Town of Fairview Park
Minutes of the January 14, 2014 Meeting
The Town Council held their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 14,2014 at 7:00
p.m. at the Municipal Building. The Pledge to the Flag was recited. Roll call was taken with council members Jim Hall, Larry Natalie, Tonya Smith, Phyllis Lambert and Jim Moore and Attorney Henry Antonini was present. A motion was made by Tonya and seconded by Phyllis to accept the minutes of the December meeting and financial report. The motion carried by voice vote.
Questions were raised about the primary election. It was explained that historically all voters were allowed to vote for every councilmember position.
A motion was made by Tonya and seconded by Phyllis to retain present Council President, Park Superintendent, office, street and water employees, attorney and Marshal. The motion carried by voice vote.
A motion was made by Tonya and seconded by Jim Hall to retain Eric Smith, Hannum, Wagle and Cline as engineer. The motion carried by voice vote
A motion was made by Jim Moore and seconded by Tonya to renew the contract with the Volunteer Fire Department with no changes. The motion carried by voice vote.
A motion was made by Jim Moore and seconded by Phyllis to extend the contract of the WWTP operator on a monthly basis. The motion carried by voice vote.
Transfer Resolution 2014-1 was read. A motion was made by Phyllis and seconded by Tonya to pass said resolution. The motion carried by voice vote.
Jeremy Burch with Hannum, Wagle and Cline advised that the prefinal walk through has been done, and the project is nearly complete and that they have submitted a certification of substantial completion. The punch list has only 12 items on it. The new well passed its final test and the switch over to system controls have been done. The new disinfection equipment has been installed, but is not yet operational. The work at the well field is done with some clean-up yet to be completed. A pay request from National Water Service in the amount of $174,612.85 was presented. A motion was made by Phyllis and seconded by Jim Hall to pay said claim. The motion carried by voice vote.
Jeremy advised that we are retaining 5% until final completion. Change order #2 concerning the well house roof adding $1,000 to the project was presented. A motion was made by Tonya and seconded by Phyllis to accept the change order. The motion carried by voice vote.
Barry Singleton from National Water Services is cleaning and repairing the north 'veil.
Phyllis thanked the Street Department for all their hard work during the recent storms.
A motion was made by Jim Hall and seconded by Tonya to pay the Town claims in the amount of $19,604.84, the water department claims in the amount of $61,905.00 and the wastewater claims in the amount of $6,215.56. The motion carried by voice vote.
The meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m. with a motion by Tonya and seconded by Jim Moore.
The motion carried by voice vote.
Attested to by:
Teresa Baker, Clerk-Treasurer January 14, 2014