Bettendorf council meeting Jan. 21 will consider $11.5 million bond, sewer rehab, rezoning and new school zone

Bettendorf City officials scheduled a committee of the whole at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, followed by the regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m. The meetings will include a review of the city’s capital improvement plan and a proposed bond sale and several public hearings, city staff announced.

Community engagement manager Angie Sharp said the committee of the whole will review an item that will appear on the regular meeting agenda — a proposed bond sale tied to the capital improvement plan — and noted packet materials are available online beginning on page 8 of the council packet. Sharp also said Finance Director Jason Shatt will present the city’s finance summary as of Nov. 30, 2024; that summary appears on the consent agenda and is listed on page 5 of the packet.

The agenda lists three public hearings. The first is on the issuance of general obligation bonds “not to exceed $11,500,000,” which the council will vote on by resolution after the hearing. The second public hearing covers the 2025 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project; the council is scheduled to vote on a resolution to approve plans, specifications and the form of contract for that project. The third hearing is the first reading of an ordinance to amend the zoning map for 438 16th Street from a single-family residence district to a community commercial district; that ordinance will receive its first of three readings at this meeting.

Other ordinance business on the agenda includes the first reading of an ordinance to add a school zone on Maplecrest Drive and the second reading of an ordinance to establish a tax increment financing district for Bridal and Forest Grove LLC and FG80 Holdings LLC. Sharp said the consent agenda contains 13 items.

Sharp also said the council will present a proclamation for National Mentoring Month to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley. The meetings are open to the public at City Hall, 1609 State Street in downtown Bettendorf, and will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel. Sharp directed residents to the council packet at www.bettendorf.org/citycouncil for details and to sign up for meeting alerts at www.bettendorf.org/beintheno.

If council takes the actions as scheduled, the resolution to issue general obligation bonds would require a single council vote to pass; ordinances require three readings across separate meetings before adoption. No votes or formal actions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt, which contains the meeting announcements and agenda overview only.