CITY OF ACKLEY, IOWA
REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA
ACKLEY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 6:00 pm
Order of Agenda at the Mayor’s discretion
Note: Persons addressing the council with concerns, requests or proposals are asked to limit their time to five (5) minutes. If you do not state, at the time you ask to be put on the agenda, what you will be addressing with the council, a decision cannot be made and voted on by the council at this meeting.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approve Agenda
4. CONSENT AGENDA: All items listed under the consent agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests separate consideration prior to the time Council votes on the motion. (Additions/corrections/approval/place on file)
a. Minutes – February 14, 2024 Regular Mtg and February 27, 2024 Special Mtg
b. Bills approval
c. Department Reports
- Clerk Bank Reconciliation/Cash Report/Treasurer Report – February 2024
- Clerk Budget Reports – February 2024
- Deputy Clerk Utility Billing Reconciliation – February 2024
- Ambulance Report – February 2024
- Fire Report – February 2024
- People Service Report – February 2024
- Ackley Development Report – February 2024
5. 6:00 P.M. Public Hearing: Plans, Specifications, Form of Contract, and Estimate of Costs for Hardin Street Storm Sewer
6. Discussion/Action – Bids for Hardin Street Storm Sewer
7. 6:00 P.M. Public Hearing: First Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 523 Amending the Code of Ordinance of the City of Ackley by Granting Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Company a Natural Gas Franchise
8. Discussion/Action – Proposed Ordinance No. 523 Amending the Code of Ordinance of the City of Ackley by Granting Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Company a Natural Gas Franchise
a. Approve 1st Reading
b. Waive 2nd and 3rd Reading
c. Adopt Ordinance No. 523
d. Set a Public Hearing for 2nd Reading (if needed)
9. Discussion/Action - Resolution No. 24-08 Dispensing with the Special Election Requirement on the Matter of Granting a Gas Franchise to Black Hills/Iowa Gas Utility Co.
10. 6:00 P.M. Public Hearing: First Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 524 Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ackley by Repealing Chapter 115
11. Discussion/Action – Proposed Ordinance No. 524 Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ackley by Repealing Chapter 115
a. Approve 1st Reading
b. Waive 2nd and 3rd Reading
c. Adopt Ordinance No. 524
d. Set a Public Hearing for 2nd Reading (if needed)
12. Discussion/Possible Action – Old Business
a. Prairie Bridges 28E Agreement
b. Ambulance Building Upgrades
13. Discussion/Possible Action –– Ackley Volunteer Ambulance Service/Eldora EMS Merger
14. Discussion - Proposed Budget FY25
15. Discussion/Possible Action – Advertising for Ackley Municipal Pool Manager/Life Guards
16. Discussion/Possible Action –Demolition of Buildings/Demolition Regulations Ordinance Review
17. Discussion/Possible Action – Payment Agreement (Account #484506001)
18. Discussion/Possible Action – Disposal of Asset
a. Ackley Police Department AXON Cameras
19. Discussion/Action – Bid Approval for Sidewalk Repair – Maintenance Shed
20. Discussion/Action – PeopleService
21. Discussion/Possible Action – CGA Report
a. Equalization Basin
b. Sanitary Sewer Phase II Project
i. Pay Application No. 10 $109,031.41
ii. Change Order No. 10
c. North Butler Street
d. Hardin Street Storm Sewer – Design Engineering FY24/Construction FY25
e. Project Rose
f. Franklin Street north of the railroad tracks – FY25
g. Splash Pad
h. Pocket Wetland
i. Pricing
22. Public Works Department Comments
23. City Clerk Comments
24. Mayor & Council Comments
25. Public Comments (State Name & Address, Limited to 5 minutes, no action can be taken)
26. Adjournment