The Mount Pleasant City Council met in regular session Wednesday. Following a public hearing the Council approved the City’s official statement regarding the issuance of General Obligation Bonds not to exceed $3,000,000 and the loan payment agreement with the Mount Pleasant Municipal Utilities. The Council authorized the Clerk and Administrator to move forward with selling the bonds. The Utilities will use the funding from the bonds to help pay for a new city well and then will repay the City.
The second reading of an amendment to change yield signs to stop signs at the intersection of S. Adams Place, S. Harrison Place and S. Harrison Street with East Webster was approved. A resident in the this area asked the City to consider the change. The second reading of an amendment to the ordinance regarding parking on E. Clay Street was approved. This amendment was also proposed after a resident expressed safety concerns. The amendment would restrict parking in the 300 block of E. Clay.
Mount Pleasant residents can now operate golf carts and off road vehicles on all streets except on Washington Street and North Grand Avenue from Washington to Winfield Avenue. The Council waived the second reading and approved an amendment to the ordinance governing the use of these vehicles on city streets.
Mayor Steve Brimhall was authorized to sign a High Quality Jobs application being submitted by MidAm Building Supply for State funding for the ten new jobs that will be created when their new facility is finished.
The Council accepted the low bid in the amount of $5,299 submitted for the demolition of a city owned house at 502 N. Hamlin.
Three city personnel decisions were made….the Council approved hiring Brittney McNiell as the administrative assistant in the City office. Carey Helmick was hired for a part-time position in the Solid Waste Collection program and Chris Ellington was given a raise for completing the Waste Water Treatment Plant grade one operator license. The Council also approved the appointment of Tyler Scott to the Fire Department.