West Central Reporter

City of Barry City Council met July 10.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

Mayor Rennecker called the regular monthly meeting of the Barry City Council to order at 7 p.m. He then led all present in the Pledge of Allegiance. All elected officials were present.

Bridget Cramsey made a motion to approve the minutes from the June meeting and Steve Schultz seconded the motion. Motion carried with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent. Scott Harris made a motion to approve payment of the bills and Debbie Harshman seconded the motion. Motion carried with 6 ayes, 0 nays 0 absent.

April Kurtz, Pamela Utterback and Amy McDonald appeared before the council with a proposal of having a 4th of July Parade next year. They would have it the Saturday before July 4th because of other towns having things on the 4th. It will be open to all vehicles: bicycles, cars, trucks, golf carts, side by sides etc. They would use the normal parade route that is used for the Apple Festival. Line up for the parade will be 7 p.m. and parade would start at 8 p.m. They would like to sell shirts for this event and would open a bank account for the sale of shirts. Profits from the shirts will go towards the Angel Tree at Christmas. April said she is going to talk to school and try to get the band involved and make a facebook group to share information. April stated that this would be one more thing for the community to do together. Mayor Rennecker agreed and said you have our blessing and you are now the parade chairman.

Robert Snyder gave the Public Works Director Report. He said they poured some sidewalks and had lots of limbs to pick up from the big storm. He stated they have a lot of patching to do before they oil & chip the streets.

Jeff Hogge gave the City Administrator report. He put the appropriation budget in the computer and filed the appropriate ordinance at the court house and measured 3085 feet of proposed sidewalks for repair. He attended the bid openings for street work and sewer lining. The dumpsters have been scheduled for the fall cleanup. Clean up will be September 11 – 17. Jeff said he has had people ask about Tiny Homes. Mayor Rennecker discussed the sewer lining project line of credit. We got bids from both banks in town for the line of credit. The Great Rivers Bank bid was 4.625% and Liberty Bank was 5.25%. Great Rivers Bank was the lower bidder. In order to accept Great Rivers bid we need to provide them the minutes showing we accepted and who is authorized to execute the line of credit. Steve Schultz made a motion to accept Great Rivers bid of 4.625% and that Shawn Rennecker, Sandra Brown and Jeff Hogge have the right to execute the line of credit. Justin Puterbaugh seconded the motion. Roll call taken:

Debbie Harshman – yes

Scott Harris – yes

Steve Schultz – yes

Marynel Corton – yes

Justin Puterbaugh – yes

Bridget Cramsey – yes

Motion carried with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent to accept the bid and the ones to execute the line of credit.

Jeff Hogge stated he had Denise Hodgernay and Rick Lewis have asked about Tiny Homes. Denise purchased the lot across the road from her house and would like to put a Tiny Home on it and Rick Lewis would like to put one on the lot where the trailer burnt. Jeff said they must be connected to city sewer and water and be on a concrete pad /crawl space. Steve Schultz said all foundations have to have 8” concrete or blocks and if the lot is a 60 by 90 he would not object. Jeff said Tiny homes cannot be smaller than 750 feet, Scott Harris said it depends on lot size and Justin Puterbaugh said it needs to be minimum lot size. This discussion is tabled to later meeting.

Max Middendorf stated that Diamond Construction was the only bidder for the oil & chip work for the streets. The bid was in the amount of $52,081.00. Scott Harris made a motion to approve the bid and Marynel Corton seconded the motion. Roll call taken:

Scott Harris – yes

Steve Schultz – yes

Marynel Corton – yes

Justin Puterbaugh – yes

Bridget Cramsey – yes

Debbie Harshman – yes

Motion carried with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent to approve the bid from Diamond Construction.

There were four bidders on the sewer lining project. Visu-sewer of Missouri LLC was the low bidder at a price of $240,151.45. The city has a grant of $210,000 for the work to be done but since the bid is higher than the grant we may have to put some of it on hold. The grant is on a reimbursement basis so that is why a line of credit will be taken out to help pay some of the expenses. Debbie Harshman made a motion to approve the bid from Visu-sewer and Marynel Corton seconded the motion. Roll call taken:

Steve Schultz – yes

Marynel Corton – yes

Justin Puterbaugh – yes

Bridget Cramsey – yes

Debbie Harshman – yes

Scott Harris – yes

Motion carried with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent to approve the bid.

Max Middendorf discussed wastewater improvements. He provided a breakdown of costs for repairs that need to be done at the sewer plant. The sand filters need to be addressed first. Everything else is big ticket items and funding needs to be explored for these.

Bridget Cramsey made a motion to adjourn and Justin Puterbaugh seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

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