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Lyons council approves CDBG application, two community event requests and $6,000 budget engagement
Summary
At its July 29 meeting, the Lyons City Council approved the consent agenda including Resolution 2024-09 to apply for CDBG funds, OK’d a Main Street closure for a storefront showing and use of the ballfield for a fundraiser, and hired a CPA for a $6,000 budget engagement while reviewing FY2024–25 line items.
Council President Allen Steinmeyer called the Lyons City Council to order at 5:30 P.M. on July 29, 2024, at Lyons City Hall. The council approved a set of routine agenda items and took three separate motions that cleared event requests and a budget engagement.
The council approved the consent agenda, which included dispensing with the reading of the July 9 minutes and routine claims, and recorded the adoption of RESOLUTION 2024-09 authorizing the chief official to sign an application for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The claims list presented to the council included payroll checks totaling $24,318.59 and a Blue Cross Blue Shield charge of $17,955.68.
On individual motions, Councilmember Matthew Carr moved, and Councilmember Kyle Phillips seconded, to approve Sandra Renner’s request to close Main Street from Third Street to Second Street for a storefront showing on Aug. 22, 2024, with a rain date of Oct. 10, 2024. The motion carried on roll call; the ayes recorded in the minutes were Tyler Vacha, Kyle Phillips and Matthew Carr.
Councilmember Kyle Phillips moved, and Councilmember Tyler Vacha seconded, to permit use of the Lyons ballfield and concession stand for a fundraiser for Megan Mock on Aug. 24, 2024. That motion also carried on roll call (ayes: Carr, Vacha, Phillips).
Councilmember Kyle Phillips moved, and Councilmember Matthew Carr seconded, to approve a budget engagement with Ric Ortmeier, CPA, in the amount of $6,000 to assist with budgeting work; the motion carried (ayes: Vacha, Carr, Phillips). The council then reviewed proposed line items for the Fiscal Year 2024–25 budget and made changes as needed; the minutes do not specify the precise line-item edits.
City Clerk Whitney Anderson and Utility Supervisor Ueding were present for the meeting; Mayor Brink was listed as absent in the roll call. Council President Allen Steinmeyer adjourned the meeting at 8:08 P.M.
Next steps: Resolution 2024-09 authorizes staff to proceed with the CDBG application process; the council’s budget review will inform the finalized FY2024–25 budget at a later meeting, per the minutes.
