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November 10, 2010
Mayor Richard Woodland Council Members:
Christopher Mann – Council President
Rex Erickson Donna Benfield
Bruce Sutherland Brad Egbert
Adam Stout
City Staff: Stephen Zollinger – City Attorney Richard Horner – Finance Officer John Millar – Public Works Director Val Christensen – Community Development Director Scott Johnson – Economic Development Director Blair Kay – City Clerk
7:30 A.M. City Hall – Pledge to the Flag
Roll Call of Council Members:
Attending: Council President Mann, Council Member Benfield, Council Member Egbert, and
Council Member Stout.
Excused: Mayor Woodland, Council Member Erickson and Council Member Sutherland.
Council President Mann asked for a motion to amend the agenda to add an item for the
Fire Department concerning an equipment failure. They are requesting to replace the
equipment failure.
Council Member Egbert moved to amend the agenda to add the replacement of Fire
Department equipment; Council Member Benfield seconded the motion; Council President
Mann asked for a vote:
Those voting aye Those voting nay
Council President Mann None
Council Member Benfield
Council Member Egbert
Council Member Stout
The motion carried.
Items for Consideration:
A. Resolution 2010 – 15 Authorizing the pre-spending of the city’s wastewater revenue
promissory note, series 2010, certain expenses to be paid from funds of the city; and providing
the effective date – Richard Horner
Finance Officer Horner explained the reason for Resolution 2010 – 15 is to include the addition
of about $700,000 of expenditures over the last 60 days to be reimbursed for the wastewater plant
upgrade by the bonding funds. IRS Code allows for the reimbursement of expenses up to 60 days
prior to passage of the bonding resolution.
Council Member Benfield moved to approve Resolution 2010 – 15 authorizing the pre-spending
of the city’s wastewater revenue promissory note, series 2010, certain expenses to be paid from
funds of the city; and providing the effective date; Council Member Stout seconded the motion;
Council President Mann asked for a vote:
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Those voting aye Those voting nay
Council President Mann None
Council Member Benfield
Council Member Egbert
Council Member Stout
The motion carried.
B. Fire Department equipment failure. They are requesting to replace the equipment with a
new unit – Fire Chief Corey Child
Fire Chief Child explained the Rexburg Fire Department had a critical piece of equipment break
down. The equipment is used to replace air in their fire fighting equipment. The equipment will
cost $40,000 to purchase. If the old equipment is repaired, it will cost about $20,000. The
insurance will pay $19,924 towards the repair or replacement of the equipment. The equipment is
an air compressor that fills up the Fire Departments air bottles. The old air compressor does not
meet the clean air standards or the OSHA requirements. There is no guarantee the replacement
air is clean, so the employees can be safe. The replacement expense will be shared between the
city and the Fire District. They are not asking for new money. They are asking for a transfer of
$10,000 funding from the Fire Department contingency account to cover the city’s portion of the
expense. The Fire District has approved their portion of the funding. He asked for the city’s
portion of the funding ($10,000) to be approved.
Council Member Egbert reviewed the total cost to be covered by insurance funding of $19,924;
Fire District funding of $10,000; and a transfer of $10,000 funding from the Fire Department
contingency account to cover the city’s portion of the expense.
Finance Officer Horner explained the city’s portion of the funding will come from the Fire
Departments own contingency funding of $20,000; not the city’s contingency account.
Council Member Benfield asked how long did the old equipment last. Fire Chief Child
explained the equipment lasted about 10 years with 600 hours of use. It died prematurely. The
old equipment is covered by an insurance policy.
Council Member Egbert indicated it did not make any sense to repair the old equipment because
it was out of date and did not meet current clean air standards.
Council Member Stout moved to approve the Fire Department equipment failure as discussed
by transferring $10,000 of funding from the Fire Department contingency account to cover the
city’s portion of the expense; Council Member Egbert seconded the motion;
Council President Mann asked for a vote:
Those voting aye Those voting nay
Council President Mann None
Council Member Benfield
Council Member Egbert
Council Member Stout
The motion carried.
Adjournment
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Council President Mann Attest:
________________________________ Blair D. Kay, City Clerk