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Lennox council approves consent agenda including one-year lease for construction parking, library operating agreement and personnel items
Summary
The council approved a consent agenda that included a one-year $1 lease of city property for construction parking, a joint operating agreement with the school for the community library, the resignation of a water/wastewater specialist, addition of a volunteer EMT to the roster, and discussion of SCADA upgrades and CPR equipment.
The Lennox City Council approved the consent agenda, which included a one-year lease of city property to accommodate a construction administration trailer, an amended joint operating agreement with the school for the community library, personnel changes and several operational updates.
City staff told the council that American Bank and Trust is beginning a remodel and demolition project and that Pitts Construction requested temporary use of a city-owned lot at the old water plant (end of the alley) to park a construction administration trailer. Nate, a city staff member, said "This is for the term of 1 year." The lease mirrors language used for a prior pool parking lot lease; staff said the lessee is responsible for restoration and that the council set the lease consideration equal to $1, consistent with the city's prior parking-lease form.
The consent agenda also included an amended joint operating agreement between the city and the school for the local community library. Staff described the amended agreement as the product of several meetings with the library board and the school; the school had signed the agreement.
Personnel and operations items on the consent agenda included the resignation of Water and Wastewater Specialist Dusty Plow (his last day was reported as the day of the meeting) and the addition of a volunteer emergency medical technician to the city's roster. Staff flagged the city's continuing interest in recruiting volunteers for emergency response.
Operational updates recorded in staff materials and discussed at the meeting included a sales tax report (staff said August sales tax showed about a $30,000 increase versus last year, roughly a 44% increase for August), completion and commissioning of an upgraded SCADA panel and variable frequency drives (VFDs) at a main lift station (staff said the lift station was taken offline for roughly two days during the upgrade), and the need to budget or seek grants for replacement CPR devices that staff estimated were about 20 years old. Staff also noted the library is planning events next April tied to National Library Week and a 20-year anniversary.
Council approved the consent agenda by roll call; members recorded as voting "Aye" were Squire, Ben Grill, Waltz, Teesey, Peterson, Dory and Bill. The council then moved to new business and later approved a motion to enter executive session under state statute to discuss security metrics.
Details on the construction trailer lease: staff said Pitts Construction also examined a private lot south of the proposed site but staff were unable to reach the owner. The lease language was described as nearly identical to the pool parking lease previously used by the city. Staff estimated the construction trailer would likely be in place for less than a year, and noted the building permit for the project is valid for six months and renewable for an additional six months.
The council did not record the individual mover and seconder for the consent agenda motion in the public transcript beyond the roll-call votes. The executive session was authorized under state law cited by staff; no substantive details about the executive session were disclosed in open session.
