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Titonka council adopts water‑rate ordinance, approves Change Order No. 9 for water plant
Summary
On Aug. 21, 2025, the Titonka City Council adopted an ordinance amending water service rates and approved Change Order No. 9 for the city water‑plant project; the council also approved several personnel and purchasing items and scheduled a review of garbage rates for next month.
The Titonka City Council on Aug. 21, 2025, adopted an ordinance amending the city’s water service rates and approved Change Order No. 9 for the water‑plant project. Mayor Pro‑Tem Sara Hamilton presided; council members Mike Etherington, Mike Fredrickson and Irv Harms voted in favor of the measures, and Council member Katie Prothman was recorded as absent after leaving the meeting.
The ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances pertaining to water service rates was introduced by Council member Mike Fredrickson and given final passage after the council voted to suspend the statutory two‑meeting requirement. On the roll call for the ordinance and for the change‑order resolution, the four members present — Etherington, Fredrickson, Hamilton and Harms — voted aye and Prothman was absent. Resolution No. 25‑26‑02 formally approved Change Order No. 9 for the water plant project; the minutes record the resolution as passed and adopted on Aug. 21, 2025.
The council also handled routine personnel and purchasing business. Members approved promoting Leah Kramersmeier to assistant pool manager effective July 21, 2025, at $13.50 per hour and approved hiring Bonnie Mayland as library director at $13.00 per hour. Council voted to cancel the alarm contract with American Alarms and contract with Federal Fire Equipment, adding a cellular communicator, at a total cost not to exceed $2,139. The council voted to reinvest money from the Local Option Sales Tax and the water fund into a certificate of deposit. A separate motion approved purchase of a set of fitness‑center weights not to exceed $300, and the council noted playground mulch and weed issues will be addressed in spring.
Council reviewed garbage rates and placed a rate‑increase item on next month’s agenda for further consideration. The clerk’s financial report listed total receipts of $117,024.97 and total expenses of $195,477.62 across city funds. The meeting adjourned at 8:37 P.M.
Votes at a glance: approve agenda (motion: Etherington; second: Fredrickson) — 5 ayes, 0 nays; consent agenda (Etherington; second: Harms) — 5 ayes, 0 nays; Resolution No. 25‑26‑02 approving Change Order No. 9 (Harms; second: Etherington) — ayes: Etherington, Fredrickson, Hamilton, Harms; absent: Prothman; promotion of Leah Kramersmeier (Etherington; second: Harms) — 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; hire library director Bonnie Mayland (motion recorded) — 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; alarm contract switch not to exceed $2,139 (Etherington; second: Fredrickson) — 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; reinvest funds into CD (Etherington; second: Harms) — 4 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent; fitness weights purchase (Fredrickson; second: Harms) — 4 ayes, 0 nays; Resolution No. 25‑26‑03 setting salaries — roll call ayes recorded for four members, one absent; Corporate Resolution No. 25‑26‑04 adjusting library credit card signatories — roll call ayes recorded for four members, one absent.
