The City of Lisbon and Lisbon schools have approved a lease for the TurfTank Plus lease at $11,000 a year.
City administrator Brandon Siggins said he met with activities director Brandon Horman and talked to other communities to answer questions the council had after the June 10 meeting.
When it came to paint usage, Siggins said no community has run out of paint with the cheaper lease, which comes with 155 gallons of paint.
“One city came close to running low on paint, but no one has ever run out with the lower lease,” Siggins said.
The biggest issue mechanically one community had was the antenna of the robot fell off.
“That means that even if we had this for a year, the cost savings we’d see would be able to upgrade to a lease,” Siggins said.
Siggins said they discovered many communities are using the paint sprayer for lines on baseball and softball diamonds as opposed to chalk lines.
If the city were to have any issues, there are other communities to borrow from.
Council member Rick Scott asked if the city could limit use of their equipment from other cities, but Siggins said that if they did the city may have issues with borrowing from others.
By going with the Plus lease, the city and school would save $5,000 which would help pay for any costs for the paint sprayer.
Lisbon enrolls in employee assistance program
Employees of the City of Lisbon will have the opportunity to utilize counseling services thanks to a partnership with Synchrony in Iowa City.
City administrator Brandon Siggins said that the agreement will come with a contract for more than the 20 employees to have counseling sessions as needed. For $500 a year, those services would be open to city employees, including the staff at the fire station, library, public works and city hall.
Employees would be eligible for up to six free counseling sessions.
Siggins said if there was a need to expand above 20 employees, it would be an additional $1 per employee and $75 per hour of counseling services.
Siggins said for the fire department, there is also a chaplain shared with the Mount Vernon Fire Department that is also available for first responders so they can decompress from problematic calls they have responded to.
Salaries set for staff
Salaries were set for staff of Lisbon at the June 25 meeting.
City administrator Brandon Siggins said the plan is to offer a 5 percent cost of living adjustment for the year.
Siggins’ salary will be $110,944.01 for the year. For the other salaried positions, Drayton Kamberling as parks and recreation director will be paid $55,682.42, and Jacob Lindauer as ambulance director will be paid $69,190.07.
Chris Rodman as public works II will move to $33.61 per hour, Ryan Stoneking as public works I will move to $25.42 per hour, Travis Bagby as public works director will be $48.09 per hour, Jacob Siggins as public works I will be $225.91 per hour. Keith Woods as an underground utility specialist will be paid $37.28 per hour, Christina Eicher as city clerk/treasurer will be paid $33.39 per hour and Marsha Lasack as utility Billing clerk will be paid $22.11 per hour.
Elizabeth Hoover de Galvez as library director will be paid $25.20 per hour, while library assistants Carol Daly, Diane McAfee, Vicki Ellsworth and Amelia Kibbie will earn $18.12 per hour.