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Anamosa council approves Urban Renewal expansion, loan agreement and routine city business
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2025-71 combining a general obligation loan agreement, expanded the Highway 151 Urban Renewal Area via Resolution 2025-72 and Ordinance No. 968, set Nov. 10 hearings for two development agreements, approved personnel resolutions and capital items, and heard a project update from HR Green.
At its Oct. 27 meeting the Anamosa City Council approved multiple financing, development and administrative items including a general obligation loan resolution, an Urban Renewal Plan amendment for the Highway 151 area, and a series of personnel and public-works actions.
Councilmember Rich Crump moved and Kay Smith seconded approval of Resolution 2025-71, taking additional action on a proposed General Obligation Loan Agreement and combining loan agreements; the roll vote was unanimous. Shortly thereafter Mayor Rod Smith opened and closed a public hearing on expanding the Anamosa Highway 151 Urban Renewal Area; the council approved Resolution 2025-72 declaring necessity and adopted an amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan. The council then passed Ordinance No. 968 addressing division of taxes on property in the October 2025 addition to the Urban Renewal Area and approved the recommended waiver of subsequent readings so the ordinance could be placed on final passage.
The council set November 10, 2025, as the meeting date to consider Development Agreements with Shao Properties, LLC (Resolution 2025-73) and Rummel Properties, LLC (Resolution 2025-74), each including annual appropriation Tax Increment Payments. The council also set Nov. 10 as the date for a public hearing to approve plans and award the contract for the Elm & Hickory Sanitary Rehabilitation Project (Resolution 2025-75).
On personnel and operational matters the council approved Resolution 2025-76 to appoint and set the contract and salary for the Chief of Police for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. Later in the meeting the council approved wage resolutions for a full‑time Deputy City Clerk (Resolution 2025-77) and a full‑time Streets Laborer (Resolution 2025-78), adopted Resolution 2025-79 amending the City of Anamosa Personnel Policy Manual, and approved Resolution 2025-80 to add four streetlights at 1205 Walworth Avenue. Council votes on these items were recorded as carried by the council.
City Administrator Jeremiah Hoyt and City Clerk Kaylee Palmer were present; Melissa Clow of HR Green delivered a project status update reporting that the Ford and Huber Sewer Project is nearly complete and ahead of schedule with substantial completion expected Dec. 31, 2025; the 3rd Street Sidewalk Extension remains pending NEPA and SHPO clearances from the DOT; the WTP aerator replacement has been awarded to Woodruff Construction pending final city authorization; Elm and Hickory sanitary rehabilitation is currently out to bid; and a Kwik Star traffic study is under review.
The council approved consent agenda pay requests totaling $437,161.70, and no public comment was offered on non‑agenda items. The meeting adjourned at 6:49 P.M.
