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Riverdale Council approves stormwater contract, fee schedule and several budget measures; votes summarized
Summary
At its June 3 meeting the Riverdale City Council awarded a stormwater construction contract, adopted a consolidated fee schedule and approved several budget items. The council also voted to decline a proposed pay increase for the mayor and councilors and approved a required salary update for the justice court judge.
Riverdale City Council members met June 3 and took a series of formal actions including awarding a stormwater construction contract, adopting fee and budget changes for fiscal year 2025–2026, and voting on municipal officer pay changes.
The council unanimously awarded a construction contract for a 2025 stormwater improvement project on 575 West and 5400 South to Ormond Construction for an amount not to exceed $467,756.85 (Resolution 2025-18). Council members discussed the contractor's prior work, a history of post‑project change orders on an earlier contract and the city's process for handling change orders going forward. Staff said change orders will not be approved without prior city review and explicit staff involvement.
The council also approved budget adjustments and a consolidated fee schedule that adds a 2.75% processing fee for most credit/debit card transactions (explicitly excluding utility payments), sets a flat $50 fee for utility shutoffs, raises the after-hours surcharge and increases some hydrant and commercial rates. The consolidated fee schedule (Resolution 2025-20) passed unanimously.
On compensation matters, the council voted 4–1 not to adopt the proposed increases to the mayor and council pay (Ordinance 993). The council approved the ordinance implementing the new minimum salary for the justice court judge as required by the Administrative Office of the Courts (Ordinance 994) by unanimous vote.
Other formal actions included re-tabling consideration of re-approving an expired site plan for Riverside Flats Apartments (the council first un-tabled the item to discuss and then re-tabled it for future consideration), amendments to the Riverdale City budget for FY2025 (Resolution 2025-19), and adoption of Riverdale RDA budgets and an RDA FY2025 amendment (RDA Resolutions r2025-03 and r2025-04). All budget and RDA measures recorded in the meeting passed unanimously.
Votes at a glance - Minutes (05/20/2025) — approved (voice vote, unanimous). - Resolution 2025-18 — Award bid to Ormond Construction for stormwater project, amount not to exceed $467,756.85 — passed unanimously. - Riverside Flats site plan — un-tabled for discussion, then tabled again (no final reapproval). - Resolution 2025-19 — Amend FY2025 city budget — passed unanimously. - Ordinance 993 — Proposed increase to mayor and council salaries — council adopted an amendment that leaves salaries unchanged; motion to make no increase passed 4–1. - Ordinance 994 — Justice court judge salary update per AOC — passed unanimously. - Resolution 2025-20 — Consolidated fee schedule (includes 2.75% processing fee except utilities) — passed unanimously. - RDA Resolution r2025-03 — Amend RDA FY2025 budget — passed unanimously. - RDA Resolution r2025-04 — Adopt RDA FY2026 budget — passed unanimously.
The council recorded a number of staff explanations and clarifications during debate — notably that the Ormond Construction bid was competitive but earlier projects with that contractor had post‑completion change orders and a lawsuit many years ago; staff said the city will require that change orders run through the city and that Sean (public works staff) be involved. For the fee schedule, staff explained the processing fee will not apply to utility payments because of merchant‑account constraints. For the budget, staff summarized rollovers of uncompleted road and stormwater projects into FY2026 and a proposed $65,000 professional services addition to support the city code update.
The meeting agenda and packet show the specific ordinances and resolutions adopted; staff told the council the final certified tax rate remained outstanding at the time of the meeting and will be incorporated before final budget adoption.
