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i 4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 24, 1995 Page 2 1 VI. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS. 2 Motion by Marks, second by Enrooth to approve the following claims: 3 A. Foster, Ojile. Wentzell & Brever. LLC in the amount of$2,400.00 for legal services 4 rendered the month of October, 1995. 5 B. Midwest Asphalt Corporation in the amount of$31,735.360 in final payment for 1994. 6 Street and Watermain Improvements. 7 C. Midwest Asphalt Corporation in the amount of$65,963.39 for 1995 Street and 8 Watermain Improvements. 9 D. 5 pages of Verified Claims as presented by the Finance Director. 10 Motion carried unanimously. 11 Mayor Ranallo noted the neighborhood had commented favorably on the way the work was done 12 by Midwest Asphalt on the street and watermain improvements. 13 VII. REPORTS. 14 A. Mayor. Mayor Ranallo reported since September the City has been working with Brady Zach on Kenzie Terrace who owns the property next to Mrs. Lundeen. He distributed pictures of 17 the mess Mrs. Lundeen is putting up with. He expressed concern over the fact that these 18 cases cannot get into court fast enough. He stated this case has been taken to court once 19 before. The resident pleaded with the judge and was given a fine and told to clean the 20 area up. The area was cleaned up but the junk has since been brought back to the 21 property. Ranallo expressed distress that residents have to wait several months before 22 these types of issues can be resolved. He questioned if there were some other resolution 23 to these types of problems. 24 There was Council direction for staff to investigate and see if there was another way to 25 resolve these issues that would be more efficient. 26 Mayor Ranallo suggested trying to start a community beautification. Councilmember 27 Fleming suggested publishing an article in the Bulletin. 28 City Manager Morrison explained these issues had to go through the court system because 29 of the due process of law. He explained most residents in the City do come into 30 compliance when cited but there are a few who don't. 31 Councilmember Marks suggested the possibility of a volunteer group working with the 32 individual property owners and encouraging them and helping them. '1�3 Councilmember Enrooth suggested it could be incorporated with Spring Clean-up Day.