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Votes at a glance: Des Moines City Council, April 25, 2025 — multiple consents, contracts and conveyances approved
Summary
The council approved a broad consent agenda and several contract awards, conveyances and ordinance actions. Most items passed by unanimous 7-0 votes; one notable action on the Fifth and Walnut skywalk passed 5-2 and is covered separately.
At its April 25 meeting the Des Moines City Council approved a large consent agenda and voted to award multiple construction contracts, conveyances and urban renewal actions. Most items passed unanimously or by recorded 7-0 votes. The council recorded a few no votes on individual consent items and approved a separate motion to begin the skywalk procurement process (see separate coverage).
Key outcomes recorded in the meeting record (motions, vote result):
- Consent agenda approved: items 3 through 42 (general consent; recorded votes: several individual roll-call no votes noted on particular consent items as recorded in minutes). Motion carries.
- Item 16: Authorization to proceed with Guthrie Avenue Trail property acquisition — approved, 7 yes. (See separate article.)
- Item 43: Conveyance of vacated alley right-of-way adjoining 1014 Virginia Avenue to Home Opportunities Made Easy Inc., d/b/a Home Inc., for $100 — approved, 7 yes.
- Item 45: Vacation of surface rights adjoining 1601 Sixth Avenue and conveyance of permanent easement to Indigo Dunn LLC — final reading waived and ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 46: Vacation of excess cemetery property adjoining 1636 and 1740 Eighth Street and conveyance to Susan D. Andrews for $21,850 — ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 47: Vacation of street right-of-way adjoining 120 Eighth Street and conveyance to Cornerstone Developers LLC for $1,000 — approved, 7 yes.
- Item 48A/B: Amendment to Urban Renewal Plan and establishment of Oak Park Highland Park TIF District No. 6 — ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 49: Amendment to Southside Economic Development District urban renewal plan — ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 50: Amendment to Southeast Agribusiness Urban Renewal Area — ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 51: Amendment to Metro Center urban renewal plan — ordinance approved, 7 yes.
- Item 52/52A: 2025 bridal and structural repair — plans and designate lowest responsive/responsible bidder Jorgensen Contracting Company (Marty Jorgensen, president) for $986,058; contract and bond approved, 7 yes.
- Item 53/53A: 2025 hot mix asphalt residential paving, contract 1 — designate OMG Midwest Inc., d/b/a Des Moines Asphalt and Paving (Kevin Bragg, president) low bidder for $874,066.23; contract approved, 7 yes.
- Item 54: 2025 hot mix asphalt resurfacing program contract 1 — designate OMG Midwest Inc., d/b/a Des Moines Asphalt and Paving, low bidder for $568,694.27; contract approved, 7 yes.
- Item 55/55A/B: East Ninth Street Basin Park Improvements — designate Alpha Landscapes LLC (Riley Marvin, owner) as low bidder for amounts recorded in the council communication as "$356,000 and $755"; approve contract and dedicate 3825 East Ninth Street as Catherine Craig Park — approved, 7 yes. (Transcript lists amounts as "$356,000 and $755"; not further clarified in the record.)
- Item 56: Beaverdale Park stream enhancement and stabilization — designate TK Grading and Seeding LLC (Tyler Knudson, owner) low bidder for $98,306; contract approved, 7 yes.
- Item 57: East Locust Street lighting improvements — designate Klein Electric Inc., d/b/a Heartland Underground Solutions (Shane T. Klein, president) for $245,990; contract approved, 7 yes.
- Item 35: Final terms of urban renewal development agreement, Town Hall Associates LP, historic renovation and new construction at Sixth Avenue — approved, 7 yes.
- Item 58B: Receive and file Plan & Zoning communication and refer vacation of an L-shaped alley right-of-way near 1650 Dean Avenue to Engineering/Real Estate to proceed under city vacation policy — motion approved, 7 yes.
- Public speaking and other receive-and-file items (including item 59A) were received and filed as recorded.
Where the transcript recorded specific votes, this summary lists the outcome and the low-bidder or conveyance amount as provided in the meeting record. If the transcript did not provide a full dollar amount or a mover/second, the field is noted as not specified. For the Fifth and Walnut skywalk item the council recorded a 5-2 vote; that item is reported in a standalone article.
