West Union Council

Council Chambers, City Hall, March 17, 2025, at 6:00 P.M.

West Union City Council met March 17, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in Council

Chambers with Mayor Cameron Granger presiding. The meeting began with the

Pledge of Allegiance.

Attendance Present: DeBack, Gumm, McElree, Miller, and Tope.

Approval of the Motion to approve the agenda with changes, adding #15A: Police Dept side by

Agenda side, #15B: Fire truck, and #15C: Sidewalk program, was made by Miller, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the March 3, 2025, Regular Council Meeting minutes as presented was made by DeBack, seconded by Gumm. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Street Motion to approve street closures for Euphoria Farmers Market on Elm St from

Closures for Euphoria Vine to Walnut for June 5 and 19, July 17, August 17 and 21, and September 4

Farmers Market from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm was made by Tope, seconded by Miller. All Aye. Carried.

North Pine Bridge Andy Goedken of Origin Design discussed updates and cost estimates for North

Project Updates and Pine Bridge Project. Preliminary construction costs (without engineering) are

Cost Estimates estimated to be in the range of $1,450,000.00 to $1,550,000.00, with up to $1,500,000.00 of that being funded by the Iowa DOT grant. Some structure amenities and aesthetic features will be discussed to develop a final estimate of probable construction cost. Construction will take approximately 4 months and can begin as early as May 2026.

Approval of Insurance Motion to approve insurance renewal proposal of $121,861.00 by EMC

Renewal Proposal by Insurance to be effective April 1, 2025, was made by Gumm, seconded by

EMC Insurance DeBack. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Motion to approve Resolution 2025-21, awarding General Obligation Corporate

Resolution 2025-21 Bonds, Series 2025, was made by DeBack, seconded by Gumm. All Aye. Carried.

Awarding General Purchaser of the Bonds, with the lowest true interest rate of 3.899%, was Robert

Obligation Corporate W. Baird & Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at a price of $2,681,986.70. Funds will

Purpose Bonds, Series be available April 22, 2025, and will be used towards the Linden St Project,

2025 downtown pavers and crosswalks, and other improvements.

Approval of 2025 Motion to approve up to $35,000.00 for seal coating by Prairie Road Builders

Seal Coating Bid was made by Gumm, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

Discuss Asphalt Bids Motion to table asphalt bids until Street Superintendent Johansen receives additional estimates was made by DeBack, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

Approval to Purchase Motion to approve purchase of 72” mower from Tieskoetter Lawn Care LLC for

72” Mower for the the Cemetery in FY25 by using funds in the Perpetual Care and Donations line

Cemetery was made by McElree, seconded by Miller. No – Gumm. All Rest – Aye. Carried.

Discuss NLC Service The NLC Service Line Warranty Program requested using the City logo to brand

Line Warranty Program the materials they use to educate City residents/customers about their repair

service plans for water and sewer service lines. Motion to deny that request was

made by Tope, seconded by Gumm. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Motion to approve the Construction Engineering Agreement with Fehr Graham

Construction for Linden St Improvements with an estimate of $142,000.00 was made by Tope,

Engineering seconded by Gumm. All Aye. Carried.

Agreement with Fehr

Graham for Linden St

Improvements

Discuss Setting Up a A committee was formed, consisting of Lane Johansen, Amie Johansen, Cam

Committee to Proceed Granger, and Jon Biederman, to proceed with the planning of the downtown

In Planning Downtown sidewalks and crosswalk repairs.

Sidewalks and

Crosswalk Repairs

Approval of Motion to approve February 2025 Financials as presented and March 2025

February 2025 expenditures totaling $301,649.80 was made by Gumm, seconded by Miller.

Financials and All Aye. Carried.

March 2025

Expenditures

CLAIMS LIST:

A-1 Vacuum- Supplies 26.95

Access Systems-Copiers 254.75

AFLAC-Insurance 202.56

Alex Air Apparatus-Boots 239.01

All Stop-Fuel 669.02

Allamakee-Clayton Econ Dev-Loans 3,000.00

Allamakee-Clayton Electric-Service 4,879.35

Amazon-Supplies 1,346.52

American Legion-Flags 85.00

Anytime Fitness-Memberships 1,360.05

Ascent Avia-Fuel 8,960.96

AT&T Mobility-Phones 517.38

Axon Enterprise-Tasers 22,419.00

Baker & Taylor-Books 14.39

Baumler Imp-Supplies 6.83

Bellweather-Books 154.60

Black Hills-Gas 3,916.19

CenturyLink-Phones 622.30

CGLS Construction-Labor 1,250.00

City Laundering-Supplies 921.77

College Subscription Services-Magazine 27.00

Dale Bilden-Janitorial 150.00

Danko Emergency-Supplies 156.94

Decorah Mobile Glass-Repairs 380.00

Demco-Supplies 225.55

Don’s Truck Sales-Repairs 320.26

EFTPS-Payroll Taxes 17,898.46

Eurofins-Testing 434.91

Farm Plan (Norby’s)-Supplies 565.00

Fay Co Auditor-Geo 265.14

Fay Co Treasurer-Taxes 129.00

Fehr Graham-Engineering 26,548.75

Fiserv-Fees 52.81

Gage & Gage-Repairs 610.00

General Traffic Controls-Supplies 950.00

Gordon Flesch-Copier 127.26

Granger Construction-Trail 5,900.00

Gundersen Palmer Luth Hosp-Services 44.00

Hach Company-Supplies 388.05

Hawkeye Interconnect-Internet 165.96

Hawkins-Supplies 10.00

IA Dept of Revenue-Taxes 3,433.58

Impact Vinyl-Supplies 20.00

Ingram-Books 1,775.61

IA Law Enforcement Academy-Training 625.00

Iowa One Call-Fees 9.90

IA Prison Industries-Sign 99.60

Iowa Soccer Assoc-Registrations 5,382.35

IPCA-Dues 125.00

IPERS-Retirement 11,940.52

Jill Clark-Mileage 22.40

Kerndt Bank-Fees 75.40

Kiesler Police Supply-Supplies 707.70

KSB Solar-Utilities 1,839.00

Lincoln Investment-457b Plan 3,221.89

Loomis Plbg & Htg-Repairs 170.46

Lynch Dallas-Legal Fees 720.00

Marco-Copiers 282.24

McClure Engineering-Airport 1,512.50

Megan McDonald-Dental 200.00

Miriam Skrade-Classes 180.00

Municipal Supply-Support 3,150.00

Napa-Supplies 2,190.21

NE IA Water Systems-Supplies 407.82

NEIA Mechanical-Repairs 791.83

NEIA Regional League-Dues 20.00

North Central Labs-Supplies 104.83

Northern Balance & Scale-Service 204.00

Origin Design-Engineering 7,200.00

Penworthy Co-Supplies 289.98

Petty Cash-Postage 109.92

PSN-Fees 64.95

Quill Corp-Supplies 137.19

Rausch Construction-Trail 2,500.00

Reliant Fire Apparatus-Supplies 536.47

RNR Solar-Utilities 1,943.34

Ryan Wagner-Firemen Compensation 1,560.00

Signs by Design-Permits 45.00

Sims TV-Supplies 236.72

Sisco Premium Trust-Insurance 18,359.85

Skyline Salt Solutions-Salt 5,472.99

Spahn & Rose-Supplies 72.74

State Hygienic Lab-Testing 64.50

Storey Kenworthy-Supplies 215.57

The Standard-Insurance 421.30

The Union-Publishing 504.37

Treasurer-St of Iowa-Taxes 1,856.68

Turkey River Watershed-Contribution 250.00

UnityPoint Clinic-Testing 84.00

Upper Explorerland-Fees 23.52

US Cellular-Phones 606.30

US Postmaster-Supplies 519.68

Verizon-Phones 188.34

Visa-Supplies 1,313.41

Washington National-Insurance 83.90

WU District Energy-Geo 560.00

WU Hardware-Supplies 11.68

Wex Bank-Fuel 1,100.03

Wicks Construction-Trail 52,868.88

Wilbur Ford-Repairs 396.77

Wright Way Computers-Services 554.25

Utility Refunds 22.62

Total Payroll 53,067.29

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Total Claims $301,649.80

TOTAL CLAIMS BY FUND: TOTAL RECEIPTS BY FUND:

General $182,410.95 $62,526.06

Fire Equipment Replacement

Road Use Tax 19,122.32 25,123.35

Employee Benefits 14,664.05 2,942.94

LOST 20,874.48

TIF

Revolving Loan Fund

Library Donations 336.50

Park Equipment

Pool Improvement

Cemetery Donations 2,429.52

Debt Service 2,495.97

Capital Improvement 26,548.75 60,000.00

Airport Project 1,512.50 54.19

Bridge Project 7,200.00 2,000.00 8,200.00

Equipment Revolving

Perpetual Care

Water 18,493.12 33,956.02

Capital Water Fee 5,836.04

Sewer 25,698.11 27,787.87 Capital Sewer Fee 39,743.08

Sewer Sinking Fund 38,343.00

Capital Sewer Projects 6,000.00

Storm Water 4,455.13

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Totals $301,649.80 $328,904.15

Discuss Speech Group Isaiah Stansbery and the NFV Speech Group requested the use of the water tower

Request to Film on to do a short film in the fall. Due to safety concerns, motion to deny this request

Downtown Water was made by DeBack, seconded by Miller. All Aye. Carried.

Tower in the Fall

Approval to Add Motion to approve adding Paul Moellering to the Park and Rec Board for a term

Paul Moellering to of 4 years was made by Gumm, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried.

Park and Rec Board

Comments and Items Chief Becthold shared Kawasaki’s offer of a side by side lease program to the To Discuss Police Dept. He will get the contract information for the next Council meeting.

Fire Chief Starks advised Council that the new fire truck will be ready for pickup

at the end of April and asked where funds will come from. Council to discuss

further.

Council discussed the sidewalk program and reimbursement for those residents

already approved for the program. Administrator Johansen will confirm funding

availability.

Adjourn With no further business to bring before the Council, a motion to adjourn was made by Gumm, seconded by DeBack. All Aye. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m.

Next Council Next regular council meeting will be April 7, 2025, at 6 p.m. in Council

Meeting Chambers.