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Reinbeck council approves budget amendment, fund transfers and moves forward on levy and property actions
Summary
The Reinbeck City Council approved a fiscal year 2025–26 budget amendment, authorized fund transfers, set hearings on parking code changes and agreed to proceed with a proposed capital improvement levy and several administrative actions on March 2, 2026.
The Reinbeck City Council on March 2 approved a budget amendment and multiple administrative resolutions as part of routine city business.
Councilmember Trepp moved to approve Resolution No. 2026-05R amending the current fiscal year budget to remove a previously counted $260,000 DOT refund for a stormwater project (the refund had been received in a prior fiscal year), to record recent library donations and to adjust several expense lines including a TIF rebatement and sewer cleaning. Councilmember Bueghly seconded; roll call was unanimous.
Council also approved Resolution No. 2026-06R authorizing transfers to pay upcoming obligations (Johnson moved; Trepp seconded) and Resolution No. 2026-07R setting the time and place for a public hearing on proposed ordinance changes to Chapter 69.11 (parking limited to 20 minutes) and Chapter 70.03 (parking violations) (Johnson moved; Trepp seconded). All votes were unanimous.
The council voted 5–0 to decline prepaying the outstanding water bond and to continue payments according to the existing schedule after Councilmember Pease moved the motion and Wambold seconded. Council also approved sending the city clerk to the IMFOA Spring Meeting April 15–17, 2026; approved referring the property at 506 Broad Street to the city attorney to begin nuisance-abatement proceedings after the property owner (Finally Home) did not respond to a request to sign a Quick Claim Deed; and approved the clerk’s attendance request.
On a related fiscal matter, the council agreed to proceed with planning for a capital improvement levy. Mayor Jamie Eiffler explained the levy would be $0.675 per $1,000 of taxable value if approved by voters and estimated it could generate about $50,000 per year until repealed. Councilmember Bueghly’s motion to proceed with the levy and to hire Patrick Callahan as a coach to help develop a Capital Improvement Plan passed 5–0.
The meeting also included routine approvals: the Consent Agenda (minutes, bills and a Class C liquor license for R&R Pub & Grille) was approved (Johnson moved; Trepp seconded) and the agenda was approved as presented. The meeting adjourned at 6:39 p.m.
What’s next: Several items set for future hearings include the parking-code amendment and the second reading of the mobile-food-vendor ordinance on April 6, 2026.
