[0:01] And I wish I wouldn't
even said that.
[0:02] I know.
[0:03] What about Mike?
[0:05] Mike? Oh,
[0:07] yeah. But it's not it's not.
[0:10] Not in my purview.
[0:11] That's right.
[0:12] Right.
[0:23] Good evening, everyone.
[0:24] Welcome to the Dyersville City
Council meeting being held in
[0:28] the lower level of the Council
chambers on Tuesday, September
[0:31] 8th, 2026 at 6 p.m..
[0:34] We'll call the meeting to order.
[0:36] Roll call please.
[0:37] Tricia. Mayor.
[0:38] Present.
[0:39] Council member.
[0:39] Scott DeSousa here.
[0:41] Mike English.
[0:42] Present. Mike Oberbroeckling.
[0:43] Here. Pottebaum here.
[0:44] Mark Singsank here.
[0:46] The pledge, please.
[0:47] Okay.
[0:49] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:52] of the United States of America.
[0:54] And to the Republic
for which it stands.
[0:56] One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and
[1:00] justice for all.
[1:04] All right, gentlemen.
[1:06] Next thing we're going
to do is to approve.
[1:08] I need approval of the agenda.
[1:10] Is there a motion to approve
the agenda as presented?
[1:13] So moved.
[1:13] Motion by Councilman Singsank.
[1:15] Is there a second?
[1:16] Second. Second by
Councilman English.
[1:18] All in favor?
[1:19] Say aye.
[1:20] Aye.
[1:21] Next. Is there anyone from the
audience that would like to
[1:24] address the Council on an
[1:25] agenda or non agenda
item this evening?
[1:30] No one is here to do
that, we'll move forward.
[1:34] Then we'll go to the approval
of the consent agenda.
[1:36] The first thing we have this
evening, gentlemen, is to
[1:39] approve the bills.
[1:40] Does anyone have any questions
on the bills as presented?
[1:45] I had one on page three.
[1:47] It just says Martin.
[1:49] Equipment, equipment,
repairs, dash insurance.
[1:52] And it says insurance claims.
[1:54] Sure. So we had an incident as
we were removing a large tree
[1:59] that was on the on
the city street.
[2:02] Um the loader um, lost control
of it and hit the tree.
[2:06] So we had to replace out the
windshield and then some other
[2:09] things within it.
[2:10] So it was, we did bring
it as an insurance item.
[2:15] So it was turned into insurance.
[2:17] And then that'll be covered or.
[2:19] It's turned into insurance.
[2:20] And then we'll get reimbursed
for a portion of that.
[2:23] So we paid it already though
[2:25] that our equipment or
it's our equipment.
[2:27] Yeah.
[2:28] It was our John Deere loader
that that happened to.
[2:32] On page six.
[2:37] Six and seven under
Capital Projects Fund.
[2:41] We've got two invoices to
communications engineers.
[2:45] Correct. What are they.
[2:47] So those devices are um, uh,
one is battery backups for the
[2:53] switches that we've placed in,
[2:55] in um, some of our
projects there.
[2:58] Um, and then the other one is
for the network switch itself.
[3:01] So those are, so those are some
of the items that are there.
[3:05] Um, and those are for the
[3:06] relocation over at
the field of dreams.
[3:08] So we're moving, we're moving
some of our equipment from
[3:13] other locations over to the
ballpark, because that ballpark
[3:16] has got a more stable
location to it.
[3:20] Um, and that's what we're doing.
[3:23] So we own the equipment.
[3:25] We own the equipment and the
[3:26] equipment is for
city use only, right?
[3:30] We had a UTV that we rented
out there for the game.
[3:33] That was for the.
[3:34] Under transportation though.
[3:36] Did we have transportation
out there doing anything?
[3:39] Yeah, actually they did.
[3:40] Yeah. So I think I marked it
as transportation on on that
[3:44] particular one.
[3:45] I thought I marked it as police.
[3:47] Well that's what I was thinking.
[3:48] It should have been under, but
it's under transportation on
[3:51] page three.
[3:52] Broken equipment.
[3:54] Oh, I'm sorry, I thought
I put it in police.
[3:57] That should be in there.
[3:57] That makes more sense.
[3:59] Yeah, that should
be tagged to police.
[4:01] And that was two.
[4:02] That was two ATVs that
we used for the MLB game.
[4:06] I'll get that corrected.
[4:09] Police used them.
[4:10] Police department used them.
[4:11] That's correct.
[4:12] Yeah, that makes more sense.
[4:14] Then the other question
I had was on page five.
[4:17] Uh,
[4:19] where is it down under Economic
development travel, Dubuque
[4:23] Marketing, $85,000.
[4:26] Yeah. So we budgeted $85,000
for the marketing, for all the
[4:30] special events that we were
doing within this area.
[4:32] And that's how.
[4:33] I guess I don't
remember that much.
[4:36] Yeah, we actually had it
marketed for $85,000 for it.
[4:39] That was to help offset some
of the cost of RAGBRAI and also
[4:44] some of the costs for, um,
MLB and other special events.
[4:47] And we gave, we did 50,000
for RAGBRAI though as well.
[4:50] Yeah, yeah, we did 50,000.
[4:52] But, but also there was other
marketing stuff that we did
[4:57] with travel Dubuque for 85,000.
[4:59] And that's what we budgeted in.
[5:01] Do they give us an itemized
bill or do we just give them
[5:04] the money and they spend it?
[5:05] They gave us they gave
us a general bill.
[5:09] We can ask for what what
resources they're going to use,
[5:12] but all the resources
come back to Dyersville.
[5:15] This is for the year, then for.
[5:18] The whole year.
[5:19] That's for the
whole fiscal year.
[5:20] Correct.
[5:21] That includes our membership.
[5:23] Membership and everything.
[5:25] We've traveled.
[5:25] Dubuque.
[5:26] Is that what it's going to
be from now on, or was that
[5:30] because it.
[5:31] Was.
[5:31] 50,000 last year?
[5:32] We increased it to 85,000.
[5:34] We'll have to wait for what
[5:36] their ask is for
next fiscal year.
[5:38] Um, in the past, we've, we've
just, um, you know, earmarked
[5:43] $50,000 for them.
[5:44] But this year, because of the
extra special events, they
[5:46] requested $5,000 this year.
[5:50] And I mean, I understand we're,
we're spending a lot of money
[5:53] from the city, but we're also
there's a large you know, they
[5:57] publicize the economic impact
for the area is is tremendous.
[6:01] I get that to.
[6:05] The areas.
[6:06] And I don't want you to I
don't want you to think that.
[6:09] We are all falling.
[6:10] Right.
[6:10] That's probably where this
money comes out of the hotel.
[6:13] Motel is out of the hotel motel.
[6:15] But I also don't want you to
think that Dyersville is not
[6:17] being represented by Travel
Dubuque either, because
[6:19] Dyersville is being represented
by by me as part of as part of,
[6:24] making sure that that we have,
[6:27] you know, this region
is being represented.
[6:29] It's just not city of
Dubuque in Dubuque, people.
[6:31] They do have an office here.
[6:33] They have an office here.
[6:34] And then also they have an
office in Dubuque as well.
[6:38] We have Bill Miller Wood
[6:39] products for mulch
at Xavier Playground.
[6:43] We have to have a special
kind of mulch for down there.
[6:45] Yes.
[6:46] Playground equipment.
[6:47] You have to have a
certified mulch to.
[6:49] To place in slivers.
[6:51] Well, that insurance companies
and insurance companies demand
[6:55] that we use a specialized mulch.
[6:57] We actually have to have
the certificate for it.
[6:59] So the grass must be good to
go because they're using it.
[7:02] Are they.
[7:02] Do they open?
[7:03] Well, from what I understood,
I asked the question.
[7:06] They have the grass
portion fenced off.
[7:09] The swing set play playset can
be used because they mulched
[7:12] that, but they were going to
[7:13] keep that that
closed this fall yet.
[7:16] Yeah, the grass.
[7:18] That was my understanding was.
[7:19] That.
[7:19] We were going to do that.
[7:20] I didn't know if they
opened it up or not.
[7:22] Yeah. No, they
didn't open it up.
[7:23] They wanted to get
more established.
[7:25] Correct. And that's a, that's
a more, um the seeds that are
[7:30] being used for that.
[7:31] The grass can handle a
lot more heavy traffic.
[7:33] And I think we covered, I don't
know if everybody was here, but
[7:35] there was a question to me
about putting turf in there.
[7:39] And I would not
recommend that for that.
[7:41] Area that that
would be expensive.
[7:44] Very expensive.
[7:45] Yeah. No, the grass, the
heavier grass is much better.
[7:49] I think we see how it goes.
[7:50] Yeah.
[7:51] All right.
[7:52] Do we have any other questions
or concerns with the bills?
[7:58] Very good.
[7:59] We'll move on then
to item number two.
[8:02] And that's to approve the
minutes of the City Council
[8:04] meeting on August 3rd, 2026.
[8:07] Item number three is to approve
the City Council meeting from
[8:11] August 17th, 2026.
[8:14] Item number four approve
the minutes of the Board of
[8:16] Adjustment Meeting
on August 19th, 2020.
[8:20] Curiosity mic on McConnell
and I see on their agenda.
[8:23] The minutes they
approved were from 2023.
[8:27] So they haven't had to
meet in three years.
[8:29] Correct.
[8:31] That just shows
you, you know, how
[8:34] the planning and zoning,
you know, the zoning code is
[8:37] holding up fairly well, but
we're starting to see a little
[8:40] bit of cracks within
the zoning code.
[8:41] So, um, to go back and redo
that zoning code at a later
[8:46] date within the next couple of
years, just to do the updates,
[8:48] just to make sure that we're,
we're up to date with, um, uh,
[8:53] land use policies shows you
that, that, that's working out
[8:58] well for us versus having a
1963 code that we had more or
[9:03] less board of adjustment
meetings every month.
[9:05] So this board of adjustment,
that's the final decision that
[9:08] doesn't come back to us at all.
[9:10] Then it does.
[9:11] So the way it the way it works
is that you guys, um, can refer
[9:16] it back.
[9:16] You can't deny it, but you can
[9:17] refer it back for
further consideration.
[9:20] And that's but that's not based
on just seeing their minutes.
[9:23] That's it's not been
presented on our agenda.
[9:25] It is presented.
[9:27] The minutes acts as
the as the document.
[9:29] Okay. Okay.
[9:30] That's the decision.
[9:31] That's how it works
here is that the.
[9:33] Minutes.
[9:33] I just acts as the
official document for.
[9:36] So if we approve the consent
[9:38] agenda with that
in it, then it's.
[9:40] Yes. Then it's approved.
[9:41] Right.
[9:42] Okay.
[9:43] Are they they could
[9:46] they could take district court
[9:47] would be the next
step wouldn't it.
[9:49] You can't.
[9:50] Deny.
[9:51] It. You can refer you can refer
[9:52] it back down to the
Board of Adjustment.
[9:54] Board of adjustments
can deny it.
[9:56] And then then the only other
recourse would be through
[9:59] registrar through the
court system at that point.
[10:03] And that is out by Westlinden,
not Westlinden wholesale meats.
[10:08] Correct. Right.
[10:09] Yeah.
[10:10] Yeah. By John Deere.
[10:11] Yeah, yeah.
[10:12] We're um.
[10:13] Nichols.
[10:14] Yeah. We're Nichols used to
have his operations at which is
[10:17] by wholesale meats.
[10:20] All right.
[10:21] We'll continue with
item number five.
[10:23] And that's a class C retail.
[10:25] Alcohol license for
oh so good winery.
[10:28] Just one more real quick.
[10:29] Sure. Why limit it to ten.
[10:32] Is there only that much space?
[10:35] That's a big area.
[10:36] Well, his area is not as
big as you think it is.
[10:39] Um, it's the limit to ten
outside storage units because
[10:43] there's been in other
communities, there's been
[10:46] issues that um, if you give
them, if you don't put any
[10:51] limitations on it, you'll have
it packed one after another and
[10:56] then you'll have an unsightly.
[10:57] Well, I mean, we've shown
that there's a need.
[10:59] Yeah. And he was fine with ten.
[11:01] The person was fine with ten.
[11:02] We agreed.
[11:03] We agreed to that earlier
before we even had a
[11:05] conversation with him.
[11:06] Okay. Sorry, mayor.
[11:07] No worries, no worries.
[11:08] We ask the questions.
[11:10] Um, item number six is a class
C retail alcohol license for
[11:14] the Palace Saloon bar and Grill.
[11:18] Item number seven is a retail.
[11:20] Alcohol license
for headquarters.
[11:24] Item number eight is a class
C retail alcohol license for
[11:28] Beckman Catholic High School.
[11:29] And that's for their gala.
[11:31] It's a five day October 15th
through October 19th of 2026.
[11:38] Item number nine is
resolution number 76-26.
[11:42] Hiring a police officer
for the city of Dyersville.
[11:46] That kind of the going rate.
[11:48] My
[11:51] assistant chiefs here tonight
is that for part time officer.
[11:55] It used to be $25 an hour.
[11:57] 32 um is less than if
you do special events.
[12:02] Um but 32 is I think is
reasonable within it's less
[12:07] than like maybe a first year
officer on duty, but for part
[12:11] time, for part time work, I
don't think it's unreasonable
[12:16] And I don't think we're
overpaying them either for part
[12:18] time work as needed.
[12:21] Yeah, they're just as needed.
[12:22] Sure. And that's not really I
mean, in the resolution that
[12:26] you have, it's a part time
cop that's very qualified.
[12:30] It's a certified officer.
[12:31] Yeah. Correct.
[12:32] I mean, it's not a rent a cop.
[12:34] No, no, it's it's it's
a certified officer.
[12:39] Yeah.
[12:40] How come that's item number 192.
[12:43] So there's a difference.
[12:44] So so when you're talking about
officer DuPont, Officer DuPont
[12:47] does not have a department
that she works on.
[12:50] So we actually had to you're
[12:52] hiring that individual
for this department.
[12:56] Um, in item number, whatever is
on the action item that's to,
[13:01] to satisfy what the base
rate is going to be.
[13:04] So that if a part time, if
we have a part time officer
[13:07] opportunity, we can establish
what that rate is going to be.
[13:11] And then only process that we
would have to do moving forward
[13:14] off of that is just going
through the hiring process and
[13:17] putting it as a
resolution to hire that.
[13:19] That was I guess
we'll get to it.
[13:20] But that was my question about
the resolution states, you have
[13:24] to be an officer in
another department, right.
[13:27] Which which but.
[13:28] This.
[13:28] Individual is not
is not anymore.
[13:30] Right. That's correct.
[13:32] And that's why we.
[13:32] That's.
[13:33] That's why we had to
separate the two out.
[13:35] And that's why.
[13:36] This makes up for that,
because we're hiring her.
[13:39] We're hiring her.
[13:40] And we had to establish a rate
because she is not an officer
[13:43] from another department.
[13:45] So that's why that resolution
[13:46] is completely
separate it entirely.
[13:49] Okay.
[13:50] All right, gentlemen,
moving to item number ten.
[13:52] That's to authorize the mayor
to sign a change order number
[13:56] five for the 12th Avenue
traffic signal for Eastern Iowa
[13:59] excavating for $12,510.
[14:05] Item number 11 is to authorize
the mayor to sign contract
[14:08] payment number six to Eastern
[14:09] Iowa, excavating
in the amount of
[14:12] $638.32.
[14:16] So did we receive any funds
from Quick Start Corp?
[14:21] We have not built
yet, so we want.
[14:23] State of Iowa.
[14:23] We got some coming
from them too, right?
[14:25] State of Iowa.
[14:26] State of Iowa is for phase two.
[14:28] The for phase one.
[14:29] The traffic signal.
[14:31] We have $350,000 that's being
applied to to this project.
[14:37] And so once this project gets
to final completion, then we
[14:40] will build them for phase two.
[14:43] Phase two is for from going
north from um Tysons, basically
[14:50] from quick start all the way up
to 10th, which would be we're
[14:54] talking motors is at and
redoing that intersection.
[14:59] In the sidewalk, the drainage
and the sidewalk, the.
[15:02] Drainage.
[15:02] The sidewalk.
[15:03] Urbanize in that
section, working.
[15:05] Out.
[15:06] Working out the working out the
issues that are with the car
[15:10] dealership, making sure that
there's curb and gutter, making
[15:13] sure that all the
lights are in control.
[15:15] That's within that project
area that's finished.
[15:18] No.
[15:19] That's not finished.
[15:20] No, that will be
sometime this winter.
[15:22] Is that designed the previous
designers that's still going to
[15:26] be redesigned?
[15:27] No, it's a previous design.
[15:29] There's some modifications that
we have to make some tweaks for
[15:32] the transportation
you know, plan.
[15:34] But other than that,
it's pretty much intact.
[15:38] Item number 12 is a
miscellaneous correspondence
[15:41] for fireworks permit for the
Shinedown concert September
[15:44] 4th, 2026.
[15:47] Number 13 is a miscellaneous
correspondence for Keep Iowa
[15:50] Beautiful for August 2026.
[15:54] Item number 14 is a
miscellaneous correspondence
[15:56] from Greater Dubuque
Development Corporation for
[15:59] August 2026.
[16:02] Is there a motion on
the consent agenda?
[16:05] Motion to approve.
[16:06] Motion by Councilman English
to approve the consent agenda.
[16:09] Is there a second?
[16:10] Second. Second by
Councilman Pottebaum.
[16:13] Roll call please.
[16:14] Tricia.
[16:14] DeSousa. Yes I Oberbroeckling.
[16:17] Yes. Yes.
[16:18] Yes.
[16:19] Gentlemen, that takes
us to our action items.
[16:21] The first action item we have
this evening is a 6:00 public
[16:24] hearing to approve and and
approve with modifications or
[16:28] deny approval, an approved
[16:30] amendment or proposed amendment.
[16:32] Excuse me, to the text of the
[16:34] zoning Ordinance of
the City of Dyersville.
[16:37] Motion to open the
public hearing.
[16:39] Most of my Councilman
[16:40] Oberbroeckling to
open a public hearing.
[16:41] All in favor, say aye.
[16:43] Aye.
[16:43] Anybody? Oh, I'm sorry,
a second, second, second.
[16:47] All in favor, say aye.
[16:48] Aye.
[16:50] Uh, now will entertain
discussions from the audience.
[16:53] Is there any correspondence
that City Hall has received
[16:56] about this ordinance?
[16:57] There is.
[16:58] There has not been
any correspondence on.
[17:00] Okay.
[17:01] And planning zoning
recommendation was approved.
[17:08] Any other discussion
from council?
[17:12] I'll entertain a motion to
close the public hearing.
[17:14] So moved.
[17:15] Motion by Councilman English to
[17:16] approve or to close
the public hearing.
[17:18] Is there a second?
[17:19] Second, second by
Councilman Pottebaum?
[17:22] Uh, all in favor, say aye.
[17:24] Aye.
[17:25] All right, gentlemen, takes
us to ordinance number 880.
[17:28] Amending chapter 165.
[17:31] Zoning Regulations of the Code
[17:34] of Ordinances of the
City of Dyersville.
[17:36] By repealing and reenacting
section one, 65-9-11
[17:42] for fence regulations
relating to a permit.
[17:46] Requirements for permanent
and temporary movable fences.
[17:51] Motion to waive the
reading of the ordinance.
[17:54] Motion by Councilman
Oberbroeckling to waive the
[17:57] reading of the reading
of the ordinance.
[17:59] Is there a second?
[18:00] Second.
[18:01] Second. By Councilman DeSousa.
[18:04] Roll call please.
[18:05] Tricia.
[18:05] Singsank. Yes.
[18:07] Yes. Oberbroeckling.
[18:08] Yes. English.
[18:09] Nay.
[18:10] DeSousa. Yes.
[18:12] All right.
[18:13] Is there a motion to approve
the first reading of ordinance
[18:16] number 880?
[18:18] So moved to approve
ordinance number 880.
[18:21] Motion by Councilman English
to approve the ordinance.
[18:24] Number 880.
[18:26] Is there a second?
[18:28] Second.
[18:29] Second by Councilman Singsank.
[18:31] Roll call, please.
[18:32] Tricia.
[18:33] Oberbroeckling. Yes.
[18:35] Yes. Yes.
[18:36] A yes.
[18:38] Next, we have the motion or.
[18:42] Excuse me.
[18:42] We have a waive the reading
of the ordinance number 880.
[18:47] Motion to raise to waive or read
[18:52] one question.
[18:53] Nick, have you seen anything
that you need to use this
[18:56] ordinance for right away?
[18:59] Oh yeah.
[18:59] I'm just waiting.
[19:00] Yeah. I'm I'm waiting for
some sections to get approved.
[19:04] So hence your letter right.
[19:06] Yeah. Right.
[19:07] Basically your
response to people.
[19:10] Yeah. So I'm just waiting for,
for that to happen so that we
[19:14] can execute on some things
I'm starting to see.
[19:17] You know, I do see around town
mobile fences, uh, around town
[19:22] and stuff like that.
[19:23] Um, we're not actively going
out and, you know, looking at
[19:27] every house and
everything like that.
[19:29] We don't have the resources
to do that, but, um, this will
[19:32] draw attention to it and it
actually will help out a lot,
[19:36] especially if our neighbor
complaints and stuff like that,
[19:38] how that will all work and
it'll clean up this language
[19:43] that needs to be cleaned up.
[19:44] The only thing I questioned in
the whole thing was 180 days
[19:47] for a temporary fence.
[19:50] Um, but I mean, I'm okay with
it, but I just think maybe a
[19:53] temporary should be
less than a half a year.
[19:55] Six months.
[19:56] Let's start with six months.
[19:57] If if it's still turns out to
be a problem, we can, we can.
[20:01] Tweak.
[20:01] It, we can tweak it.
[20:02] And, you know, I didn't
want to make it a year.
[20:05] You know, I think six.
[20:06] We start with six months.
[20:08] The same shortened.
[20:08] Like I was saying, shortened.
[20:10] Shortened. Yeah.
[20:11] For a temporary fence.
[20:12] I was saying short.
[20:13] Yeah.
[20:14] Yeah.
[20:15] Well, the problem the problem
is that you have some you have
[20:19] some fence that are for like
keep dogs out, some mobile
[20:22] fencing that's there
that's going to be there.
[20:25] I would think at least six
months, you know, and then once
[20:29] the winter hits, then they'll
[20:30] remove those fences
for the year.
[20:33] Um, but I'm comfortable
with six months.
[20:35] If you guys want to adjust it.
[20:37] Well, we can, we can
adjust it off of that.
[20:41] Try that.
[20:42] Yeah.
[20:43] I think we try it.
[20:44] If there's an issue
problematic that.
[20:46] Then we it's nothing to go back
and just retweak it and and
[20:50] move from there.
[20:52] So do I have a motion to waive
and approve the second reading
[20:55] of ordinance number 880.
[20:58] Motion to waive and approve the
second reading of ordinance.
[21:03] Motion by constant
Oberbroeckling.
[21:04] Is there a second, second,
second by Councilman Singsank.
[21:08] Uh, roll call please.
[21:10] Tricia.
[21:10] Pottebaum. Yes.
[21:12] DeSousa. Yes.
[21:14] Yes yes.
[21:16] Now we have the third reading.
[21:17] Is there a of 880 is there a
motion to waive or approve the
[21:21] third reading of
ordinance number 880.
[21:24] Motion to waive and
approve the third reading.
[21:28] Motion by Councilman English.
[21:29] Is there a second?
[21:30] Second, second.
[21:31] By Councilman Pottebaum.
[21:32] Roll call please.
[21:33] Tricia.
[21:33] DeSousa. Yes.
[21:35] Oberbroeckling. Yes.
[21:36] Singsank. Yes.
[21:37] Pottebaum. Yes.
[21:39] Gentleman takes us
to item number 19.
[21:42] That's resolution number 7726.
[21:44] Establishing the hourly wage
for certified part time police
[21:49] officers in the
city of Dyersville.
[21:52] Did we have any further
discussion on this?
[21:56] He answered my question with
because I knew we were hiring
[22:00] Molly from the previous.
[22:02] So.
[22:02] Right.
[22:03] And so other officers would
want to hire part time.
[22:06] We want them to meet
these guidelines.
[22:08] We want them to meet
these guidelines.
[22:10] Um, the other thing is that the
code section doesn't allow for
[22:13] like myself or
Brant to do a hire.
[22:16] Um, you know, so we actually
have to rely on the council to
[22:20] do that.
[22:20] And that comes by
recommendation at that point.
[22:23] I don't see that
being an issue at all.
[22:26] Um, but it's nice for
[22:28] recruitment purposes
to have this.
[22:31] And then also it's nice for
Brant so that he understands
[22:34] the police chief understands
[22:35] what the conditions are on that.
[22:37] And he and he's
agreeable to this.
[22:39] He actually requested
this to happen.
[22:42] So she left the department.
[22:43] But she's coming back part time.
[22:45] Yes. She left full time.
[22:46] And then and then she then we
[22:48] rehired her as a
part time office.
[22:50] Did she go work someplace else?
[22:52] No, she just resigned.
[22:53] She she does work part
time for other departments.
[22:57] Yeah.
[22:58] Yeah. And that's her call.
[23:00] Right?
[23:00] I mean, it fits better
with her or her family.
[23:04] Okay.
[23:05] Yeah. I think it's
a great win for us.
[23:07] It's a win.
[23:08] Win because I think she'll work
probably a fair amount for us.
[23:11] But yeah I agree.
[23:13] I think it's a win win.
[23:14] She was a very good
officer for us.
[23:16] And if you hire someone you
have to pay them overtime.
[23:21] Like it says.
[23:21] Everything like that.
[23:22] Yeah. If they work
over 40 hours.
[23:25] Gentlemen, do we have any
further discussion or anything
[23:28] on resolution number 7026.
[23:32] Motion to approve
resolution 7726.
[23:35] Motion by Councilman
[23:36] Oberbroeckling to approve 70-26.
[23:39] Is there a 770, 26, 77, 77, 26,
77, 26 I got too many things in
[23:48] yellow here.
[23:48] Tricia
[23:51] is there a second?
[23:52] I will second the motion to
[23:53] approve resolution number 77-26.
[23:56] All right.
[23:57] Second by Councilman DeSousa.
[23:59] Roll call, please.
[24:00] Tricia.
[24:01] Oberbroeckling. Yes.
[24:03] Yes. Yes.
[24:05] A DeSousa.
[24:06] Yes.
[24:07] Uh, Council comments, gentlemen.
[24:09] Did the mayor get to meet
his idol Sunday night?
[24:13] I mean, Father Petty.
[24:14] No. Oh,
[24:17] Underwood.
[24:18] Oh, I meant, uh, no, I did not.
[24:21] No, I did not get to meet
Miss Carrie Underwood.
[24:25] I just read your comments.
[24:26] So, media.
[24:29] I did have one person reach
out to me about the city sewer
[24:34] clean out.
[24:35] Yeah. Yeah.
[24:36] Was that just so I
understand, John?
[24:38] They just go down the they
just go down the center, right.
[24:43] Just the mains just do mains.
[24:46] Correct. We don't do
the service lines.
[24:47] No.
[24:47] Okay. Well and
[24:51] how does notification go out on.
[24:55] With standard procedure.
[24:57] I can tell you that.
[24:58] Well, that, yeah, they put it
in the paper that they're going
[25:01] to do a certain area of town.
[25:03] Yeah.
[25:03] Like the southeast or the south.
[25:04] And we let the
council know as well.
[25:07] Yeah. I remember we talked
about it in the past.
[25:09] I think it's.
[25:10] On the website too, isn't it.
[25:12] Yeah. I think we yeah.
[25:13] So you discuss it here.
[25:15] That's public information.
[25:18] Um, uh, we, we, we posted on,
I guess they call it the city
[25:23] information outside
the library as well.
[25:27] And I think at times we put it
in the newspaper and we've, I
[25:32] think we've even put it
on Facebook at times.
[25:34] I'm not sure
[25:36] all that happened this time,
but that's normally what we do.
[25:40] I just, I don't I think
you guys do a great job.
[25:43] It's just one
person reached out.
[25:45] I'm just doing my due diligence.
[25:47] Well, I would think I still
think now we've had this
[25:49] conversation, but to me, there
has to be a more universal way
[25:54] of letting people know than
no offense to the Dyersville
[25:56] commercial, but it's a small
percentage of people read the
[25:59] Dyersville commercial, right?
[26:01] So unless you're unless it's an
email to everybody or somehow.
[26:05] Yeah, I.
[26:05] Think it has to be a more
universal way to let people
[26:08] know about things happening.
[26:09] We also have in our message
board on our on our local
[26:11] access channel as well.
[26:13] Um, it, it, I understand, I
understand that, but, but you
[26:17] also, there's, there's a little
bit of responsibility of the
[26:21] homeowner to try to
get access as well.
[26:24] And we throw these, we throw
these measures out there.
[26:28] Um, if the homeowner doesn't
want access, that's their
[26:32] discretion, but the city is
doing its due diligence to try
[26:36] to send messages out as
much as we can to do that.
[26:38] You know, the alert.
[26:39] System we use is.
[26:40] There. There's probably not.
[26:42] Any way.
[26:42] To to.
[26:44] Narrow that focus to like the
southeast side of town or.
[26:49] But.
[26:49] It has to be an
emergency to see that.
[26:51] It's.
[26:51] Not okay.
[26:53] To emergency.
[26:54] There's no emergency.
[26:55] A water main break.
[26:57] Sure, we use it quite often
for water main breaks, but when
[26:59] we're doing routine
maintenance, we're not supposed
[27:02] to be using it for that purpose.
[27:03] But we would work really good.
[27:05] I could see that.
[27:05] Yeah. No, I like the when the
when the main First Avenue
[27:09] bridge buckled.
[27:11] That was that was an emergency.
[27:12] That's an emergency though.
[27:13] Correct. That's an emergency.
[27:15] Street closure is
considered an emergency.
[27:17] But we did put it
on the website.
[27:20] That when the when the bridge.
[27:22] Oh didn't they?
[27:23] I know we didn't get it for
one, but I know the people who
[27:26] didn't get that also.
[27:28] So anyway.
[27:29] Did it are you can I ask I
[27:30] mean, you don't have the answer.
[27:31] I mean, just we need to make
sure that they're signed up for
[27:33] alert Iowa then and we can
kind of help with that.
[27:36] Well, I'm pretty sure we are.
[27:38] Well, they switched,
what, a year ago?
[27:41] A couple years ago?
[27:42] Yeah, about 2 or 3 years.
[27:44] Used to be like Iowa Red.
[27:45] And then it went.
[27:47] Anyway.
[27:47] Into that.
[27:48] Right.
[27:49] It was on our website
too, by the way.
[27:51] Yeah. I think you're just
caught in generations.
[27:53] I mean, you have generations
that, you know are all tech
[27:57] savvy and all.
[27:58] That's the only thing they look
at and they don't look at a
[28:00] printed thing.
[28:01] And then you have the next
person that they only look at
[28:03] the Dyersville
commercial, correct.
[28:04] For their notification.
[28:06] It just we're caught.
[28:07] And I think you're
absolutely correct.
[28:10] We we have to cater
to cross generations.
[28:13] So it's tough.
[28:13] So we can't just say, well, we
got everything on the website
[28:17] because there's some
generations that don't even
[28:19] know what the website is.
[28:21] You have to use just multiple,
multiple ways to get.
[28:24] The point is that we're
making an attempt to try to
[28:27] communicate when
something's going on.
[28:29] Now, the individual that
you're, you're talking about
[28:33] the way that we're going to
communicate moving forward, and
[28:35] we communicated this is that
because of the sensitivity is
[28:39] we're going to actually put
a door tag on it so that that
[28:41] person understands that.
[28:43] And we do have certain areas
that if an incident does
[28:47] happen, we actually market in
our asset management software,
[28:50] that they get a door tag,
they'll get a door tag for
[28:53] that, like a day or two
days ahead of time on that.
[28:57] Are you doing about the
same time every year?
[28:59] Right.
[29:00] Well, we try to.
[29:02] This year the truck
was just not available.
[29:04] There were issues with that.
[29:05] So this is a little
later than normal.
[29:07] Usually we're right around
the middle of the summer.
[29:09] How long do we keep
that truck then.
[29:11] Two months.
[29:11] Yeah. Two months.
[29:12] Yeah. Two month rental.
[29:14] And then every year you do
a certain different section.
[29:16] Yeah, yeah.
[29:18] We do a quarter of
the town every year.
[29:20] Um, the regulations say you
should do a fifth of the town.
[29:25] So we're above the regulations.
[29:27] That's what we try to do.
[29:30] While you're up there, John.
[29:31] Uh, different subject.
[29:33] Olde Castle road utility.
[29:34] I know we hit rock out there
supposedly, and then that was
[29:39] maybe delayed things, but
what's are we moving forward?
[29:43] Yeah. You'll notice equipment
moving in this week.
[29:47] They're going to start next
week and they're going to start
[29:50] with the crossing.
[29:51] So we we hit rock.
[29:52] There were issues
with boring and rock.
[29:55] And so we were able to get the
[29:56] county to permit us
to open cut that.
[29:59] And so that they're going to
[30:01] close it no more
than than two days
[30:05] for the excavation and then
another day for paving for.
[30:09] That'll be another notification
thing that we want to make sure
[30:14] that that's.
[30:14] Correct.
[30:15] Yeah. Castle Hill folks and
the Castle Court folks all know
[30:18] about it.
[30:19] Yeah. Because they'll have
to go all the way around.
[30:22] Is that more money to do it
like that or less money to.
[30:24] It's it's around the
same amount of money.
[30:27] Yeah.
[30:28] But if we had to do rock
excavation, it would have been
[30:30] a larger change.
[30:32] Yeah, it would have
been huge with rock.
[30:33] Boring. It would have been huge.
[30:36] While you're up there, John.
[30:37] Yeah. Um, the Westlinden lift
station still moving forward
[30:40] with that on as planned.
[30:43] It is?
[30:43] Yeah. Yep.
[30:45] Do we know when we would
bid that this fall?
[30:48] Some time, I believe.
[30:49] Do you remember the date?
[30:50] It was like wintertime because
[30:51] we still have to
go through the EPA.
[30:53] Oh that's right.
[30:55] Okay, good.
[30:56] Yeah. We haven't
seen the plans yet.
[30:59] No, we're still
working through that.
[31:01] We're going through an
environmental right now.
[31:03] And then once we get through
environmental, we have to
[31:05] purchase the property.
[31:07] And then we still
have to work out
[31:10] the details.
[31:11] Even though we have a direct
earmark from the federal
[31:14] government, we still have
to apply for the grant.
[31:17] We still have to work through
the grant and the conditions of
[31:19] the grant.
[31:20] So but it is moving.
[31:22] Good.
[31:24] So we apply for the grant until
[31:26] you have the design
and the property.
[31:30] Correct, because it is how the
[31:33] federal regulations
work on that.
[31:35] And EPA is helping us and
[31:37] guiding us through
that, that process.
[31:40] Any other questions for
John Wallace at the podium?
[31:42] No. Thank you John.
[31:43] John. I have a couple for Matt.
[31:45] Okay. The
[31:48] property, the sale
of it, or have we?
[31:51] Yes. So I got, I, I got the
um the attorney's opinion back
[31:57] along with the appraisal,
the appraisal as well.
[32:01] Um, did not have an opportunity
to get it on this council
[32:03] meeting, but it's going to be
on the next council meeting.
[32:05] Um to work through that
process and what we need to do.
[32:09] Um, is there any interest
that you know of?
[32:12] Is there any interest.
[32:13] I think there is 1 or 2.
[32:14] There was I had a question,
an inquiry previous.
[32:18] So we'll have to see if they're
still interested once the
[32:22] amount of money gets you know,
[32:25] approved solidified.
[32:27] The next question I had
was out in Castle Hill.
[32:31] They had four phase four and
the four A and 4B4A is is the
[32:38] street is done.
[32:38] The street lights are in.
[32:40] There's homes along some of it.
[32:42] Four B is the newest where
they just paved this summer.
[32:46] Correct. And there's a
couple of homes on it now.
[32:49] Uh, any idea on timeline?
[32:51] On lighting?
[32:53] Oh, um, that is the
[32:56] developer. So we'll, we'll go
[32:58] back and ask the question maybe.
[33:00] Yeah. Just because it's, I
mean, it's really dark and no
[33:05] curbs and.
[33:06] Sure. Wintertime it's a lot
harder if there's no lights
[33:09] even for snow.
[33:10] We'll ask we'll ask the
question of the developer.
[33:12] I don't know.
[33:13] I do know is I'm not sure
if that's Maquoketa Valley
[33:16] Electric Co-op or I don't know.
[33:19] That subdivision
is divided in both.
[33:21] Maquoketa Valley and Alliance.
[33:23] So I don't know which
is which over there.
[33:25] As far as the lighting design,
the lighting design of the
[33:27] locations, I think we've
already approved what those
[33:30] locations should look
like in full development.
[33:33] I mean.
[33:33] There's.
[33:34] Probably three two for sure,
different light street lights
[33:38] out there.
[33:39] I don't know.
[33:39] Yeah. Doesn't matter.
[33:40] It's I just looking
for street lights.
[33:41] Yeah.
[33:42] We won't plow unless
we accept the project.
[33:44] Right?
[33:46] Correct? Yeah.
[33:48] Well, we haven't done that.
[33:51] Right. But we haven't
seen a bill yet either.
[33:54] So. So.
[33:55] Yeah.
[33:56] So it still is.
[33:57] It's still his project.
[33:58] Okay. Um, and then the last
thing, just to let you guys
[34:02] know, the veterans banners that
they're going to put on the
[34:05] street lights have been ordered
[34:07] and will be here
within two weeks.
[34:09] Great. Great.
[34:09] So we'll get them to the city.
[34:12] The Legion will get
them to the city.
[34:13] And, uh, the city's going to
help out with the installation,
[34:17] and they should look cool.
[34:19] Should look nice.
[34:20] And we have the locations
already marked and everything.
[34:22] So we're just waiting for that.
[34:23] Are they all sold?
[34:25] They are.
[34:26] The first 78 have been sold,
and he's already got a waiting
[34:30] list for two years from now.
[34:31] Great.
[34:32] So you go from 52
all the way out.
[34:34] Where's it going to go?
[34:35] Um, so right over
here on going down.
[34:41] Uh, what street would that be?
[34:43] Fourth street.
[34:44] I think a couple of lights and
then down Second Avenue all the
[34:48] way down.
[34:49] To 52.
[34:49] To 52, and then from the
[34:52] Basilica West out
on First Avenue.
[34:56] And then, uh, going out Third
Street, there's some along
[35:01] Third Street on the backside of
the church, going out towards
[35:03] the hospital.
[35:04] There's some along there.
[35:05] And then on the south side of
the auditorium, there's three,
[35:08] I think 3 or 4.
[35:10] That'll be a nice
addition, really.
[35:11] So yeah.
[35:13] I think they're going
to look fantastic.
[35:15] I don't know, I'm
very happy about them.
[35:19] Um, I'd like to extend our
sympathies to Mike and his
[35:24] family for the loss
of his brother in law.
[35:26] So, yeah.
[35:27] Sandy's brother, it was sad.
[35:29] Yeah.
[35:29] So he's a good guy?
[35:31] Yeah. For sure.
[35:32] So you have our sympathies.
[35:33] Um, I'd also like to comment
about the festival over the
[35:37] weekend and compliment
everybody who was involved with
[35:40] that, especially our local law
[35:43] enforcement and fire department.
[35:44] I think they did a great job
out there making sure everybody
[35:47] stayed safe.
[35:48] I don't think there's any
events out there that were
[35:50] extreme that, um, that
need to be brought up.
[35:55] But we are very grateful for
all the support that they gave
[35:58] us for that.
[36:00] Anything else, gentlemen?
[36:02] Any other comments?
[36:03] Dyersville. That's for sure.
[36:04] Yeah. You know, once again, we
were recognized all around the
[36:07] world, so that's great.
[36:09] Uh, a lot of positive, positive
feedback for that event.
[36:13] So and, and the
previous events as well.
[36:16] And going forward, I think we
have a number of events out at
[36:19] the ball field.
[36:20] So we have a busy
year out there.
[36:22] So we're we're very thankful
for that and everything.
[36:25] The Field of Dreams people and
Dyersville events are doing for
[36:29] the city of Dyersville.
[36:31] All right, gentlemen,
anything else?
[36:34] Is there a motion to adjourn?
[36:36] So moved.
[36:37] Motion by Councilman
English to adjourn.
[36:39] Is there a second?
[36:40] Second by Councilman Singsank.