TRUMAN — The Truman City Council on Monday heard from Larry Krenz, owner of the tree dump site.

The city has been leasing the land from Krenz but the deal expires June 1 and he is considering getting it off his shoulders altogether. He asked if the city would be interested in purchasing it.

Krenz believes the dump, which is about 4 acres, has a value of about $26,000, but he would like to get it appraised. The council agreed with that idea.

“It’s a great location close to town and it’s an established dump,” said Councilman Brandon Mosloski. “It works really well for the city so it’s something we’re willing to work with you on.”

Turning to other matters, the council discussed what to do concerning summer help. City administrator Bethanie Ekstrom has been in contact with the baseball association to see if it would like to share one worker to help with tasks needed to maintain the baseball and softball fields.

Last summer, there were three part-time student workers who helped the city. The council discussed hiring two this summer, depending on what the city and baseball association need. The workers would help mow, clean the pool and patch roads, as well as help with other jobs as they arise.

The council also discussed who would supervise the workers.

“It goes back to who we hire and how much we trust them doing stuff on their own,” said street superintendent John Bosshart.

He and Wayne Wiederhoeft are going to make a list of things they would need help with and give it to Ekstrom. The council will then decide how many workers the city will hire.

In other news, the council approved obtaining the Code RED system, which provides emergency and critical communications to citizens in minutes. According to a packet from the company, Code RED is designed specifically for government and public safety officials to record, send and track personalized voice, email, text and social media messages to citizens, as well as staff.

“It would be a great way to alert the citizens and let them know when we’re in a snow emergency or that water’s going to be shut off or whatever,” Mosloski said.

The city’s annual cost will be $1,500.

In other news:

o Ekstrom said it has come to her attention that the city has no mission statement. She said it would be helpful to have one while writing grants. Ekstrom said she will look at some examples and report back to the council.

o The council approved hiring Desiree Bulfer as a contracted cleaner for the community building.