West Union City Council Minutes from April 20th

Council Chambers, City Hall, April 20, 2026, at 5:30 P.M.

West Union City Council met April 20, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in Council

Chambers with Mayor Kent Halverson presiding. The meeting began with the

Pledge of Allegiance.

Attendance Present: DeBack, Gumm, McElree, and Tope. Absent: Becthold.

Approval of the Motion was made by DeBack, seconded by McElree, to approve the agenda as

Agenda presented. All Aye. Carried.

Public Hearing on Motion was made by DeBack, seconded by Tope, to open the Public Hearing

Adoption of Budget on the adoption of the budget and certification of City taxes for FY 2027. All

And Certification of Aye. Carried. With no comments or questions from the public, motion was made

City Taxes FY 2027 by DeBack, seconded by Tope, to close the Public Hearing. All Aye. Carried.

Adjourn With no further business to bring before the Council, a motion to adjourn was made by DeBack, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:53 p.m.

West Union City Council met April 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Council

Chambers with Mayor Kent Halverson presiding. The meeting began with the

Pledge of Allegiance.

Attendance Present: DeBack, Gumm, McElree, Tope. Absent: Becthold.

Approval of the Motion to approve the agenda as presented was made by DeBack, seconded by

Agenda Tope. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the April 6, 2026, Maximum Tax Levy Public Hearing, April 6, 2026, Regular Council Meeting, and the April 14, 2026, Budget Work Session minutes as presented was made by Gumm, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Motion to approve March 2026 Financials as presented and March 2026

March 2026 expenditures totaling $174,116.46 was made by Gumm, seconded by DeBack. Financials and All Aye. Carried.

Expenditures

CLAIMS LIST:

AFLAC-Insurance 221.37

All Stop-Fuel 353.93

Allamakee Clayton Econ Dev-Loan 3,000.00

Allamakee-Clayton Elec-Utilities 4,564.40

Alliant-Utilities 5,939.71

Allied Benefit Systems-Insurance 11,932.54

Amazon-Supplies 118.98

Amwins-Insurance 2,725.49

AT&T Mobility-Phones 311.08

Baumler Implement-Supplies 177.09

Black Hawk Waste-Garbage 75.00

Black Hills-Utilities 3,926.72

BP Express-Fuel 36.91

CenturyLink-Internet 323.32

City Laundering-Supplies 502.55

Coast to Coast-Services 154.00

CoreMark-Supplies 542.91

Dale Bilden-Janitorial 150.00

EFTPS-Taxes 19,867.66

Engineered Equipment-Supplies 1,148.17

Eurofins-Testing 420.26

Farm Plan-Supplies 270.05

Farmers Win Coop-Fuel 1,147.90

Fay Co Emergency-EMA Fund 3,391.99

Fehr Graham-Fees 1,711.00

Fiserv-Fees 66.58

Gage & Gage-Supplies 154.77

Gordon Flesch-Copiers 275.52

Hawkeye Interconnect-Internet 165.96

Hawkins-Supplies 1,971.24

Hovden Oil-Oil 1,507.55

IA Dept of Revenue-Taxes 1,716.78

IMFOA-Dues 100.00

Impact Vinyl-Supplies 17.50

Industrial Automation-Services 707.50

Ingram-Books 576.57

IAMU-Dues 942.00

IA DNR-Certification 60.00

IA Law Enforcement-Training 250.00

Iowa One Call-Fees 12.60

IPERS-Retirement 16,245.91

KSB Solar-Utilities 1,597.49 Lincoln Investment-457b Plan 2,497.58

Lynch Dallas-Legal 540.00

MidAmerica Research-Supplies 149.60

Napa-Supplies 1,359.82

North Central Labs-Supplies 465.42

Oakley Fertilizer-Salt 8,681.12

Origin Design-Fees 414.75

Petty Cash-Postage 31.03

PSN-Fees 64.95

Quill Corporation-Supplies 67.32

RNR Solar-Utilities 1,866.07

Ryan Wagner-Firemen Pay 795.00

Sims TV-Supplies 115.78

State Hygienic Lab-Testing 69.00

State Industrial Prod-Supplies 253.64

Storey Kenworthy-Supp;ies 131.46

Tennessee Child Support-Services 917.52

The Standard-Insurance 421.01 The Union-Publications 220.50

Treasurer, State of IA-Taxes 1,933.42

US Cellular-Phones 692.81

US Postmaster-Postage 700.01

Verizon-Phones 203.67

Visa-Supplies 1,005.12

Washington National-Insurance 83.90

WU District Energy-Geo 224.00

WU Hardware-Supplies 39.07

Wex Bank-Fuel 808.48

Wilbur Ford-Repairs 1,808.48

Wright Way Computers-Updates 293.74

Utility Refunds ---

Total Payroll 57,881.19 ---------------

Total Claims $174,116.46

TOTAL CLAIMS BY FUND: TOTAL RECEIPTS BY FUND:

General $90,081.15 $669.759.77

Fire Equipment Replacement

Road Use Tax 17,400.87 23,634.22 Employee Benefits 24,383.66 16,513.53

LOST 22,507.83 TIF 21,162.17

Revolving Loan Fund

Library Donations 447.00

Park Equipment

Pool Improvement

Cemetery Donations 70.00

Debt Service 16,941.37

Capital Improvement 15,000.00

Airport Project

Bridge Project 2,360.60

Equipment Revolving

Perpetual Care 70.00

Water 20,746.02 29,873.40 Capital Water Fee 6,068.91

Sewer 25,865.66 31,386.40 Capital Sewer Fee 41,577.81

Sewer Sinking Fund

Capital Sewer Projects 3,000.00

Storm Water 4,725.20

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Totals $174,116.46 $863,575.44

Approval of Motion to approve Resolution 2026-16 approving the Adoption of the Budget

Resolution 2026-16 and Certification of the City Taxes for FY 2027 was made by DeBack, seconded

Adoption of Budget by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

And Certification of

City Taxes FY 2027

Approval of Motion to approve Resolution 2026-17 approving PPE#12 for $37,515.50 to

Resolution 2026-17 Baker Enterprises for the Linden St Project was made by DeBack, seconded by

Approving PPE#12 to McElree. All Aye. Carried.

Baker Enterprises for

Linden St Project

Approval of City Motion approve City summer hours was made by Gumm, seconded by McElree.

Summer Hours DeBack – No. All Rest – Aye. Carried. Water/Sewer hours will be Mon – Thu 6:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Fri 6:00-10:00 a.m.; Streets hours will be Mon – Thu

6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Fri 6:30-10:30 a.m.; City Hall hours will be Mon – Thu

8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Fri 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Discuss Social Media Chamber Director Matt Marsala and City Administrator Dexter Wallis will both

Responsibilities have access to the City of West Union Facebook page.

Presentation on County Reggie Gross and Councilmember Tope presented information regarding the

Ambulance Public Fayette Co Public Hearings and the future of the WU Ambulance services.

Approval of Bargen, Motion to approve the bid for S Pine St crack sealing from Bargen, Inc for

Inc for S Pine St $17,295.00 was made by DeBack, seconded by Gumm. Tope – No. All Rest –

Crack Sealing Aye. Carried.

Discuss Sinkhole on After some discussion, decision was made to start the nuisance abatement

Linden St process for the sinkhole on Linden St.

Comments and Mayor Halverson shared that Jamie Hackley is requesting permission to place a

Items to Discuss 3’ policeman statue near the Police Dept entrance at City Hall.

The Street Dept was asked to look at the hole in front of the Petsche property on

S Vine St.

The culvert by the Palmer Apts need to be cleaned out.

Adjourn With no further business to bring before the Council, a motion to adjourn was

made by Gumm, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried. Meeting adjourned at

7:08 p.m.

Next Council Next regular council meeting will be May 4, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Council

Meeting Chambers.