SHERBURN– The Sherburn City Council met on Monday evening. The clerk reported that an assessment of the city hall roof, library and liquor store were made. There are some low cost repairs that could be made to the city hall roof and it may last five years. There was a replacement schedule made also.

Trees at South Park have been removed. One bathroom is not open and a porta potty is available when there are games at the park. One bathroom works and the electricity to the other has been pulled. There was a quote of $6,000 to fix the bathroom doors. This was tabled.

The $ 5000 for sewer and water lines issues at the P&J Motel were approved. Travis Winter, engineer from Bolton and Menk, explained the settling occurred and the contractor was not at fault. Pictures of the connections made were shown and the public works employee explained that near by towns also had policies like Sherburn and they were okay.

The council asked about some approaches that were skipped when M and R did work and the public works will contact them about doing that.

Council reports talked about the liquor store running much smoother and had good reports. The spraying is done. The paint sprayer is in need of repair or replace. Welcome and Trimont used it and it was not working well. This would be a Joint Powers issue and there would be a need for the Joint Powers to meet. This will be brought up to the other Joint Powers cities. The council then went into a closed session.

In other business:

— The council approved minutes, checks paid, payroll reports, adjustments to utility bills for June and a liquor license for the Sherburn Legion Club.

— The council approved transfer of funds from Temperance Lake Ridge operating funds to capitol expense. The council also approved a coding transfer.

— The 2003 Chevy Truck was approved as excess equipment last month and the council decided to make it available for sale. It will be put in as a make an offer sale.

— The proposal for monthly financial statements and audit help from Burkhardt and Burkhardt company for $1200 a month for 12 to 15 billable hours was approved. The audit cost $37,000 but there was some left in the budget for audit help. Reconciling and when the audit help would start was discussed.

— There was talk about holding an EDA meeting after the council meeting on July 21.

— The public works employee reported that the seal coating was behind schedule due to the rains lately. They hope to get it done by August.

The next meeting of the Sherburn City Council is scheduled for July 21 at 5 p.m. at City Hall.