Eagle Grove council approves first reading and waives additional readings for solid-waste ordinance

The Eagle Grove City Council on Feb. 17 approved the first reading of Ordinance 2026-01, a measure that would establish a municipal enterprise for solid-waste collections and set related rates.

Council Member Vandewater moved to approve the first reading; Council Member Pamperin seconded and the motion passed on a roll-call vote recorded as all ayes. The minutes do not provide the ordinance’s rate schedule or additional text.

Shortly after the first reading, the council voted to waive the second and third readings on a motion by Council Member Weland, seconded by Council Member Middleton; that motion also passed on a roll-call vote of all ayes. The meeting record notes the procedural waiver but does not document a separate “adoption” vote or recite final ordinance language in the minutes provided.

Why it matters: establishing a municipal enterprise for solid-waste collections can shift rate-setting and budgeting for garbage and recycling services from general fund processes into an enterprise structure, affecting how revenues and expenses are tracked and reported. The minutes do not show the ordinance’s effective date or the specific rates the enterprise would charge.

What’s next: the minutes do not record any additional steps or a formal final-adoption vote beyond the waived readings. Residents seeking the ordinance text, rate tables or an effective date should request the ordinance document or contact City Administrator Davis for full details.

(At the Feb. 17 meeting, Council Members present who voted ‘aye’ were Spangler, Weland, Vandewater, Middleton and Pamperin, with Mayor Boyd presiding; Council Member Axtell was absent.)