The Carl. Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday November 17, 2020 at 7:001 PM at City Hall. Mayor Mark Powers called thei meeting to order with the following present: Bobl McAfee, Rick Flinn, Richard Zaccardelli, Roger Spencer, Ladonna Allen, Mike Burns and Gary Stubblefield. Also present were City Administrator Steve Lawver, City Attorney Mike Talley, City Clerk Maribeth Matney, Deputy City Clerk Alaina Wright and City Administrator Assistant Crystal Winkfield. Mark Satterlee was absent. Roger Spencer motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the consent agenda. Roger Spencer seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one  AGENDA  absent.  PUBLIC FORUM  Kelly Beets with MIRMA was present and told the board that the Police Department submitted for a grant for body camera Steve Lawver said the results fort the public safety sales tax were 57.93% for and 47% against, andl he said we only needed a simple majority to pass. It will be %% added on and will be effective 4/1/21. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the election  and car cameras, and MIRMA is awarding the city $2,877.00  CERTIFY ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE ELECTION HELD11/3/20  results. Richard. Zaccardelli seconded. Alli ini favor. No opposed with one absent.  RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR ANLWCFGRANT thel LWCF grant. Gary Stubblefield seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent.  Steve Lawver said this is required for the grant application for the parks Crystal is working on. Mayor Powers asked when the grant must be submitted, and Steve Lawver answered February. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the resolution to apply for  REPORTS Lawver saidt they aren'tupy yet. not sure. back from FEMA.  The Council reviewed the Administration report. Mayor Powers asked about thel lights for the outside basketball goals. Steve LaDonna Allen asked when we might hear from DNR for the permit for bank embankment project. Steve Lawver said he's Mayor Powers asked ift there has been any response from thel FEMA appeal senti in. Steve Lawver said we are waiting tol hear Public Works report - Jim Chaligoj said leaf pick up. will start next week in Country Club Estates. He said they are starting sidewalks on Cowgill near. Allen this week. Mayor Powers said hel hadn't checked the drain on Fairway Drive. Jim said he has looked at it and it's good except there's one problem spot left that public works can fixi ifnecessary.. Richard Zaccardelli said about 90% of Police Dept. report Delmar Haase stated there's not al lot going on. Three employees are back from quarantine and three more are out. He said therel has only been one case ofe employee to employee spread. Hes said Shop with a Cop willl bel held December  the oak leaves are down.  19, but they are not: sure oft thei format yet. Court report No discussion COMMITTEE REPORTS  Budget/Finance: Ladonna Allen got the bank statements and sales tax reports and everything looks to be in order. Budget  meetings willl begini in about two months fort the new budget year. Code/Nuisance: Rick Flinn had nothing toi report. Human Resources: Roger Spencer had nothing to report. Public) Facilities & Planning: Mark Satterlee was absent. Senior Citizens: Richard Zaccardelli said everything is thes same.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  Steve Lawver received an update from the Jasper County Health Department. They can't give statistics for just the city limits, but the Carl Junction zip code hasl had three deaths, 5971 total cases, with seven people hospitalized and' 70 in isolation. Steve Lawver said he received a proposal for new signage fort the parks. He said the park signs are 10 years old and need to ber replaced. He also said hel has received ai request from the seniors toj put signage on thel building for the senior center. Mayor Powers said the' "reduce speed ahead" sign onl Briarbrook Drive needs tol be replaced.  NEW BUSINESS  Mayor Powers mentioned the press release, which he said is the opinion of the mayors in those three cities regarding the letters received from hospitals. He said thel hospitals want ai mask mandate but they are not sure how to enforce the mandate. He said those mayors feel this is aj personal responsibility issue. Mayor Powers said he has presented the board with a proclamation asking everyone to follow CDC guidelines, in lieu of a mask mandate. He would like a motion to approve the proclamation. Rick Flinn motioned to approve the proclamation. as written. Richard. Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent.    Mayor Powers informed the board he received a letter before the meeting, and Richard Zaccardelli is resigning from the board. Hes said there is ai form that must be filled out for anyone interested and he would like to appoint someone by the next board meeting, Mike Talley said typically al letter is submitted to thel board and they vote on accepting the resignation. Mike said the board can't act on a successor until they have accepted the resignation. Maribeth Matney asked if a special meeting could be held immediately following the regularly scheduled meeting on December Ito approve a successor. Mike Burns asked ifi the seat was up for re-election in April. LaDonna Allen motioned to accept Richard Zaccardelli's resignation upon the adjournment of the 12/1 meeting. Roger Spencer seconded. Six in favor. No opposed with one absent and one abstaining. Mike Talley said the speciai Maribeth Matney said December 15 is open filing for the April election. She said Mayor Powers, Mark Satterlee, Rick Flinn, Steve Lawver said we've starting getting health insurance quotes in. He said our current coverage with Anthem is going up 5%, last year there was: no increase, and the year before there was a 3% increase. Steve said we are waiting on a second company who Steve Lawver said Crystal had toj put out as survey as part of thel LWCF grant submission requirements. He said they received 1441 response, and 120 oft those were: in favor of upgrades, 14 were noti in favor, and 141 had no response with additional comments like  meeting needs a definite time. Maribeth Matney said she can set that once the next agenda is set.  Richard Zaccardelli and LaDonna Allen up for re-election.  requested to bid.  where at and what are) you planning.  Delmar Haase said thel LEST grant applications willl begin next month.  ADJOURNMENT adjourned at 7:33P PM.  LaDonna Allen motioned to adjourn the meeting. Rick Flinn seconded. AIl in favor. No opposed with one absent. Meeting  - -  MAYOR  Ade