3/3/25 Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Catti, Adam, John G., Ann, Ron, Dave, Bob W., Bob F., Hubert, Aaron K., Aaron J., Matt, Cindy
Birthdays/Anniversaries/Brag Bucks:
Bob F. – ISU win
Aaron J. – Nephew won VFW winner for an essay and is at the White House today
Ann – Ben Meyer new trust officer at ISB attending meeting today
Bob F. – ISU win
Aaron J. – Nephew won VFW winner for an essay and is at the White House today
Ann – Ben Meyer new trust officer at ISB attending meeting today
Club Business:
Annual meeting minutes –
1. Aaron J. – motion
2. Bob F. – 2nd
3. Passed
Annual meeting minutes –
1. Aaron J. – motion
2. Bob F. – 2nd
3. Passed
Speaker – 3/10 – Supervisors of county
Social – 3/13 – Wasted Bin @ Wasted Grain at 5 PM
Rotary Leadership Institute – April 4th, 5th, 6th – email sent to all our institutes
Scholarships and RYLA being promoted in the schools currently.
SuperDraft Softball Tournament:
1. Motion to donate $500 – Aaron K.
2. Bob F. – 2nd
Social – 3/13 – Wasted Bin @ Wasted Grain at 5 PM
Rotary Leadership Institute – April 4th, 5th, 6th – email sent to all our institutes
Scholarships and RYLA being promoted in the schools currently.
SuperDraft Softball Tournament:
1. Motion to donate $500 – Aaron K.
2. Bob F. – 2nd
Speaker: Aaron Kooiker and LaVerne Dirkx with the City of Carroll
- City budget discussed
o Buying new water tanker truck for fire department
o 12th street reconstruction happening from Grant Road to West St.
o NW pressure zone being worked on; new pump station and a water tower being constructed north of Windstar (area 100% confirmed yet)
o Work and sewer extensions for Ziegler construction project
o Increasing SRO (School Resource Officer) position for Carroll School District – split with city and school; request from the school system; works for school during school year (9 months paid by school) and patrols city during summer
o Adding command vehicle for fire chief
o 1 open position with the city right now – part time
o 1 police officer position open
- City budget discussed
o Buying new water tanker truck for fire department
o 12th street reconstruction happening from Grant Road to West St.
o NW pressure zone being worked on; new pump station and a water tower being constructed north of Windstar (area 100% confirmed yet)
o Work and sewer extensions for Ziegler construction project
o Increasing SRO (School Resource Officer) position for Carroll School District – split with city and school; request from the school system; works for school during school year (9 months paid by school) and patrols city during summer
o Adding command vehicle for fire chief
o 1 open position with the city right now – part time
o 1 police officer position open
- LaVerne: road with PD to see how the new windshield cameras work; reads every license plate it encounters at 7 mph and sends it to DSM and back to flag the car if needed
o PD computers can look up where county sheriff and state patrol are in vicinity to share all the information with as well
o in the month of January cameras read 29K license plates
- NW Park shelter house burned down and is fenced off; waiting for insurance company to finalize reports and payment to determine next steps; looking at a better shelter house to take its place
- Stoplights at Adams and Court Streets will come down in fiscal year 2026; LaVerne personally spent 10 hours studying the traffic traveling through and parking around those intersections; 1 car spent more than 1 hour parked
- Dip in crosswalks where there are bricks are going to need some attention soon
- HWY 71 from Carroll to Auburn will be redone in the next 5 years
- Merchants Park – renovation pretty much complete
- Rec Center – renovation pretty much complete, some HVAC work taking place; memberships have gone up
- Band Shell – money is there and waiting for bids to come back
o PD computers can look up where county sheriff and state patrol are in vicinity to share all the information with as well
o in the month of January cameras read 29K license plates
- NW Park shelter house burned down and is fenced off; waiting for insurance company to finalize reports and payment to determine next steps; looking at a better shelter house to take its place
- Stoplights at Adams and Court Streets will come down in fiscal year 2026; LaVerne personally spent 10 hours studying the traffic traveling through and parking around those intersections; 1 car spent more than 1 hour parked
- Dip in crosswalks where there are bricks are going to need some attention soon
- HWY 71 from Carroll to Auburn will be redone in the next 5 years
- Merchants Park – renovation pretty much complete
- Rec Center – renovation pretty much complete, some HVAC work taking place; memberships have gone up
- Band Shell – money is there and waiting for bids to come back
Next meeting is on Monday, March 10th with Carroll County Supervisors as our speakers.