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Pleasantville council approves consent agenda, employee handbook update and schedules special meeting; directs realtor to deny offer
Summary
At its July 15 meeting the Pleasantville City Council approved its consent agenda and June financial reports, updated the employee handbook excluding a short-term disability change, set a July 18 study session, and—after a closed session—directed the city realtor to deny an offer discussed in closed session.
The Pleasantville City Council on July 15 took a series of administrative and financial actions, approving its consent agenda, reviewing monthly revenues and bills, adopting most employee handbook updates and scheduling a study session on the water plant engineering report.
Council approved the consent agenda by motion of Jordan Van Ness, seconded by Kyle Patterson. The consent package included approval of prior meeting minutes, the June 2025 financial reports, a June water consumption report, employee comp time, the police report and a list of vendor bills totaling a report total of $207,382.12. The transcript lists fund-specific revenues for June 2025 including General Fund, Road Use Tax, Local Option Sales Tax, TIF-LMI, Debt Service, Water and Sewer funds.
On personnel policy, the council voted to adopt proposed updates to the employee handbook while excluding the short-term disability benefit pending staff research into insurer caps. Motion by Aaron Hurt, seconded by Kyle Patterson carried unanimously.
The council set a special study session for Friday, July 18 at 3:30 p.m. to review the water plant engineering report. Later in the meeting the council entered a closed session under Iowa Code Chapter 21.5(1)(j) to discuss the purchase or sale of real estate. After returning to open session, Council Member Aaron Hurt moved and Council Member Kyle Patterson seconded a motion directing the city's realtor to deny the offer discussed in closed session; the motion carried.
The meeting concluded after a brief attorney update about a discovery request related to Jamie Adkins's attorney. City signatures were recorded by Mayor Kody Jurgens and City Clerk Rachel Reed.
