Holden Council Hears A Variety Of Requests, Reports At June Meeting

Request
The meeting opened with Chris Groves, of the High School’s Scrapheads, requesting to use either the city lot at 3rd and Market, or the Holden City Park to set up a Christmas Robotics light display. He indicated they preferred the city lot because of the location, increased security and the room for expansion.

City Administrator Kim Goodfellow would be the the contact person for this project.

Mayoral Comments

Mayor Allen Mensch then gave his Mayoral Comments, stating that, contrary to some Facebook posts, he is available for discussions with Holden residents, and his door is always open for any resident who lives inside the city limits to discuss any concerns.

He also thanked several people, namely, Tony Lerda for his 40 years of service to the City of Holden, and the city administrator and the department heads for their hard work of coming up with a lean budget.

He also thanked Councilman Morgan Pemberton for his service as this would be his last council meeting because of his resignation so he could pursue fire training.

Insurance Presentation
Christian Delozier of Mike Keith Insurance followed by presenting the council with the insurance renewal and reviewed the most significant changes. He indicated that because the city council made changes last year, the city was able to recover $130,000 more from the recent claim they submitted to the insurance companies.

Reports
The council then reviewed the department head reports in their packets.

• The Board of Public Works reported that a new accounting person and a new local manager have been hired for local water and sewer operations. They asked for emergency approval from Mayor Mensch for repair of four areas where the sewer lines were in danger of collapse, and that approval was sent back to them on June 3.

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