City council adopts Ordinance 1556 revising water and sewer rates, promotes apprentice and approves truck equipment purchase

At its meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m., the City Council approved Ordinance No. 1556, a revision to the city's water and sewer rates, voted to promote an employee to Electric Apprentice I and authorized a vendor proposal to add equipment to public-works Truck No. 18.

The council conducted routine financial business early in the meeting, approving the financial statements and estimated and listed bills and passing the consent agenda (items A through I) by roll-call vote; the transcript records the motions as carried but does not include a numeric vote tally.

Public Works presented a personnel recommendation to promote Brian (last name appears in the record both as "Scher" and "schlater") to Electric Apprentice I with pay and step increases "as presented." The record includes a packet line reading "January 8 20125 pay period," which appears to be a typographic error in the transcript; the motion to approve the promotion carried on roll call, and no further personnel details were provided in the spoken record.

The council took up Ordinance No. 1556, described in the meeting as a revision to water and sewer rates. A motion to approve the ordinance was made and seconded and carried on roll call. The transcript does not include the specific rate figures, municipal code citations or a detailed staff presentation of the rate schedule; the ordinance number is the sole formal reference in the spoken record.

Public Works also presented a proposal for additional equipment for Truck No. 18 from the vendor transcribed as "canap hide" (the vendor is later referenced in the record as "napy"). The presentation explained the equipment would add a stand and a tarp-style system for the spreader to keep moisture out and to cover the bed when hauling material. During the motion discussion the amount is inconsistently transcribed: the mover first references "$8,000" and the motion as recorded in the meeting later states approval "not to exceed $88,000." That discrepancy is not resolved on the record; the motion to accept the vendor proposal nevertheless carried on roll call.

The council reviewed its January calendar and committee schedules, noted there were no items from zoning, cultural, planning or recreation committees to act on, and the presiding official publicly thanked police, utility workers, businesses and residents for storm cleanup efforts: "I just wanted to thank the police that were out in this winter storm, the utility workers ... and the citizens and the businesses and the utility workers that have done the cleanup effort," the mayor said.

All motions recorded in the transcript are noted as carried; the spoken record does not provide individual vote tallies or detailed ordinance text. The meeting adjourned at 6:06 p.m.