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Waverly council approves sewer, water and solid-waste rate ordinances, bond measures, leases and contracts
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the City of Waverly City Council approved third readings of ordinances adjusting sewer, water and solid-waste rates, authorized multiple general-obligation bond steps, and approved a lease, contracts and collection arrangements.
The City of Waverly City Council approved a package of rate ordinances, bond-authorizing resolutions and contracts during its March 3 regular meeting, voting on sewer, water and solid-waste rate changes, authorizing several borrowing actions and signing off on leases and collection agreements.
The council gave third and final reading approval to Ordinance 1160 (sewer rates), Ordinance 1161 (water rates) and Ordinance 1162 (solid waste rates) for fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27. The council recorded unanimous roll-call approval for the sewer and water ordinances. The solid-waste ordinance passed 5–1, with Councilmember Bergen recorded as the lone dissenting vote.
The council also approved Resolution 25-25 to institute proceedings for issuance of up to $700,000 in general obligation bonds for essential corporate purposes (ECP) and Resolution 25-26 to institute proceedings for issuance of up to $600,000 in general obligation bonds for general corporate purposes (GCP); both measures passed unanimously on roll-call votes. Later, the council approved Resolution 25-32, authorizing issuance of $10,215,000 in general obligation bond series 2025A and leveling the tax for payment; that resolution passed unanimously.
Other adopted items included Resolution 25-24, approving a lease with the Waverly Softball Association for Cedar River Park; Resolution 25-29, approving a 28E agreement with Bremer County to place vehicle-registration holds for unpaid parking tickets; and Resolution 25-31, approving a collection-services agreement with Municipal Collections of America (no fees payable unless money is collected). All three passed unanimously.
The council accepted the fueling station project as complete and approved final payment of $279,918.53 to DICK'S Petroleum Company of Tripoli, Iowa, via Resolution 25-27; that resolution passed unanimously. The council also set the public hearing on the proposed budget for March 24, 2025 at 6:45 p.m. in council chambers by adopting Resolution 25-28.
The council approved Resolution 25-33 to set a March 17, 2025 public hearing to consider reallocation of certain unspent proceeds of the city’s 2023 general obligation bonds, and it approved several administrative and appointment items including a mayoral reappointment to the Human Equity and Diversity Commission.
Several items on the consent calendar were approved en bloc by voice vote. There were no public comments at the hearings on the rate ordinances or on the lease or bond-authorizing resolutions.
Quotes and context: Mayor (presiding) framed the public hearings as required civic process, noting, “This is how the sausage is made.” City staff confirmed no written or oral comments were received by the clerk for the hearings on the ordinances. The council’s roll-call votes were recorded aloud during the meeting for each item.
What happens next: Ordinances approved on third reading are adopted as city law per the council’s action; bond proceedings will move to subsequent administrative steps and publication as required. The council scheduled a separate hearing on reallocation of unspent bond proceeds for March 17, 2025.
