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Albia City Council adopts zoning update, approves wastewater change order and several personnel measures
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Summary
At its July 3 meeting, the Albia City Council adopted Ordinance No. 906 updating the zoning code, approved a $125,935.28 change order for the wastewater treatment project, authorized multiple personnel pay actions and approved ARPA-funded bonuses and term-sheet distribution for a bridge bond.
The Albia City Council on July 3 adopted an update to the city zoning code and approved several capital and personnel actions during a 55-minute meeting.
Ordinance No. 906, a zoning-code update, was approved on second reading, the council waived a required third reading and adopted the ordinance after a 6-0 vote. The council also approved Change Order #9 for the wastewater treatment project, adding $125,935.28 to that contract, by a 6-0 vote.
The council approved personnel and pay actions across departments. The sanitation commissioner reported hiring an employee who holds a Grade I operator permit; council members approved moving the worker to regular pay rather than probationary pay. The council adopted a resolution setting police on-call pay at $10.00 per hour and increasing the assistant police chief’s pay by $1.00 per hour while the chief is absent; the pay increase was made retroactive to the date of the chief’s absence.
Councilors approved a $2,000 bonus from ARPA funds for the cemetery sexton, requested by Cemetery Board President Lisa Greiner, to be distributed as $1,000 in September and $1,000 in April. A separate request from Municipal Water Board President Jack Scieszinski for $40,000 in ARPA funds was discussed and deferred to the next meeting.
Councilors also approved a term sheet for distribution to potential bidders on a bond issue related to the South Clinton Bridge project, authorized year-end transfers by resolution and approved painting pickleball court lines on a tennis court. The meeting included a review of compliance officer abatements and scheduled rental inspections; council members asked the compliance officer to provide regular reports (monthly or quarterly).
During council comments and staff reports, members discussed police officer recruitment, a possible insect-control measure at the T-Ball field, pool operations and two Street Commissioner applications that the clerk reported having received. Assistant Chief Tyson Irwin asked the council to consider adding a handbook provision for part-time officers. Mayor Richard Clark called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; the council adjourned at 6:55 p.m.