council hears back from Chicago Rawhide regarding possible use of their private entrance for the Koch and Co entrance died for lack of a second. Another motion to approve the plat with changes was made by Councilman Gary Henry ended in a tie vote with the mayor breaking the tie by voting against. A final motion to approve the plat with changes was made by councilperson Alice Lackey was approved with 5 votes for and Steve Bennett against. Glen Rodden announced that he would hold a special city council meeting next week to approve a resolution for the Main Street Program application which has a deadline of May 27th. Seneca City Council meeting….5/5/04 At last nights Seneca city Council meeting, Bob Carson of Carson Communications LLC of Wetmore informed council member of the impending purchase of some of the Galaxy Cablevision properties including service to the City of Seneca’s residents. Carson said that the sale will be completed on or before May 31st. He also said that the cable service will not change other then the internet service which will be faster that the current service. In other business, council members discussed at length and heard comments from residents near the addition who were opposed to a street that is planned to be built as an east entrance to the Koch and Company addition from Hwy 36. Residents were concerned that heavy truck traffic would cause a safety hazard at the entrance to Hwy 36 and at the turn the street would take to enter the Koch and Company property. Residents also stated that 50 feet is not far enough away from the nearest resident. Council members approved a motion to reject the recommendation from the Seneca Planning commission to approve the final plat of the Koch & Company’s 1st Street expansion project. The Plat will go back to the planning commission to address safety concerns and use of tax dollars. Council members approved a motion for the annual re-organization of the city council with no changes. A motion was approved to accept the new re-written oversight committee agreement for the committee that has been selected to oversee the Western Development Project. A motion was approved to replace the 4-way stop light located on Main and 6th Street. The sign was pulled down by a truck that went thru the intersection a few months ago. Councilman, Dave Carlson said that he had received calls from people who had close calls at the intersection because the stop signs on Main Street are hard to see. Seneca City Council meeting….4/21/04 The Seneca city council authorized Glen Rodden the City Administrator to submit a grant application for $200,000 to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to help pay for part of the new golf course project. Rodden said that the grant requires a 50 percent match and said the application is due May 1st The Council held a lengthy discussion regarding the Western Development Committee Agreement. Mayor Mitchell on the recommendation of City Attorney Richard Massieon said that he would require the committee agreement to be re-written to state that the committee must bring all expenditure requests to the Seneca City Council for approval before purchase. Don Leager representing the Seneca LLC said that the funds for the Western Development project will come from the LLC and the Seneca Golf Club and are not pubic funds. Leager said that even the infrastructure for the housing project is under contract for the LLC to pay for. The matter was tabled for a future meeting. Chuck Hermesch, the golf course architect gave a description of his schedule for the golf course work to be done this summer, beginning the first of July. Hermesch said that the schedule is very tight due to the time limit to prepare the course for seeding this fall, and that he plans to have the course open by the middle of next summer. The Seneca EMS met with the council with another request for an increase in both the base pay for emergency and transfer runs, and 50 cents an hour for on call pay. The council recommended that the EMS consider a higher base pay for day-time runs to encourage volunteers for the hard-to-fill day-time hours. In other business council members approved a motion to donate almost $1,600 to the Seneca baseball association and $470 to the girls softball association for balls, bats, helmets and misc. items. Special Seneca City Council meeting….4/7/04 At the Seneca city Council meeting, Brian Ruske, Seneca city Superintendent reported that he plans to seal 63 blocks of Seneca streets this year at a total cost for materials of just over $33,000. Materials include 900 tons of rock, 18,000 gallons of oil and 100 tons of asphalt. Ruske said that his department would begin work at the end of May or the beginning of June. The project will take one month to complete. In other business, Jeff Conner representing the Seneca LLC reported that the LLC had met their goal of raising $750,000 to begin the Western Development Housing project. And, Dave Hollis representing the golf club reported that over $350,000 in pledges and cash had been raised to begin work on the proposed Seneca Golf course. A motion to hire Cohorst Engineers of Marysville as Engineers for the Western Development housing project was made by Councilman Steve Bennett. A tie of 3 voting for Cohorst and 3 against was broken by Mayor Mitchell who voted against hiring the firm. The matter will go before a committee consisting of 2 members from the City council, the LLC and the Seneca golf Club after City Attorney Richard Massieon approves the committee. The committee will then recommend an Engineering firm to the council for the Western Development Housing project. The Seneca City Council members approved an ordinance annexing land northwest of city in order to provide the homes in the area with sewer service. An ordinance rezoning land located in Seneca at 3rd and Castle Streets was rezoned from C2 Neighborhood Commercial to C3 general commercial district. This is the property that will be used as an expansion for “Off Road service and repair LLC” A contract with the Nemaha County Training center to provide city and ball park cleaning service was approved. The council members approved a motion to allow the Seneca Farmers Market to use the Seneca city park again this summer. The market is sponsored by the Seneca Chamber of Commerce and is on Friday’s only during the summer months. Special Seneca City Council meeting….3/17/04 Members of the Seneca EMS Association met with the City Council to request an increase in the payment that member receive for emergency calls and hospital transfers. The association requested mileage and on-call shift pay, but left the amount of the increase up to the council. City Administrator Glen Rodden was directed to look into the matter and give a recommendation at a future meeting. Council member Dave Carlson asked Association members to consider becoming a stand alone EMS provider and contracting their service with the city. On the recommendation of city electrical department Superintendent, Richard Haugsness, the council accepted a bid from KSI Engineering for two oil switches for $13,000 plus a $4,000 engineering fee. City workers will do the installation. Haugsness says the two electric switches need to be replaced before air conditioner use this summer brings high electrical demand. The switches, which operate like breakers in a home fuse box are located at the delivery point where the city received it's electrical power. And the Seneca city council voted to renew the city's property, liability, vehicle and workers compensation coverage through the SBS Insurance Agency. The council approved raising the deductible on the property insurance from $500 to $1,000, which should save the city about $1,300. The total renewal premium will bee just over $65,000, which is up from the current premium of nearly $62,000. current policy expires on April Special Seneca City Council meeting….3/10/04 The Seneca City Council approved a zoning change request. Acting on the recommendation of the Seneca Planning Commission, the council voted to re-zone a tract of property belonging to the Seneca Knights of Columbus from a commercial district to light industrial district. No protestors attended the meeting to contest the re-zoning. The Seneca Knights of Columbus plan to sell the property to Koch and Company for the expansion of their 1st Street facility. The council briefly discuss a petition that had been signed by 23 residents of the Starlite Valley Subdivision located just north of the current Koch and Company facility on 1st Street. The petition stated that the signers were not protesting the expansion of Koch and Company's facility, but they are opposed to the extension of Neptune Drive from their proposed expanded facility to Hwy 36. The petition was not considered in the re-zoning. Council members decided that the petition did not concern the re-zoning, but a matter of the location of a proposed street. Seneca City Council meeting….3/3/04 The Seneca City Council Wednesday Evening accepted a bid for a sewer rehabilitation project. On the recommendation of the engineering firm, Wilson and Company of Salina, the council accepted the low bid from Insituform of Blue springs, Missouri for just over $69,000. The bid was among two received. A slip lining will be installed in just over 2,100 feet of eight inch sewer line that runs east-west in the alley between U.S. 36 and Branch Street from 6th Street to 1st Street. The project also includes the rehabilitation of 47 vertical feet of manhole. The liner is intended to solve problems with root infiltration and misaligned sections of pipe. It's use is cheaper than installing conventional pipe and doesn't require the ground to be torn up. In other business, the council tabled action on a rezoning request. The city Planning Commission has recommended that a tract of land owned by the Seneca Knights of Columbus be rezoned from a general commercial district to light industrial district. If the zoning change is approved by the City Council, the tract will be sold to Koch and Company for a building expansion project. And the Seneca City Council voted to seek bids for a new fire truck for the fire department. Seneca City Council meeting….2/18/04 The Seneca City Council held a hearing concerning the application of a Community Development Block Grant that the City of Seneca is planning to submit to the Kansas Department of Commerce for assistance in providing infrastructure to the proposed Koch & Company 1st Street Building project. Seneca Mayor, Joe Mitchell objected to the application, saying that the proposed additional street entrance may not be approved by the council. Jeff Connor, representing Koch & Co said that minor changes in the location of the street would not cause the CDBG loan/grant funds to be revoked if awarded. A motion was approved to allow the city to proceed with the grant application. The Seneca City Council members also approved motion to accept a proposal from The Rural Development Association of Northeast Kansas to complete the grant application at an hourly rate of $30 per hour not to exceed $1,000. The grant deadline is April 2nd 2004. Jeff Conner with the Seneca Limited Liability Corporation met with the council to ask to proceed with a new housing proposal. Conner said that part of the Western Development Plan is to develop low-to-moderate income housing on the old Seneca golf course property after the golf course has been moved to the Western Development property. Conner said there will be 43 lots available for development and he has had several local contractors express interest in developing the property. Conner said there are several programs offering low and moderate housing loans. Mayor Joe Mitchell said the Western Development Plan called for a 30-year development schedule and he feels it's too soon to discuss a new housing proposal. Mitchell said the city is already in the process of providing infrastructure to the housing project adjacent to the proposed new 18-hole golf course north of highway 36 and the new housing proposal would cause additional infrastructure costs. Council member Alice Lackey said that the low to moderate income housing proposal had been scheduled for 2007 and now is the time to begin discussing the proposed project. City Attorney Rich Massieon said that the income raised from the sale of the old golf course property could be used to help pay for the current infrastructure development. The council decided to discuss accepting proposals from developers at a future meeting. Seneca City Council meeting….2/4/04 The Seneca City council has a new member. The council voted to appoint Tom Kramer to fill the vacant third ward council seat which was created by the death of Web Burdiek. Kramer was among four candidates for the position. He will fill the remainder of Burdiek's term, which is set to expire in 2007. The other candidates were Eldon Ten Eyck, Dave Haverkamp and Dennis Droge. In other business, new Seneca Fire Chief Dave Schmelzle presented the 2003 annual report. He said the fire department had 58 fire calls last year. 17 of those were city calls and 41 were rural calls. The fire department held it's annual officers' election January 26th and Schmelzle was elected as the new fire chief. Mike Haug will be first assistant chief and Tom Osterhaus, second assistant chief. City Electrician, Richard Haugsness reported that two of the city's oil switches are overheating. He said KSI Engineering of Topeka recommended replacing the switches before summer. The council asked Haugsness to put together a bid packet and send it to area electrical engineers. City attorney Rich Massieon said the Seneca EMT association would like to know if it would be possible to make 6th Street from Main Street to Highway 36 a "no parking" street. Massieon said cars parked on both sides of the street creates a dangerous bottleneck when emergency vehicles are called out in that direction. After some discussion, it was decided that Police Chief, Steve Jones should visit each resident on the street and ask that they park elsewhere. Seneca City Council meeting….1/21/04 The Seneca City Council voted to move forward with a grant application for a proposed business expansion project by wood products manufacturer Koch and Company. Koch and Company General Manager, Jeff Conner requested that the city apply to the Kansas Department of Commerce for a grant and low interest loan for a proposed expansion of their 1st Street facility. The funds would be used to extend utilities to the site, for extending street access to the new building and to relocate five water lines. The council voted to hire the Rural Development Association of Northeast Kansas to prepare the grant application. A public hearing would have to be held before the application is submitted. Conner said that the company must have the proposed building up by fall or they will be forced to turn down orders. In other business, the council accepted the low bid submitted by Nemaha Valley Motors of Seneca for a 2004 Dodge Intrepid for the police department for nearly $18,000. The bid was among three received. Dealers were asked to bid both with and without a trade-in. However, the council chose not to consider the "with trade-in" bids. Seneca City Council meeting….1/7/04 The Seneca city council approved a resolution giving city employees and the city administrator a 50 cent an hour raise. The city treasurer, city attorney, municipal judge, zoning administrator, mayor and council members will receive no pay raise. In other business, Jeff Conner with Koch and Company met with the council. Conner discussed plans for expansion of their 1st Street facility and asked the council if they would be interested in jointly pursing an economic development grant through the Kansas Department of Commerce to help fund the proposed expansion. No decision was made. The council asked Conner to bring more information and cost estimates to a future meeting. The council voted to advertise for applicants to fill the 3rd Ward council seat created by the death of Web Burdiek. The city will advertise for two weeks for interested applicants that reside in the 3rd Ward, which includes the area south of Main Street. The council will then select an individual to fill the remainder of Burdiek's term, which expires in 2007. And, City Administrator, Glen Rodden passed out copies of the first draft of the revised personnel manual. The manual was last updated in 1982. The council will look over the draft and discuss it at their next meeting. Seneca City Council meeting….12/17/03 The City of Seneca has been awarded a $15,000 grant to pay for a historical survey of downtown buildings. City Administrator, Glen Rodden informed the Seneca City Council of the grant awarded from the Kansas State Historical Society. The grant requires a 40% local match. The grant will be used to hire a historic consultant to compile an individual history of each downtown building from it's time of construction. The survey is the first step in seeking a historic district designation for the downtown area. Following a hearing drawing no comment, the council approved an amendment to the city's 2003 budget. The library budget was increased by $3,000 to $78,000. The change will allow the library to spend unexpected income from delinquent property taxes. At the request of City Clerk, Jane Strathman, the council voted to transfer up to $50,000 as needed from the electric fund to the general fund. Heinen said there's a shortfall in the general fund due to an under estimation of revenue that the city would receive during the year. Police Chief Steve Jones met with the council to request permission to seek bids for the replacement of a 2000 Chevy Patrol car. Jones says the car has 113,000 miles and was scheduled to be replaced last year. The council voted to allow Jones to seek bids to replace the vehicle, both with a trade-in and without. Seneca City Council meeting….12/5/03 Dave Hollis, representing the Seneca Golf Course met with the council members to inform them that the golf course has raised $210,000 in sponsorships and pledges to build a new golf course on the western development project property. Hollis also requested permission to move ahead with the project by beginning work on building a dam planned for the course. (the dam is one of three dams planned on the golf course and is the only one that does not require a permit to begin building.) Council members approved a motion to allow the golf course to move ahead on the dam. Council members accepted engineering proposals for to repair the sewer line that runs parallel with and just south of Hwy 36. The bid from Wilson and Company of Salina was approved. The proposed Koch and Company expansion project to their 1st street facility was discussed by the council members. An engineers estimate from Cohorst Engineers of Marysville for the moving of the City water lines that run thru the proposed facility site was received at $100,000. There was also some discussion regarding the street entrance that would need to be built for the proposed facility. The council directed Glen Rodden to look into alternative routes for a truck entrance to the proposed facility. Rodden reported that he had meet with several city’s in Augusta Kansas regarding the formation of a power pool between cities and reported that the power pool is in the process of being formed and that to enter the pool it would cost the City of Seneca a one time fee of $5,000 due by January 2004. Rodden said that the power pool would be of great use to the city during peak usage hours to prevent the city from paying peak fees. Seneca City Council meeting….11/20/03 Jeff Conner representing the LLC and Dave Hollis representing the golf association met with council members to give an update on their goals of proceeding with the Seneca Western Development Project. Conner said that the goal for the LLC was to raise 1,000,000 by the end of the year, and Hollis said that the golf association had a goal to raise $200,000 before the year ends. Jeff Conner also spoke representing Koch and Co, he informed the council of the company’s plans to expand their 1st Street facility. Conner said that the company wants to purchase property from the Seneca Knights of Columbus and Chicago Rawhide to allow them to add a 75,000 square foot building that would be attached to their current facility. Connor said that Koch and Co’s plan hinged on having additional access to the proposed plant and having the water pipes moved to the edge of the property. Council members directed City Administrator, Glen Rodden to research the costs of those two projects and report back at a future meeting. The property the Koch and Co plans to purchase from the Knights of Columbus is located behind the K of C Hall; it is just northeast of the Koch and Co 80,000 square foot building that is used to build cabinets. The only access to the property is the K of C private entrance, which can be used by Koch and Co, but is not adequate. Koch and Co also plan to purchase a narrow strip of property from Chicago Rawhide that is on the west side of CR’s property and asked the city to build a road from Neptune Street to the proposed Koch and Co cabinet expansion (approx. 1,700 feet). Conner said that the project qualified for the Kansas Dept of commerce Grant/Loan program. The program is 50% grant funds and 50% low interest loan to the city. The city’s water main on the east side of the city runs thru the middle of the property that Koch and Co want to purchase from the K of C. Conner asked the city council to move the pipes to the north edge of the property. Brian Ruske, City Superintendent reminded council members that it is the city’s policy that the property owner bears the cost of moving water lines. Conner could not give an estimate of the number of employees that would be added to the cabinet facility, but he did say that the current number of employees was just over 180 and that 50% of those employees live in Seneca. Council members approved a motion to re-appoint Jerry Odum to the Seneca Planning Commission. Glen Rodden reported that only one bid had been received for the City entrance repairs, that bid is from AHRS of Bern. Rodden said that the steps on both the south and west side of the building are crumbling and are not up to handicap regulations. The cost to re-furbish the steps and add a ramp and handrails to both entrances on the South side is $7,747. The Council approved a motion accept the bid and begin the project as soon as possible. It was agreed that the City would pay for half the cost of the EMS pagers and the EMS would pay for the other half of the approx. 1,400 total cost. Glen Rodden reported that the EMS has decided to go back to their old system of operation that they had before hiring a director. They will continue operations by the old system until they notify the city that they are ready to hire an administrative secretary. The EMS did not express interest in hiring another paramedic. Seneca City Council meeting….11/5/03 The Seneca City Council voted to seek a grant through the State Historical Society that will be used to hire a professional preservation consultant and possibly pay for the research necessary to nominate downtown Seneca as a historic district. Martha Hagedorn-Kras, representing the Kansas State Historical Society, met with the Council to inform them of grant funds that are still available for 2003. Hagedorn-Kras said that about $60,000 in funding had been returned to the Historical Society from cities that had not used their grant funding. Hagedorn-Kras said that she had toured Main Street in Seneca and suggested that the city apply for the grant funds. The deadline for the application is November 15th. The grant application will be for funds from $15,000 to $20,000 with a 60 to 40% match. In other business, Council members approved a motion to allow fire chief Jerry Stallbaumer to put together bid specs to replace the 1974 Dodge water tanker that is worn out. The council reviewed several employee health insurance options from Blue Cross Blue Shield and American Medical Services. They approved a motion to select a Blue Cross Blue Shield option that is slightly more expensive out of pocket for the employees: however council members agreed that the city should pay for the additional out of pocket expenses. City Administrator, Glen Rodden said that the manufacturer of the swimming pool slide said that the city didn't properly install the slide and that they wouldn't replace the slide or refund the city's money. However, Rodden said that they did offer to replace the side rails. Council members asked City Attorney Richard Massieon to continue pressing the company to refund the city's money for the defective slide. Seneca City Council meeting….10/15/03 The Seneca city council held a lengthy discussion Wednesday evening, but made no decision on the payment of a $36,000 bill submitted by the contractor on the city's new sewer lagoons due to a two day shutdown and extra work the company encountered. Work on the project was stopped by the state division of water resources on August 13th when it was discovered a permit to store dirt in the Nemaha River floodplain hadn't been received. Permission to renew work was given after revisions were made to the proposed dirt stockpiles. The contractor, Max Jantz Excavating of Montezuma, is seeking reimbursement of $28,744 for the two days it's employees and equipment sat idle because the state permit was lacking and $7,312 for extra work in moving the dirt stockpiles. Aaron Jantz representing the company was present at the meeting to explain charges. Jerry Meyer with Wilson and Company engineers, which designed the project and is supervising construction, said his company wasn't responsible for the shutdown. But Meyer said they would pay for one-third of the costs of the shut down and change order. After a short executive session, the council voted to table the issue till the next meeting to allow city attorney Rich Massieon time to review the legal documents pertaining to the issue. In other business, Dave Hollis was present to give an update on the Western Development project. Hollis said that the fund raising drive has received $160,000 in pledges for sponsorship, and that some tree clearing has been done on the property. Jeff Conner added that construction on the ponds will begin as soon as a design has been approved by the state. Seneca City Council meeting….10/01/03 Rhonda Haverkamp of Seneca was selected as a new city police officer. Haverkamp will begin at $9.50 per hour and will go to the Kansas State police academy for 14 weeks. The city council approved a motion to allow the Pony Express Re-ride committee to put informational signs up on 4th and Main Streets in Seneca to point out the Pony Express monument located on Main Street. The city of Seneca received a cost estimate of $101,698 from Wilson and Company of Saline to re-line 2,146 feet of sewer pipe located just south of Hwy 36 in Seneca and running east and west. The estimate also included the rehabilitation of 47 feet of vertical manholes. The council members directed Superintendent Brian Ruske to get estimates from other engineers. Glen Rodden, Seneca City Administrator reported that minor repairs were made to the roof of the city hall building and that seems to have stopped the leakage when it rains. Rodden reported that the 6th Street reconstruction project was completed last week; however there are some minor drainage problems with the street. Mayor Mitchell requested that Cohorst Engineers of Marysville be asked to attend the next council meeting to address the drainage problem. Rodden showed council members a change order from Max Jantz Excavating of Montezuma Kansas that had been submitted to the City of Seneca for work done on the new sewer lagoon project. The change order included a 2 day delay of work and extra work done in the stockpiled dirt. The total cost of the changes is $36,056.72. Rodden announced that two good test holes have been found for new water wells for the city. The water from the test holes is now being checked for quality. Seneca City Council meeting….9/3/03 The Seneca city Council approved the issuance of up to a half-million dollars in Industrial Revenue Bonds for a building expansion project by Koch and Company along with a ten-year exemption from Ad Valorem taxes. The company plans to add 30,000 square feet to the north side of it's new building on U.S. 36 Highway west of Seneca, making the building a total of 80,000 square feet. A portion of the IRB's will also be used to pay for new equipment. Approval followed a hearing drawing no comment and presentation of a tax impact study by Bob Schafer from Gold Capital Management. The study indicated the city would receive $2.59 in benefits for each $1.00 of tax exempted. In other business, Janet Griesel gave the council an overview presentation of the service she's providing as the new Enterprise Facilitation Director. Greisel says she acts as a business coach to both new and established businesses. She says to date she has worked with 35 people in the five counties that she serves. Greisel began work in June. On the recommendation of Magistrate Judge James O'Connor the council approved raising the probation fee that's charged individuals placed on probation from $25 to $35. City Administrator Glen Rodden reported that the 6th Street reconstruction project began on Tuesday and is expected to take two months to complete. Rodden also said that the sewer lagoon addition project is a little ahead of schedule. Seneca City Council meeting….8/20/03 An ordinance rezoning land donated to the Nemaha County Historical Society was approved. The property was changed from an R-1 Residential district to O-1 Office and institution district. Andrea Ruske, Seneca Pool Manager met with the council with the annual pool report. Ruske said that the last day that the pool will be open is August 31st. She also said that so far the pool had 6,990 entries to the pool, in 2002 that number was 7,627. Ruske asked permission for the high school to use the pool for 3 days next week for a fitness class. Since no life guard will be available the city attorney will be contacted about the City’s liability issues. Todd Anderson a representative of Wilson and Company of Salina met with council members to explain why work on the waste water lagoon project was shut down by the Division of Water Resources from the Kansas Department of Agriculture for a little over 2 days last week. Anderson said that a stop work order was issued because of the dirt stock pile located near the project. While work was stopped on the project the excavating company Max Jantz Excavating of Montezuma Kansas informed the City that they would need to charge $9,000 per day of inactivity. Work on the project resumed on Friday after waivers were signed by local property owners. Glen Rodden, Seneca City Administrator reported that reconstruction of 6th Street has been moved back to begin at the end of August or the beginning of September. Seneca City Council meeting….8/6/03 The Seneca City Council Wednesday evening adopted the 2004 budget as published. Approval followed a public hearing drawing no comment. The budget calls for a property tax levy of 33.14 mils, which is down slightly from this year. The amount of tax to be levied is just over $456,000. In other business, Todd Anderson with Wilson and Company engineers updated the council on the sewer lagoon project. Anderson says construction began late last week. He also recommended that the city budget for de-sludging and replacing the lagoon's liner in 20 years. Anderson also recommended that the new sewer cell should have an extended liner that would cost an additional $10,000. The council approved the change. City Administrator Glen Rodden reported that the 6th Street reconstruction project is planned to begin the third week of August. Rodden said the bolts have been removed from the big pool slide to prevent people from getting scratched and cut. The council asked about the possibility of returning the slide to the manufacturer at the end of the season. Seneca City Council meeting….7/16/03 The Seneca City council approved a motion to enter into a service contract with EMG LLC a power consulting company. EMG will assist in securing additional industrial/commercial customers to the city’s utility system, continue pursuing the hydro allocation allotted to the city, and help implement load control programs. City Administrators report:
Dave Cromwell, Seneca EMS director announced to the council members that he had raised the ambulance call mileage rate. Cromwell said that he had to raise it before the 1st of July or wait for another year before raising it. He said that the city of Seneca was lagging behind other EMS services in Kansas in the amount charge. He also said that the city can charge more for calls that have an attending paramedic, and that he was present at 95% of calls. Cromwell requested permission to raise the other ambulance rates. A motion was approved to raise the other rates. Dave Cromwell also presented his job description for the council member’s approval. The city council held a discussion regarding the job description. After an executive session a motion was approved to amend the job description. Seneca City Council meeting….7/2/03 The Seneca City Council heard engineering proposals on infrastructure costs for the housing development portion of the western development project from 6 engineering firms. Mann and Co of Hutchinson, Cook, Flatt and Strobel, BG Consultants of Manhattan, Land Plan Engineering of Lawrence, Wilson & Company of Salina and Steve Cohorst, Marysville. Jeff Conner representing the Seneca Development LLS recommended that the council committee and a couple of members of the LLC meet to discuss the bids and make a recommendation. The council approved a motion to move forward with the Western development project contingent on certain details being resolved.
Seneca City Council meeting….6/18/03 The city council approved a motion to annex 10 acres of property located at the Northwest corner of the proposed 18-hole Golf Course. The city has gained that property recently by a land trade with Koch and Company. The Seneca City Council received bids on 3 different portions of the proposed waste water improvement project. Emmerson Construction of Topeka won the bid for the Northwest sewer system improvements with the low bid of $150,000. Emmerson Construction also had the low bid for the interceptor sewer replacement portion of the project of $99,687. Max Jantz Excavating of Montezuma KS submitted the low bid of just over $607,000 for the wastewater lagoon facility improvements. The total cost of the project is $857,000 that amount is $393,000 less that the original engineers estimate of 1,250,000. The council discussed a summary of probable costs for the entire Seneca Golf course housing development project submitted by Wilson and Company. Glen Rodden, Seneca City Administrator mentioned that the funds for the water and electric portions of the proposed project are currently available in each of those respective budgets. Rodden also said that it would be possible to get the money needed for the sewer extension from the sewer loan that the city obtained to finance the current sewer improvements. Rodden said that an amendment to the contract with KDHE is all that is needed to use a portion of the loan for the additional project. Rodden also mentioned that KDOT now has loans available for City’s to build streets. The loans are similar to the KDHE loan that the city now has. A representative from L.L.C. requested that the City ask for engineering bids for the project as the L.L.C. is responsible for paying the city back on the project. The council approved a motion to put the engineering fees out for bid. In a related matter, Mayor Joe Mitchell, mentioned that he had received a petition signed by 173 Seneca Residents requesting that the 18 hold golf course project be put to a vote by the city residents before any money is spent on the project. City Administrators report: Glen reported that the city water usage was up in June to almost 1 million gallons per day. Rodden said that once the usage reaches 1 million gallons the city may go to phase 1 voluntary water restriction. Seneca City Council meeting….6/4/03 The Seneca city council heard a presentation from several representatives of the Seneca golf club on the proposed new 18-hole golf course. The club plans to start construction on the new course in August, with an August 2004 completion. The course would be surrounded by a 53-lot restrictive covenant housing development. The project cost is estimated at $2.7 million. The club asked the council to fund the infrastructure for the site, which would be repaid as housing lots are sold. The council voted to have the engineering firm, Wilson and Company of Salina, bring a preliminary cost estimate to the next council meeting. The council approved a resolution to issue up to a half-million dollars in industrial revenue bonds for the construction of an addition to the existing sewer lagoon. The lagoon addition is needed in order to meet Kansas Department of Health and Environment regulations. EMS director, Dave Cromwell requested permission to purchase 2 new monitors and 10 radios at a cost of $14,000, with funds from his budget. The council approved the purchase. City Administrator, Glen Rodden presented a change order on the 6th Street improvement project. Rodden said that it would cost $19,850 to correct the dip in the street at Pioneer and 6th. The council voted to proceed with the intersection improvement. After an executive session, the council voted to enter into a contract with Koch and Co. to exchange 18 acres of land that Koch and Co. owns for 8 acres of land that the city owns. The city land is on Hwy 36 adjacent to the new Koch and Co. Building. The 18 acres is situated on the north west end of the proposed golf course. Seneca City Council meeting….5/21/03 The Seneca City Council Wednesday evening accepted a bid for the reconstruction of 6th Street from US Highway 36 to Nemaha Street. The Council accepted a bid from Hall Brothers of Marysville for $96,566, which was about $30,000 under the engineer's estimate. It was the lone bid received. The existing pavement will be milled off, a two inch asphalt overlay applied, and curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements will be made. A bid was accepted from Bryant & Bryant to re-curb some 1,800 feet of curbing in the city. The bid was for nearly $32,000. The bid was among two received. City Electrician Richard Haugness requested the City street lights be replaced with high pressure sodium fixtures, which the Main Street and US 36 Hwy already have. Haugness says the fixtures will save the city 30 to 35% in energy cost. He said he had planned for the improvements in his budget. Haugness also asked for permission to sell the old fixtures. Both requests were approved. Seneca Chamber of Commerce Director Penny Zeller me with the council to report on the last meeting between the chamber and downtown business owners on the Main Street Program. Because of tome constraints, City Administrator Glen Rodden recommended the city join the Kansas Downtown Development Association this year for $300, and wait till next year to apply for the Kansas Main Street Program. The council agreed. Seneca City Council meeting….5/7/03 The Seneca city council Wednesday evening approved a revised power supply agreement with the Kansas Electric Power Cooperative and Brown-Atchison Electric cooperative. The city Council last fall signed a new power supply agreement with KEPCO and the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative. The agreement offered the city a lower cost solution to replace a previous contract with Westar energy. KEPCO has arranged for transmission rights and is delivering electricity to the city. However, the Agreement had several key provisions that haven't developed as favorable as hoped. For example, it was anticipated that corresponding agreements between the cities of Sabetha and Holton to utilize the capacity from their generating stations would yield more benefits. Without this value, KEPCO would incur substantial losses to provide service to Seneca under the original agreement. That undermined the basis for approval of the agreement by the Kansas Corporation Commission which required that none of KEPCO's other members would be harmed by this transaction. Therefore, the contract needed to be restructured in order to retain a power supply agreement that's good for everyone involved. KEPCO executive vice President and CEO Stephen Parr says the first agreement didn't fully recognize the complexities and restrictions of the current power supply market. City Administrator Glen Rodden says that for Seneca, the revised contract reduces the city's power costs over the previous Westar arrangement and is still at a lower cost than any other power supply proposal on the table in October. For Sabetha and Holton, the value of this new arrangement will be less than anticipated. Rodden says additional options are being explored that could create savings for Seneca such as the installation of some small generating units in order to manage peak demand and provide poser supply flexibility for the city. KEPCO has agreed to support the city in the development of it's own generation if desired. Seneca City Council meeting….4/16/03 Newly elected Seneca Mayor Joe Mitchell and second ward councilman Steve Bennett were sworn into office prior to Wednesday evening's city council meeting. Mitchell was elected during the April 1st general election to replace George Heideman who didn't seek re-election and Bennett defeated Regis Tanking to claim the second ward council seat. Also sworn into office was 1st ward councilman Mike Stallbaumer, Web Burdiek was sworn into office for another term as third ward councilman earlier Wednesday as he was ill and couldn't make the meeting. In other business, the council approved the appointment of Dave Cromwell of Topeka to the position of EMS Director. Cromwell will begin work April 23rd at an annual salary of $32,000. Cromwell is currently a paramedic in Topeka. He will fill the position left vacant by the resignation last year of Justin Osborn. Tim Heinen was approved as a new general city worker. city Administrator Glen Rodden said Heinen was among four people interviewed for the position. He has accepted the job and will start work May 1st. The council voted to move forward with seeking bids for the reconstruction of 6th Street. Engineer Steve Cohorst of Marysville estimated the project cost at nearly $127,000.
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