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The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, June 13, 2002
ALMA CITY
COUNCIL MINUTES
Adjmxrned Meeting
May 21, 2002
7:30 P.M.
Mayor Hendricks called the
Adjourned Meeting of the
Alma City Council to order
with the following Council
Members present: Pam Bales,
Wendel Conrad, Paul Gron-
qulst, Don Frank and Dan
Deiter. Also present were Jack
Turner the City Attorney,
Theron Froggatte, representing
Froggatte and Company, and
City Superintendent Max
Kraus.
Mayor Hendricks asked all
citizens to stand to give the
Pledge of Allegiance to our
flag.
Council Member Bales
moved to add to the agenda in
"the 7:45 p.m. time slot
Theron Froggatte from
Froggatte and Company.
Council Member Conrad
seconded. Motion carried.
There was no public com-
ment.
Jack Turner discussed the
construction contract for the
tennis courts. Mr. Turner
stated that he had no problem
with having the exclusive
privilege of handling the legal
services involved in issuance
of no-fund warrants, tempo-
rary notes or improvement
bonds to be deleted from re-
tainer agreement. Mr. Turner
talked about billing and stan-
dard procedures concerning
the City Attorney offices and
would continue to bill the city
monthly. Mr. Turner said he
would review the billing con-
cerning the vacating of 9th
street. Mr. Turner stated that
hls office would like to con-
tinuing working with the city.
Mr. Turner left the meeting at
7:55 p.m.
Theron Froggatte discussed
the final assessments for the
City at Large and the Park
Valley Projects. Mr. Froggatte
left the meeting as 8:45 p.m.
After full consideration
thereof, Council Member Dan
Deiter moved to take the fol-
lowing action:
I. Approve each of sald
documents:
2. Establish June 4, 2002 at
7:00 p.m. to meet for the pur-
pose of hearing any and all
written and oral objections to
the respective assessments set
forth therein:
3. Cause the City Clerk to
publish-Exhiblt C in the offi-
cial City newspaper not less
that 10 days prior to such pub-
lic meeting date:
4. Mail Exhibit D to each
and all owners of property af-
fected by such assessments at
their last known post office
address on the same date as
the publication of Exhibit C;
and
5. File each of said docu-
ments of record in the office
of the City Clerk and make
the same available for public
inspection.
Council Member Don
Frank seconded the motion.
The motion carried.
The minutes of May 7. 2002
Regular meeting were re-
viewed. Council Member Bales
moved to approve the minutes
as submitted. Council Member
Frank seconded. Motion car-
ried.
Superintendent Kraus dls-
cussed items around the city
that the employees have been
working on.
At 9:00 p.m.~ Council Mere-
ber Conrad moved to adjourn
to June 4th at 7:00 for the
Public Hearing and to conduct
regular city business. Council
Member Dan Dieter seconded.
Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned
Diana K. Baker
Dep. City Clerk
Special Meeting
May 30,2002
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hendricks called the
Special Meeting of the Alma
City Council to order, for the
purpose of discussing the As-
sessments on the 2002 Bond
Issue, with the following
Council Members present:
Wendel Conrad, Dan Deiter,
Pare Bales, Don Frank and
Paul Gronquist. Also present
were City Auditor Randy
Gassman, City Superintendent
Max Kraus, City Treasurer Di-
ana Baker, and Ervan Stuewe
of The Wabaunsee" Co. Signal
Enterprise.
The assessments that were
sent out to the public on the
City at Large Curb and Gutter
Project - 2002 Bond Issue were
discussed at length. It was a
concern of the City Council
how the public would be able
to pay these high assessments.
It was also noted that in Reso
lution 2000-5 Project A it was
stated th~.t the proposed ap-
portionment of cost between
the improvement district and
the city at large is: 90% to the
improvement district and 10%
to the city at large, except
storm drainage (other than
curb and gutter) will be 10% to
the improvement district and
900/0 to the city at large. This
was the main reason for the
assessments being so high.
There was discussion on the
city possibly taking on more
than the 10% designated to
the city at large in the Resolu-
tion and possibly extending
the repayment schedule to 15
years instead of 10 years.
Mayor Hendricks asked City
Auditor Randy Gassman his
opinion on the city possibly
reducing the debt of the city's
portion of this cost instead of
financing the portion in the
bond issue. Mr. Gassman
stated that his firm was con-
tacted by the Alma City Clerk
to research possibilities for
the city reducing the city's
portion of the debt on this
bond issue. It was the opinion
of Mr. Gassman that all of the
city's funds that are available
have been budgeted for. Mr.
Gassman didn't feel llke the
city had excess reserves and
what reserves the city does
have should be used for utility
maintenance. His firm looked
for and didn't find any unbud-
geted revenues or any areas
that the city could cut costs or
cut budgeted expenditures Af-
ter much discussion Council
Member Frank made a motion
for the apportionment of cost
between the Improvemer~t dis-
trict and the city at large to be
40% to the improvement dis-
trict and 60% to the city at
large, except storm drainage
(other than curb and gutter)
will be 10% to the improve-
ment district and 900 to the
cry at large. Included in the
motion is to extend the re-
payment schedule from I0
years to 15 years. Seconded by
Council Member Bales. Mo-
tlon carried.
There was discussion on
the overflow of people that
might attend the Public Hear-
ing on June 4th. It was the
consensus of the council that
the meeting should be held at
the Alma Community Center
to be sure all public that
might attend could hear prop-
erly. City Clerk White was
asked to send a notice inform-
ing the immediate public, that
were involved in the assess-
ments under Resolution 2000-
5 Project A, informing them
of the change in the location
for the public hearing and to
post a notice on the door at
City Hall.
At 6:40 p.m. Council Mem-
ber Conrad moved to adjourn
the Special Meeting to the
June 4th at 7:00 p.m. for the
Theresa Foster
Public Hearing and to conduct
regular city business to be
held at the Alma Community
Center. Seconded by Council
Member Bales. Motion car-
ried.
Meeting adjourned.
Sharon K. White
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Research and Extension
Wabaunse County Extension Agent
4-H Youth Development
Creel~-Crawl~ Issues
Since I'm going to camp
this week, I'm thinking about
what I need to take with me.
At the top of my list this year
is bug spray. It seems to be a
really bad bug year. I have a
friend that field-tests com-
bines with a custom harvest
crew. He's down in Texas
right now, and says that the
bugs are absolutely horrible
down there. I know many
people have said that this is a
really bad tick year, too (ticks
aren't bugs. They come from
the same family as spiders,
which make them arachnids,
but they're still creepy-
crawlies).
I guess the big fear this
year is of West Nile Virus,
which killed eight and made
62 people really sick on the
east coast a couple of years
ago. It's been projected to hit
the Midwest this summer, so,
in order to keep from getting
sick {probably just over the
fear that I'm going to be bitten
by an infected mosquito), I've
been pretty good about wear-
hag bug repellant this year,
even more so than usual.
To give you a little back-
ground, West Nile Virus is
primarily found in parts of
Africa, Asia and the Middle
East. It's carried by infected
birds and mosq~es and can
infect humans. Recovery is
likely, but no drugs are avail-
able for treatment. It's kind of
like a cold - you just have to
get over it. Most at risk are
the young, old and people with
weak immune systems.
At any rate, I wanted to
know what to look for in a
good bug repellant to keep
those creepy-crawlies off of me
this summer. I called our
great center on campus and
was faxed an article from Con-
sumer Reports with things to
look for. Here's what I
learned:
Please keep in mind that,
according to North Carolina
Extension service, bugs are
attracted by odors of soaps,
perfumes, lotions and hair-
care products, carbon diox/de
from our breath, even certain
colors and textures of clothing
(especially large floral prints -
seriously). It would naturally
follow, then, that the first step
is to be careful what kind of
soaps and stuff you use.
As for repellants, most of
them rely on a product called
deer, which is a chemical de-
veloped for more than 50 years
ago. Deet doesn't kill hugs,
but emits vapors that discour-
age creepy-crawlies (especially
mosquitoes, chiggers and
ticks) from landing on you. A
review in the Annals oflnternal
Medicine in 1998 recommends
using the lowest concentration
of deet that is effective for you.
If you are pregnant, or have
young children, avoid using a
concentration of more than
50% for an extended period oI
time. Other types of chemicals
available are IR3535, which is
a non-deet chemical found in
products like Avon Skin-So-
Soft, Bayrepel, which is found
in Autan Active by the Bayer
Corporation; and permethrin,
a synthetic (man-made) ver-
sion of an insecticide found in
Chrysanthemums. This last
kind should be placed on
clothes that have been laun-
dered before treatment and
wait until dry before putting
them on. Never put it on skin.
In the Consumer Reports tests,
this product repelled mosqui-
toes from clothes for 24 hours
and ticks for two weeks. It
actually kills the bugs once
they get on the cloth. Don't
re-treat clothes more than
once every two weeks.
If you want to keep mos-
quitoes from botheri~Ig you,
the in'st thing you should do is
eliminate stagnant water from
your property, or, ff you are on
someone else's property, avoid
it. Skeeters can breed in a
clogged gutter or even a tin
can. Repair torn window
screens, wear light-colored
clothing in possible tick-
infested areas, avoid tall grass
and inspect yourself closely at
the end of the day in case you
have any bugs or ticks on you,
If you do find a, tick on you,
don't panic. Usually they will
not spread any diseases for
about 36 hours after biting.
Pull it out gently with a tweez-
ers close to the skin and apply
steady pressure away from the
skin to make sure all parts are
removed. Afterward, disinfect
your hands, the tweezers and
the area with rubbing alcohol
or a betadine solution.
In order to keep the bugs
off you this summer, choose a
repellant geared to the pests
that are most prevalent in
your area and the amount of
time youll need protection.
Other fern's of protection are
available for different situa-
tions, such as citronella can-
dles {these don't work as well
when it's windy - wind dis-
perses the chemicals too fast),
as well as electronic pest re-
peters (these haven't been
proven to be very effective).
There are others, too. If you
would like to see the results of
the reports that I used, please
give me a call at the office,
(785) 765-3821 or e-marl me
at tfostar:a oznet,ksu.edu, and
I'll get you copies of the arti-
cles. I hope you have bug-free
summer.
MAGIC
AT
LIBRARIES
The
see Regional
lighted to
event for our
Program. Glendt
Magic Show will
aga Branch
a.m. on Monday,
That same
p.m., they will be
MalTs Library.
July 2, 2002,
the Alma
10:30 a.m.. and
at 2:30 p.m.,
will be at the
Library.
Glenda and
band and wife
Hutchinson,
unique
sentations
ventriloquism,
entertain and
encourage the
to their audienceS"
Mike make
of the show as
children are
have over 15
experience
schools, civic
churches and
have r
times over a
at various state
festivals, and
on television.
Glenda is the
is a member of
tional E
clans and has
some of the
including Harry
Jr. Glenda
magical routines
gain the attention
well as children.
Mike, the
humorously
different puppets.
performs comedy~
ad-libs throughoU
gram.
The Glenda and
Show is for the
Come and enjoy
and original
the Pottawatomie"
Regional
TROOPER
ASSIGNED TO
WABAUNSE
COUNTY
Colonel Don
perintendent of
Highway Patrol,
Trooper Timothy
to Wabaunsee
Trooper Williams
assignment
cent completion
sire twenty-week
enforcement
trol's Training
lina.
Williams is a
Trabuco
Mission
has also
College and Irvirle
lege where he
justice. Prior to
Patrol, Williams
years in the
Navy.
Trooper Willia~s
gun his field duties L
supervision
Karl Koenig in
County. Upon
field training, he
patrol duties in
County.
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