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Shelby City Council approves $10,000 forgivable small-business grant, hires trademark counsel and awards $80,172 boring contract
Summary
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Shelby City Council approved a $10,000 forgivable small-business grant for Janet MacDonald, authorized legal services with Husch & Blackwell for trademark work (not to exceed $2,000), awarded an $80,172 directional boring contract to Schrader Electric, and approved a firefighter application pending background checks.
The Shelby City Council approved a series of routine business items at its Sept. 17, 2024 meeting, including a $10,000 forgivable small-business grant to local applicant Janet MacDonald and contracts for legal and public-works services.
The council approved the Economic Development Application from Janet MacDonald, describing the award as a forgivable loan amortized over five years with 1/60 of the loan forgiven each month the business operates. The minutes state MacDonald submitted receipts for bathroom and heating and cooling work totaling $20,000. The motion to approve the grant was made by Councilmember Pat Honeywell and seconded by Councilmember Karen Schlueter; the minutes record that the motion carried on a roll call vote with "All ayes." The minutes do not specify a numerical vote tally.
Council also authorized a legal-services agreement with the law firm Husch & Blackwell to handle city trademark matters, with a contract cap of $2,000. That motion was made by Councilmember Karen Schlueter and seconded by Councilmember Pat Honeywell; the minutes record unanimous approval.
In public-works business, the council awarded the bid for directional boring to Schrader Electric in the amount of $80,172. That motion was made by Councilmember Pat Honeywell, seconded by Councilmember Karen Schlueter, and recorded as "All ayes; motion carried." The council also approved the Sept. 17 claims report on a motion by Honeywell, seconded by Schlueter, with the same recorded outcome.
On personnel matters, the council approved the fire department application submitted by Nick Rosenow pending the completion of drug and background checks; that motion was made by Jackie Hursey and seconded by Pat Honeywell and recorded as carried.
Several items were postponed or noted: applicants Alex and Lanette Parra were not present and their item was moved to the next meeting. The meeting concluded at 8:08 p.m.
Votes at a glance: agenda approval (motion by Honeywell, second Schlueter) — approved; Janet MacDonald small-business grant (motion by Honeywell, second Schlueter) — approved; FD application for Nick Rosenow (motion by Hursey, second Honeywell) — approved pending drug/background checks; Husch & Blackwell legal services contract (motion by Schlueter, second Honeywell) — approved (not to exceed $2,000); Schrader Electric directional boring bid ($80,172) (motion by Honeywell, second Schlueter) — approved; claims report (motion by Honeywell, second Schlueter) — approved. The minutes record "All ayes; motion carried" for the recorded motions; no numerical vote counts are specified in the transcript.
