At a meeting last Monday evening, the Stratford city council made appointments for the new year. Brian Ouverson was selected as mayor pro-tem and will sign checks in the mayor’s absence.. Kim Leeds was named to serve as Stratford’s representative to the Hamilton Hometown’s Foundation Committee with Steve Frey as alternate. Larry Runyan will be a board member with Brian Ouverson as alternate for the North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency for Stratford. Terry Bryan was selected as a board member and Catherine Bergman as alternate for the Ioway Creek Watershed Management Authority. Larry Runyan was named as the board member for Stratford with Grant Carlson as alternate for the Hamilton County Emergency Management board. Larry Runyan was approved as a board member for the Webster County Emergency Management Board with Mitch Peterson and Dan Ostrem as alternate board members. Grant Carlson was selected as a board member with Larry Runyan and Dan Ostrem as the alternates to the Hamilton County E-911 Service Board for 2023.
Budget requests for the Stratford Library and the Stratford Fire and Rescue Departments were all approved for this year.
In another matter, the Stratford city council held a final review on the budget for the Avon/Dryden Watermain Project. The project is completed and finished under budget. The project used $84,516.54 in American Rescue Plan Act money, $100,000 in surplus and borrowed $250,000 from the bank. To date expense are approximately $307,097.14 on the project. The unused portion will be paid back to the bank on the principal of the loan. The final budget for the watermain project was approved along with the payment of the unused amount of the loan back to the bank on principal.
A budget work session will be held on February 13 before the regular city council meeting. The Stratford city council approved a resolution for snow removal at South Marion and Oakwood cemeteries.