Minutes for the Village of Cerro Gordo
AUGUST 30, 2007
A special meeting was held on Aug. 30, 2007 in the
Municipal Building to discuss the TIF Ordinance, a fire
truck muster, guttering for the Municipal Building, the
fair grounds, and increase in water rates. The meeting
was called to order at 7:00 P.M. Those present include:
President Jim Morgan, Trustees Brad Williams, Lyle
Shoraga, Rod Forbes, Carol Huff, Ron Price, Mike Songer,
and Clerk Linda Ash.
The Ordinance for the TIF to hold a meeting for public
input was presented. A correction will be made to change
the place for the meeting from the VFW to the Masonic
Hall. Motion to approve the Ordinance was made by
Trustee Williams, Second Shoraga. Roll call votes:
Trustees Williams, yea, Shoraga, Yea, Forbes, yea, Huff,
yea, Price, nay, Songer, yea.
The Fire District will be sponsoring a truck muster on
Oct. 6 for Fire Prevention Week. The Department would
like to close the main street of town at 3:00 so the
trucks can get set up. The kick-off will be at 6:00 and
Rep. Chapin Rose will speak at 7:00. The department
would also like permission to have a fire pit on the
commons area as they will have a cook-out for the
community. There will be a band for entertainment and
they will play from 6-9 or 10:00. Motion to approve the
Fire Departments plan was made by Trustee Williams,
second Songer, all yeas.
Notices concerning the TIF will be sent out next week by
Mr. Schuering’s office. There was some discussion on the
Shambaugh property in regards to infrastructure and
subdivisions. The possible cost to get water mains to
the area could be well over $351,000. Engineer Dave Happ
presented a preliminary drawing of water and sewer lines
for a possible subdivision. There appears to be enough
fall where a lift station would not be needed for the
sewer line.
An estimate of $3000 for a sewer tap was given from
Burdick for proposed sewer services for Ridgeway’s
property and Carnahan's. The Village cannot give any
money now for improvements but can reimburse individuals
after the TIF is in place.
Guttering for the Municipal building-the Board received
a bid from Tri County for 63 foot of guttering, 2
downspouts in color of their choice-white or brown-for
$1978. Motion to approve bid made by Trustee Williams,
second Songer, all yeas.
Fair Board-Complaints on trailers at the fair. These
trailers are used for storage and also act as sound
barriers for activities at the Fair. Acting as a
spokesman was Jerry Morris. He would like the Board to
recommend a special use permit or change in the
Ordinance. Trustee Forbes recommends a special use
permit. The Board will work with the attorney on this
issue. They would also like to see some sidewalks at
that end of town.
Water Rates
The Water Committee met and suggests that the Board
raise the water rates from $4.00 per thousand gals to
$4.70 per thousand gallons. The sewer rate will remain
the same. This will raise the minimum water from $13.50
to $14.20 and the total minimum from $18.80 to $19.50
There has been no increase in water rates since 2002.
For a town our size, the Village has low rates. Motion
to approve rate increase as outlined made by Trustee
Williams, second Price, all yeas. This will become
effective with the October billing.
Motion to adjourn at 7:30 made by Trustee Huff, second
Songer, all yeas.
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Village Clerk 8/30/07
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