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Kanawha council approves consent agenda, schedules tax-levy hearing and accepts donated bank building
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Kanawha City Council approved routine minutes and bills, scheduled a March 26 hearing on the proposed property tax levy, accepted a donated First Citizens Bank building subject to mayoral negotiation, and approved a city cell-phone policy and other consent items.
The Kanawha City Council met Tuesday and approved its consent agenda, scheduled a public hearing on the proposed property tax levy and handled a series of routine city business.
Councilmember Tim Lodin moved to approve the meeting agenda, and later moved approval of minutes (with a correction naming Josh Eiseman as the insurance agent), the clerk’s report and the payment of bills that included $10,000 to the Hancock County Sheriff for protective services and $4,618.31 for loader repair. Dana Kraft seconded the minutes-and-bills motion and the council voted unanimously to carry it.
The council set a public hearing on the proposed property tax levy for 6 p.m. on March 26 after Jessica Fowles moved the date and Kraft seconded. The measure was approved unanimously.
Councilmember Tim Lodin also moved to approve a city cell-phone usage policy that the council said complies with public-records requirements under Chapter 22 of the Code of Iowa and to adopt the Yealink phone system; Councilmember Chad Lang seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Councilmember Dana Kraft moved to accept the donation of the First Citizens Bank building to the city, with the condition that Mayor Randy Yeakel be allowed to negotiate final terms. The minutes record the motion; the transcript does not specify who seconded or the recorded vote on that motion.
Two pending ordinances — Ordinance 2026-6 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants) and Ordinance 2026-7 (Unlawful Burials) — were tabled until next month. The council also approved the sheriff’s written report and set the Annual City-Wide Clean-Up Day for May 16.
The meeting adjourned after the council addressed those items. The next scheduled related event is the proposed-property-tax-levy hearing on March 26, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.
