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Walker council approves FY26 budget amendment, deed correction, sewer contract and equipment purchases
Summary
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Walker City Council approved a FY26 budget amendment and three resolutions correcting a deed and awarding a sewer manhole-lining contract, and approved several equipment purchases and community items; the council also scheduled a third public hearing on proposed water-rate Ordinance 374 for Nov. 10.
Walker City Council on Oct. 13 approved a series of routine but consequential items, including a fiscal-year 2026 budget amendment, a corrective quit claim deed, and a manhole-lining contract tied to the Ridge Haven Cono sewer project.
The council voted 4–0 (Councilmembers Abagail Wells, Paul Nielsen, Rob Dunn and Mayor Pro Tem Kyle Glenn voting aye; Councilmember Jonathan Wolff absent) to adopt Resolution 2025‑30, a FY26 budget amendment. By separate unanimous votes the council approved Resolution 2025‑31, authorizing a corrective quit claim deed to fix a legal description recorded June 3, 2025 (document no. 2025014033), and Resolution 2025‑32, awarding the manhole-lining contract for the Ridge Haven Cono sewer project.
Councilmembers also approved the second reading of Ordinance 374, which amends the city code for water rates; the council set the ordinance’s third public hearing for 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at the Walker City Council Chambers. No members of the public spoke during the hearing on the budget amendment or the water-rate ordinance.
On routine operational matters the council approved several motions by roll call: setting Trick-or-Treat hours for Oct. 31 from 5–8 p.m.; purchasing one 16" laptop for the fire department with a planned 50/50 cost split with the GCW (unless the city can supply an existing machine); buying a 9" gate undertail spreader with berm chute for $7,616.40; and allowing decorations around the bases of four stop signs. All motions carried 4–0 with Wolff absent.
Finance Director and City Clerk Connie Helms presented financial summaries: September gross payroll was $16,386.10; third-quarter 2025 gross payroll totaled $51,143.42; and the city’s ending cash balance on Sept. 30, 2025, was $997,069.19. A detailed list of approved vendor payments was read into the record, with the meeting packet showing a monthly vendor total of $52,935.84 and month revenues of $130,188.97 against expenditures of $130,867.53.
The meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.; the next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
