West Union Council

Council Chambers, City Hall, May 19, 2025, at 6:00 P.M.

West Union City Council met May 19, 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, McElree, Miller, and Tope. Absent: Gumm.

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

Agenda McElree. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the May 5, 2025, Regular Council Meeting minutes as presented was made by Miller, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

Approval of Motion to approve Amendment #1 to the Owner-Engineer Agreement with

Amendment #1 for Origin Design on the N Pine St Bridge project was made by McElree, seconded

Engineering with by Tope. All Aye. Carried. This amendment will extend their services for 18

Origin Design on N months to include submittal of final plans, assistance through bidding, and

Pine St Bridge preparation of temporary easements and detours, totaling $105,550.00. Origin Design will also manage the geotechnical investigation and will provide cost.

Discussion on Senior Duane Mangskau was present to discuss heading efforts to restart a Senior

Community Center Community Center in West Union. Motion to table any decisions until further

information is available was made by Miller, seconded by Tope. All Aye. Carried.

City Administrator Johansen will set up a meeting with Mangskau, Park and Rec Director Stellmaker, and the City Attorney.

Trail Map Kiosk Motion to approve the proposals made by Mallory Hanson of the Main Street

Proposal by Main Design Committee made proposals for the Trail Map Kiosk was made by Tope,

Street Design seconded by Miller. Abstain: McElree. All Rest: Aye. Carried. Kiosk will be

Committee placed at the corner of Walnut and Elm Streets and will include trail map, points of interest, and signage. Funds of $2,000 have been set aside for the project by the City from the 5-2-1-0 Grant, and Main Street Design Committee will apply for additional grants for the City of West Union. Committee will work with Northeast Iowa RC&D for further design details.

Approval of Fayette After some discussion, motion to approve the Fayette County Road Dept. 28E

County Road Dept. Agreement and the cost estimate for N Pine St resurfacing totaling $181,225.02

28E Agreement and at 0% for 5 years was made by Miller, seconded by DeBack. Abstain: McElree.

Cost Estimate on N All Rest: Aye. Carried. Work will be done in 2026, and payments will start June

Pine Resurfacing of FY27.

Approval of Liquor Motion to approve liquor license renewal for Senor Cantina was made by

License Renewal for DeBack, seconded by Miller. All Aye. Carried.

Senor Cantina

Approval to Set Public Motion to approve setting the Public Hearing for June 2, 2025, for FY24-25

Hearing for June 2, budget amendments and to publish as required was made by DeBack, seconded

2025, for FY24-25 by Miller. All Aye. Carried. Amendments reflect changes in revenue due to the

Budget Amendments GO Bond for Linden St/downtown sidewalks, interest received, airport fuel

And Publish revenue, and police grants received and changes to expenses due to purchasing

tasers and cemetery mower, ash tree removal, insurance, alley asphalt and airport

projects, trail costs, and well and pump repairs.

Approval to Sign Tope recommends City Attorney change the wording before we approve. Motion

Police Union to table signing the Police Union Memorandum of Understanding changing

Memorandum of health insurance provider was made by Tope, seconded by DeBack. All Aye.

Understanding Carried.

Approval of Revision Motion to approve revision to employee reimbursement policy adding “Coats and

to Employee Policy Boots” reimbursement and to reimburse Lane Johansen for boots purchased was

Adding Coats and made by McElree, seconded by Miller. All Aye. Carried. The City will reimburse

Boots Reimbursement 50% of the cost of steel or composite toe shoes, up to $100 annually, and 50% of the cost of winter weather coats, up to $100 every 3 years, to full time employees

in the Water, Sewer, Streets, and Cemetery Departments.

Approval of Motion to approve April 2025 financials as presented and May 2025 expenditures

April 2025 totaling $471,488.57 was made by DeBack, seconded by McElree. All Aye.

Financials and Carried.

May 2025

Expenditures

CLAIMS LIST:

Access Systems-Copiers 254.75

AFLAC-Insurance 202.56

Albert Cline-Services 3,050.00

All Stop-Fuel 476.60

Allamakee-Clayton Econ Dev-Loans 3,000.00

Allamakee-Clayton Electric-Service 4,742.35

Amazon-Supplies 840.14

Andy Larson-Vision 1,000.00

AT&T Mobility-Phones 258.69

Baker & Taylor-Books 154.73

Baker Enterprises-Linden St 36,651.97

Black Hills-Gas 1,220.58

Boone’s Snow Removal-Snow 100.00

Carrico Aquatic Resource-Repairs 6,858.00

CenturyLink-Phones 311.22

City Laundering-Supplies 575.57

Cline Construction-Water Main 4,875.00

Croell RediMix-Concrete 1,117.50

Dale Bilden-Janitorial 150.00

EFTPS-Payroll Taxes 18,666.38

ERA-Testing 393.35

Fayette Electronics-Supplies 45.00

Fehr Graham-Engineering 16,615.45

Fiserv-Fees 56.30

Gage & Gage-Repairs 465.02

Gavyn Grove-Reffing 50.00

Gordon Flesch-Copier 268.52

Gov2Go-Report 111.00

Hawkeye Fire & Safety-Inspections 1,055.25

Hawkeye Interconnect-Internet 171.96

Hawkins-Supplies 1,529.74

IA Dept of Revenue-Taxes 1,609.65

Impact Vinyl-Sign 825.00

Ingram-Books 1,068.77

IPERS-Retirement 11,965.99

Jesse Stanbrough-Dental 273.00

Kendrick White-Reffing 62.50

Kerndt Bank-Fees 79.50

Kiana Fuentes-Reffing 50.00

KSB Solar-Utilities 2,256.16

Kyler White-Reffing 85.50

Library Journal-Subscription 179.00

Lincoln Investment-457b Plan 3,256.69

Lynch Dallas-Legal Fees 1,725.00

Marco-Copiers 147.85

Marshall Wagner-Fuel 75.08

Mebulbs-Supplies 415.45

Napa-Supplies 584.10

NEIA Mechanical-Repairs 2,253.73

North Central Labs-Supplies 118.93

NutriJect-Report 1,250.00

Origin Design-Engineering 2,400.00

Pro Earth-Mulch 240.00

PSN-Fees 64.95

Quill Corp-Supplies 283.52

Quillin’s-Supplies 10.99

Reliant Fire Apparatus-Fire Truck 237,938.00

RNR Solar-Utilities 2,302.18

Ryan Wagner-Firemen Compensation 1,070.00

Scott Johansen-Fuel 66.35

Seamless Gutter-Supplies 200.00

Signs By Design-Stickers 90.00

Sims TV-Supplies 32.77

Sisco Premium Trust-Insurance 1,960.64

Skyline Salt Solutions-Salt 8,039.01

Spahn & Rose-Supplies 124.23

Speer Financial-Fees 12,960.00

Speicher Excavating-Repairs 1,800.00

State Hygienic Lab-Testing 64.50

Storey Kenworthy-Supplies 129.04

The Standard-Insurance 449.34

Treasurer-St of Iowa-Taxes 1,896.59

Uline-Supplies 510.35

UMB Bank-Fees 300.00

US Cellular-Phones 314.82

US Postmaster-Supplies 514.08

Utility Equipment Co-Supplies 959.84

Verizon-Phones 203.31

Volga Valley Conservation-Dues 160.00

Voltmer Inc-Repairs 600.00

Washington National-Insurance 83.90

WU District Energy-Geo 280.00

WU Hardware-Supplies 136.52

Wex Bank-Fuel 1,086.76

Wilbur Ford-Repairs 1,221.88

Wright Way Computers-Services 3,100.00

Zach Salisbury-Vision 170.00

Utility Refunds -----

Total Payroll 56,175.47

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Total Claims $471,488.57

TOTAL CLAIMS BY FUND: TOTAL RECEIPTS BY FUND:

General $95,518.81 $336,583.40

Fire Equipment Replacement 5,264.00

Road Use Tax 18,693.82 29,134.50

Employee Benefits 2,766.27 118,930.81

LOST 26,107.43

TIF 17,576.44

Revolving Loan Fund

Library Donations 152.99

Park Equipment

Pool Improvement

Cemetery Donations 490.00

Debt Service 300.00 102,712.50

Capital Improvement 66,227.42 2,628,671.70

Airport Project

Bridge Project 2,400.00 8,000.00

Equipment Revolving 237,938.00 176,938.00

Perpetual Care 490.00

Water 23,401.35 32,524.56

Capital Water Fee 5,917.48

Sewer 21,242.90 26,219.16 Capital Sewer Fee 41,154.89

Sewer Sinking Fund 38,343.00

Capital Sewer Projects 3,000.00

Storm Water 4,637.58

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Totals $471,488.57 $3,599,848.44

Comments and Items McElree suggested we check with Iowa DOT about transferring the ROW

to Discuss jurisdiction of their property on Meadow Lane to the City.

City elections will be held this year. Seats up for election are Mayor (Cam Granger), 1st Ward Council Member (Chris DeBack), and Council Member At Large (Matt McElree). Candidates’ filing is open August 25, 2025, to September 18, 2025.

Adjourn With no further business to bring before the Council, a motion to adjourn was made by Miller, seconded by McElree. All Aye. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.

Next Council Next regular council meeting will be June 2, 2025, at 6 p.m. in Council

Meeting Chambers.