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Sigourney council approves maintenance purchases, insurance agent change and water-plant control upgrades
Summary
At its May 7 meeting the Sigourney City Council approved equipment purchases (chute blockers, soil conditioner), accepted a roof-repair insurance settlement, approved an agent-of-record change to The Legacy Insurance Company, hired a flag-football director and authorized roughly $47,000 in water treatment plant softener control upgrades; a May 21 budget hearing was also set.
The Sigourney City Council on May 7 approved a series of routine and operational measures intended to maintain city facilities, update equipment and secure local insurance representation.
The council unanimously approved a $798 purchase of two lawn mower chute blockers after Public Works Director Brent Gilliland said the devices would mulch clippings instead of discharging grass and debris onto park areas, the pool and pickleball courts. Gilliland also secured council approval to buy a 6-foot soil conditioner from H&M for $6,900 to support small seeding and patching work in-house.
City Clerk Ashley Fry reported that Quality Control Restoration and ICAP agreed on a $23,544.88 final settlement to replace the City Hall roof from a 2023 hailstorm; Fry said QCR expects to complete the replacement before the end of the fiscal year. Fry also reported a non-renewal notice for the city's government crime bond and said she has asked the current insurance agent to search for replacement coverage.
Stacy Flynn of The Legacy Insurance Group presented an Agent-of-Record packet and told the council the city's incumbent insurer had been sold; Flynn said switching to a local agent means insurance dollars "will stay in town" and that coverage and rates would remain the same. Council approved signing the Agent-of-Record change to The Legacy Insurance Company.
In personnel and program items, council approved hiring Alan Sellers as director for the 2025 flag football season.
Brent Gilliland outlined an urgent need to modernize obsolete controls at the water treatment plant: the current panel view is approximately 17 years old and the softener program dates to 1994. Gilliland said upgrades would add a secondary computer system and remote vendor access so the plant would not be forced offline for extended periods after equipment failures. Council approved the water treatment plant (WTP) softener PLC and software upgrades, using water surcharge funds and budgeted money to cover about $47,000.
Council member McLaughlin noted she opposed the 5% water- and sewer-rate increases that were established by ordinance in 2024; the clerk explained the five-year ordinances remain in force unless the council moves to change them.
The council set a public hearing for the FY2026 City Budget Estimate for May 21, 2025 and adjourned at 7:06 p.m.
What happened next: procedural follow-ups include replacement options for the government crime bond and a Street & Sanitation committee review of any temporary parking closures requested for the pavilion project.
