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City Council meeting of Orange City to
[0:02] order. Please join us in opening
ceremonies. I pledge allegiance to the
[0:07] flag of the United States of America and
to the republic for which it stands, one
[0:14] nation under God, indivisible with
liberty and justice for all. And join me
[0:19] for a moment of silent prayer.
[0:26] » Amen.
[0:31] Um, I don't think there's any agenda.
Item three is approval of tonight's
[0:34] agenda and I don't think there's any
additions or changes. So, there's a
[0:38] motion to approve the agenda.
>> All those in favor signify by saying I.
[0:44] » I.
>> Opposed. Motion carries. Agenda item
[0:48] four is a time we provide at each city
council meeting for um citizen comments.
[0:53] if anyone wants to speak or um bring up
a uh discussion for the city council. I
[0:59] don't see anyone in the room to do that.
So, we'll go ahead and go on to agenda
[1:05] item number five, which is approval of
the minutes. It's exhibit one in your
[1:10] packet and that is from August 4, 2025.
If you had a chance to review those,
[1:18] I would entertain a motion for approval.
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[1:22] All those in favor signify by saying
yes.
[1:25] » Yes.
>> Opposed. Motion carries.
[1:29] » Financial report exhibit two for the
intent will come up and
[1:35] » talk us through that.
>> Thank you, mayor. All right. Couple
[1:37] things. Um just comments not this is
all. So in regards to the exhibit two
[1:43] here under dispersed under the general
fund at uh 1.2 million is fairly high
[1:49] for the for a month's worth of activity.
So, I just wanted to break that down.
[1:53] Uh, biggest chunk we paid for part of
the aerial for the firet truck. Second
[1:59] payment of that. That was a little over
$575,000.
[2:04] Um, we also dispersed half of the
Lansmere uh budgeted item. We budget
[2:11] 150. So, I did 75 to the golf course
here in July. And then uh part of it too
[2:18] with budgeted items, but two police
cars, we took uh purchases of that and
[2:23] plus the K9 uh schooling and stuff was
like uh 80,000 to 100. Well, 80,000 for
[2:30] the two cars and 20 for that's not
100,000. So anyway, otherwise the rest
[2:35] is you take those items out of it.
This self fire truck.
[2:44] » Yep.
That's correct. Yep. Thank you, Darl.
[2:47] Yep. Yep. Yep. And we'll the timing on
when that truck's going to be done is
[2:52] still a little bit in up in the air. So,
it's uh maybe earlier than we
[2:58] anticipated, but we'll see. We'll see
what happens. And then, uh couple
[3:04] comments under the dispersed under road
use tax 65,000 uh that is a pay estimate
[3:10] of 60 to Vanderpaul for the trail along
St. Paul and some engineering of five
[3:15] and then under hotel motel tax it's the
monthly payment that you get from the
[3:20] state and then the dispersed uh that
25440 is the 3% out to the two hotels in
[3:27] town
then the otherwise the following the
[3:32] received and dispersed down the only
other comment under uh Delaware and
[3:37] second the disperse there of 145 and
under 18th street that is legal fees
[3:43] with allers in regards to the disclosure
statements and doing the bond issue for
[3:47] that those two projects.
That is all I have on the financials.
[3:53] » Questions for Ken
approval.
[3:58] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I opposed. Motion carries. And agenda
[4:04] item seven is our monthly bills which is
exhibit three in
[4:10] » page one. Alex Air. Uh they fire
department ordered their uh annual three
[4:15] sets of bunker gear and and one set of
fire boots there. But uh that's all on
[4:22] page one. Page two, Beck Engineering.
Breaking that down for you. First line
[4:28] item there, 1357 is just general
engineering. I think it's a little bit
[4:33] to do with the sidewalk project in Bats
Park. Second one there for 3650 is the
[4:39] is related to the trail along St. Paul.
One after that is 7th Street uh the
[4:45] overlay project we're working with the
DOT on. And then the 18,586
[4:51] is the shelter house um in Puddle Jumper
Trail in the park there and pickle ball
[4:56] is the last one. So that's the breakdown
of those engineering. Okay. Then on page
[5:02] three,
uh, parks department got their new
[5:06] toolkit that we budgeted for for 72654.
[5:12] Um, page four, uh, Goodland Pump and
Supply. Um, we replaced and pulled and
[5:20] replaced the Southwest well number one
uh, with Goodland for 49,793.
[5:26] there on page four right underneath
there pay estimate with grace
[5:30] construction for the shelter house.
Uh page five
[5:35] that was scheduled maintening.
[5:50] It's a progress payment in regards to
the city admin search. Page six. Nothing
[5:56] on page six. Page uh b top top bottom of
page six. Top of page seven. Long lines.
[6:03] Just so you know, that's two months
worth of uh telephone service.
[6:08] And then bottom of page seven, MOC, uh
Floyd Valley Foundation. Four out of the
[6:15] f this is a payment for their uh project
of MOC. This is the fourth of five and
[6:23] Unity's is uh going to be in next month
and they usually submit that in
[6:27] September just FYI and that's that'll be
the fifth of that'll be the last payment
[6:32] for Unity. Okay.
>> Okay. Page eight. Um, Notaboom Electric.
[6:38] We had a new new compressor for the HVAC
system on the roof of the event center
[6:43] for 11,268.
[6:46] And let me see here, page 10, road guy
construction annual uh chip seal of our
[6:55] streets.
And then Sue oil. Uh, a couple after
[7:00] that. That is two months worth of fuel.
Just to let you know that, too.
[7:05] » You're just late on the first month or
>> Well, yeah. Part of it. Part of it was
[7:12] under a pile of papers on my desk, I'll
admit. So, I had talked to Jason, but
[7:16] yes,
[7:19] that one is me. Yes. And then page
11,
[7:25] uh, Van Holland Lawn Service. Uh that
was for some help with the tree removal,
[7:30] just to let you know. Uh that was part
of that product payment that we got. And
[7:35] then the last one is on last page 12.
Just a couple pickle ball courts there
[7:41] at the top. Uh progress payment. So
that's all I got.
[7:46] » Any questions for K or is there a motion
to approve this month's bills?
[7:54] support.
>> All those in favor signify by saying
[7:57] yes.
>> Yes.
[8:00] » Motion carries. Thank you, Kent.
>> Um, agenda item number eight. Um, I'm
[8:06] recommending we had two vacancies on the
library board and I talked to Brett and
[8:13] I talked to Lisa and I'd like to
recommend to the uh council for approval
[8:18] the um appointment of Michaela Davidson.
uh in the notes it it does uh state
[8:26] she's a director of ancillary services
at the Orange City Health System and
[8:29] Mackenzie Quen who is the owner of Quen
um company. Now I know one of them will
[8:37] be fulfilling Ann's role cuz she's was
kind of midterm
[8:43] and I talked to both these ladies and
they're just going to try to figure that
[8:46] out which one's going to do that and and
then I think they can run again.
[8:51] Correct. is it? And then um but they're
both really excited to be a part of the
[8:56] library board and um I'd like to
recommend them uh for board
[9:01] appointments.
If the council agrees,
[9:07] » I'll make a motion.
>> Any questions? All those in favor
[9:11] signify by saying I
>> opposed. Motion carries. Agenda item
[9:17] number nine is um city's received an
application for a class E retail alcohol
[9:23] license from Quickstar and I think
everything's in order with Janet.
[9:27] » So we just need a motion to approve that
move.
[9:32] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
I
[9:37] » opposed. Motion carries. And agenda item
number 10 is a cigarette permit
[9:43] application from Quickstar. And I think
everything's in order for that. So I
[9:48] need another motion to approve that.
>> Support.
[9:53] » All those in favor signify by saying
yes.
[9:55] » Yes.
>> So that's a that's a good sign that
[9:58] we're that we're getting those licenses.
We're getting close, right? Um, and then
[10:02] agenda item 11 is where the Iowa State
Code requires that we document a public
[10:07] purpose for an employee recognition when
something of value is given to the
[10:11] employee. And the council um would need
to make a motion uh that in recognition
[10:17] recognition of the efforts of the
employees, the city born city would like
[10:20] to hold an employee picnic and a give a
gift of appreciation. And the proposed
[10:25] date is August 27th, that's a Wednesday,
at 6:00 p.m. at the Windmill Park
[10:30] Shelter House. So, we just need a motion
for that from the council.
[10:36] » And um any questions on that? And reply
to Sarah, you guys, if you haven't. Um
[10:42] all those in favor signify by saying I
>> I opposed. Motion carries.
[10:47] Administrative reports. I'll go to
Janet. Uh Earl left me a couple thank
[10:52] yous to read from Les Stalma. So the
first one is thanks to you and the city
[10:57] of Orange City for hosting a successful
regret event. I cannot imagine the
[11:01] countless hours of planning and work
that were committed to this event. Every
[11:05] department in the city was impacted
greatly and the city performed so well.
[11:10] Your work in promoting and encouraging a
successful rag bribe was appreciated.
[11:15] And then this one is, I would be
completely remiss if I failed to send a
[11:21] note of appreciation to the entire city
crews for the cleanup process that is
[11:25] underway. The storm created such a
challenge for everyone in our community.
[11:29] Nearly everyone in Orange City was
impacted. The city crews
[11:34] got after the community mess
immediately. The hard work and
[11:38] significant efforts are appreciated. My
thanks to everyone now and in the
[11:42] future. Eventually, the work will be
done. Thank you, Les.
[11:46] » Very nice.
>> Very, very nice. Anything else, Janet?
[11:50] » Uh, no. No.
>> K, do you have anything else?
[11:53] » No. Good.
>> Matt,
[11:54] » y'
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[11:59] be so sure
>> after your remark. Yeah.
[12:04] » Yeah. So um first you received the uh
letter there and um I I think I
[12:10] addressed it before but basically we're
working through that with with uh Mr.
[12:14] Topler and um um I'm not sure that
there's a whole lot we can do. We are
[12:19] going to televise the line there to see
what's happening see where his sewer
[12:24] service ties in. I'm not sure that
there's not something going on in his
[12:29] own line and um and see if there's
anything else that can be done there.
[12:33] But um we did offer to put in a backpull
valve or a heart valve. Um still going
[12:39] to be an option and I guess we'll we'll
document a response at some point um
[12:43] just to respond to this this
none of the neighbors are having the
[12:47] same problem.
>> As I understand that house has had
[12:51] trouble in the past um before him too.
So, and I don't know what
[12:56] previous conversation he's referring to,
um, you know, as far as not being an
[13:02] issue anymore or something like that,
but um, so yeah,
[13:08] we've we've been working through I've
had several conversations since he sent
[13:11] that that in. So, we had a problem this
morning, in fact, after the the rain
[13:15] last night. So, I'm not sure that it's
all city related, but this clear water
[13:22] basically coming there coming out of the
sink. So, I'm not sure what would
[13:25] happen.
>> We'll work through that.
[13:27] » Well, thanks for addressing that. Yeah.
>> Yeah. We got a couple other areas that
[13:32] um that maybe you've been reached out to
uh from citizens about storm flow, storm
[13:38] water. Uh we're we're addressing those
and and just meeting with people. I
[13:43] think they're longer term situations
around town. Some of the things we've
[13:48] we've looked at is just offering some um
just a little bit of assistance as far
[13:54] as elevation work just to see if there's
a lot of it's backyards next to an alley
[13:58] or the backyard just ponds and then
causes issues in the house. You know, is
[14:02] there something that they can do to
raise their alley raised their backyard
[14:05] or send it to the street between homes
or something like that? just um just
[14:11] yeah, you know, they're 80 year old
neighborhoods, but it's problems per
[14:16] cub. So, see if we can provide any
assistance. New homeowners are with with
[14:20] these two. So, um we're we're just uh
trying to be helpful as much as we can
[14:26] without taking on the whole problem. So,
>> does that involve like Engineering to
[14:30] help out with you or not?
>> Uh we did on one of them. Yeah. Yeah.
[14:33] So, just some elevation shots. Pretty
simple.
[14:37] Um and regarding uh trees and uh some of
the cleanup. We're um continuing to do
[14:45] some of the smaller cleanup, sweep
streets. Um No, and I uh were just at a
[14:50] a workshop put on by the ISU extension
office. Uh
[14:55] special invitation for cities and and
counties. And then there's a public
[14:58] session tonight just about tree uh
treating trees. um what kind of damage
[15:04] um happens and when when you should just
basically cut your losses, cut down a
[15:09] tree, when when it's good to save it,
what to do um when you replant, that
[15:14] sort of thing. So, we've got a few trees
on the right of way that people have
[15:18] asked about whether we're going to we
can take those down as part of our um
[15:23] asht tree removal. Um, thus far we
really haven't seen the ones that have
[15:28] been asked about. They aren't to the
point to be um fully taken down, but
[15:31] we'll monitor that. So, we'll
be a diseased or or dying situation in
[15:36] the future, but um so if you get
approached about that, that's that's our
[15:41] that's what we're we're doing at this
point.
[15:45] » Thanks, Matt. Reiterate what Les said
about the the crew working and it was
[15:52] amazing. So, thank you for that. Ryan,
>> nope.
[15:56] » Al, you have anything from the fire?
Okay, council.
[16:00] » Nothing.
>> Daryl,
[16:04] » nope.
I should pull a pill muster so we get a
[16:09] little bit longer. So, you don't No, I
have nothing.
[16:12] » Okay. I don't either.
So, uh, is there a motion to adjurnn?
[16:20] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
I
[16:23] » opposed. Motion carries. Good enough.