Lincolnville council approves creation of welcome signs for city entry points

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The Lincolnville City Council approved at their Oct. 6 meeting the development of welcome signs for placement at two entry points to the community.

Brian and Denise Klein showed the council a cardboard replica of the signs they would be willing to make for the city at a cost of $800.

Councilor David Schneider suggested talking to Allen Abbott to see if he would allow a sign to be placed on his property along U.S. Highway 77.

The council voted unanimously to have the Kleins make two welcome signs.

In other matters, the council:

— discussed progress on developing a skateboard area in town. A letter of inquiry has been sent to the city’s insurance company and volunteers are being recruited to help. Project leaders hope to utilize student volunteers, too, because they could help patrol the project after it is completed.

— approved the purchase of two signs to mark handicap-parking stalls in front of the community center.

— authorized city employee Joe Vinduska to collect bids to purchase a tree-pruning saw. He said had he not borrowed a saw from the county, he would have had to trim trees by standing in the loader bucket or on boards placed across the top of the dump truck-which he felt was unsafe.

–accepted Vinduska’s offer to develop guidelines for the council regarding use of the city’s pickup truck. The offer came after the council discussed whether the truck needed to be parked at the city shop each night or could be parked at Vinduska’s home.

— heard from Councilor Sherri Pankratz the overlay of streets will not happen until early November, and that the county cannot give millings to the city.

— agreed to contact the owner of property along the west side of Wichita Street about the removal of some tree stumps there.

— decided not to submit a correction to the Herington Times after it reported the town’s community center has a capacity of only 29 people when it can legally hold 49. In a related matter, no response has been received to a letter the city sent to the state fire marshall about raising the occupancy limit of the building.

— authorized the city clerk to send letters to the property owners at 5th and Topeka and at Wichita and Main Streets, giving them 10 days to mow and trim weeds at their respective lots; after 10 days, if no action has been taken, the city will clean up the properties and charge the owners $25 for doing it.

— heard from Vinduska that he plans to level the fill that has been dumped by the gates to the sewer so the gates can be locked again.

— heard from Councilor Karen Hurt that the city’s Octoberfest went “very well;” she commended the assistance of city employees. The balance in the Octoberfest account was $1,790 as of Oct. 6.

— heard from Schneider that, thanks in part to a booth at Octoberfest, bout 25 people have volunteered for the Kan-Step project. When 35 to 40 people have signed up, Schneider said the Kansas Department of Commerce & Housing should be contacted so a meeting can be scheduled between them and the city.

Based on the unofficial minutes of the Lincolnville City Council.

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