The Primghar City Council met in a regular session on July 16, 2024, at 5:00 PM in the council chambers with Mayor Pro-Tem, Kevin Smith, presiding. Council present – Steve Wittrock, Ryan Jenness, Tim Honkomp, and Ken Miller. Absent – Kurt Edwards. Staff present – Jessica Whitne, Jaynee Rushton, and Jarrett Russell. Motion Honkomp, approving the consent agenda, approving July 16 agenda, council minutes from June 12, 2024, Library minutes from June 12, 2024, and approving Joan Roos on the TCA Board. Second Jenness, all ayes, motion carried.
The visitor in attendance was Bruce Moiser with Prins Insurance giving the council an update on the renewal for the EMC insurance policy.
Attorney Thor Klinker was in attendance to discuss nuisance property cases. Had a court case for one of the properties on Tuesday morning and is waiting for the update from the judge. Jaynee also gave an update on a recent court case nuisance property that is being handled by another Attorney.
City Attorney Bruce Green was in attendance and stated that he has completed the contract that the council was inquiring about.
During employee comments, Jarrett gave an update on projects that the outside workers have been doing. Sneakers Run had wire installed as a temporary fence, but people are still going down the walking path and driving around the posts. Plans to block off the other entrance as well. The fairground has had water and electricity installed for the new camping areas. Roads are getting worked on after all the rain. Been posting for grass that needs mowed at residential locations. Installed power at two new buildings. Street Sweeper was just fixed today so will be able to start on roads soon. DeBoer’s and Klein’s were a huge help with the flooding with the use of tractors and pumps.
No motion to approve the payment to Great Plains. Would like to keep the full final payment instead of only $5,000.
Motion Jenness to approve changing the regular council meeting date to the 2nd Tuesday of each month. This will go into effect in August 2024. Second Honkomp, all ayes, motion carried.
Motion Wittrock to approve Pay Estimate #7 for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements. Second Miller, all ayes, motion carried.
Motion Wittrock to approve Change Order No. 4 for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements. Second Jenness, all ayes, motion carried.
Motion Wittrock to approve ordering new clothing, which includes FR clothing for the City Employees. Second Jenness, all ayes, motion carried.
Motion Jenness to approve the Finance Report. Second Miller, all ayes, motion carried. Motion Honkomp to approve claims report. Second Jenness, all ayes, motion carried.
Council comments included discussion on moving the manhole into the center of the driveway for more stability when they start the pipe project. Also, discussion setting up a workshop to tour all the City properties, no date was set at this time but looking at some time in August.
Motion Honkomp to adjourn. Second Jenness, all ayes, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:05PM.
VENDOR
REFERENCE AMOUNT
610 DEPOT
PIPE, COUPLING – PGCC $235.05
A&B BUSINESS INC.
HELP DESK/SCRTY/IT/SERVER $1,139.94
A&M LAUNDRY
SHOP TOWELS $34.94
ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING
AGREEMENT #003-1659060-000 $460.38
ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATORS
7/24 HRA FEE $26.25
ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATORS
HRA OVRG 2000 DEDUCT-DS $30.43
ADVANTAGE ADMINISTRATORS
SEC125PLAN ADMIN $56.68
AGRIVISION GROUP
PARTS $163.15
ALBERT VOS III
GOLF MEM OVERPAYMENT REIMB $40.00
ALLEN BOOTH
NEW MEMBER GOLF REIMBURSEMENT $50.00
BAKER & TAYLOR
ADULT BOOKS LIBRARY $344.92
BC/BS OF IOWA
HEALTH INS $4,733.90
BILL WAGNER
GOLF MEMB OVERPAYMENT REIMB $10.00
BLACK HILLS ENERGY
NATURAL GAS – COMM BUILD $41.62
BLACK HILLS ENERGY
NATURAL GAS – WTR BUILDING $35.26
BLACK HILLS ENERGY
NATURAL GAS – LIBRARY $35.26
BOB & SCOTT’S
LIBRARY SUPPLIES $148.80
BOUNDTREE MEDICAL
MEDICAL SUPPLIES $73.55
BRECKEN COADY
GOLF MEMBER OVERPAYMENT REIMB $5.00
CARSON EDWARDS
GOLF MEMB OVERPAYMENT REIMB $80.00
CERTIFIED TESTING SERVICE
WWTF IMPROVEMENTS SOIL REPORT $738.20
CITY OF PRIMGHAR
WATER STATION $4,229.38
CITY OF PRIMGHAR
UTILITIES $4,229.38
CONNIE EBEL
TVS PGCC – REIMBURSEMENT $516.00
CULLIGAN WTR ORANGE CITY
JULY SERV COMM BUIL $19.00
DAKOTA SUPPLY GROUP
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES $268.12
DAN SCHNELL
EMPLOYEE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $168.17
DARRYL KLEIN
GOLF MEMBER OVERPAYMENT REIMB $25.00
DEE ANN LANSINK
CITY CLERK CONSULTANT $2,506.25
DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA
DENTAL INS $501.14
DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA
DENTAL INS $511.24
DGR
WSTWTR FACIL IMPROV $14,486.38
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX $3,720.15
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX $4,978.81
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX $175.22
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX
$693.18
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX
$4,565.39
EFTPS
FED/FICA TAX
$14,132.75
ERIC POHLEN
OVERPAYMENT GOLF MEMBERSHIP
$10.00
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BOB AND SCOTT 1%INT BUYDOWN
$191.91
FOUNDATION ANALYTICAL LAB
LAGOON TESTING
$178.25
FRED WITTROCK
GOLF NEW MEMBER REIMBURSEMENT $50.00
HAROLD K SCHOLZ CO
GENERATION ADDITION $343,846.97
HARTLEY AUTO SUPPLY
MISC HARDWARE – PGCC $131.41
IAMU
MEMBER DUES $3,730.00
IOWA DEPT OF REV & FIN
MAY EL SALES TX-COMM $1,807.73
IOWA DEPT OF REV & FIN
MAY WET $426.79
IOWA DEPT OF REV & FIN
‘24 MAY PGCC SALES TAX $1,337.24
IOWA DEPT OF REV & FIN
TAXES, PROPERTY, OR SALES $3,571.76
IOWA DNR
ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY FEE FY25 $98.31
IOWA STATE BANK
1% BUYDOWN 5TH GEN AG $82.20
IPERS
IPERS $5,507.62
IPERS
IPERS $5,507.62
STUART C IRBY CO.
4 POINT JUNCTION – ELECTRIC $3,660.00
JAMESTOWN ADVANCED PRODUCTS
PEDESTAL CAMPGROUND – ELECT $1,988.70
JAN HANSEN
GOLF MEMBER OVERPAYMENT REIMB $20.00
JAYNEE RUSHTON
EMPLOYEE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT $320.26
JCL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
PAPER PRODUCTS – CLEANING $311.74
JOEY AND AMY SCHIPPER
GOLF NEW MEMB REIMBURSEMENT $ 50.00
JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL
TRUCK PARTS $1,732.00
JULIE SAMPSON
GOLF MEMB OVERPAYMENT REIMB $25.00
JUST ONE MORE
HOLE IN ONE PAYOUT $94.00
KEITH MERRICK COMP
SCORECARDS – PGCC $1,000.00
KID’S KAMPUS, INC
LOST PAYMENT $4,937.36
LORI CAVENER
COMM BUILDING CLEANING $150.00
MADISON NATIONAL LIFE
LIFE $75.41
MADISON NATIONAL LIFE
LIFE $51.77
MARCUS NEWS
JUNE 12 REG MEETING MIN $693.07
MARVIN PETERSEN
GOLF MEMB OVERPAYMENT REIMB $10.00
MASTERCARD
MISC $21.00
MERCYONE CLINIC
WORK COMP – MW $141.84
MRES
POWER-MAY 24 $27,164.70
MRES
POWER-MAY 24 $3,877.20
NEAL CHASE LUMBER
CAULK,PUR CONST $143.74
NIPCO
TRANSMISSION SWITCH UPGRADE $73,954.06
NWIPD
NUISANCE SERVICES $1,444.41
O’BRIEN CO ECON DEVEL
2024 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION $1,099.53
ORANGE CITY SANITATION
SOLID WASTE CONTRACT $9,555.11
OVERDRIVE, INC.
BOOKS, AUDIO, MAGS – LIBRARY
$515.04
PAULLINA HARDWARE
KEYS – NEW HIRES $14.00
PLUIM PUBLISHING INC
COBBLESTONE YARD SIGNS $60.00
PRIMGHAR COMM BLD
JULY 2024 RENT $200.00
PRODUCERS CO-OP
FUEL $1,223.93
QUILL.COM
LIBRARY SUPPLIES $66.96
R&R PRODUCTS INC
MOWER BLADE AND BEDKNIFE PGCC $152.75
RIVISTAS,SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
MAGAZINES LIBRARY $533.75
SAMANTHA VERSCHOOR
GOLF NEW MEMBER REIMBURSEMENT $30.00
SANFORD
PHYSICAL – JARRETT $108.00
SECRETARY OF STATE
NOTARY APP – JAYNEE RUSHTON $30.00
SHEA’S HARDWARE
LIBRARY SUPPLIES $569.37
SHELLY MCCLAREN
CANDY FOR PARADE 2024 $57.41
SMITH GRIGG SHEA KLINKER
LEGAL SERVICES $1,324.00
SPEED’S AUTO SUPPLY
GOLF CART LEASE – PGCC $758.33
TCA
PHONE/INTERNET/WEBSI $779.04
TEAM LAB
WEED KILLER $1,608.50
TO LOVAN
GOLF NEW MEMB REIMBURSEMENT $32.50
TREASURER, STATE OF IOWA
STATE TAX $1,239.41
TRIPLE R
REPAIRS – PGCC $360.58
TROY IEDEMA
GOLF NEW MEMB REIMBURSEMENT $50.00
UTILITY EQUIP.CO.
WATER SUPPLIES $755.28
VERIZON
PHONE/JET PACK/IPAD $131.42
VISA
LIBRARY PROGRAMS $217.86
VISA
TRAINING/PGCC/AMB $1,779.07
ZIEGLER INC.
FINAL INV PRJ#828 $71,992.40
ZIMCO SUPPLY
GOLF SUPPLIES $433.60
GENERAL TOTAL $44,288.83 AMBULANCE INVEST TOTAL $47.46
FIRE INVESTMENT TOTAL $15.31 PARKS TOTAL $5.56
POOL INVEST TOTAL $32.69
LIBRARY TOTAL $1,066.95
ROAD USE TAX TOTAL $14,286.00 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TOTAL $2,121.81
EMERGENCY FUND TOTAL $114.36 LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX TOTAL $9,879.29
TIF #1 ECONOMIC DEV TOTAL $210.46
TIF #2 URBAN RENEWAL TOTAL $204.16
RANDOLPH TRUST TOTAL $13.72
WRIGHT EXP TRUST FUND TOTAL $32.69
DEBT SERVICE TOTAL $927.55
SEWER PROJECT TOTAL $58,803.00
WATER TOTAL $19,565.08
SEWER TOTAL $39,252.76
SEWER SINKING FUND TOTAL $4,776.70
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT TOTAL $775.00
ELECTRIC TOTAL $76,225.14
ELECTRIC METER DEPOSITS TOTAL $15,748.20 LANDFILL/GARBAGE TOTAL $7,319.10 TCA TELECOM TOTAL $5,313.52 PGCC TOTAL $12,581.45 TOTAL REVENUE $313,606.79
GENERAL TOTAL $(145,726.09) AMBULANCE INVEST TOTAL $21,620.96
FIRE INVESTMENT TOTAL $7,822.20 PARKS TOTAL $59,239.38
POOL INVEST TOTAL $424.52 LIBRARY TOTAL $12,250.91
ROAD USE TAX TOTAL $34,734.01 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TOTAL $76,691.61
EMERGENCY FUND TOTAL $6,635.87
LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX TOTAL $76,343.17
TIF #1 ECONOMIC DEV TOTAL $17,368.47
TIF #2 URBAN RENEWAL TOTAL $2,479.33
TIF #3 COMMERCIAL TOTAL $86,932.67
RANDOLPH TRUST TOTAL $(878.65)
WRIGHT EXP TRUST FUND TOTAL $29,642.62
DEBT SERVICE TOTAL $41,378.70 CAPITAL PROJECT FUND TOTAL $5,546.00
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LIN TOTA $(512,168.67)
GENERATOR REPLACEMENT TOTAL $(75,274.21)
WATER CAPITAL PROJECTS TOTAL $297.30
SEWER PROJECT TOTAL $217,594.77
CEMETERY – PERPETUAL CARE TOTA $655.00
WATER TOTAL $116,923.69
SEWER TOTAL $231,700.00
SEWER SINKING FUND TOTAL $73,172.78
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT TOTAL $8,356.86
ELECTRIC TOTAL $126,040.94 ELECTRIC METER DEPOSITS TOTAL $5,301.63
ELECTRIC SINKING FUND TOTAL $115,050.31
LANDFILL/GARBAGE TOTAL $3,251.62
TCA TELECOM TOTAL $35,344.50 SKATING RINK TOTAL $8,193.86
PGCC TOTAL $25,738.25
HOUSING PROCEEDS TOTAL $(92,761.46)
TOTAL EXPENSES $619,922.85
Published in O’Brien County’s Bell-Times-Courier August 1, 2024