Napoleon City Council approves police contract, OKs fuel-tax audit and utility rate adjustments; energy-efficiency renewal moved to next reading

Napoleon — The Napoleon City Council on Oct. 20, 2025, approved a collective bargaining agreement with the city’s police union, authorized the finance director to seek a third‑party audit to recoup fuel taxes, adopted the monthly power‑supply cost adjustment factor and moved a proposed renewal of the city’s Efficiency Smart energy‑efficiency contract with American Municipal Power to a second reading.

The council unanimously approved Resolution 043-25, which the agenda describes as the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Napoleon and Local 240 Napoleon Police Officers Association, IUPA AFL‑CIO, for the term beginning Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2026, and authorized the city manager to execute the agreement. The roll call recorded seven affirmative votes (Bobby; Jordan; Tom; Dr. Dave; Britney; Ross; Ken). No no votes or abstentions were recorded.

Why it matters: the labor agreements and utility actions approved or advanced at the meeting affect city payroll commitments and the cost of municipal electric service, and the fuel‑tax audit could produce one‑time revenue recoveries for city departments.

Police contract and other labor items

Councilmembers voted to approve the police contract laid out in Resolution 043-25. The resolution as read on the agenda authorizes the city manager to execute the agreement and declares an emergency. The council’s roll call on that…