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Votes at a glance: Morris City Council actions and routine approvals
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 130 (charter amendment) by unanimous roll call, approved routine consent-agenda items, made two board appointments, approved change order #5 for the municipal liquor store ($7,951), and passed resolutions authorizing an interfund transfer and updated boards-and-commissions guidelines.
At the meeting the Morris City Council took the following formal actions (selected):
- Ordinance 130 (Charter amendment): Adopted at second reading by unanimous roll call. Change extends special-meeting notice to 24 hours and adds social-media notification. (See main article for details.)
- Ordinance 129 (Nuisance code): Held first reading; no adoption. Public comment requested clearer drafting and raised enforcement questions; staff to revise language for second reading.
- Ordinance 131 (Zoning map amendment for railroad and spur tracks): Approved on first reading; second reading and public hearing scheduled. Planning commission recommended rezoning corridors to heavy industrial to accommodate sidetracks for a local ethanol plant.
- Ordinance 132 (Boards and commissions code changes): Approved on first reading with an edit to replace 'staff liaison' with 'city staff.'
- Appointments: Brad Zimmel to the planning commission; Tom Holm to the tree board. Motion carried by voice vote.
- Change order #5, Morris Municipal Liquor Store: Approved. Two changes (add laundry tub; revise wiring for cooler coils) totaling $7,951; still within contract amount.
- Resolution: Interfund transfer/loan to balance temporary cash needs in grant-funded funds — approved by roll call.
- Resolution: Adopt updated boards-and-commissions guidelines (including striking 'staff liaison' and clarifying orientation and standing rules) — approved by roll call.
Other routine approvals included minutes (regular and condensed), consent-agenda items (audits, gambling reports, permits, Morris Public Library minutes and the Morris Tree Board annual report), and miscellaneous operational updates.
