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Votes at a glance: Hastings City Council actions, Jan. 13, 2025
Summary
Council recorded a range of routine and substantive votes, including grant administration agreements, street‑improvement resolutions, plats, appointments and administrative motions. Most items passed unanimously or with minimal opposition.
The Hastings City Council completed multiple formal actions on Jan. 13. Key votes and outcomes recorded during the meeting are summarized below.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved, 8‑0. - Vons Printing claim, $350: approved, 7‑0 with 1 abstention. - City council work session rescheduled from Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, to Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m., at the Hastings Municipal Airport (reason: Martin Luther King Jr. holiday): approved, 8‑0. - Ordinance/resolution to approve the city administrator contract for Mark Funke: approved, 8‑0 (see separate article for details). - Kevin Burr Subdivision preliminary/final plat: approved, 8‑0 (see separate article). - Gartner Farms Third preliminary/final plat (in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction): approved, 8‑0. - Professional services consultant agreements with South Central Economic Development District, Inc. (SCED) to administer three 2024 Community Development Block Grant projects (Revive Inc. Facilities — CDBG 24 PWF‑1; Downtown Revitalization — CDBG 24 DTR‑4; K and K Plaza Infrastructure — CDBG 24 PWI‑8): approved as a group, 8‑0. City staff said SCED will handle grant administration, billing and paperwork for both the city and the Community Redevelopment Authority. - Resolution 2025‑01: Accept work and certificate of city engineer for Street Improvement District 2023‑1 (M Street). Approved, 8‑0. City engineer reported total district cost $342,748.60; general obligation portion $157,457.88 (to be paid by the city); assessments to adjacent property owners $171,581.81; special obligation $13,708.91 (driveways and separate items). - Resolution 2025‑02: Accept schedule of assessments for Street Improvement District 2023‑1 and set public hearing for the Board of Equalization on Feb. 24, 2025: approved, 8‑0. - Ordinance 4,787 establishing an annual council retreat and a State of the City address schedule (retreat the Saturday after the second council meeting in February; State of the City to be delivered at the first March council meeting): passed on second and final reading after suspension of rules, 8‑0. - Appointment of Lee Reuben as street superintendent (qualifies under professional engineer requirement): approved, 8‑0. Council noted the street superintendent certification is tied to state statute and an annual $7,500 incentive payment the city receives. - Mayor’s appointments of city council liaisons to various boards (including chamber, library, airport and boards named in the packet): approved, 8‑0. - Motion to adjourn: final recorded vote to adjourn the meeting registered as 7‑1 on the last roll call.
Most of the items above were presented with staff summaries and minimal public comment. Where required by state statute (street improvement district), notices and assessment schedules will be mailed to affected property owners and a Feb. 24, 2025, hearing was set for the board of equalization.
