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Rose Creek council approves fire equipment allocations, maintenance purchases and payment of pending invoices
Summary
Council approved allocations toward rural fire SCBA purchases, authorized truck and maintenance equipment purchases, and voted to pay outstanding Bargen invoices despite incomplete work. The council set postings for summer help and formed an ordinance review committee.
The Rose Creek City Council on March 7 approved several fiscal and operational items, including funds to support rural fire SCBA equipment, municipal equipment purchases and payments to contractors.
Mayor Craig Weis reported a Rural Board of Fire request for $85,000 to purchase 10 SCBA packs (one per firefighter) including two bottles each, listed at $8,500 per firefighter. The council moved to allocate $27,500 from the city’s General Checking Account toward the request and to place $30,000 into the City Fire Equipment Checking Account to support the purchase. Council Man Mike Chavez moved the funding actions; Council Man Mark Conradt seconded and Mayor Weis approved the motions.
On municipal equipment, the council approved purchase of a truck headache rack and side/top rail options for a quoted total of $2,263.40 after a $420 lower rack option; Council Man Mike Chavez moved to approve the purchase and Council Member Andrew Felten seconded. The council also approved purchases of a backpack blower, pressure washer and a tool kit totaling about $1,098.90 after motion and second. The clerk was directed to check with a local contact, John Nystrom, regarding stencils reading “City of Rose Creek, MN.”
Council discussed a Bargen contract whose work was not completed the prior fall; despite reported issues, Council Man Mike Chavez moved to pay all invoices and payroll related to Bargen work. Council Woman Bobbie Greenlee seconded and Mayor Weis approved the payment motion.
The minutes also record the clerk’s direction to post a summer help position across local outlets and the creation of a committee to investigate ordinance changes with assistance from Public Works/Maintenance staff. The minutes do not include detailed vendor contracts, warranty terms or longer-term budget forecasts for the approved expenditures.
