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Macksburg council approves clerk pay increase, schedules tax-levy and budget hearings and orders cleanup notice
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Macksburg City Council raised the city clerk’s quarterly pay to $1,500, authorized a dumpster for an April cleanup, instructed the city attorney to send a cleanup notice to property owner Abel’s, scheduled a March 24 tax-levy meeting and set the FY2026 budget hearing for April 7.
The Macksburg City Council on March 3 approved several administrative and fiscal measures, including a pay increase for the city clerk, scheduling of upcoming public budget meetings and an instruction to the city attorney to send a property cleanup notice.
Council Member Jimi Davis moved to increase City Clerk Tricia Gardner’s salary to $1,500 gross per quarter; Council Member Matt Owens seconded the motion, which carried with ayes. The minutes record the salary action as a council resolution.
The council also authorized a dumpster for a citywide cleanup planned for April and voted to renew the city’s certificates of deposit for one year at a 4% interest rate. Council Member Matt Owens moved for the dumpster authorization; Jimi Davis seconded and the motion carried with ayes.
On a separate motion, the council directed the city attorney to send a cleanup notice to property owner Abel’s regarding property on City Maintenance property; the motion was moved by Jimi Davis, seconded by Matt Owens and carried with ayes. The minutes note the county treasurer payment matter remains under follow-up, and that City Clerk Tricia Gardner has contacted Sheriff Jason Barnes and County Supervisor Jessica Hobbs about the issue.
For calendar and budget planning, the council set a Tax Levy Meeting for March 24 at 6:00 p.m. at Macksburg City Hall and scheduled the FY2026 budget hearing for April 7 at 6:00 p.m.; both dates were approved by motion with unanimous ayes. The minutes specify the next regular council meeting will be April 7, 2025 at 6:15 p.m., following the FY2026 budget hearing.
Procedurally, the council opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m.; Council Members Matt Owens, Jimi Davis and Rhonda Dean were present and Charlie DeBord and Carolyn DeBord were absent. The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
The minutes attach a March claims list totaling $5,796.07 (including payments to Alliant Energy, SIRWA, Union State Bank loan payment, payroll and snow removal). The February treasurer report included balances of $476.27 in checking, $364,059.09 in savings and $25,811.27 in CDs for a total of $390,346.63.
No public-comment quotes or transcripted debate appear in the minutes. Next steps noted in the minutes include council review of mowing bids collected through March and a planned April agenda item to discuss city maintenance work and whether council members may be paid for such work.
