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Newton council approves consent agenda, ordinances and routine items
Summary
At its Sept. 6 meeting Newton City Council unanimously approved minutes from August meetings and a consent agenda that included tax releases, sewer adjustments, multiple budget ordinance amendments (including for police donation and water-treatment plant HVAC and VFD replacement), road closures, surplus of police firearms, and a resolution accepting a sewer-shed assessment report.
Newton City Council unanimously approved its consent agenda and prior meeting minutes during the Sept. 6 regular meeting.
Council approved the minutes from the Aug. 2 regular meeting and the Aug. 11 special meeting. The consent agenda — approved by motion and unanimous vote — comprised tax releases, sewer adjustments, consideration of budget ordinances to carry forward outstanding purchase orders, revisions to the customer service policy, road closures, a budget ordinance amendment accepting a police department donation, a budget ordinance authorizing capital expenditures for firearms, authorization to surplus police department firearms, adoption of a resolution accepting the completed Burris Road Pump Station sewer-shed asset inventory and assessment report, and budget ordinance amendments to replace the water treatment plant HVAC system and a 200-horsepower motor VFD. The minutes note that ordinances, resolutions and proclamations are on file in the city clerk’s office.
These items were handled on the consent agenda with no separate discussion recorded in the minutes. Council also noted multiple upcoming community events and staff announcements later in the agenda.
