Mayor Scott Punke called the meeting to order and led The Pledge of Allegiance and then directed the Deputy City Clerk to call the roll. Present were Aldermen Hinnen, Meares, Prather, Waters, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger. Alderman Hinthorne was absent. Also in attendance were Lynn Hinnen, Treasurer; Anne Sandvik, City Administrator; and Chief Al Misener.

Moved by Hinnen, second by Kupfer, to approve the minutes of the March 3, 2008 regular meeting of the City Council. Passed on roll call vote with Hinnen, Kupfer, Meares, Prather, Waters, V. Punke, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

The Mayor asked for public comments on any action to be taken on Agenda items. There were none.

Moved by Waters, second by Punke, to approve and pay the bills as the City’s obligation in the amount of $72,735.06. Passed on roll call vote with Waters, Punke, Hinnen, Meares, Prather, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

Moved by Waters, second by Meares, to accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented for the month ending February 29, 2008. Passed on roll call vote with Waters, Meares, Hinnen, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

Moved by Waters, second by Meares, to approve the recommendation from the Budget Committee to approve Ordinance 08-03 – An Ordinance adopting the City of Eureka Operating Budget for FY 08-09 in the amount of $3,668,357. Passed on roll call vote with Waters, Meares, Hinnen, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

Moved by Waters, second by Punke, to approve the recommendation from the Maintenance Committee to approve Resolution 08-01 appropriating $200,000 for the MFT projects this year. A list of the streets was provided in the agenda. Mayor Punke stated that the committees have decided to go to a chip seal on some of the roads that will accept that type of surfacing in an attempt to make our Motor Fuel Tax money go a little further and add some durability to some of the streets with the hopes that eventually when we get a majority of the   streets in the condition where they will all accept a chip and seal coating that the City of Eureka will be able to have excess repairing some of the curbing and gutters and start on East street .  Passed on roll call vote with Waters, V. Punke, Hinnen, Meares, Prather, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

Moved by Waters, second by Hinnen, to approve the recommendation from the Maintenance Committee for A.J Dowiatt, Inc to perform the engineering work for this year’s MFT.  Passed on roll call vote with Waters, Hinnen, Meares, Prather, V. Punke, Kupfer, and Zeltwanger all voting Aye.

Committee Reports:

Chairman Waters of the Budget Committee:  Chairman Waters gave a final thank you to the committees and Anne for all their hard work and getting the budget out in a timely fashion.

Chairman Meares of the Administration and Personnel Committee: A joint meeting with the public safety committee was held prior to the council meeting. The committees made some personnel decisions and also approved upgrading the electrical in city hall.

Chairman Hinnen of the Enterprise Committee:  No report

Chairman Waters of the Maintenance Committee:  No report

Chairman V. Punke of the Public Safety Committee:  No report

Chairman Hinnen of the Park and Recreation Committee:  No report

Chairman Kupfer of the Economic Development Committee:  No report

Chairman Mayor Punke of the Liquor Committee:   No report

Chair Hinthorne of the Communications Committee:  Alderman Hinthorne was absent. No report.

New Business: None

Public Comments: None

There being no further business to come before the Council the meeting adjourned at 7:42 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Jennifer Davis, Deputy City Clerk