TRUMAN– On Monday the Truman City Council considered adding a third captain position for the third truck belonging to the Truman Ambulance Service.

Matt Lange with the ambulance service said the idea behind it is for the third captain to make sure the truck is stocked and maintained.

“We’re asking for you to approve a third captain spot on the department with the same pay scale set forth…,” said Lange.

He added that in order to do that, the council needs to also approve the bylaw change.

Council Member Brandon Mosloski said the concern with that was that they never intended to have a third ambulance, though he acknowledged that it’s being used some.

Josh Kitzerow with the ambulance service said that while the truck was meant as a back-up, it’s actually been getting pretty good use.

Council Member Jake Ebert clarified that there are currently captains for each of the two rigs.

“It (third truck) was brought to us with the intention of never being a service truck. It was supposed to be support for motocross,” said Ebert.

Kitzerow said that they discovered in order to use it for that, they needed to have it licensed and when it’s licensed, it needs to have the basics in it as well. He said they’ve used it for motocross in addition to other instances, as needed.

Kitzerow shared that the idea behind the captain is that they’re responsible for the vehicle and its supplies and thus the point person so it helps with communication among the department.

“I don’t think it’s a bad idea to have one person as your go to person for all your supplies,” Mosloski said.

However he reiterated that the third rig wasn’t intended to be used full-time. He said once it’s gone, it’s gone.

The board approved adding a third captain. The bylaws allowed for two captains so by approving the addition of a third captain the bylaws change as well.

The council also considered information regarding the regulation of edible cannabinoid products. City Clerk Mellisa Sirovy said that other cities are working on adopting an ordinance and she wanted to gather the council’s thoughts. She provided them with a model ordinance.

“After reading through it, it’s very beneficial for us to reduce people, transients, coming through and just setting up a trailer on the highway… they have to have an actual place of business,” Mosloski said.

The council directed Sirovy to work more on putting together an ordinance, which it can adopt at a later date.

Moving to other matters, the council heard from Utility Foreman, Brent Brown, regarding the filter rehab project. Brown said they received three bids for both the downtown plant and waterpower plant. He said they recommend moving forward with the low bid of $589,000 from Rubin Construction, which they’ve worked with before. The council accepted the bid.

In other news, the council:

— Approved the purchase of a Lenovo tablet for council use.

— Set a time and date of 4:30 on Thursday, Nov. 17th to canvass election results.

— Approved a new policy dealing with conflict of interest. Sirovy said that they currently don’t have a conflict of interest policy and she noticed that it’s become an issue in other communities so she thought they could get ahead of it.