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Votes at a glance: council approves ordinances, purchases, bid for wells and several other items
Summary
At its March 26 meeting the St John Town Council approved a slate of ordinances, purchase requests and a construction bid; it also approved accounts payable, deferred several items for further review and approved a Baker Tilly contract for arbitrage services.
The St John Town Council voted on multiple ordinances, purchase requests, contracts and a construction bid at its March 26 meeting. Several items were approved unanimously (motion carries 4 to 0 where recorded); others were deferred for further discussion or executive session.
Key votes and actions
- Purchase requests: The council approved six purchase requests totaling $81,429.93. The items named in the motion included street lighting from Boondre Electric ($5,366.43), water meters from Ferguson Water Works ($5,951), two bronze plaques from Premier Trophies, police vests from Ray O'Haron ($9,680), and LED street lighting work for several subdivisions ($33,195 and $22,337.50). The motion passed (recorded tally: 4–0).
- Accounts payable voucher: The council approved accounts payable vouchers dated 03/26/2025 totaling $1,736,927.61 for payroll, supplies, services and equipment. Motion carried 4–0.
- Ordinances (second reading and approvals): The council approved a series of ordinances on second reading with recorded votes of 4–0 unless noted: • Ordinance 18‑58 — Amending Salary Ordinance 18‑42 to establish the 2025 wages/salaries and benefits; council members were told this includes adding IT personnel and seasonal camp counselors. (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑59 — Amending the subdivision control ordinance (Article 6) regarding stormwater drainage to correct published links and scrivener errors. (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑60 — Amending Town Code Section 2‑152 on Emergency Medical Services rates and fees. The presenter said the correct amount submitted to the state should be $1,250 (correcting an earlier $2.50 filing). (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑61 — Updating vendor agreements and vendor fees for town events. (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑62 — Increasing the customer deposit fee for water service (largely to deter walk‑offs); staff said the change raises deposits for renters while not changing required deposits for homeowners. (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑63 — Rezoning for the Heartland Park expansion site (a zoning change from R‑2 to Public for property on White Oak Avenue and Ninth Avenue). (Passed 4–0) • Ordinance 18‑64 — Authorizing the town to issue one or more series of economic development revenue bonds for a commercial project in Economic Development Area 1 (related to the Jewel development) and approving related actions; council confirmed the bonds apply only to that allocation area. (Passed 4–0)
- Use variation (outdoor dining): The council approved a use variation to allow outdoor dining for Arcadia at 10081 Wicker Avenue. (Passed 4–0)
- Agreement/contract actions: • The council approved an agreement with Baker Tilly for arbitrage services. (Passed 4–0) • An agreement with Harris Law Firm PC regarding the Police Commission was deferred pending an executive session with the town attorney and the police commission president. (Deferred 4–0 in favor of executive session) • A separate item for scribe equipment (minutes transcription equipment) was deferred to the next meeting to allow staff to add needed language. (Deferred 4–0)
- Vendor fee reduction for special event: The council approved reducing the vendor fee for Daily Grind from $100 to $50 for the town’s all‑day Easter egg hunt event at the Park Department’s request. (Passed 4–0)
- Construction bid: The council accepted Grimmer Construction’s bid for construction of Wells 8 and 9, not to exceed $3,131,000. The motion passed 4–0.
- Minutes: The council approved the March 12, 2025 minutes with a requested correction to the recorded motion text; the motion to approve as amended carried 4–0.
Several motions were moved and seconded during the meeting; where the transcript identifies a mover or seconder that name was recorded, but many motions in the transcript were introduced generically and the recorded vote result (often “motion carries 4 to 0”) is used here. No ordinance readings failed, and multiple items were deferred for additional language or an executive session as noted above.
