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Tarkio Board of Aldermen meeting

The City of Tarkio Board
of Aldermen meeting was
held Tuesday, June 9, 2015.
The meeting was called to
order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Donald Noland. The roll
call was done by City Clerk
Becky Jones: aldermen Blu
Dow, Mike Klosek, Scott
Poppa, and Andy Riley were
all present. Visitors present included John Davis,
Mark Barker, Jack Kelly,
David Chapin, Ed Hunkins,
Karen Clark, Trisha Quimby, Curt Livengood, Diane
Livengood, Donnie Dockins, Chuck Vietz, Michael
Klosek Sr., and Mike Klosek,
III. City employees present
were: Street Superintendent
Jamie Quimby, Park Superintendent Kevin Bennett,
Police Chief Tyson Gibbons,
Officers Adam Stanton and
Wes Lopez, and Building
Inspector Jesse Payne. Late
arrivals were Jason Conn,
Chris Conn, and Dallas
Prather.
The aldermen approved
the minutes of the May 12
and May 18, 2015, regular
meetings.
Ed Hunkins was present
as a visitor and asked the
council questions about the
letters that were sent pertaining to residents painting
their homes or out buildings.
The mayor and aldermen
advised him that a follow-up
letter will be sent and Andy
Riley stated that not one
citizen will be fined for not
painting their property.
The aldermen discussed
the upcoming Tarkio Rodeo
Weekend events. The Big
BAM, which will be coming
through Tarkio on the 22nd
and events will be at the
Niedermeyer Park, was also
discussed. Local vendors
will be selling different food
items. Pinwheels will be put
out along the route to Niedermeyer Park on Sunday
evening the 21st beginning
at 6 p.m. for anyone that
would like to volunteer to
help place the pinwheels
on the route. Everyone will
meet at Tarkio City Hall.
Other events mentioned
included the Doug Summa
Memorial Run/Walk and
the Tarkio College Alumni
Weekend.

Mark Barker was present for the Mule Barn Cafe/

Wildhorse Bar & Grill with
concerns about trash service
for commercial businesses.
The mayor read over the
contract the city has with
American Recycling and
the citys ordinance as to
the trash services. The City
Attorney will be contacted
to make a determination if
sole commercial trash pickup services should be with
American Recycling.
The aldermen had asked
the commissioners to be
present and answer questions on the Wildcat Enterprise building (Walnut Inn)
on Main Street and other
dangerous buildings. The
Walnut Inn building was
deemed dangerous in 2014
by the City of Tarkio. Who
owns the building? How
much is owed in back taxes?
Who is liable if someone gets
hurt? These questions were
asked of County Collector
Diane Livengood. The city
may apply for a Community
Development Block Grant in
2016 to take down commercial buildings if they can get
clear titles. The city will be
contacting its attorney for
advice on how to proceed on
the dangerous buildings.
The aldermen requested
of Clerk Jones, in the May
meeting, to get estimates
of what a state audit would
cost for the Board of Public
Works and the citys financial books. The information
the clerk gave was that a
state audit in 2004 of one
city was $15,000, more recent audits of cities/villages
were $35,000, and there
were two another cities
that the cost was $50,000;
also from another firm from
Saint Joseph, an estimate of
$16,000 to $20,000.
The aldermen voted to
accept the bid received from
Arthur White and Associates, opened on May 12th,
for the amount of $4,000, for
the yearly audits for fiscal
year ends 2015, 2016, 2017,
if there is no single audit
required. If a single audit is
required the cost would be
$4,500.
Department
Reports

Rain, rain, go away

THE RAIN - Seems to never
end. The area has received so
much rain that farmers have
been unable to plant or their
planted fields now sit under
feet of water. Several highways and roads in towns have
shut down due to flooding. The
water pictured at top left covers the Lions Club field and at
one time crept up, covering 1st
Street in Tarkio. The picture
below left is water covering
Q Avenue just east of town.
The recent picture at top is of
Hwy. 59 between Tarkio and
Fairfax. This highway is still
closed and may be closed for
some time due to the continuance of rain. This isnt the first
time weve had to deal with
floods, but it never gets any
easier.
(Photos By Mike Farmer, Megan McAdams, and Rhonda
Wiley)

Dow: Chief Bredensteiner will be ordering the new

fire pagers that will be replaced this year. Also, a set
of bunker pants needs to be
ordered and the Volunteer
Department helps by paying
50% of that cost.
Klosek: Klosek reported
there was a problem at the
Community Building with
some of the electrical outlets
on the poles and he will be
calling someone to look into
this. First Alert inspected
the Community Building.
No termites were found, but
mice droppings and bugs
were found. Painting the
interior of the Community
Building is scheduled for
the last weekend in August
through September 5.
Poppa: Poppa gave his report on the parks and pool.
The parks are looking really
good. The sand filter was installed and the pool opened
for business.
Riley and Jamie gave the
Street Department report:
GRASS CLIPPINGS IN
STREET: Many residents
are blowing their grass clippings into the street and not
blowing them back into the
yard. This creates problems
for water drainage because
this slows down water flow
when it rains. This in turn
allows clippings and such to
build up in ditches and then
plugs tubes. It also contributes to ditches silting in.
The front loader had a large
hose for the lift break; it was
$200 dollars to repair. The
parking break also needed
adjusted. The old Chevy
went to shop for repairs. The
rainy days have not allowed
the drainage project to be
started and the deadline is
June 29. The contractor has
asked if the deadline can be
extended out 45 to 60 days.
The aldermen agreed to extend the deadline out 45
days for completion. August
14th will be the street drainage contract new deadline.
Chief: Chief Gibbons report was given to the board
on the number of stops, citation, reports and cases for
the past month.
Mayor Noland had no report. Stanton gave his report
on buildings.
The aldermen voted to
pay the outstanding bills.
The meeting was moved
into executive session for
the purpose of hiring, firing,
disciplining or promoting a
particular employee, etc. The
meeting moved out of execu-

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tive session and back into

open meeting. The aldermen
voted to give Officer Stanton
a 3% raise. They also voted
to give Deputy Clerk Debbie
Beckman a raise to $12 per
hour. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Tarkio residents are encouraged to attend the Board
of Aldermen meetings held
every second Tuesday of the
month at City Hall.

Students growing
pumpkins

Coming this fall The Tarkio High School

class of 2019 will be selling
pumpkins as a fundraiser.
Pumpkins will be sold at
a store near you! Pictured
are Lily Graves, Grace Martin, Catelyn Prater, Rachel
Graves and Connie Prater.
(Submitted Photo)