September 12 Council meeting

A bigger crowd and a longer meeting than most recent meetings. But we got a lot discussed and accomplished.

Some of the highlights as I recall them.....CM Larry Ford and I will are heading up the search for a new City Clerk. We will be figuring out how to word the ad, and where to post it. The nice thing is, we have Jodi lined up until the end of the year whether she becomes our city clerk or not. We had a minor discussion of what to look for, with some of the key points being prior city government experience, grant writing experience, and an interest to live in Roland.

We discussed the results of our meeting regarding a new sewer main along the back side of Samson Street. Since that has run into some roadblocks, we are going to check with our city engineer on other recommendations to get help us reduce the flow and potential for backups.

The council approved road projects of around $77000. The key one is repaving the street on the east side of the school on up to Maple. That is a good one, it has a bunch of holes, and it needs a fix.

We approved the location for a new LED message sign on the lot north of Casey's. RADC is working on that. It will be a color board, and will be for community messages and such. For now, it appears that the library will be the place for adding the messages. It will likely have messages for sale/rent be they for commercial organizations or simply "Happy Birthday Roger!" More details to come on that, but they hope to have it installed within a month. So that will be a neat thing for our Main Street. They are still looking for donations to finish the project. I know Innovative Lighting has and will be assisting with the project.