June 5, 2024
The Jetmore City Council met in regular session on June 5th, 2024. Mayor Bill Goebel called the meeting to order and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll wall was answered by Councilmen Cole Buffo, Jeff Channell, Charles Leet, John Neeley & Mike Thornburg. Also attending were City Administrator Michael Ort, City Clerk Casey Dansel & City Attorney Clayton Kerbs.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the consent agenda containing the May minutes & Appropriation Ordinance #2024-05. Councilman Neeley seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
CITIZEN COMMENTS: Connie Chavez, representing the Community Foundation, presented to the council that they are interested in starting the process to raise funds to build pickle ball courts. Council discussed various options for a place to build them. Connie will visit with the school to see if they would be willing to allow them to be built at the grade school near the basketball courts currently there. City Council agreed they would be in support of this project.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Sailor-Ann Seiler was unable to attend meeting due to another commitment.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: Attorney Clayton Kerbs gave an update on the information he found for the Gil Burns property. Property is still in his name as there was no estate, etc. Clayton advised that a determination of decent would be the best option. Clayton will do more research on this and see if he can make contact with the family about us doing all the leg work to get this property issue resolved enabling the city Land Bank to purchase the property, afterward finding a suitable investor to make improvements.
CITY CLERK REPORT: Clerk Dansel presented the council with staff leave balances. Clerk Dansel presented to the council a request from Hodgeman County Fair Board for county fair sponsorship options. Council discussed sponsorship options and agreed that the City of Jetmore would like to sponsor a night at the fair.
BUSINESS ITEMS:
Councilman Channell made a motion to sponsor a night at the county fair with a donation of $1000. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion. Vote unanimous with Councilman Buffo abstaining.
Councilman Thornburg discussed the pool slide at the county pool. Repairs were needed and county has already purchased the parts to repair the slide so at this time nothing is needed from the city.
Library Board opening was discussed. Mayor Goebel appointed Linda Sorem to the Library Board. Councilman Channell made a motion to approve Mayor Goebel’s appointment of Linda Sorem to the Library Board. Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
City Clerk Dansel presented council with new CMB license application from the new owners of Bootleggers Bar & Grill. Councilman Channell moved to approve the CMB license for Bootleggers. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Mr. Ort presented the council with information regarding the upcoming Main Street project grant application. Projects are looked at more favorably with a local match. A 5% match, which is typically asked of cities of 2500 population, would be an appropriate match for Jetmore. After discussion Councilman Channell made a motion to commit a 5% local match to the main street project application. Councilman Neeley seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Housing Board openings were discussed. Board is in need of two new members. Mayor Goebel appointed John Ewy & Patty Fetters to the housing board. Councilman Channell made a motion to approve the appointments of John Ewy and Patty Fetters to the housing board. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Mr. Ort presented the council with information on the Airport Project Engineer options. Councilman Channell made a motion to accept the bid from Kirkham Michael for the project. Councilman Thornburg seconded; vote unanimous.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT:
*Mr. Ort presented his travel and training schedule for June.
*Summer Help- After last month’s discussion it was decided to hire summer help. The individual discussed was not interested in the position. Drake Weber has been hired to fill the position at a rate of $12/hr.
*Power Plant Project- Project is set to begin around June 10th. KMEA will put our unit in outage while the project is happening.
*Well 11/12- Lights and ventilation for the chlorine sheds have been updated per KDHE staff order. We are now in full compliance with no other work required of us.
*Park Shade Structures- Park shade structures arrived May 29th. Everything was received and in good order.
*2025 Budget-Mr. Ort informed the council that he has begun to work on putting the 2025 Budget together and asked the council to let him know if there are specific priorities they would like to have accounted for in the budget.
*Property & Casualty Insurance- RJ Meyer from Spearville approached the city about our property and casualty insurance we currently have with KCAMP. City would be willing to get a quote from him to see if his rates are competitive. He will come up with rates for us and Mr. Ort will present them to council at future date.
GOVERNING BODY COMMENTS:
Councilman Thornburg reminded the council that the Outdoor Mentors would be at the city lake June 29th from 8:30 a.m.-noon for a city lake clean up day. He mentioned it would be nice for a few of the council members to be present at this event.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m.