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• Olson took another roll call vote on the project, but this time, it came down to a tie with Hamilton, Opp and Brett Anderson voting no. Olson cast the deciding vote in going ahead with the next phase of the project. That would entail a public hearing sometime in March.
• Bids were opened for crush gravel with Krueger Brothers coming in at $16.50 per yard while Hanlon Brothers was $17 per yard. The council accepted the low bid.
• Lowary reported on the one-call that was made last week in reference to the change in date of the garage pickup. She said the one-call reached 859 phones with the message being delivered to 832 of them. Of those, 572 were delivered to someone actually answering the phone while 260 went to answering machines.

• A clarification in the dual fuel/Geo rate was made with the qualifier of requiring 10KW of electric as backup being eliminated. As long as there is a fossil fuel backup, a lower rate will apply.
• The city received a $2,000 grant from the Heartland Consumers Power District. It will be used to help with the engineering fees for the city-wide conversion to a new

voltage.
• The council decided that they need to meet with the county commissioners on the road east of Railroad Avenue going from the city

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