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Greene City Council adopts FY2026–27 budget, schedules hearing to amend prior year and directs attorney on property counteroffer
Summary
At a special meeting April 27, 2026, the Greene City Council approved Resolution 2026-05 adopting the Fiscal Year 2026–2027 budget, set a May 11 public hearing to amend the FY2025–2026 budget, entered a closed session over a real-estate matter and instructed the city attorney on a counteroffer (the minutes show an apparent clerical error in the roll call).
The Greene City Council on April 27, 2026, approved Resolution 2026-05 adopting the Fiscal Year 2026–2027 budget and completed several related procedural actions during a special session at the Greene Community Center. Mayor Galen Lindell presided over the meeting, which convened at 5:30 p.m.
Council member Audrey Smith moved to approve Resolution 2026-05, which adopts the city’s FY2026–2027 budget; Council member Brian Uhlenhopp seconded the motion. The roll call recorded Council members Vicky Malfero, Audrey Smith, Brian Uhlenhopp, Rodney Fesenmeyer and Al Zweck as voting aye and the motion carried. The resolution was identified in the record as “Resolution 2026-05 Approving Budget Fiscal Year 2026-2027.”
Earlier in the meeting, Council member Rodney Fesenmeyer moved and Al Zweck seconded to approve the meeting agenda, and Council member Zweck moved (seconded by Fesenmeyer) to open the public hearing on the FY2026–2027 budget. With no oral or written public comments, Smith moved and Malfero seconded to close the hearing.
The council also voted to set a public hearing for May 11, 2026, to consider amendments to the FY2025–2026 budget; that motion was made by Council member Al Zweck and seconded by Vicky Malfero and carried on the recorded roll call.
The council entered a closed session under Iowa Code section 21.5(1)(j) to discuss the purchase or sale of particular real estate where premature disclosure could affect price, after a motion by Zweck seconded by Fesenmeyer. After returning to open session (motion by Smith, seconded by Zweck), the council considered a motion by Brian Uhlenhopp, seconded by Audrey Smith, instructing the city attorney to accept a counteroffer that includes a right of reverter in the purchase agreement. The minutes record that the motion "carried," but the roll-call entry in the minutes lists Al Zweck among both the ayes and the nays; the apparent clerical inconsistency is noted in the record and the city should review the official minutes to confirm the correct tally.
The meeting concluded with a motion by Smith, seconded by Uhlenhopp, to adjourn at 6:30 p.m. The printed minutes include signatures for Mayor Galen Lindell and City Clerk Brittney Sanvig.
The record does not name the city attorney referenced in the instruction to accept a counteroffer; the instruction in the minutes directs the city attorney but provides no individual name or department contact.
