February 2016

Beacon City Council Minutes

Thursday, February 4, 2016

 7:00 p.m.

Call to Order- Mayor Jim Hughes called the meeting to order at 6:57 p.m. All members present.

General Business 

  1. Review Minutes from January 6th Meeting-
  2.  Treasurer’s Report –
  3.  Claims Report-
  4.  Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter-2 strays picked up, one dog, one cat. Complaint of barking dog.

 Old Business:             

  1.  Hall Rentals- One for the month of January. None scheduled for February.
  2.  Clean-up & Animal Control-Nothing to discuss.
  3. YMCA Discussion-Council discussed and decided that no money from Beacon would go towards this new development.
  4. Designation of Council members to committees-Discussed in January.
  5. 2nd Reading of Budget Report-2nd reading made. Motion to approve made by Dwight Teeter, seconded by Ron Kauffman. Motion approved.  Motion to waive third reading made by Darrell Rust, seconded by Ron Kauffman.  Motion approved.

 New Business

  1. 1st Reading of Annual Budget Report-Reviewed Annual Budget Report. Motion to approve budget report made by Ron Kauffman, seconded by Dwight Teeter. Motion approved.
  2. Mowing-Jim Vanderlinden said he would keep the same price as he charged last year. Council decided to re-hire him. 
  3. City Clerk Resignation-Jill has submitted her verbal resignation. She will stay on until Council finds someone to replace her.   We will put an ad in the paper.  Council wants to hold a special meeting on Thurs., Feb. 25th at 7:00 p.m. in order to review resumes and set up interviews.

 Next Scheduled Special Council Meeting Thursday, February 25th @ 7:00 p.m.

 Adjournment-Motion to adjourn made by Darrell Rust, seconded by Dwight Teeter. Meeting adjourned.