City of Modale City Council Meeting Minutes The regular meeting of the Modale City Council was held on February 10, 2025. Mayor Pro Tem Blair Adams called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers present were Kathy Dugdale, and Tammy Cooperrider. Chris Skinner, Terigene White and Mayor James Cox were absent. Visitors present were Jason Pavlik, Uwe & Janet Muller. Staff present was Shauna Gerke. Dugdale made a motion to approve the consent agenda, Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. PUB WORKS: Two gutter bids were presented. Dugdale made a motion to approve the DK Home Improvement bid, Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Building permits were tabled because there was no quorum with regard to this matter. CITIZENS: Muller asked what was happening with the covering on West Anderson Street. Dugdale offered to speak with Supervisor Rife since that road is maintained by the County. LIBRARY: No report FIRE: 3 fire & 2 med calls last month. Gerke to ask Marty to contact an electrician to look at the siren. A soup supper is planned for March 8th. The City needs a councilperson or the mayor to be a rep at the EMA meetings. OLD BUS: Dates for the budget and tax levy meetings were discussed, as well as the proposed levy and budget numbers. No action was taken. Gerke shared the ClerkBooks Alpa invite information with the Council. Dugdale made a motion to accept the invite, Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Delinquent utility bills were discussed; Gerke to send out shut-off notices. We would like to see all bills paid up before July. The delinquent account for 504 N Main was tabled. Gerke shared the latest letter from the IRS. There is an additional $405.17 in penalties that have accrued since August. Dugdale made a motion to pay the remaining IRS penalties and fees. Cooperrider seconded, motion carried 3-0. NEW BUS: Adding Adams as a check signer was tabled, no quorum with regard to this matter. Moving the citizen inquiries to after the library and fire department, as well as an allotted time policy based on the one just passed by the Harrison County Supervisors was discussed. Dugdale made a motion to move the timing of citizen inquiries, Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Adopting a similar policy as the Supervisors was tabled. The City has been paying for the post office’s propane. Gerke to contact Heartland Coop to see why they are billing the City. Cooperrider made a motion to set the mileage reimbursement rate to $0.70, in line with the IRS. Dugdale seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Dugdale made a motion to waive the late fee for the Town & Country Arts bill. Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. A copy of the DNR’s sanitary survey report was shared. There were no deficiencies. The announcements were reviewed, no action was taken. Junk cars will be discussed at the next meeting. Dugdale made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Cooperrider seconded. Motion carried 3-0. Mayor Pro Tem Adams adjourned the meeting at 905 p.m. Blair Adams, Mayor Pro Tem Shauna Gerke, City Clerk These minutes are as recorded by the City Clerk and are subject to Council approval at the next regular meeting. Copies of these minutes will be available at City Hall. Minutes can be sent via email. Jan 2025 Expenses Name, Memo, Amount Fire Service Training Bureau, training 100.00 Heartland Coop, fuel & propane 635.05 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 83.01 Greg Oestrich, reimburse 160.44 Feld Fire, supplies 28.56 AgriVision Equipment Group, equipment 1,626.97 Fire fund total 2,634.03 Diane Pratt, payroll 1,037.35 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 124.52 Amazon, supplies 45.10 IRS, withholding 319.30 State of Iowa, withholding 113.90 Able Locksmith, library auto door 4,950.00 Library fund total 6,590.17 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 10.49 Parks fund total 10.49 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 430.69 Streets fund total 430.69 Able Locksmith, PO auto door 4,950.00 Ace Hardware, supplies 3.99 Boruff Plumbing, repair 126.05 Community Bank, fees 42.00 Double "B" Trash, garbage 143.00 Harrison County Landfill, tipping fees 598.00 Heartland Coop, fuel & propane 403.14 JMC Homtown LLC, vehicle ops 224.95 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 62.36 Windstream, utilities 109.79 General Fund total 6,663.28 Community Bank, bounced checks 289.16 State Hygienic Laboratory, testing 21.50 Iowa One Call, services 13.50 Badger Meter, fees 81.78 Hawkins Inc, supplies 485.85 Vetter Equipment, shipping 85.04 Windstream, utilities 104.37 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 304.40 Heartland Coop, fuel & propane 1,073.19 Sioux Land District Health Dept, testing 24.00 Ace Hardware, supplies 33.00 Iowa Department of Revenue, sales tax 269.44 water fund total 2,785.23 MidAmerican Energy, utilities 23.07 USDA - Rural Development, debt svs 1,437.00 sewer fund total 1,460.07 Alvin A Schiltz, payroll 319.01 Kent Beebe (payroll), payroll 61.40 Marty Skinner, payroll 1,479.66 Shauna Gerke, payroll 1,626.29 Iowa Dept of Rev, withholding 952.48 Workforce Dev, withholding 16.45 IPERS, withholding 653.40 IRS, withholding 1,511.14 IRS, 941 penalties 4,009.97 Total Operating Acct 31,203.76 Larry or Becky Rohe, supplies 117.81 Total Vets Fund 117.81 Pounds Printing, Inc, printing 45.32 Total Fun Day fund 103.68 GRAND TOTAL 31,425.25 Jan 2025 REVENUE LOST 3,443.09 Road Use 1,672.81 Water 5,613.65 Sewer 5,421.77 General 5,086.50 Vets 0.00 Fun/150th 149.00 Total Revenue 21,386.82 MVTN 2-19-25
