Monday evening, Brenda Corman, city clerk designate, swore in two additional members of the Superior City Council. Sandra Foote was re-elected in the November election and Trent Morris was recently appointed to fill a vacancy.
Two Superior City Council members, absent when the council was reorganized on Dec. 9 for the current year, were sworn in Monday evening by Brenda Corman, the soon to be city clerk. They were Trent Morris, the newly appointed representative for the Beaver 1 District, and Sandra Foot, the reelected Beaver II representative.
The first item for the utilities section discussion was the possible upgrading of the wastewater treatment plant's SCADA system. The SCADA system is a computer driven supervisory control and data acquisitions system that monitors the plant operation and issues alarms when problems develop like failing pumps or the backup of sewage.
The current system was installed in 1996 and is nearing the end of its expected life. City planners had included a replacement in the next fiscal year. However, it was recently suggested that the combination of the SCADA system being installed in the domestic water treatment plant with the one in the waste waster treatment plant had the potential to save money in the purchase price and annual maintenance. It is thought the annual savings over maintaining two separate systems will be about $8,000 a year.
The council accepted the resignations of two Superior police officers, Kassie Geiger and Jonathan Spangler. The two recent hires and residents of Nelson have accepted positions with the Thayer County Sheriff's Department. They will leave the Superior department in late January.
Earlier in the meeting, Spangler was rewarded for having successfully completed training at the state police academy.
Travis Rothchild, the current street department foreman, was recognized for completing an initial six-month probation period. He was advanced to the position following the retirement of Cliff White. Rothchild and those who helped with the recent snow removal effort were praised for their work.
The resignation of TJ Sibert from the rescue squad was accepted. It was noted she had been a member of the volunteer squad for more than 10 years.
The selection of Holling Construction as the contractor for the new round of Project Boom housing construction was approved by the council. Three companies had applied for the work. Plans are to construct two ranch style homes between Third and Fourth Street facing Colorado Street.
It was reported Horizon Bank had donated more than $13,455 toward the cost of modifying the current tennis court in Lincoln Park for use as both a tennis and pickleball court. The city has about $51,000 left from the present park improvement grant to apply to conversion cost and needs to raise an additional $6,965.10 to fund the conversion. Tennis Courts Unlimited has been selected as the conversion contractor. Two companies submitted bids and it was the lowest at $71,500. Additional donations will be sought to fund the project.
Before adjourning about 9:15, the council went into executive session with the city attorney present to discuss and equal employment opportunity complaint which has been filed against the city,
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