1. CITY COUNCIL
      1. 1. CALL TO ORDER
      2. 2. ROLL CALL
      3. 3. OPENING PRAYER
      4. 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
      5. 5. COMMUNICATIONS – CITIZENS
      6. 6. MINUTES - APPROVAL
      7. 7. CONSENT AGENDA
      8. 8. PUBLIC HEARING
      9. 9. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
      10. 10. FROM THE MAYOR
      11. 11. FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
      12. 12. FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
      13. 13. COMMUNICATIONS - RECEIVE AND FILE
      14. 14. APPROVAL OF BILLS
      15. 15. COMMUNICATIONS - COUNCIL MEMBERS
      16. 16. OTHER BUSINESS
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    Osama Shihadeh
    CITY COUNCIL
    At Large
    Dick O'Brien
    Mayor
    Robert Howard
    At Large
    Robert Bynum
    4
    th
    Ward
    Phil Fitzgerald
    1
    st
    Ward
    Bill Trent
    5th Ward
    2007 MEETING SCHEDULE
    Marie Press
    2
    nd
    Ward
    Scott Day
    3
    rd
    Ward
    (All meetings start at 7:00 PM
    unless voted upon by Council.)
    Fran Donelson
    Administrative Secretary
    Harvey Allbee, Jr.
    City Attorney
    Regular Meetings
    In-depth Meetings
    A.J. Johnson
    City Administrator
    January 4 & 18
    July 5 & 19
    January 11
    July 12
    February 1 & 15
    August 2 & 16
    February 8
    (None in August)
    March 1 & 15
    September 6 & 20
    March 8
    September 13
    April 5 & 19
    October 4 & 18
    April 12
    October 11
    May 3 & 17
    November 1 & 15
    May 10
    November 8
    June 7 & 21
    December 6 & 20
    June 14
    December 13
    AGENDA
    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007
    COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
    1.
    CALL TO ORDER
    2.
    ROLL CALL
    3.
    OPENING PRAYER
    4.
    PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
    5.
    COMMUNICATIONS – CITIZENS
    6.
    MINUTES - APPROVAL
    A. Regular City Council Meeting – February 1, 2007
    B. City Council Budget Meetings – January 29, 30, & 31, 2007 and February 3 & 5, 2007
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    7.
    CONSENT AGENDA
    The following items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one
    motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or citizen
    so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in
    its normal sequence from the Agenda.
    *
    9 – A-C
    *
    13 – A-E
    *
    Bills*
    * Approval of attached Bills for Approval totaling $1,208,645.63 is subject to the approval of
    any related agenda item(s).
    8.
    PUBLIC HEARING
    A. Proposed Application for State and Federal Transit Funds for the 2007/2008 Fiscal Year
    B. Proposed Partial Vacation of Phase II in the Cobblestone Ridge Subdivision
    9.
    PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
    A. Request for a new five-day Beer Permit for Iowa Challenge LLC at Supreme Fitness, 303
    Cleveland Street for Saturday, March 7, 2007 – Chad Bergmeier (pending inspections and
    final paperwork)
    B. Request on first reading for a new Class BW Beer/Wine with Sunday Sales Permit for China
    Garden, 2016 Cedar Plaza Drive #3 – M&J of Muscatine Corporation (pending inspections
    and final paperwork)
    C. Request Approval of Cigarette Permit for The Purple Hedgehog, 403 W. 3
    rd
    Street – Eldon E.
    Benedict effective through June 30, 2007
    10.
    FROM THE MAYOR
    11.
    FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
    12.
    FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
    A. Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending Title 12, Chapter 2, Section 3(E) of the City
    Code for Muscatine
    B. Resolution Authorizing Submission of an Application to the Iowa Department of
    Transportation for State and Federal Transit Funds for the 2007/2008 Fiscal Year
    C. Resolution Authorizing the Submission of an Application for Financial Assistance from the
    Public Infrastructure Program through the Iowa Department of Transportation
    D. Resolution Approving the Partial Vacation of Phase II of the Cobblestone Ridge Addition
    E. Resolution Approving the Replat of the Cobblestone Ridge Addition
    F. Resolution Authorizing the Assessment of Unpaid Abatement Costs to Private Properties
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    G. Resolution Setting the Time and Place of a Public Hearing Upon the Vacation of Utility
    Easements in the Donohoe Addition
    H. Resolution Approving the New Section 8 Administrative Policy
    I. Request from Police Department to Renewal Grant Contract with the Governor’s Traffic
    Safety Bureau
    J. Request from Police Department to Submit Grant Application to the Iowa Department of
    Justice for a Domestic Violence Assistance Grant
    13.
    COMMUNICATIONS - RECEIVE AND FILE
    A. Muscatine County Board of Supervisors – January 22 & 29, 2007
    B. Art Center Board of Trustees – January 18, 2007
    C. Library Board of Trustees – December 20, 2006
    D. MP&W Board of Water, Electric, and Communications Trustees – December 21, 2006
    E. Planning & Zoning Commission – January 9, 2007
    14.
    APPROVAL OF BILLS
    It is recommended bills totaling $1,208,645.63 be approved and that the City Council authorize
    the Mayor and City Clerk to issue warrants for the same. It should be noted that this listing is
    subject to the approval of any related agenda item(s).
    15.
    COMMUNICATIONS - COUNCIL MEMBERS
    16.
    OTHER BUSINESS
    17.
    ADJOURNMENT

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