October 3, 2006
The Sherman Town Board met in regular session Tuesday, October
3, 2006, 7:30 p.m. at the
Members
present: Robin Berg, Sandee Sutton, Cheryl
Swenson and Ann Thiel.
Member
absent: Gerry Karpen
Others
present: Dwana Eslinger, Margaret
Pritchard and Toby Brown.
Minutes of the September 5, 2006,
meeting were read and approved.
The treasurer’s report was read and
approved.
CLAIMS APPROVED TO BE PAID
Minnehaha Community Water Corp, water,
$22.50; Prairie Publications, September meeting minutes, $37.26; Xcel Energy, electricity,
$204.78; Bill Benson, tire removal, $90.00 and $50.00; Brian Berg, 2 times
mowing city lot, $50.00; Virgil Inglett, 2 times mowing Strom Park, $60.00; Neil
Winterton, 3 times mowing North Park, $60.00; Garretson FFA, park equipment
removal, $500.00; Jesse James, 12.5 gallons of gas, $38.07.
OLD BUSINESS
1.
Park. The Garretson FFA is repairing the playground
equipment. Jo will be looking into how
to move the equipment to
2.
Lumber
yard. The post office has the address
for the old lumber yard as 341 Zeliff, however, this does not line up with
other addresses. Thiel will call
3.
Tires. Bill Benson moved the tires to Manley
Tire. The quantity of tires exceeded the
estimate, and an additional $50.00 was required to pay for disposal.
4.
Propane
contract. Palisade Propane is requesting
a pre-pay amount of $1.479 per gallon.
If paid after each fill, the contract amount would be $1.529 per
gallon. Due to falling fuel prices, the
Board decided to postpone approval. Berg
will call Palisade Propane regarding the contract. Thiel reported that with installation of the
new garage door, propane usage last season was nearly half of the amount for
the previous season.
5.
Ordinances. Toby Brown from the Southeastern Council of
Governments (SECOG) reviewed the procedure for the City adopting additional
ordinances. He provided Board members
with a copy of the City of
ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 2006-1: 2007 Revenue
and Expenditure Budget – second reading.
The ordinance was approved.
NEW BUSINESS
1.
Snow
removal. Neil Winterton, Bill Benson and
Luke Bonte will be responsible for snow removal this winter.
2.
Mail. Motion by Berg, second by Sutton, to assign
mail pickup to Thiel.
3.
Workers
Comp Fund. Thiel will call to get the
deadline for returning the renewal worksheet and to find out how previous
year’s estimates were determined.
4.
Minutes. Berg requested that Thiel try to get the
minutes published the week following the meeting.
5.
Dog
ordinance. Eslinger reported a yellow
dog that was knocking over their garbage can.
The Board instructed her to call the sheriff to report the problem.
Motion by Sutton to
adjourn, second by Berg.
The next regular meeting will be November 7, 2006, at 7:30
p.m.
Ann Thiel
Town Clerk