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Sioux Rapids council approves budget amendment and a series of flood-recovery and capital payments
Summary
At a 5:15 p.m. special meeting April 28, 2025, the Sioux Rapids City Council adopted Resolution No. 905 approving a FY2024/2025 budget amendment, set a May 12 tax-levy hearing, and approved purchases and payments for playground work, HVAC and plumbing repairs, a sewer pump and other flood-recovery items.
Sioux Rapids — At a special meeting on April 28, 2025, Mayor Jim J.W. Wise presided as the Sioux Rapids City Council adopted a budget amendment and approved a string of repair and capital expenditures related largely to recent flood damage and routine maintenance.
The council adopted Resolution No. 905 approving the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 budget amendment after a brief public-hearing period opened by Councilmember Joel McCoy and adjourned at 5:17 p.m. The roll call for that resolution recorded Ayes from Mike Katschman, Mike Gunderson, Todd Reiling and Joel McCoy; Lacy Garberding was absent.
Councilmembers also set a public hearing on the city’s Fiscal Year 2025/2026 tax levy for May 12 at 6:15 p.m. at Sioux Rapids City Hall. Separately, the council moved the next regular meeting from May 14 to May 12 and set that meeting for 6:30 p.m. at City Hall (100 Front Street).
The council approved a request to purchase the first phase of a new playground so installation can be completed before the Tall Corn Days celebration; council members noted that fundraising has already covered that portion of the purchase if an anticipated grant does not arrive.
On repairs and equipment, the council authorized approximately $1,900 for pool pump parts to restore a pump that failed last summer; it accepted a bid from Daniel Robinson for a FEMA buyout project for the lot at 314 1st; and it approved multiple vendor payments related to flood recovery and building repairs. Those payments included $13,804.44 and $17,211.21 to Hawk-I Plumbing for partial HVAC installation work on the east and west sides of City Hall, respectively; $1,337.69 to Winwater for a sewer pump for the lagoon; $1,194.05 to Menards for lumber and cleaning supplies for City Hall; $1,399.80 to Medard's for grass seed to replant the park; and two payments to Bomgar's — $1,224.96 for power tools and $1,345.50 for additional grass seed. Council also approved a $1,030.42 payment to Hawk-I Plumbing for plumbing work in City Hall bathrooms tied to flood repairs.
All motions recorded in the transcript passed with unanimous votes of the members present; the minutes repeatedly note “Ayes: all, Nays: none” with Councilmember Lacy Garberding marked absent for the meeting. The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. and adjourned at 5:24 p.m.
The council’s actions allocate previously raised funds and authorize vendor payments that will allow repairs and public amenities to move forward in time for summer events. The next regular council meeting is scheduled for May 12, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at Sioux Rapids City Hall.
