The Aberdeen City Council on Oct. 20 approved the evening’s agenda and minutes, cleared a nine-item consent calendar and took votes on ordinances, appointments, grant authorizations and a series of contract pay requests.

Major adopted items included second readings and final adoption of two budget-related ordinances: Ordinance 25-10-O1, a 2025 budget supplement totaling $1,189,000 for unanticipated projects and expenditures; and Ordinance 25-10-O4, a parks, recreation and forestry supplement of $33,400 funded by gift funds. Both ordinances passed on second reading with unanimous roll-call votes.

The council also approved two federal transit grant authorizations: a Section 5310 application for $240,000 to purchase two buses (requested city manager signature) and a Section 5311 operating grant award of $366,085.13; both were approved by roll call. The council affirmed appointments of Ashley Wolf and Riley Hubler to the Downtown Business Improvement District No. 1 board for terms through Dec. 31, 2027.

Airport and public-works payments: The council approved multiple airport project payments and authorizations, including reductions in retainage and pay estimates for GA apron reconstruction, terminal expansion and the terminal access road and parking lot projects (federal/state/local funding mixes were noted by staff). The council also approved a preconditioned-air unit invoice tied to the VAIL grant and several construction payments for local road and bridge work, including the Tenth Avenue Southeast bridge replacement pay request (~$676,009) and Public Works building granular fill material (~$266,008).

Other capital and operating approvals: The council approved a joint funding payment of $26,080 with the U.S. Geological Survey for stream gauging (USGS), and it approved routine claims and payroll for the pay period and bills list (with a small number of abstentions recorded for specific vendors).

Outcomes at a glance (selected):
- Ordinance 25-10-O1 (2025 budget supplement): Adopted, roll call unanimous (8–0).
- Ordinance 25-10-O4 (parks/recreation supplement): Adopted, roll call unanimous.
- Section 5310 grant (Rideline): Approved; requested city manager signature to apply/accept $240,000.
- Section 5311 grant (Rideline operations): Approved; requested city manager signature for $366,085.13.
- WRF pay request No. 4 (PKG Contracting): Approved — also covered in separate article.
- USGS joint funding payment ($26,080): Approved; Brown County Emergency Management to reimburse half.
- Public Works building granular fill pay request ($266,007.59): Approved.
- Tenth Avenue SE bridge replacement pay request (~$676,008.93): Approved.
- Multiple airport project payments (GA apron, terminal expansion, access road & parking lot): Approved; federal and state grant shares noted by staff.

Council recorded several motions with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; abstentions were recorded on a small number of vendor payments by individual council members and noted in the roll-call results.