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Laurens council approves consent agenda, OKs downtown road closure for car show
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the Laurens City Council approved the consent agenda (claims totaling $81,977.91 and payroll of $21,746.71), authorized a downtown road closure for the Got Your Six Car Show, approved a CMBA update and heard a downtown presentation from the PCEDC director. No vote tallies were specified.
The Laurens City Council on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, approved its consent agenda, authorized a partial downtown road closure for a car show and approved a CMBA update, then adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Council member John Jamison moved to approve the consent agenda, which included the minutes and the list of claims; Council member Aaron Christenson seconded. The transcript records 'All ayes; motion carried' but does not list individual vote tallies. The document ledger shown to the council lists total claims of $81,977.91 and a payroll total of $21,746.71 for the pay period of Sept. 2, 2025.
The claims ledger includes multiple line items cited in the record: Advanced Network Professionals for $18,089.87; Wellmark health insurance for $10,095.92; Pocahontas County solid waste landfill fees for $6,993.90; and Metering & Technology Solution water meters for $5,197.57. The transcript does not provide further explanation of those charges beyond the listed amounts.
After reviewing the fund totals (noted in the record as 'TOTAL BY FUND 103,724.62'), Council member Hannah Zylstra moved to approve the "CMBA update," citing the yellow column on the information provided; Jean Swanson seconded and the motion carried by recorded 'All ayes.' The transcript does not define the acronym 'CMBA' or supply additional detail about the content of the update in the segments provided.
During the meeting MaryJo Litwiller, identified in the record as PCEDC Director, approached the council to discuss downtown matters; the record says no action was taken on that presentation. Later in the same segment, Jamison moved to approve a road closure for the south half of 3rd Street from Main to Olive for the Got Your Six Car Show; Swanson seconded and the council voted 'All ayes; motion carried.' The transcript gives the roadway and block as described but does not record conditions, hours, or a permitting resolution in the provided segments.
Council member Hannah Zylstra then moved to adjourn at 5:40 p.m.; Jamison seconded and the meeting adjourned. The final page of the record bears signature lines for Rod Johnson, Mayor, and lists 'Hilary Reed, City Clerk' beneath a signature line; earlier in the attendance list the transcript names Joan Hoben as City Clerk. The document therefore contains a clerical inconsistency about the city clerk's name that is not resolved in the recorded segments.
No individual vote counts were recorded in the transcript; motions are recorded as passing with 'All ayes' but the specific tally by member is not provided in these segments. The council listed Loren Booth as absent at the start of the meeting.
