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Lamont council approves consent agenda, adopts three resolutions on delinquent bills, utility write-offs and budget hearing
Summary
At its Aug. 13 meeting the Lamont City Council approved the consent agenda and financial reports, and adopted Resolutions 25-14, 25-15 and 25-16 addressing removal of delinquent bills, write-off of uncollectible utility accounts and setting a public hearing on an FY26 budget amendment.
The Lamont City Council approved its consent agenda and financial reports and adopted three resolutions at its Aug. 13, 2025 meeting.
Mayor Michael J. Cook called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.; Councilmember Devlin moved and Councilmember Slack seconded approval of the consent agenda, which included the August agenda, July minutes, July bills, July receipts and the July treasurer’s report. The motion carried unanimously.
Clerk Paula J. Harvey presented the July financial summary showing total expenditures of $34,122.83 across city funds and total receipts of $50,359.02. Receipts listed included $7,330 in RAGBRAI-related revenue, a $7,750 township payment to the fire department, Local Option Sales Tax receipts of $5,890.06 and interest income of $2,117.37.
On formal actions, the council adopted three resolutions. Councilmember Slack moved and Councilmember Lamphier seconded Resolution 25-14 to remove certified delinquent city bills from property taxes for the parcel at 305 Church Street; the motion carried (all ayes). Councilmember Lincoln moved and Councilmember Slack seconded Resolution 25-15 to write off specified utility accounts as uncollectible and refer them to the Iowa Offset Program; the motion carried (all ayes). Councilmember Devlin moved and Councilmember Lincoln seconded Resolution 25-16 to set a public hearing on an amendment to the FY26 budget; that motion carried (all ayes).
The consent agenda included routine vendor payments and payroll; line items in the minutes include vendor and payroll entries such as Kluesner Sanitation ($3,985.82), Alliant Energy ($2,204.47), wages for city staff and vendors for library and publication services. The clerk’s report lists expenditures by fund and the full July receipts and expenditure totals.
The council discussed questions arising from a proposed code update prepared by Simmering Cory Iowa Codification; no final action on the code update was recorded in the meeting minutes.
The meeting adjourned at 7:39 p.m.
