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St. Joseph council approves emergency radio-tower purchase and clears consent agenda
Summary
The St. Joseph City Council approved an emergency ordinance to shift funds for radio-tower equipment and accepted a consent agenda that included multiple contracts and project authorizations; key votes were unanimous (9–0).
The St. Joseph City Council voted unanimously on March 31 to approve an emergency ordinance to transfer funds and purchase radio-tower equipment intended to maintain public-safety communications, and it cleared a consent agenda that included several contracts and project authorizations.
Council approved emergency ordinance 1199-22 to transfer $16,136 from the police department general fund into the public-safety radio and tower maintenance fund and to authorize purchase of a DC inverter charger system for the Third and Hamburg tower from Midwest Mobile for $32,272. The council recorded a 9–0 vote to pass the emergency measure.
The consent agenda, approved earlier in the meeting by a unanimous vote, included a range of items read by the clerk: an ordinance amending section 15-27 of chapter 15 (exterior property maintenance) to update composting rules, a quitclaim sale near 20 Ninth Street to Ryan Robertson, an aviation fund amendment and a state aviation trust fund project consultant agreement with Wolpert to design a maintenance control complex at Rosecrans Memorial Airport (listed at roughly $7.5 million), and multiple construction and equipment contracts. Other consent items cited by the clerk included a one-year renewal with Buchanan County for certain health services ($91,372.42), a resolution of intent for taxable industrial development revenue bonds approximately $18.5 million for Nordstrom FoodTech LLC, a change order for Civic Arena restroom renovations ($54,492.37), and a unit-price contract for the annual asphalt resurfacing program ($3,130,100).
City leaders and staff described the emergency transfer as reimbursement-driven: the ordinance allocates reimbursements from Buchanan County, Mosaic and REMSA to cover part of the cost. Council members cast votes at the meeting; no roll-call record of individual member votes was provided in the clerk’s reading beyond the unanimous tallies recorded on the public record.
Votes at a glance: • Motion to accept the published agenda: moved by Council member Davis, seconded by Council member Grimm — passed 9–0. • Motion to accept the consent agenda (remaining items): moved by Council member Novey, seconded by Council member Trout — passed 9–0. • Emergency ordinance 1199-22 (radio/tower transfer and equipment purchase): passed — 9–0.
The clerk also read a set of ordinances for first reading on projects including ShelterLab pet-adoption software, subdivision final plat approvals, park improvements and GIS services for NextGen 911 mapping; those items were set for subsequent consideration. Council adjourned after public comment and routine reports.
