Quincy Reporter

Village of Payson Village Board Met June 8.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Meeting called to order-

Mayor Dever asks for roll call. Those present were: Chris Dever, Roger Sunde, Kristi Shelton, Robert Stock, Don Benjamin and Kyle Beckman. Several guests in attendance as well, including Anne Scott, Kim Gross, Heather Ford, Freda Brown, Jason Perry, and Bob Mitchell.

Secretary’s Report:

Kristi motioned to accept the Secretary’s report from May, Gary seconded and all were in favor.

Guests/Communication/Recognition:

Anne asked the board how the water bills are figured and why the cost seemed so high- Kristi explained how it is figured- Water and sewer rates-Base water rate is $16.00 per month for 1,000 gallons and $3.33 per 1,000 gallons (0.00333 per gallon) after that. Sewer rates are $16.00 base for the first 1,000 gallon and $6.67 per 1,000 gallons (0.00667 per gallon) after the first 1,000 gallons. This makes base water sewer combined rate of $32.00 for the first 1,000 gallons and each additional 1,000 gallons is $10.00 or $0.01 per gallon. Sewer usage is based water usage.

The meter is available 1 time per year from Becky to avoid the sewer charge when filling a pool, etc.

Kim Gross approached the board about painting the route for a 6K walk/run. Barney will need to be contacted on the legal end and colors that can be used. She also asked if doing one during OSA- this was okay’d by the board pending an approval of the OSA committee. Chris will follow up w/ Barney.

Heather and Freda presented the ordinances for Old Settler’s and cleared up the parade route that was discussed at last month’s meeting- everything was approved and cleared by the board.

Maintenance Report:

Re-keying estimates- A1 Locks- $2540, Doors-N-More- $3117. Board approved A1’s bid and told Jason to move forward with this.

Board approved Jason to pick up cameras for the shed for $300.

Property on Columbine is ours to mow- Jason will take care of getting a dumpster for the tear down/clean out.

Police Report:

East Perkins- car has been removed.

Contact was made on a vehicle by Fastop

211 West State has a dumpster too close to the road- the police will reach out.

Parks Committee:

Wiring is being addressed on the gazebo from the damage done by fallen trees earlier in the year.

Monthly Bills/Treasurer’s Report and Misc. Financial Reports:

Bills for May- Gary motioned to approve expenses, Kristi seconded and all were in favor after roll call vote.

Kristi, Roger and Chris are signers at the bank- Brad will need to be removed and Kyle added- Don motioned, Gary seconded and all were in favor. We will let the bank know this needs to be done.

Online bill pay- 1st option is an ACH- $513 for software + $360 1st time and $513/year after. 2nd option- $475 to set up and $89/year- customer pays on their own- board discussed which was the better option. The resident will still get a physical bill in the mail- they will have at least 2 weeks to see the total and question any issues. Don motioned to go with the ACH option- Rob seconded- Kristi, Kyle, Gary, Rob and Don all voted yes, Roger voted no.

Budget- Kristi discussed the budget and changes.

Discussed adding more money to the sidewalk program- $5700 is in there now. We were adding $2500 per year except last year because of COVID- approved adding it again.

$133,000 of COVID relief money ‘should’ be available- best use of this money should be earmarked for painting the water tower.

Old Business:

Town Clean-up- this was $5,000- we are thinking they gave us a break on the cost due to their break-down and delay in picking items up.

New Business:

Letter from CDC asking if we have a Farmer’s Market and sent a survey for Chris to fill out.

2. Bob Mitchell came up to address the junk vehicles around town- Chris let him know that they have 31 days to fix or remove.

Adjournment: Gary made a motion to adjourn. Robert seconded and the meeting was adjourned.

https://paysonil.com/agendasminutes