RESOLUTION #09-131
Approving Cost Share on Storm Water Project to be performed on property owned by Gary Wernimont along section of 6th Street ditch adjacent to Gill Street
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO, IOWA
WHEREAS, The City of Monticello is interested and desirous of taking steps to alleviate flooding concerns within the City of Monticello, and
WHEREAS, the City of Monticello previously enacted a storm water management Ordinance, collecting fees to apply and use for storm water related projects, including the possible use of same as a cost share, not to exceed 50/50 with private owners that wish to perform storm water management projects, and
WHEREAS, Gary Wernimont owns property along Gill Street that includes a section of the 6th Street Ditch, and he requested that the City share in his expense to perform certain repairs and/or maintenance of the section of ditch running through his property, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the purposes of the Ordinance support a cost share in this instance, and agree to expend a sum not to exceed $250.00 or one-half of the project cost, whichever is less, said sum believed to be approximately one-half of the projected project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Monticello, through its’ City Council, in session this 5th day of October 2009, that the City Council does hereby agree to expend a sum not to exceed $250.00 or one-half of the project cost, whichever is less, said sum believed to be approximately one-half of the projected project, towards the Gary Wernimont repairs and/or maintenance to the section of 6th Street Ditch running through his property.