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Council approves FY26 operating/capital budget and multiple plats; several consent items passed
Summary
On April 21 the West Des Moines City Council adopted the FY2025-26 operating and capital budget and approved a package of plats, site plans and capital projects; the meeting included several unanimous votes and two abstentions on potential-conflict items.
The West Des Moines City Council took several formal actions April 21, including adoption of the fiscal year 2025-26 operating and capital budgets and approval of subdivision plats, a townhome site plan and capital projects.
Key votes at a glance
- FY2025-26 operating and capital budgets: Resolution adopting the budgets passed 5-0. (Motion and seconder not specified on the record.)
- Pavilion Park Plat 3 (south terminus of Napoli Avenue): Preliminary plat to create seven single-family lots passed (motion approved 5-0). Approved following a unanimous Development and Planning subcommittee recommendation.
- Mill Ridge Plat 7 (NW corner Stagecoach Drive & S 80th Street): Preliminary plat creating 65 footprint lots for multi-family / 65 attached townhomes site plan approved (motion approved 5-0). Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.
- Plat of Survey (Parcel 2057 NW Stagecoach Drive & S 80th Street): Resolution to approve plat of survey and accept sanitary sewer easement; passed 5-0 with standard conditions (owner acknowledgement of transfer of ownership and future subdivision conditions).
- Consent-package items that carried recorded votes: - Park use agreement with The Rugby Foundation: approved 4 yes, 1 abstention (abstention due to potential conflict of interest). Mover/second not specified. - Lease agreement for staging purposes (Microsoft Ginger West project, 11100 Boonville Road): approved 4 yes, 1 abstention (abstention due to potential conflict of interest). Mover/second not specified. - Remainder of the consent agenda: approved 5-0.
- Library air-handler replacement and related resolutions: engineering and contracting items were approved 5-0.
- City Hall generator replacement: resolutions and motions to authorize the project were approved 5-0.
Procedure and context
Council and staff discussed the budget at length, including a full-day Saturday work session ahead of the hearing. Mayor Russ Trimble and council members thanked finance staff for the work on a budget the council described as producing a tax-rate reduction without reductions in core services. No dollar totals were presented on the council floor during the hearing; the resolution adopting the budgets carried on a 5-0 recorded vote.
What to expect next
Approved plats and site plans proceed through standard final-engineering and permitting steps; conditions attached to the plat-of-survey approval require the owner to complete public improvements or post surety before issuance of building permits if the land is later platted for development.
