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Council bundles consent agenda: purchases, contract acceptances and ordinance considerations moved en bloc
Summary
At the Nov. 5 Committee of the Whole meeting, council set multiple items — including contract acceptances, equipment purchases, property acquisitions for flood mitigation and ordinance first considerations — on the consent agenda for final action. No public opposition was recorded during hearings.
The Davenport City Council Committee of the Whole placed a broad set of items on the consent agenda Nov. 5, moving contract acceptances, equipment purchases, ordinance first considerations and licensing items en bloc for final action.
Items moved to consent included:
- Acceptance of the 2025 Sidewalk and ADA ramp program completed by Feldman Concrete of Dyerville, Iowa, in the amount of $306,974.34.
- Acceptance of FY 2026 Iowa DOT full depth patch work by AmeriCorps LLC of Muscatine, Iowa, in the amount of $148,238.10.
- Acceptance of the CY 2025 contract milling program by Manatts Incorporated of Comanche, Iowa, in the amount of $85,714.93.
- Plan/spec and estimated cost items for the Modern Woodland Park levee repair project and the Annie Whitmire complex utilities relocation (Junior Theater project) (plan/spec items presented; award and funding conversations to follow prior to contract award).
- Purchase approvals: one solid waste truck from LA Equipment of Davenport, Iowa ($357,475) and one Bobcat UW56 utility work machine with angle broom from Rexco Equipment of Davenport, Iowa ($69,780.44), both procured via cooperative contracts.
- Finance and property items: acquisition approvals for 2018 North Ohio Avenue ($137,290) and 2424 North Ohio Avenue ($152,980) as part of North Ohio Avenue flood mitigation; a Munis software annual licensing and support payment to Tyler Technologies Inc. ($191,947.41); and purchase of burn room insulation materials for the live fire training facility ($74,757).
Several liquor license and temporary outdoor area requests were also reviewed and placed on consent, including a temporary outdoor area request for the German American Heritage Center (Dec. 13) and license applications for S & S Mart and Wide River Winery.
Where items required public hearings (for example the Modern Woodland Park project and the Annie Whitmire utilities relocation), aldermen opened the hearings and, finding no speakers, closed them and moved those items to consent. Several motions and seconded votes were recorded as "All in favor? Aye" in the transcript; no roll‑call tallies were provided in the record.
Notes and follow up: For the Modern Woodland Park plan/spec, an alderman requested a follow‑up discussion on funding sources and remaining balances before any award. For procurement items, one attendee asked whether Feldman Concrete was related to a separate procurement; staff did not respond on the record. All items were placed on consent for final action at a future regular meeting.
Sources: Transcript of Davenport City Council Committee of the Whole, Nov. 5, 2025 (Alderman Rick Dunn; Public Works and Finance sections).
