Bettendorf committee to review police station survey, park futsal court and code changes

Bettendorf City Council’s Committee of the Whole will meet Monday evening to review a suite of agenda items ahead of the council’s formal vote Tuesday, including community survey results on a proposed new police station, a parks purchase request and proposed changes to the city’s open-burning code.

Angie Sharp, community engagement manager for Bettendorf City, said the committee “starts at 5 p.m. with a presentation of the community survey results for the proposed new police station.” The committee meeting is when council members and city staff discuss items that are expected to appear on the regular council meeting agenda the following night.

The meeting packet preview Sharp read from lists several items council members may discuss. On the parks side, Sharp said the council will consider a resolution authorizing the Parks and Recreation director to purchase a mini pitch futsal court for Veterans Memorial Park; the packet includes a project preview on page 26. Sharp also said the fire chief will present an ordinance proposing changes to the city code’s open-burning chapter (packet page 27).

Sharp said the community development director will present a resolution related to an appeal of the offer price for a home included in the city’s flood grant buyout program. The packet also lists two public hearings: one on the 2025 alley rehabilitation program and another on the reconstruction of 27th Street and Aaron Street; the council is scheduled to vote on the resolutions for those projects after the hearings.

The packet shows several ordinance readings scheduled for second reading, including amendments to the city’s zoning map for property generally north of Forest Grove Drive, west of Wellsbury Road and south of Interstate 80; changes to the commercial and parking permitted-use table; and an amendment regarding the location of polling places and council authority. Sharp noted that resolutions require one vote to pass, while ordinances require three votes at three separate meetings.

Sharp also called out recognitions on the agenda: the Bettendorf Optimist Club will present a Respect for the Law award to Bettendorf Police Officer Dennis Tripp, and the city will recognize Jordan Drain of Mark Twain Elementary School as Iowa School Nurse of the Year. The packet indicates the consent agenda includes 14 items.

All Committee of the Whole and city council meetings are open to the public at City Hall and are livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel, Sharp said. Residents can sign up for Alert Iowa and other city communications at Bettendorf.org to receive meeting start alerts and other updates.

The Committee of the Whole will adjourn to the regular council meeting scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m.; forthcoming votes on the listed resolutions and ordinances will appear on that agenda.