Albia council approves routine business, awards City Wide Clean contract and sells surplus slide

The Albia City Council on May 3 approved a slate of routine business, awarded a city-wide cleanup contract and processed property and licensing items.

The council unanimously approved the April 19, 2021 minutes and claims as presented, including additional claims for Marty Ryan ($110.00), General American Lawn Care ($276.25) and Infomax ($126.60).

On procurement, the council reviewed bids for the City Wide Clean program and accepted the lone responsive bid from Midwest Sanitation (0–40 tons: $182.00 per ton; over 40 tons: $168.00 per ton) on a 5–1 vote, with Council Member Brandon Williams opposing. The council also opened bids for a surplus train slide and accepted Allyson Haselhuhn’s high bid of $350.00 over competing bids of $300.00 and $56.00.

On property and tax matters, the council approved a five-year property tax exemption for James Woollums’ attached garage. Dennis Conley and Kathy Mobley were among several members who moved routine referrals and actions: an alley-closing request by Debbie Richmond was referred to Planning & Zoning, a public hearing on the 2021 budget amendment was set for May 17, and mowing-cost assessments were approved to be collected via property taxes on four parcels.

Licenses and appointments were also handled: beer and liquor renewals for Casey’s South and HyVee were approved, Mayor Richard Clark’s reappointments of Jan Stalzer and Ken Hollingsworth to the Albia Housing Board were confirmed, and the council approved rocking the parking area east of the soccer/t-ball field.

Most motions carried unanimously; the City Wide Clean award was the only recorded 5–1 vote.