COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A regular meeting of the City Council of Vinton, Iowa was held on the 13th day of February 2025 in City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Maynard presided with the following Council members present: Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood.
Motion by Pflughaupt, seconded by Parmater to approve the agenda as presented. Question: Ayes – all. Motion carried.
Motion by Parmater, seconded by Pflughaupt to approve the consent agenda as presented. Ques-tion: Ayes – all. Motion carried. Items on the consent agenda are to receive & file Council meeting minutes of January 23 & 30, 2025, receive & file Airport meeting minutes of January 15, 2025, receive & file the 2024 water loss report, approval of Class B retail alcohol license for Family Dol-lar, approval of retail tobacco license for 3rd Eye Smoke Shop, approval of device retailer license for 3rd Eye Smoke Shop, approval of device retailer license for Eagle 3, Inc (Vinton Liquor Tobac-co & Vape), approval of class E retail alcohol license for Guru Nanak Enterprise Inc and approval of City invoices.
Committee Reports
A work session was held prior to the council meeting to discuss a potential new recreation center. Items related to the recreation center will be on a future agenda for action.
Citizens Input
Ed Felts, 104 S R Ave Lot 9, spoke to the Council regarding his water lines. No action was taken.
Old Business – None
New Business
Motion by Stark-Mahood, seconded by Pflughaupt to approve a resolution approving the perma-nent and temporary public utility easement between the City of Viton and Todd Bohnsack and Rene E. Ternus. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried.
Motion by Pflughaupt, seconded by Elwick to approve pay estimate #12 to Woodruff Construction for WWTP improvements. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried.
Motion by Stark-Mahood, seconded by Pflughaupt to approve the agreement for professional ser-vices with Fehr Graham for 2025-2028 general engineering services. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried.
Motion by Parmater, seconded by Pflughaupt to approve the annual service proposal and contract for Whelen Outdoor Warning sirens. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried.
Motion by Pflughaupt, seconded by Hessenius to approve the purchase of a 2025 John Deere Ga-tor for VPRD from Bodensteiner Implement Co. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried. The Gator will be outfitted to hold a large water tank for watering the hanging flower baskets this summer.
Motion by Stark-Mahood, seconded by Parmater to approve the lease proposal for the City Hall copier from Access Systems. Question: Ayes – Elwick, Hessenius, Parmater, Pflughaupt, Recker and Stark-Mahood. Motion carried.
Reports
Administrator Ward shared a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow on the design on a new water plant. Ward is working with the board of Marv Lindsey to draft a new lease agreement. Winter events are in full swing with the Parks & Recreation department. Spring programming opens on Monday. Thanks to all departments for their efforts on snow removal with the latest storm!
With no other business before the Council, motion by Pflughaupt, seconded by Parmater to ad-journ. Unanimously approved. Time: 8:00pm