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    The Tarkio Board of Aldermen meeting covered upcoming events like the Tarkio Rodeo Weekend, discussed issues with commercial trash services and dangerous buildings, and approved hiring an auditing firm to conduct financial audits for the next few years at a cost of $4,000-$4,500 annually. Department reports indicated ongoing road and drainage projects due to flooding, as well as standard policing, parks, and other city operations.

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    The Tarkio Board of Aldermen meeting covered upcoming events like the Tarkio Rodeo Weekend, discussed issues with commercial trash services and dangerous buildings, and approved hiring an auditing firm to conduct financial audits for the next few years at a cost of $4,000-$4,500 annually. Department reports indicated ongoing road and drainage projects due to flooding, as well as standard policing, parks, and other city operations.

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    The Tarkio Board of Aldermen meeting covered upcoming events like the Tarkio Rodeo Weekend, discussed issues with commercial trash services and dangerous buildings, and approved hiring an auditing firm to conduct financial audits for the next few years at a cost of $4,000-$4,500 annually. Department reports indicated ongoing road and drainage projects due to flooding, as well as standard policing, parks, and other city operations.

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    Thursday, June 18, 2015 - Page 14

    Tarkio Board of Aldermen meeting


    The City of Tarkio Board
    of Aldermen meeting was
    held Tuesday, June 9, 2015.
    The meeting was called to
    order at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Donald Noland. The roll
    call was done by City Clerk
    Becky Jones: aldermen Blu
    Dow, Mike Klosek, Scott
    Poppa, and Andy Riley were
    all present. Visitors present included John Davis,
    Mark Barker, Jack Kelly,
    David Chapin, Ed Hunkins,
    Karen Clark, Trisha Quimby, Curt Livengood, Diane
    Livengood, Donnie Dockins, Chuck Vietz, Michael
    Klosek Sr., and Mike Klosek,
    III. City employees present
    were: Street Superintendent
    Jamie Quimby, Park Superintendent Kevin Bennett,
    Police Chief Tyson Gibbons,
    Officers Adam Stanton and
    Wes Lopez, and Building
    Inspector Jesse Payne. Late
    arrivals were Jason Conn,
    Chris Conn, and Dallas
    Prather.
    The aldermen approved
    the minutes of the May 12
    and May 18, 2015, regular
    meetings.
    Ed Hunkins was present
    as a visitor and asked the
    council questions about the
    letters that were sent pertaining to residents painting
    their homes or out buildings.
    The mayor and aldermen
    advised him that a follow-up
    letter will be sent and Andy
    Riley stated that not one
    citizen will be fined for not
    painting their property.
    The aldermen discussed
    the upcoming Tarkio Rodeo
    Weekend events. The Big
    BAM, which will be coming
    through Tarkio on the 22nd
    and events will be at the
    Niedermeyer Park, was also
    discussed. Local vendors
    will be selling different food
    items. Pinwheels will be put
    out along the route to Niedermeyer Park on Sunday
    evening the 21st beginning
    at 6 p.m. for anyone that
    would like to volunteer to
    help place the pinwheels
    on the route. Everyone will
    meet at Tarkio City Hall.
    Other events mentioned
    included the Doug Summa
    Memorial Run/Walk and
    the Tarkio College Alumni
    Weekend.

    Mark Barker was present for the Mule Barn Cafe/


    Wildhorse Bar & Grill with
    concerns about trash service
    for commercial businesses.
    The mayor read over the
    contract the city has with
    American Recycling and
    the citys ordinance as to
    the trash services. The City
    Attorney will be contacted
    to make a determination if
    sole commercial trash pickup services should be with
    American Recycling.
    The aldermen had asked
    the commissioners to be
    present and answer questions on the Wildcat Enterprise building (Walnut Inn)
    on Main Street and other
    dangerous buildings. The
    Walnut Inn building was
    deemed dangerous in 2014
    by the City of Tarkio. Who
    owns the building? How
    much is owed in back taxes?
    Who is liable if someone gets
    hurt? These questions were
    asked of County Collector
    Diane Livengood. The city
    may apply for a Community
    Development Block Grant in
    2016 to take down commercial buildings if they can get
    clear titles. The city will be
    contacting its attorney for
    advice on how to proceed on
    the dangerous buildings.
    The aldermen requested
    of Clerk Jones, in the May
    meeting, to get estimates
    of what a state audit would
    cost for the Board of Public
    Works and the citys financial books. The information
    the clerk gave was that a
    state audit in 2004 of one
    city was $15,000, more recent audits of cities/villages
    were $35,000, and there
    were two another cities
    that the cost was $50,000;
    also from another firm from
    Saint Joseph, an estimate of
    $16,000 to $20,000.
    The aldermen voted to
    accept the bid received from
    Arthur White and Associates, opened on May 12th,
    for the amount of $4,000, for
    the yearly audits for fiscal
    year ends 2015, 2016, 2017,
    if there is no single audit
    required. If a single audit is
    required the cost would be
    $4,500.
    Department
    Reports

    Rain, rain, go away


    THE RAIN - Seems to never
    end. The area has received so
    much rain that farmers have
    been unable to plant or their
    planted fields now sit under
    feet of water. Several highways and roads in towns have
    shut down due to flooding. The
    water pictured at top left covers the Lions Club field and at
    one time crept up, covering 1st
    Street in Tarkio. The picture
    below left is water covering
    Q Avenue just east of town.
    The recent picture at top is of
    Hwy. 59 between Tarkio and
    Fairfax. This highway is still
    closed and may be closed for
    some time due to the continuance of rain. This isnt the first
    time weve had to deal with
    floods, but it never gets any
    easier.
    (Photos By Mike Farmer, Megan McAdams, and Rhonda
    Wiley)

    Dow: Chief Bredensteiner will be ordering the new


    fire pagers that will be replaced this year. Also, a set
    of bunker pants needs to be
    ordered and the Volunteer
    Department helps by paying
    50% of that cost.
    Klosek: Klosek reported
    there was a problem at the
    Community Building with
    some of the electrical outlets
    on the poles and he will be
    calling someone to look into
    this. First Alert inspected
    the Community Building.
    No termites were found, but
    mice droppings and bugs
    were found. Painting the
    interior of the Community
    Building is scheduled for
    the last weekend in August
    through September 5.
    Poppa: Poppa gave his report on the parks and pool.
    The parks are looking really
    good. The sand filter was installed and the pool opened
    for business.
    Riley and Jamie gave the
    Street Department report:
    GRASS CLIPPINGS IN
    STREET: Many residents
    are blowing their grass clippings into the street and not
    blowing them back into the
    yard. This creates problems
    for water drainage because
    this slows down water flow
    when it rains. This in turn
    allows clippings and such to
    build up in ditches and then
    plugs tubes. It also contributes to ditches silting in.
    The front loader had a large
    hose for the lift break; it was
    $200 dollars to repair. The
    parking break also needed
    adjusted. The old Chevy
    went to shop for repairs. The
    rainy days have not allowed
    the drainage project to be
    started and the deadline is
    June 29. The contractor has
    asked if the deadline can be
    extended out 45 to 60 days.
    The aldermen agreed to extend the deadline out 45
    days for completion. August
    14th will be the street drainage contract new deadline.
    Chief: Chief Gibbons report was given to the board
    on the number of stops, citation, reports and cases for
    the past month.
    Mayor Noland had no report. Stanton gave his report
    on buildings.
    The aldermen voted to
    pay the outstanding bills.
    The meeting was moved
    into executive session for
    the purpose of hiring, firing,
    disciplining or promoting a
    particular employee, etc. The
    meeting moved out of execu-

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    tive session and back into


    open meeting. The aldermen
    voted to give Officer Stanton
    a 3% raise. They also voted
    to give Deputy Clerk Debbie
    Beckman a raise to $12 per
    hour. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
    Tarkio residents are encouraged to attend the Board
    of Aldermen meetings held
    every second Tuesday of the
    month at City Hall.

    Students growing
    pumpkins

    Coming this fall The Tarkio High School


    class of 2019 will be selling
    pumpkins as a fundraiser.
    Pumpkins will be sold at
    a store near you! Pictured
    are Lily Graves, Grace Martin, Catelyn Prater, Rachel
    Graves and Connie Prater.
    (Submitted Photo)

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