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Votes at a glance: Stewartville council approves agenda, minutes, HVAC purchase, nuisance abatement and planning plat
Summary
At its April meeting the Stewartville City Council approved the agenda and minutes, authorized a roughly $53,000 purchase to replace six rooftop HVAC units, ordered abatement of a nuisance at 126 2nd Avenue NE, and approved the Schumann Business Park 7th general development plan revision and preliminary plat; council also approved hiring a finance officer and several pay-grade changes.
The Stewartville City Council voted on several routine and substantive items at its April meeting.
The council unanimously approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting following brief procedural motions. The finance and budget listing included authorization for the purchase of six rooftop HVAC units at approximately $53,000; staff confirmed the units are roof‑mounted and the council approved the expenditure.
In a public hearing on an alleged nuisance at 126 2nd Avenue NE, the council found that the property owner had failed to abate conditions documented in packet photographs. Mayor Jimmy John King read the council’s findings and the city ordered abatement, authorizing staff to enter the property to remove offending items and to assess abatement, administrative and attorney costs to the property tax roll.
Land‑use action included approval of a revision to the general development plan and preliminary plat for Schumann Business Park 7th (SVP No. 4). The planning commission had recommended approval subject to engineers’ review; council members questioned road configuration and lot layout before moving and carrying approval.
On personnel matters, the council approved staff recommendations to hire Kelly Grama as finance officer at pay grade 14, step 3, with a tentative start date of April 10, contingent on standard processing. The council also approved pay‑grade increases for three employees: Jacob Chopp (to pay grade 11, step 11), Angelie Hoey (to pay grade 12, step 8), and Laurel Jacobs (to pay grade 9, step 12).
The council recorded motions, seconds, and verbal votes on each item; the transcript records the motions as carried. Several items were approved on single motions combining related personnel actions.
Next steps: staff will process the abatement and work with engineering on conditions attached to the Schumann Business Park approval. The packet includes photographs and the planning commission’s recommendation letter for the plat revision.
