City approves board appointments
Staff reporter
Marion City Commission approved reappointments and new appointments Monday of Marion Planning Commission and Marion Board of Zoning Appeals members.
Reappointed to the planning commission for a one-year term were Sally Hannaford and Roger Schwab. New, one-year appointments were Ralph Kreutziger and Dan Crumrine.
Reappointed to the appeals board was Leland Heidebrecht and a new appointment was Ralph Kreutziger. Each were appointed to a one-year term.
Marty Fredrickson, building inspector, presented a year-end report.
In 2003, only 37 building permits were issued. In 2002, 69 were issued, and in 2001, 72 were issued.
Four new homes were built with two being pre-built homes with a total value of $307,000.
"Hopefully, 2004 will pick up," said Fredrickson.
In other business:
— Ordinance No. 1242 was approved which repeals Ordinances 1062 and 1093.
"The repealed ordinances are outdated and have been replaced with personnel policies and procedures," reported David Mayfield, administrator.
— Resolution No. 04-01 was approved,which waives the statutory requirement to use the generally accepted accounting principles in the preparation of financial statements and reports.
— Warrants in the amount of $5,436.94 were approved.
— Mayfield reported that he attended the Marion County Commission meeting Dec. 31 to discuss a county economic development director.
— The city received a letter from David Brazil, Marion County Transfer Station manager, that the transfer station will continue to accept one cubic yard of commercial and demolition waste.
Any customer who has n excess of one cubic yard of this waste will need to take it to the transfer station for disposal. City refuse trucks will not pick up the excess.
— Mayfield reported that the city received a donation of $1,000 from the family of Phyllis Melton for the memorial wall in Central Park.
To date, $2,880 has been collected for the project. Estimate for the project is $5,000. The city will continue to accept donations for the project.
— Becky Makovec, utility billing clerk, presented the December utility billing report. The report indicated that 265 Marion residents participated in the $10 Christmas lights credit.
— Fredrickson submitted a written utilities department report.
— Janet Marler, city librarian, submitted a written report.
A 20-minute executive session was called to discuss personnel issues. The meeting reconvened with no decisions.
The next commission meeting will be at 4 p.m. Monday.
