Regular Council Meeting - 6/26/2023

City of Colfax – Regular Council Meeting 6/26/2023
The regular June meeting of the Colfax City Council was called to order by Mayor Olson at 4:01pm. Present were Mayor Jeff Olson, Council Members Jesse Moch and Shaun Jacobson. Absent was Justin Reiland and Kyle Krump. No audience members in attendance.

The minutes of the May regular City Council meeting were reviewed. Moch moved to approve minutes as presented, seconded by Jacobson. Motion carried.
 
The financial reports for May were reviewed.  Jacobson made a motion to approve the financials as presented, seconded by Moch. Carried.   

The June bills were reviewed; Jacobson motioned to approve the bills as presented, seconded by Moch. Carried.

Old Business
Engineers will be attending the July meeting to discuss the preliminary findings of the water loop study and discuss next steps.

The fire hydrant repairs are finally done.

Gravel will be placed on roads throughout town, and work continues on the maintenance of Grant Street.

No update on the Event Center project.

No update on the Community Center board transition.

A letter has been sent to Phelps giving him until the end of June to clean-up his property.

Skoog reported that the Homeland security grant for lighting has been denied.

The application for Snow removal assistance has been submitted.

Concerns were brought forth regarding the Jeremy Boehm property and equipment sales. It was noted that equipment remains parked on residential property on the East side of Co Rd 1, and equipment sales are taking place on the West side of Co Rd 1 when that property is not zoned commercial. Further discussion needs to be held with Jeremy about moving equipment from the residential area and what the overall future vision is with these two areas. Jeff will request that that Jeremy attend the next meeting on July 17th.

Olson brought forth information provided by a realtor representing Tom Elser. Discussion was held for informational purposes.

New business
Moch motioned to approve the Partial Mortgage Releases for Lot 10 block 3 and Lot 11 block 3, seconded by Jacobson. Carried.
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There being no further business, Jacobson made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Moch.  Carried.  Adjourned at 4:54 pm.