Sac City Council approves police truck purchase, multiple appointments and sets hearings on levy and waterline

The Sac City City Council voted on a series of consent and action items at its Feb. 27, 2024 meeting in Council Chambers, approving purchases, personnel moves and dates for upcoming public hearings.

Mayor Scott Bundt called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and roll call confirmed Councilmembers Kayla Shull, Teresa Bruening, Tom Lownik (via phone), Larry Mahler and Bob Murley were present. The council approved the consent agenda, which included the Feb. 13 minutes, a special class C retail alcohol license for SLUSH UP & DRINK, LLC dba Lucky Wife Wine Slushies, Inc., the financial report, receipts and disbursements, and claims totaling $20,527.91.

The council approved a motion authorizing the purchase of a police truck and separately approved payment of Karl Chevrolet’s invoice for $49,560.24 for that vehicle. Both motions were made and seconded from the council and passed on unanimous roll call votes. The meeting record shows the council also authorized putting several city vehicles and mowers out for sealed bids, including two 3/4-ton Chevy pickups and a John Deere mower.

On personnel, the council voted to hire Dylan Thomsen for the Laborer I position. The council also appointed Gary Mikkelson and Norman Lewman to the city library board.

The council approved two resolutions to set public hearings: Resolution No. 2024-12 to set the public hearing for the fiscal year 2025 proposed property tax levy, and a resolution recorded in the minutes as No. 2024-13 to set a public hearing, approve plans and specifications, and establish a bid letting date for a Sac City hospital waterline expansion project. Separately, the minutes record approval of a resolution (also listed as Resolution No. 2024-13 in the record) setting the date for public hearings related to proposed general obligation loan agreements. (The meeting record lists the latter two items with the same resolution number; details are provided as recorded in the minutes.)

Councilmembers also approved the 2nd reading of Ordinance No. 2024-327 amending Chapter 65 (stop or yield required) and voted to waive the 3rd reading. A motion to forgive a portion of a sewer bill by averaging last year’s usage was approved, and the council adjourned at 6:02 p.m.

Votes at a glance: consent agenda (motion: Bruening/Shull) — passed (Ayes: Lownik, Mahler, Murley, Shull, Bruening); forgive portion of Bill Nattresses' sewer bill (Murley/Bruening) — passed (Ayes: Shull, Bruening, Lownik, Mahler, Murley); refer dog park to PRNR (Shull/Bruening) — passed; purchase police truck (Murley/Mahler) — passed; approve Karl Chevrolet invoice $49,560.24 (Murley/Bruening) — passed; hire Laborer I (Murley/Bruening) — passed; appoint Gary Mikkelson (Bruening/Mahler) — passed; appoint Norman Lewman (Bruening/Shull) — passed; Resolution No. 2024-12 (Lownik/Shull) — passed; Resolution(s) recorded as No. 2024-13 — passed; Ordinance No. 2024-327 2nd reading and waiver (Bruening/Murley) — passed; adjourn (Murley/Bruening) — passed.

The meeting minutes list vendor claims totaling $20,527.91, with line items including a $4,999.98 contract for Myers Flying Service and a $3,500.00 charge to MSA Safety Sales for sensors. The minutes record that Tom Lownik participated by phone. The Sac Community Foundation delivered its annual report during the meeting; the minutes do not include details of that presentation or action requests arising from it.

Next steps: the council set public hearing dates for the FY2025 property tax levy and for the hospital waterline expansion (per the resolutions as recorded). The PRNR committee will review the dog-park request following referral from the council.