Sac City council unanimously votes down $325,000 fund-transfer resolution

Mayor Scott Bundt called the Sac City City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday; council members Kayla Shull, Teresa Bruening, Tom Lownik and Bob Murley were present and member Mahler was absent.

The council voted down Resolution No. 2026-31, a proposal to transfer $325,000 from Fund 300 to Fund 305. Bob Murley introduced the resolution; Council member Teresa Bruening moved to approve it and Council member Tom Lownik seconded. After discussion about the current market for municipal bonds, roll call returned no ayes and four nays — Lownik, Murley, Shull and Bruening — and the resolution failed.

The defeat leaves the proposed transfer off the council’s books for now; no alternative funding action was recorded during the meeting. Earlier in the session, the council approved a consent agenda that included the May 12 minutes, the renewal of Sac City Food Pride’s Class E retail alcohol license, the financial report and a claims list totaling $34,292.95 (fund breakdowns: General $3,437.50; Fire Department $75.01; Water $749.79; Sewer $2,585.96; Gas $1,520.24; Garbage $25,924.45). That motion, made by Council member Tom Lownik and seconded by Bob Murley, passed on roll call with the same four members voting aye; Mahler was absent.

In votes at the meeting: the consent agenda passed (Ayes: Murley, Shull, Bruening, Lownik; Absent: Mahler); Resolution No. 2026-31 failed (Ayes: none; Nays: Lownik, Murley, Shull, Bruening; Absent: Mahler). The council also approved hiring Jordan Wilson as a substitute lifeguard (Ayes: Lownik, Murley, Shull, Bruening; Absent: Mahler) and later unanimously approved adjournment at 5:34 p.m.

No statutes, ordinances or specific bond documents were cited in the record. The council’s discussion cited only broad concerns about the bond market’s current conditions as the reason for voting against the transfer.