Quincy Reporter

Village of Payson Village Board met May 10.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Meeting called to order- Mayor Dever asks for roll call. Those present were: Chris Dever, Kristi Shelton, Roger Sunde, Kyle Beckman, Robert Stock, Gary Epperson, Don Benjamin and Amanda Window. Jason Perry also in attendance.

Secretary’s Report:

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

Guests/Communication/Recognition:

1. N/A

Maintenance Report:

1. Update on water tower project- we asked the Adams County Board for $133,000-$500,000- they wanted more of a breakdown of costs, interest rates, etc. We need to come back with more info including how many people effected, costs, schedule, etc. $120,000 per bathroom per community is what they are allowing for bathroom project, but they think that money might be better spent towards water tower. So we may get that plus more for the water tower. Also looking into EPA loans, grants, etc to help with additional cost. Need to go back to them with the additional info by June 6th, which is the next meeting.

Police Report:

1. Update on dog ordinances- Barney has worked on that and sent it out to the board for review- discussed the criteria set forth in the ordinance. Roger motions to pass the ordinance as presented, Rob seconds. Roger motions to amend the ordinance to allow up to 3 dogs and have to have a permit for 4 or more dogs- Rob seconds. Voting- 4 No’s, 2 Yes for the amendment. Kristi motions to amend ordinance to strike section 3 (the limit of dogs, permit process, etc.)- Gary seconds. All in favor. The motion to pass the ordinance as amended- which prohibits dogs running at large and dogs disturbing the peace, is also approved unanimously. Barney will amend the ordinance and send it back out.

2. Police committee will meet with police to discuss dog ordinance and enforcing the ordinances going forward.

3. Lot on Redbud- tall grass, needs to be cut and turned over to police.

Parks:

1. Food trucks – Big Bro’s is coming out June 14th, Sno Cone truck is out on Fridays, hopefully will have more coming. Will talk more next month with Kyle. For electric, 110 is $20 and 240 is $40. Shelter house is $20.

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

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

2. Budget items- Maintenance- replace 22ft trailer (approx. $7,000 + trade in of old trailer), Rust fixed on Jason’s truck- $5-6,000? Parks- lamp posts/pole lights- no firm quote yet, benches in the park. Kristi will have budget for the board next month.

Old Business:

1. Trailer in subdivision- another resident is interested in the lot and may want to look at the trailer. Barney will let the gentlemen know that he has to have the trailer out by next meeting or the board will consider other options. Tabled till next meeting.

a. Ordinance discussed to put the lot out for bid so the board can sell it- will discuss next month.

2. Court money water payment option- discussed with Becky and she is open to trying it out for a year- this is for online credit/debit card payments for water bills. We currently offer ACH option, but this would be a new option for village residents for online payments. Fee for this service is added as a convenience fee of $1.75 for any payment up to $50, or 3.5% of any payment over $50 to the customer. Moving forward with application to get this set up and link added to the website for this option.

New Business:

1. N/A

Adjournment: Kristi made a motion to adjourn. Rob seconded and the meeting was adjourned.