Lone Tree council advances Ordinance 2025-1 to add a special school speed zone limit

The Lone Tree City Council on March 3 approved procedural steps on Ordinance 2025-1, an amendment to the city code to add a special school speed zone limit.

Council moved in three related proceedings. Council member Gluba moved — with Council member Zadow seconding — to suspend the rules and read Ordinance 2025-1 by title only; the motion passed 4-1, with Council member Goedken opposed. In a separate motion Gluba moved and Council member Ford seconded to approve the ordinance's second reading; that motion also carried 4-1, Goedken opposed. Council member Ford then moved and Council member Zadow seconded to waive a third reading; that motion carried 4-1, with Goedken again opposed.

The ordinance is described in the minutes as "an ordinance amending the code of ordinances of the City of Lone Tree, Iowa, by amending provisions pertaining to adding special school speed zone limit." The minutes do not record additional details about the proposed speed limit, the specific streets affected, or an effective date.

Council member Goedken was the sole recorded dissent on each action related to Ordinance 2025-1; the minutes do not include a statement explaining the opposition. No public comment or staff presentation about the ordinance is recorded in the meeting minutes provided.

Next procedural steps for the ordinance are not specified in the minutes beyond the motions recorded. The council's regular meeting on April 2, 2025, is listed elsewhere on the agenda for reviewing sealed bids on a separate procurement item.