West Union City Council Minutes from June 15th
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Council Chambers, City Hall, June 15, 2026, at 6:00 P.M.
West Union City Council met June 15, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Council
Chambers with Mayor Kent Halverson presiding. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Attendance Present: Becthold, DeBack, Gumm, McElree, Tope.
Approval of the Motion to approve the agenda as presented was made by Gumm, seconded by
Agenda Tope. All Aye. Carried.
Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the June 1, 2026, Regular Council Meeting minutes and the June 5, 2026 Special Council Meeting minutes as presented was made by Tope, seconded by DeBack. All Aye. Carried.
Approval of Motion to approve May 2026 Financials as presented and May 2026
May 2026 expenditures totaling $736,493.95 was made by Tope, seconded by DeBack. Financials and All Aye. Carried.
Expenditures
CLAIMS LIST:
AFLAC-Insurance 215.10
All Stop-Fuel 766.63
Allamakee Clayton Econ Dev-Loan 3,000.00
Alliant-Utilities 5,017.51
Amazon-Supplies 723.55
American Waterworks-Services 179.00
Andre Fuentes-Coaching 120.00
Andy Larson-Vision ` 845.15
Ascent Aviation-Fuel 7,499.74
AT&T Mobility-Phones 277.17
Baker Enterprises-Linden St 37,515.50
Baumler Implement-Supplies 459.07
Brooxton Lundgren-Umping 40.00
CenturyLink-Internet 323.37
Child’s World-Books 114.75
City Laundering-Supplies 564.26
Core & Main-Supplies 4,050.91
CoreMark-Supplies 2,119.91
Croell RediMix-Concrete 1,279.00
Dale Bilden-Janitorial 150.00
Dexter Wallis-Postage/Training 23.27
Dirk VanGelder-Reffing 30.00
EFTPS-Taxes 19,767.08
EMC-Insurance 124,983.00
Eurofins-Testing 1,273.79
Farm Plan-Supplies 478.73
Farmers Win Coop-Fuel 2,677.38
Fay Co Auditor-Geo 296.46
Fay Co Emergency-EMA Fund 3,391.99
Fay Co Recycling-Fees 7,638.08
Fay Co Road Dept-Inspections 3,150.00
FCSWM Commission-Fees 22,117.44
Fehr Graham-Fees 8,138.00
Fiserv-Fees 140.32
Gavyn Grove-Coaching 100.00
Hawkeye Communication-Alarms 180.00
Hawkeye Fire-Inspections 1,206.50
Hawkeye Interconnect-Internet 165.96
Hawkins-Supplies 10.00
IA Dept of Revenue-Taxes 1,692.10
Ingram-Books 485.18
Iowa One Call-Fees 38.70
Iowa Pump-Services 2,919.05
IPERS-Retirement 11,754.26
Jaxson Lundgren-Umping 40.00
Jessica Ancheta-Reffing 70.00
Jessica White-Reffing Cert 129.00
Kathy Guyer-Services 80.00
Kerndt Bank-Fees 78.30
KSB Solar-Utilities 2,472.94
Kyler White-Reffing 60.00
Lincoln Investment-457b Plan 2,460.03
Lynch Dallas-Legal 1,340.00
Marco-Copier 142.40
Matt Marsala-Dental 1,520.75
Napa-Supplies 365.92
NE IA Water Systems-Supplies 140.00
North Central Labs-Supplies 193.93
NutriJect-Reports 1,250.00
OrTec Sales-Supplies 1,250.50
Origin Design-Fees 2,557.25
Parker Bast-Reffing 100.00
PSN-Fees 64.95
Quill Corp-Supplies 72.19
RNR Solar-Utilities 2,583.92
Ryan Hines-Reffing 100.00
Ryan Wagner-Firemen Pay 830.00
Sims TV-Supplies 17.81
Spahn & Rose-Supplies 24.91
State Hygienic Lab-Testing 69.00
State Industrial Prod-Supplies 320.36
Tennessee Child Support-Services 767.52
The Union-Publications 597.60
Tieskotter Lawn Care-Supplies 122.55
Tony Soppe-Boots 100.00
Torkelson Motors-Towing 900.00
Treasurer, State of IA-Taxes 2,025.54
UMB Bank-Loans 367,222.50
US Cellular-Phones 341.84
US Postmaster-Postage 544.12
US Specialty Coatings-Paint 567.00
Verizon-Phones 202.76
Visa-Supplies 299.86
Washington National-Insurance 83.90
WU District Energy-Geo 224.00
WU Hardware-Supplies 41.99
Wex Bank-Fuel 1,212.69
Wilbur Ford-Repairs 621.02
Wright Way Computers-Updates 3,273.75
Utility Refunds 49.82
Total Payroll 62,105.58 ---------------
Total Claims $736,493.95
TOTAL CLAIMS BY FUND: TOTAL RECEIPTS BY FUND:
General $226,564.45 $125.885.77
Fire Equipment Replacement 25,751.31
Road Use Tax 14,269.72 Employee Benefits 1,520.75 30,552.89
LOST
TIF 7,234.53
Revolving Loan Fund
Library Donations 10,055.20
Park Equipment
Pool Improvement
Cemetery Donations 140.00
Debt Service 303,495.00 114,248.20
Capital Improvement 45,653.50
Airport Project
Bridge Project 2,557.25
Equipment Revolving 10,000.00
Perpetual Care 140.00
Water 101,957.10 94,987.52 Capital Water Fee 5,548.56
Sewer 37,476.18 27,319.41 Capital Sewer Fee 38,210.66
Sewer Sinking Fund 433,044.00
Capital Sewer Projects 3,000.00 36,000.00
Storm Water 4,386.55
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Totals $736,493.95 $963,504.60
Approval of Motion to approve Resolution 2026-16 setting the wages for the Summer 2026
Resolution 2026-16 seasonal pool staff with the correction for Brielle Starkweather to be 10.75 was
Setting Wages for made by Gumm, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
Summer 2026 Pool
Staff
Approval of FY27 Motion to approve FY26 transfers totaling $902,799.00 was made by Gumm,
Transfers seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.
Approval of 3% Motion to approve increase of water and sewer rates by 3% effective July billing
Increase of Water and was made by DeBack, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
CO5 to Baker Enterprises totaling $71,082.85 for Linden St Improvement Project was made by
Enterprises for Linden DeBack, seconded by Gumm. All Aye. Carried.
St Improvement Project
Approval to Reinstate Motion to reinstate Fay Co Ag Society liquor license back to entire grounds after
Fay Co Ag Society Market at White Barns was made by Gumm, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.
Liquor License to
Entire Grounds After
Market at White Barns
Discuss Pine St Crack After some discussion, motion to send certified letter to Bargen Inc and request
Sealing by Bargen Inc meeting was made by Tope, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
Approval of Hacker Motion to approve Hacker Nelson proposal for audit services for FYE June 30,
Nelson Proposal for 2026, through FYE June 30, 2030, was made by Gumm, seconded by Tope. All
Audit Services Aye. Carried.
Discuss Sale of 64 After some discussion, motion to move forward with surveying 64 acres to
Acres prepare for putting on the market was made by DeBack, seconded by Becthold.
All Aye. Carried.
Discuss Yard Waste After some discussion, motion to bring forth a Resolution to charge residents a
Site monthly fee of $3.75 to be placed on their utility bill to help fund the yard waste
site was made by Gumm, seconded by DeBack. All Aye. Carried.
Discuss Tree Grant Motion to take no action on Tree Grant Application due to approaching deadline
Application was made by Tope, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
Update of Streetscape Street Superintendent Lane Johansen gave updates on completed tasks on the
Maintenance Streetscape Maintenance plan.
Approval of Motion to approve MedCompass to complete the Firemen’s physicals and to
MedCompass and approve the purchase of tires for the fire truck that is sold to the City of Fayette
Fire Truck Tires was made by Gumm, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.
Approval of Tobacco Motion to approve tobacco license for Quillins Quality Foods, All Stop, and
and Liquor Licenses Casey’s #3452 and liquor license for Gus & Tony’s was made by Gumm, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
Discuss Water Billing After some discussion, motion to take no action on water billing and potential
and Potential Support support was made by Tope, seconded by Becthold. All Aye. Carried.
Discuss Franchise Fee After some discussion, motion to table increase in franchise fees was made by
Increase Becthold, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried.
Discuss Garbage After some discussion, motion to move forward with RFP for a garbage single
Single Hauler Contract hauler contract was made by DeBack. Motion died for lack of a second.
Comments and Councilman DeBack asked about nitrate levels.
Items to Discuss
Councilman DeBack asked to add a discussion on a data center ban to the next
agenda.
Councilman DeBack asked for a codification update. Administrator Wallis said
another round of questions for updating will be coming soon.
Councilman Tope asked if the Council training was still planned for June 22.
Wallis stated that attorney had to reschedule to a date to be determined.
Mayor Halverson asked about City cars going out for bid. Once titles are back,
all three will be posted.
Council member Becthold shared a letter she wrote concerning the relationship
between City employees and the City Council.
Adjourn With no further business to bring before the Council, a motion to adjourn was
made by Becthold, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried. Meeting adjourned at
7:58 p.m.
Next Council Next regular council meeting will be July 6, 2026, at 6 p.m. in Council
Meeting Chambers.