Napoleon City Council advances cemetery and golf-fee ordinances, approves sewer and street projects and awards $3.12 million East Washington contract

The Napoleon City Council on [date not specified] advanced two ordinances on first reading, approved bid documents for the 2025 sanitary-sewer cleaning and the 2025 miscellaneous streets improvement project, and awarded a $3,119,622.90 contract for the East Washington Street improvements project.

Council members voted to move Ordinance 011-25, which would amend Chapter 951 of the city codified ordinances (sections 951.04 and 951.05) governing burial lots and related charges, to second reading after a presentation from Council Member Andy. Andy said the review was prompted by a request from Tony and that the current fees had not been updated since February 2002; he told the council he combined comparable local cemetery rates with an inflation factor “over the last 23 years” to propose an adjusted rate structure.

The council also advanced Ordinance 007-25, which would amend Chapter 955 (section 955.09) to increase corporate golf privilege fees by $200 for the coming year. Council members who voted on first reading moved both ordinances forward without additional amendment.

Public works items took up much of the meeting. Chad, the city’s public works director, asked the council to approve bid documents for the 2025 sanitary-sewer cleaning program and said the city is restarting a 10-year cleaning cycle. The council approved advertising the project for bids; Chad told members the 2025 budgeted estimate is $100,000 with a project completion date of Aug. 29, 2025, and that the city plans to bid the work in three-year sections (2025–27).

Chad also presented plans and…