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Toledo council approves consent agenda, hears emergency-preparedness briefing and okays library AC transfer
Summary
At its Sept. 22 meeting, the Toledo City Council approved the consent agenda and several routine motions, heard a briefing from Tama County Emergency Management Coordinator Ryan Goodenbour, approved a $4,000 library budget transfer for a new central air unit and granted a $1-per-hour clerk certification raise.
The Toledo City Council met Sept. 22, 2025, at the Reining Center. Mayor Brian Boshl Sokol called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.; councilmembers Boll, Vesely and Goodhart were present and Pansegrau and Cook were absent.
Council approved the consent agenda, which included minutes (Sept. 8), pool board minutes (Sept. 15), current financial reports, invoices paid from Sept. 9–22 totaling $107,105.83 and payroll totaling $40,787.74. Mayor Sokol requested the motion; Vesely moved and Goodhart seconded. All present voiced ayes and the motion carried.
The meeting record lists a detailed claims report and fund balances. Notable line items include Alliant Energy ($16,604.10), a $36,943.38 payment to Dunn Custom Masonry for the bandstand project and $5,700.03 for water bulk salt. The accounts-payable total was $107,105.83 and payroll totaled $40,787.74.
Under new business, Mayor Sokol recognized Ryan Goodenbour, Tama County Emergency Management Coordinator, who delivered a presentation for elected officials on emergency preparedness. The minutes record the briefing but do not quote the presenter verbatim.
On budget items, Vesely moved and Boll seconded a motion to amend the library budget by transferring $4,000 from Gift & Trust money market funds into the library general fund improvement line (001-410-6799) to pay for a new central air unit; all present voiced ayes and the motion carried.
The council also approved Toledo Trick or Treat for Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, from 5:00–7:00 p.m., and approved the FY25 Urban Renewal report (motions by Vesely and Boll, respectively; all present voiced ayes).
On personnel, Vesely moved and Goodhart seconded approval of a $1.00-per-hour raise for municipal clerk certification for Kaiyla Wacha, effective Sept. 15, 2025; all present voiced ayes. With no further business, Vesely moved to adjourn; the meeting ended at 5:52 p.m.
Votes at a glance: • Consent agenda (minutes, financial reports, invoices): Moved by Vesely; seconded by Goodhart; outcome: approved (all present voiced ayes). • Library budget amendment (transfer $4,000 for new central air unit): Moved by Vesely; seconded by Boll; outcome: approved (all present voiced ayes). • Toledo Trick or Treat (Oct. 31, 2025, 5–7 p.m.): Moved by Vesely; seconded by Goodhart; outcome: approved (all present voiced ayes). • FY25 Urban Renewal report: Moved by Boll; seconded by Vesely; outcome: approved (all present voiced ayes). • Clerk certification raise ($1.00/hour for Kaiyla Wacha): Moved by Vesely; seconded by Goodhart; outcome: approved (all present voiced ayes).
The minutes include lists of certified liens and several building permits (examples: fiber installations at 102 W. Hwy 30 and 219 W. High; a new business sign at 206 2nd Ave; a 50x30 gravel slab and shed at 1200 S. Church). The record shows fund balances by category (general, water, sewer, debt service and project funds) and a detailed claims ledger. The minutes do not record expanded discussion or quoted remarks from the emergency-preparedness presentation.
The meeting was signed and attested by Mayor Brian Boshl Sokol and City Clerk Kim McAdoo.
