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Red Oak Council approves hire for MCDC, nuisance ordinance and $439,450 truck purchase
Summary
At its July 21 meeting, the Red Oak City Council approved multiple measures including hiring Ben Lundgren as MCDC executive director, adopting a nuisance ordinance, and authorizing a $439,450.67 purchase/lease for a Water and Sewer Department truck.
Red Oak City Council on July 21 approved a package of resolutions and an ordinance covering personnel, nuisance enforcement and capital spending.
The council voted to hire Ben Lundgren as executive director of the Montgomery County Development Corporation (MCDC) with an annual salary set at $93,000; the motion passed with four ayes and one abstention by Councilmember Tim Fridolph. Council also adopted Ordinance 2025-11 on final reading updating the city’s rules for grass and weeds as nuisances (roll call: all ayes).
On capital spending, the council approved Resolution 2025-89 to purchase and lease a Water and Sewer Department truck for $439,450.67 on a two-year payment schedule (roll call: all ayes). Other approved measures included Resolution 2025-84 declaring vehicles, mowers and equipment surplus; Resolution 2025-86 setting a $75 administrative fee for nuisance-abatement invoices; Resolution 2025-87 approving the Bancroft and Webster School subdivision plats; and Resolution 2025-88 authorizing improvements to the Chautauqua Park ballfield using donated JVAA funds. The consent agenda, which included July 7 council minutes, a liquor license for Williams Recreation Parlor and claims totaling $181,589.28, was approved at the start of the meeting (roll call: all ayes).
No appeals or formal challenges to the votes are recorded in the transcript. Council discussion noted vacating rights-of-way with direction to City Administrator Lisa Kotter to enforce code related to ROWs, but the transcript does not record a formal motion tied to that discussion. The meeting concluded after routine administrative and member reports; Mayor Shawnna Silvius adjourned the session at 7:26 p.m.
