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Votes at a glance: council approves assessment roll, ordinance second reading, RFP and other routine actions
Summary
At its April 17 meeting the Lakehead City Council approved several routine but consequential items: adoption of the 2025 assessment roll, second reading of Ordinance 2025 (section 5-02-07), issuance of an RFP for engineering services, authorization to buy one public-works pickup, a presort-fee increase, and a personnel pay action.
The Lakehead City Council recorded several formal actions on April 17, 2025. Below are the items the council acted on during the meeting and the outcomes as stated on the record.
- Assessment roll (2025): The council approved three required findings from the assessor and declared the 2025 assessment roll adopted. (See the separate article summarizing the assessor's presentation and the annexation-driven valuation increases.)
- Ordinance No. 2025, second reading (code section 5-02-07): The council voted to approve the second reading of Ordinance 2025, amending section 5-02-07 of the municipal code. A motion to approve the second reading was made by Councilwoman Davis and seconded; the motion carried on voice vote.
- RFP for general engineering/consulting services: The council approved sending the city's standard RFP for general engineering and consulting services with a proposed schedule that included proposals due May 9, interviews (if necessary) May 12—5, and contract selection May 15 with an anticipated final contract effective around May 22. Motion to send the RFP carried.
- Personnel action (deputy auditor pay request): The council held an extended discussion about a requested raise for the deputy auditor position and voted on the personnel action. The motion to approve the requested pay adjustment passed on a roll-call vote; the meeting includes multiple recorded yes and no votes and the council instructed staff to implement the change per personnel-process rules.
- Public works vehicle purchase: The council approved purchase of one new Ford F-250 (short box, 4-door, 4x4) through Nelson Auto Center for the public works fleet. The motion approved buying one of the two requested trucks; the department said the purchase was budgeted under parts and equipment for sewer and water.
- Presort/billing insert fees: The council approved increasing the fee charged for placing inserts into the utility billing mailer from $75 to $100 for black-and-white inserts and to $150 for color inserts.
Votes and tallies: Several votes were decided by voice vote and roll calls; where the meeting recorded named roll calls or mixed yes/no responses, the clerk's roll-call record will provide the final count. If precise numeric tallies are needed for inspection or legal purposes, staff advised that the official minutes and roll-call record maintained by the city clerk should be consulted; the audio record contains the roll-call exchanges.
Next steps: Implementation tasks include updating the municipal code (for the ordinance), issuing the RFP according to the advertised schedule, ordering the approved vehicle and processing purchase paperwork, adjusting billing fee schedules, and effectuating payroll changes for the deputy auditor.
