REGULAR MEETING MINUTES | June 11, 2025
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 REGULAR MEETING
                                                                June 11, 2025
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ACKLEY CITY COUNCIL met in regular session June 11, 2025 in the Ackley Council Chambers with Mayor Michael Nuss presiding. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm. Council members present: Dan Scallon, Chuy Flores, Maliah Roelfs, Mike Abbas, Judy Crawford. Quorum present.
Roelfs moved, Scallon seconded to approve the June 11, 2025 agenda. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Abbas moved, Flores seconded to approve the Consent Agenda by one motion: a) May 14, 2025 Regular Minutes and May 19, 2025 Special Minutes, as written.  b) Bills approval, as listed. c) Place Reports on file:  May 2025 Clerk Bank Reconciliation/Cash Report/Treasurer; May 2025 Clerk Budget; May 2025 Deputy Clerk Utility Billing Reconciliation; May 2025 Ambulance: May 2025 Fire; May 2025 Ackley Development Commission; and May 2025 Deputy Clerk Nuisance. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
M. Fistler, Prairie Bridges Board Member, presented lease options for Friends of Prairie Bridges Park and the City of Ackley. Option 1 was $1 rent to City with Park Board paying all expenses at Park. Option 2 was $10.000 to City and the City paying all expenses at Park. Board would prefer Option 2 for budgeting purposes. Both lease options could have a July 1 effective date. Clerk Dennis informed Park Board Members that the proposed leases would be presented to the City’s attorney.  Â
Crawford is working on HVAC bids from 3 companies for the Ambulance shed upgrades. Bids will be presented at the August meeting, for approval.
No update on vacating the alley between 6th Ave/7th Ave and Franklin St/Worth St or City Hall basement windows.
T. DeBerg addressed Council regarding the nuisance abatement violation. DeBerg has been planting the garden in the city alley for the last 54 years. DeBerg inquired about keeping the garden and the fence with the understanding that if the City needed to get in the alley, DeBerg understood. Nuss reminded Council of a previous nuisance where the ordinance was upheld and the resident could harvest his garden that season but could not plant again in the future. Abbas moved, Flores seconded acknowledging violation existed and upholding the nuisance violation with the understanding to allow garden to be harvested this season and no longer can plant in the alley. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
T. Craighton, Hardin County Emergency Director, the current antennas on the elevator need to be replaced and the elevator location is no longer safe for RC Radio to install on. The Water Tower may have the height needed for communication. Crawford moved, Flores seconded to approve placement of antennas for Hardin County 911 only with no other commercial providers allowed, on the Water Tower. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
 Nuss presented the name for the non-transport 1st Responder service.
Crawford moved, Abbas seconded to approve the name Ackley EMS for the 1st Responder program. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Roelfs moved, Flores seconded to approve Thomas Waters as the Medical Director. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Crawford moved, Scallon seconded to approve Kendall Meyer as the Service Director. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Disconnection of Mediacom services was discussed for the AVAS building and CenturyLink services for the APD. Crawford moved, Roelfs seconded to approve disconnection of services from Mediacom for the AVAS Building. Ayes-4. Abstain-Scallon. Motion carried. Abbas moved, Roelfs seconded to approve disconnection of services from CenturyLink for APD fax line. Ayes-4. Abstain-Scallon. Motion carried.
Dennis presented the process to dispose of APD assets per asset policy. J. Cobie, on behalf of the Parkersburg Police Department, informed Council of the deadline for their offer, due to budgeting of current FY25. Nuss suggested gifting the ammunition to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office to be sure it didn’t get into the wrong hands during any bidding process. Crawford moved, Abbas seconded to dispose of the listed/bided assets and accept the PPD offer. Ayes-all. Motion carried. Crawford moved, Flores seconded to approve gifting the ammunition to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Dennis informed Council of the 2025 GO Bond needing to be 2 series due to taxable and nontaxable projects. Scallon moved, Roelf seconded to pass Resolution 25-23 Setting the Date for Public Hearing on Proposal to Enter into a General Obligation Corporate Purpose Loan Agreement to Borrow Money Thereunder for 2025 A/B GO Bond. Roll call vote: Ayes-Flores, Roelfs, Abbas, Crawford, Scallon. Motion carried.
Scallon moved, Abbas seconded to approve beer/liquor license for Ackley Recreation Club. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Scallon moved, Flores seconded to approve cigarette permit for Casey’s General Store #1921. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Scallon moved, Roelfs seconded to approve cigarette permit pending application for Dollar General Store #18911. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Roelfs moved, Crawford seconded to approve the following disbandment and re-appointments: Disband Eldora-Ackley EMS Advisory Board, Barb Kreimeyer, Kelli DeNeui, and Chris Sailer (non-voting member) to Historic Preservation Commission with terms expiring 7/9/28. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Crawford moved, Abbas seconded to pass Resolution 25-24 Authorizing Mayor Entering into Arrangement with Dorsey + Whitney for 2025 GO Bond.  Roll call vote: Ayes-Roelfs, Abbas, Crawford, Scallon, Flores. Motion carried.
Abbas moved, Scallon seconded to pass Resolution 25-25 Authorizing Mayor Entering into the Statement of Work agreement with Access Systems. Roll call vote: Ayes-Abbas, Crawford, Scallon, Flores, Roelfs. Motion carried.
Crawford moved, Scallon seconded to approve payment in the amount of $3,999 to Carrico for robotic vacuum. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Flores moved, Roelfs seconded to approve payment in the amount of $3,100 to Williams Underground Services for water main break street repairs. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Abbas moved, Scallon seconded to approve payment in the amount of $14,000 to Ackley Development Commission for FY26 funding. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Scallon moved, Abbas seconded to approve payment in the amount of $84,405.31 to The Northway Corporation for well #2 motor/pump/drop pipe/well top. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Due to planting season and potential forecasted rain, Mayor Nuss classified the repair of the sanitary sewer main located in the SE corner of the Harken Property an emergency repair. It has been undetermined whether there is an easement to the owner, in order for the owner to be responsible for the repair. Flores moved, Abbas seconded to approve payment to McDowell Tiling in the amount of $2,500 for sanitary sewer line repair. Â Ayes-all. Motion carried.
Crawford moved, Roelfs seconded to approve purchase to MES in the amount of $3520.36 for a set of bunker gear. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
2 bids were presented for 2 fire hydrant installations. One from Mort’s Water Co and one from Williams Underground.  Abbas moved, Scallon seconded to approve purchase to Williams Underground in the amount of $28,775 for installing fire hydrant at Fire Station and Airport/4th Ave.  Ayes-all. Motion carried.
M. White, PeopleService, informed Council that Well #2 has some hiccups and working through those. White is getting quotes from Dakota and Bluebook for a check valve and White and H. Draeger, will be fixing the valve. Â
l. Gallentine, CGA, reported on Sanitary Sewer Phase II project. Scallon moved, Roelfs seconded to approve Final Pay Application 23 in the amount of $198,681.42 to Boomerang Corp for Sanitary Sewer Phase II project. Ayes-all. Motion carried. Dennis spoke to S. Schroder, City Attorney, who guided the Council to allow Nationwide Bonding to find a solution for Splash Pad issue due to litigation would be costly and time consuming.  Gallentine to contact TerraCon to do a concrete testing sample and inquire as to when AAA Construction would be able to perform the proposed fixes. Dennis to contact City of Hubbard to find out who constructed/fixed their pool concrete issue. Franklin St north of the RR tracks design is still being worked on. Gallentine to contact Family Traditions Meat Co for an easement for the Storm Sewer Project. Abbas moved, Flores seconded to set public hearing for plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimate of costs for Cerro Gordo St SS Improvement and Family Traditions Meat Co SS extension to July 9, 2025 at 6 pm in the Council Chambers.  Ayes-all. Motion carried. Gallentine presented costs for bonded street repairs. The mentioned streets should not have to be fully ripped out and mill/fill should be ok. There is always a possibility that the sub surface needs more work than just milling and filling. Cost estimates included ADA compliance. Per Gallentine, if the City does not do the ADA, there needs to be a plan to do them in the future. Crawford suggested doing the ADA. Council guided Gallentine of working on ADA plans for Main St from State to Butler, Park Ave from State to Butler, and 1st Ave from State to Mitchell.
K. Meyer, Public Works Dept, reported the Civic Center roof has some continued leaks. Ron’s Roofing believe the issues to be the Pizza Ranch wall and the GNB wall. Flores and Meyer will be getting on the roof to take a deeper look.
Dennis updated Council on the open meeting law trainings that will be required of all government bodies to include boards. The IPIB will be the commission overseeing the training. The IPIB is cracking down on open meetings, even council committee meetings. Dennis is prepping for 2025 FYE.
Roelfs reported she would not be at the July 9 meeting. Abbas inquired as to the Ackley Helping Hands being able to take down the trees from the welcome signs. This was previously addressed. Nuss informed Council that a transport agreement would need to be signed by Nuss and Meyer. The basement looks great after the mold removal.
Public comment from Eric Ringgenberg read by Dennis. Â
Abbas moved, Flores seconded to adjourn at 8:14 pm. Ayes-all. Motion carried.
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Michael Nuss, Mayor
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Malena Dennis, City Clerk
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ACCESS SYSTEMS | TECHNICAL SUPPORT/SUPPORT | 589.32 |
ACKLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT | FIREWORKS | 1000.00 |
ACKLEY PUBLISHING CO INC | LETTERHEAD (500) | 93.56 |
AFFORDABLE TREE SERVICE | TREE REMOVAL | 5000.00 |
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMP/ | ANNUAL LICENSE FEE | 449.58 |
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS MA | 1 YR MAGAZINE | 28.89 |
BLACK HILLS/IOWA GAS UTIL | UTILITIES-GAS | 585.65 |
BOOMERANG CORP | SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT-2 | 198681.42 |
CARDMEMBER SERVICE | CUTTING EDGES/DVD/BATTERIES/ CLEANERÂ Â Â | 1565.03 |
CENTER POINT LARGE PRINT | LARGE PRITN BOOKS/10 | 319.44 |
CENTURYLINK | PHONES/FAX | 435.92 |
CGA | SAN SEWR PHASE II CONSTRUCTION | 5894.90 |
CLEMONS, MARJEAN | HEALTH INS DEDUCTIBLE REIMB 24/MILEAG | 285.48 |
DEMCO | LABELS/PROTECTOR/BINDER CLIPS/DISPLAY | 1068.35 |
DENNIS, MALENA | MILEAGE/CLERK ACADEMY | 249.48 |
DOHENY'S, LLC | CONTROL IGNITION/HEATER | 229.85 |
DOLLAR GENERAL | CLEANING SUPPLIES | 9.00 |
EBS | HEALTH INSURANC | 4924.79 |
FEDERAL W/H | FED/FICA TAX | 4356.74 |
FIRE SERVICE TRAINING BUR | HAZMAT/FF1-IBELING/FLORES | 200.00 |
FLORES CONSTRUCTION | CEMENT CUT/INSTALL COIN MACHIN | 800.00 |
FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE | 1 YR MAGAZINE | 19.97 |
FORGY ELECTRIC | WELL #2 SOFT START/ELECTRICAL | 2800.00 |
GLOBE LIFE LIBERTY NATION | GLOBE PRETAX | 217.82 |
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING | 1 YR MAGAZINE | 26.72 |
GREEN BELT BANK & TRUST | 2020A GO BOND-FINAL PYMNT | 229696.00 |
HADWIGER ROOFING & SEAMLE | WWTP CONTROL BLDG ROOF | 8962.14 |
HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF | CONTRACT LAW ENFORCEMENT | 3144.90 |
HARDIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE | MAY LANDFILL FEES | 2014.65 |
HARDIN COUNTY TREASURER | LIEN CERT-AREVALO 631 MAIN ST | 5.00 |
HEART OF IOWA | 847-2222 COMMUNICATIONS | 68.21 |
INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES | BOOKS/SHIPPING | 1432.22 |
INNOVATIVE AG SERVICES CO | DIESEL/GAS | 1331.45 |
IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY | 2018/2022 SEWER REVENUE SRF | 356460.14 |
IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES | MAYOR ASSOC DUES FY25/26 | 30.00 |
IOWA PARK & RECREATION AS | CPO CEU WORKSHOP/B HOLDMGAARD | 175.00 |
IOWA PRISON INDUSTRIES | SPEED LIMIT SIGNS/2 | 43.00 |
IPERS | IPERS - REGULAR | 4844.00 |
JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL | SUMP PUMP COUPLER/ADAPTER | 69.18 |
KEN'S REPAIR | WEEDEATER LINE | 214.83 |
LEWISTON MONUMENT | REFUND OVERPAYMENT-VOY | 15.00 |
MAIN STREET DESIGNS | HOLIDAY BANNERS-3/FREIGHT | 256.00 |
MCDOWELL & SONS INC. | CITYWIDE CLEANUP/ROLL OFFS | 3153.70 |
MCDOWELL TILING, LLC | SE CORNER HARKEN PARCEL/AIRPOR | 2500.00 |
MEDIACOM | PHONE/FAX/INTERNET | 296.33 |
MID IOWA AUTO PARTS, LLC | CAP SCREW/NUTS | 1.67 |
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPAN | UTILITIES-GAS | 6636.91 |
MIDWEST TAPE, LLC | DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICE | 2000.00 |
MORT'S WATER COMPANY | CURBSTOP REPAIR/902 2ND AVE | 654.25 |
MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVI | BUNKER GEAR | 3520.36 |
NORTH IOWA LIBRARIES COLL | BEACON ANNUAL SUPPORT FY26 | 1171.49 |
PAYROLL CHECKS | TOTAL PAYROLL CHECKS | 15803.40 |
PEOPLESERVICE INC. | WATER/WASTEWATER SERVICE | 17211.00 |
POSTMASTER | UTILITY BILL POSTAGE | 404.68 |
ROSS CLEANING | 5/25/25 CLEANING | 175.00 |
SALES TAX/LOST | SALES TAX PAYMENT | 711.91 |
SHIELD PEST CONTROL | MONTHLY SERVICES | 30.00 |
STATE WITHHOLDING | STATE TAX | 500.34 |
THE NORTHWAY CORPORATION | WELL #2 MOTOR/PUMP/WELLTOP/PIP | 84405.31 |
TIMES-CITIZEN CO. | 5/14 & 5/19/25 MINUTESÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â | 257.28 |
TRUE NORTH RESTORATION | MOLD REMEDIATION/BASEMENT | 10600.00 |
UMB BANK | 2014A2016A GO BOND | 66406.25 |
USDA RF | PRINCIPAL PAYMENT/MONTHLY | 8201.00 |
VERIZON | MODEM/PHONES | 91.84 |
WATER EXCISE TAX | WATER EXCISE TAX PAYMENT | 2157.57 |
WILLIAMS UNDERGROUND SERV | ZONE 2 JETTING/CLEANING/STREET REPAIR | 13900.00 |
 | CLAIMS TOTAL | 1079383.92 |
EXPENSES BY FUND | ||
 | GENERAL FUND | 44497.00 |
 | LIBRARY RESERVE FUND | 1566.51 |
 | ROAD USE TAX FUND | 19494.23 |
 | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND | 267.14 |
 | DEBT SERVICE FUND | 296102.25 |
 | CAP PROJ-GO BOND 2020A FUND | 10600.00 |
 | CAP PROJ-FRANKLIN ST N RR FUND | 2744.40 |
 | WATER FUND | 104269.72 |
 | SEWER FUND | 24068.15 |
 | SEWER - SINKING FUND | 356460.14 |
 | CAP SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FUND | 201831.92 |
 | GARBAGE FUND | 6163.83 |
 | STORM WATER FUND | 11318.63 |
TOTAL | 1079383.92 | |
REVENUE | ||
GENERAL | 100147.62 | |
LIBRARY RESERVETOTAL | 900.00 | |
FIRE TRUCK/EQUIP | 11703.91 | |
ROAD USE TAX | 18003.45 | |
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TOTAL | 8159.29 | |
LOST TOTAL | 20832.97 | |
LOST - DEBT SERVICE TOTAL | 5208.24 | |
TIF TOTAL | 4353.35 | |
DEBT SERVICE TOTAL | 18730.87 | |
CAPITAL PROJECTS - LOST TOTAL | 5208.24 | |
WATER | 40544.86 | |
WATER DEPOSITS | 900.00 | |
SEWER TOTAL | 58229.36 | |
SEWER - SINKING | 35036.00 | |
CAP SEWER IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL | 1118.00 | |
GARBAGE | 12653.10 | |
STORM SEWER | 16879.09 | |
TOTAL | 358608.35 |
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