May 1 Council Meeting

Pretty quick council meeting Wednesday night. It was our regularly scheduled meeting on the 14th Wednesday of February. Only 2 non-standard things on the agenda. One was the approval of a resolution accepting the donation of land and structures at 220 N Main. That is the building north of the old library. The city is planning on removing the asbestos, and tearing down that building and the old library. The old library is not in that bad of shape, but the 220 N Main building is in really rough shape. It is no great prize to receive the building, but at least we didn't have to pay to get it, and clean up Main Street.

The other agenda item was that I proclaimed May to be Poppy Month. The American Legion Auxiliary does the poppies each May, and accepts donations in support of our veterans. That is always a good thing to proclaim.

In other stuff, we discussed a big dog on the loose on Duea Circle, that we had to call animal control on. The deputy sheriff visiting our meeting reminded everybody to lock their vehicles. They see it every summer (uh, yeah summer, I've heard of that before, it is a time of year when it is warm), across the county, where someone just goes around stealing stuff out of unlocked vehicles. Hasn't happened in Roland for a while, but doesn't mean it can't.

It was reported that 40 houses still have not had their initial sump inspection. They don't have to, but they will be charged a $100 per month sump pump connection fee in July if they do not.

Just a reminder that the CCR, which is basically the report on our water system, was listed in the paper. You can also review that at City Hall if it interests you. It reports what is all in our water.

Lastly, a reminder that the pool is still scheduled to open on Memorial Day weekend. We still want to get some cracks repaired, but we need several days of north of 45 or so degree weather (including overnight). That is obviously been a bit problematic this winter/spring.