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Village of Dalton
July 13th, 2020
The Board of Trustees convened in open and public session for a regular meeting, July 13th, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. at the Village Office. Board Chairman R. Twarling called the meeting to order. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Roll Called: Present: Board members, R.Twarling, W. McConnell, J. Rushman, E. Reilly: Absent - B. Abbott. Guest present: Jeff Juelfs, Angel Abbott
The Nebraska Open Meeting Act was read and acknowledged as posted. All following motions carried unanimously unless otherwise stated.
Motion Rushman, Second Reilly, to approve the June 2020 regular meeting minutes. Motion McConnell, Second Rushman, to approve June 2020 disbursements, recurring bills and financial statement.
Disbursements: Wages-9580.27; Dalton Telephone-180.52-phone & internet; Frenchman Valley-240.97-equipment fuel/Village and Cemetery; Wheat Belt PPD-4048.94-Electricity; Black Hills Energy-293.15-Natural Gas; Don’s Services-3551.07-Trash Services; Points West Community Bank-573.15-Water Loan; Bridgeport News-Blade-41.67-Legals publishing; Enviro Service, Inc-20.00-Lab; Utility Service Co.-800.53-Water tower maintenance; Cardmember Services-5.00-Website sub; One Call Concepts, Inc-7.29-Digger Hotline; Viaero Wireless-31.91-Cell Phone; Bomgaars-71.27-Cemetery/On Demand pump, Supplies; Spic and Span Cleaners-397.50-Chemicals; Pro Overhead Door-225.00-Work on overhead door/Fire Department; Robert Singpiel-49.58-Deposit refund; Leyton Public Schools-5.00-Tobacco license fee; Sargent Drilling-750.00-Well efficiency test; Croell, Inc.-412.50-Loads of gravel and crushed concrete; Adams Industries-2533.68-Loads of road base. Total Expenditures - Wages-9580.27; General-$11,292.55; Streets-$2,946.18
Reports-Board: Reilly reported that county maintenance graded the road to the cemetery. McConnell and Rushman reported that the cutting out of rough pavement has been progressing. Some of the cutouts have been rebased and new asphalt laid. They agreed it would be a big improvement for the village. John Jensen worked on the road along the railroad tracks, cutting ditches, putting a crown in the road and laying down five loads of gravel to finish the maintenance. Mosquito spraying will occur July 22nd weather permitting. Board requested Jeff spray for weeds around the ball field. Board members have had reports of skunks coming into the village. Maintenance: Water tests for June were good. Jeff ordered six loads of gravel for Sunset Street. The water line at 316 Main was replaced. Work on the Maple Street water line has been started. Jeff has requested days off in August. Don Young will check wells the days he is gone. A call has been place to the Game and Fish Department regarding the skunks in town. A person will be here July 16th to place traps within the village to take care of the issue. Clerk: A check for $9,000.00 has been written to D & J Paving as a contract deposit for the street work that is being done in the village. A sheet showing the dollar amount the village will receive as municipal distributions for 2020-2021 budget years was included in the board packets. The village will receive $14,617.87 for an increase of $1556.30 over the 2019-2020 totals. An application from Panhandle Public Health grant was applied for and received. This grant will help with the cost of spraying for mosquitoes. Cassie Hopwood will be working in the South Park July 25/26 and August 15/16 on her Girl Scout Silver Award project. She was given approval by the Board last July to do the work. She will be painting the basketball court lines, poles and backboards and will be replacing the backboards if needed. Clerk reminded the board that August is budget workshop month.
Angel Abbott attended to discuss the unnamed street east off of Broad Street. Abbott’s have obtained a permit to put a driveway into their property off Highway 385. She was advised that the street would have to be vacated by the village. The item was tabled to the August meeting.
Motion by Reilly, Second by McConnell, to approve Resolution 2020R4, updating the lien on the property at 103 Birch Street for non-payment of utilities. Roll was called: Ayes-3, Nays-1; Motion carried.
Public Forum/Public Opinion – A building permit from the Dalton Assembly of God Church regarding the replacement of a drive.
The next regular scheduled meeting will be held August 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm.
The July2020 meeting was adjourned at 7:47 pm by Chairman Twarling.
Sherry Craig
Clerk/Treasurer
Posted 6/10/2020
Clerk/Treasurer
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Regular Meeting of the Village of Dalton, Nebraska Monday, June 8th, 2020 @ 7:00 P.M. at the Dalton Village Office The meeting will be open to the public. An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk at 306 Main Street. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than twenty-four hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting. Current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted for the public during regular business hours, at the Village Office, 306 Main Street, Dalton, NE.
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