Votes at a glance: agenda, minutes, bids, payments, hires and hearings set

Key council actions taken at the meeting (motions and recorded outcomes):

• Adopt agenda — Motion to adopt meeting agenda; approved by voice vote.

• Adopt minutes (06/16/2025) — Motion to adopt minutes; approved by voice vote.

• Award bridal patio contract — Motion to accept Dwight Construction bid for $26,513.36; approved (see separate article for details).

• Approve pool party request process — Motion to approve pool party request form/process with the requirement that party attendance remain consistent with posted pool capacity and lifeguard staffing; approved by voice vote.

• Adopt city administrator job description — Motion to adopt updated job description and proceed with recruitment advertising (applications being accepted; five applicants reported); approved by voice vote.

• Authorize DOT Transportation Alternatives letter of intent — Motion to proceed with letter of intent for the South‑Side pathway grant (filed to secure DOT site review and estimates); approved by roll call (Yes: Antonson, Beckett, Bullis, Peterman, Sealy; No: Roehlke, Rohrer).

• Approve Union County veteran abatement/refund — Motion authorizing the mayor to sign county paperwork approving a veteran’s property tax abatement/refund for 2024; approved by voice vote.

• Authorize demolition of Parks Maintenance Building — Motion to authorize demolition and disposal of the Parks Maintenance Building adjacent to the van sheds; approved by voice vote.

• Approve change order #1 (paving/topsoil) — Motion to approve change order number 1 for paving and topsoil with a net deduction of approximately $1,333.05; approved.

• Approve pay request — Merla/Marlin Royce final payment for paving: motion approved (payment amount recorded as $14,883.70 in the minutes).

• Approve pay request #16 — Site Works (site work) pay request number 16 in the amount of $61,965.97; motion approved.

• Approve seasonal hires — Motion to hire three lifeguards at $15.03/hr and two bartender/server positions at $11.50/hr (names listed in the packet); approved.

• Set one‑day malt beverage license public hearing — Motion to set the public hearing at the next council meeting for a one‑day malt beverage license for the Fire Department’s Old Fashioned Weekend water fight; approved (hearing date: next council meeting).

• Authorize mayoral travel to Pierre — Motion to authorize the mayor’s travel request to Pierre; approved.

• Pay bills — Motion to pay municipal bills as presented; approved.

• Enter executive session — Motion and second to enter executive session; approved.

Where motion details, mover/second or roll‑call tallies were not specified in the transcript, the minutes show approval either by voice vote or by roll call where recorded. If specific amounts or names were not stated verbatim in the discussion, the transcript and backup materials provided the figures cited above.