By Peggy Schlichter

Update – Well I finally got the computer to the shop.  Do not expect to get it back until Friday at the earliest.  Hope everyone had a good holiday.

It is the time of year when we look around and give thanks for all the good in our lives.

All in all it was a pretty good year.  All the family health problems have resolved themselves.  Everyone seems to be in good spirits and looking forward to the holidays.  I have had the pleasure of reconnecting with several old army friends this year.  Some I have not seen in 30 years.  Yep things are pretty good this holiday season.

So I guess in the grand scheme of things having my computer crash last night is just a small bump in the road.  I have come to he conclusion that Norton is not all it is cracked up to be.  Every time I have had trouble with the computer it is because Norton says it needs to fix something.  So I tell it okay fix it and it breaks something else that I cannot repair myself.  There goes another $100 just so the repair guys can run their “Fix What Norton Broke Disc”.  Have decided to not worry about it until after the Thanksgiving holiday is over.  I do not have time to get it to Des Moines today or tomorrow anyway.

Will check the blog whenever I get next to a family computer until mine is back up and running again.

Enjoy the holiday everyone.

Update – This meeting is re-scheduled for Tuesday night at 6:30 pm.

Update 2 – It does not look like I am going to make it to the meeting tonight.  It appears that I have entirely to much stuff going on this week.  Guess that is what I get for trying to do 5 days of stuff in 3 days.  I think it is time to reschedule a few things.

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Here is the agenda for the Monday night Special Meeting of the City Council.

Agenda, Special Meeting, City Council

By Peggy Schlichter

Volunteers and city employees gathered today to install new play ground equipment in the park and at the soccer field.  Installation will be completed early next week.  These are from the park.  When I go out tomorrow I will get a couple of pictures from the soccer field.

Soccer Field

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Here is the agenda for the Monday night City Council Meeting.

Agenda, November City Council Meeting

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I do not plan on attending the meeting tonight.

By Peggy Schlichter

Congratulations to the winners.

Mayor – Dick Cook

Council Members – Bryan Belden, Neal Crawford, Matt Funk and Wade Chafa.

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By Peggy Schlichter

Polls are open from 12 pm to 8 pm at the Congregational Church.

Good Luck to all the candidates and Happy Voting.

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Update – Here is the link to the election results at the Guthrie County Auditors Office.  The results will be posted late tonight.

Election Results

By Peggy Schlichter

Mr. Sherman was not present for the meeting.

This was a nice short meeting with minimal  discussion points.  All items were approved as listed.

The Hotel/Motel Tax Committee discussion was tabled until the next meeting.

The council donated $500. to the “Trees Please” Program.

The Utility Bill for the work done on the new city building was settled for the original estimate price of around $26 k.  The council approved the payment minus the tax that was on the bill.

The underground electrical work to the new waste water treatment plant will be done by the city utility for a cost of approximately $50k.  The estimate received from the construction contractor was $99 k.

Police – The effect date of Officer Baird’s “no notice” resignation was September 25th.  Sgt Larsen was called back off of leave to assist in coverage.

There have been a couple of applicants for the open police positions.  Only Martin Miller is being considered but no decision will be made until the background check comes back.  He was here previously and resigned on good terms.  He has now completed his police science degree.  If hired, he will still have to attend the police academy.

Here is the agenda for the Monday night City Council meeting.

Agenda, October City Council Meeting

Here is the agenda for the Wednesday night city council special meeting.

Agenda, City Council Special Meeting

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Update – The Mayor and Mr. Belden were not in attendance for the meeting.  A counter offer was received from Septagon for the 800 sq. ft. addition at a cost of $197.2 k which includes engineering and architect fees.  The council made and passed a motion to accept the counter offer with Mr. O’Keeffe voting no.  This leaves about $80 k available in the building contingency fund.

By Peggy Schlichter

For the office of Mayor these are the three candidates:

Dick Cook

Kevin Pieper

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There are five candidates for four council seats.  They are:

Bryan Belden

Wade Chafa

Neal Crawford

Matt Funk

Dorothy Karradi

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