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Reinbeck council approves RAGBRAI vendor fees, multiple street closings and begins golf-cart ordinance changes
Summary
Council approved street closures for local events including the Fireman’s Dance and Lions Club movie night, set RAGBRAI vendor fees, and initiated changes to the golf-cart ordinance to add fines and raise permit rates to $50.
The Reinbeck City Council on June 1 approved several street-closing requests and event-related fees in preparation for summer events and RAGBRAI.
Adam Carley asked the council to close Main Street from Broad to Cooley’s alley and an alley east of the station at 8 a.m. and the Reinbeck Pharmacy intersection at 4 p.m. on July 3 for the Fireman’s Dance; the council approved the street closings. The Lions Club was granted closure of Main Street from Broad to Center on the evening of June 6 for a Movie Night, and the library’s request to close Clark Street from Blackhawk to the end of the library property beginning at 3 p.m. on July 9 for a program was also approved.
On RAGBRAI planning, council members Wambold and Bueghly said there would be 13 meal vendors plus snack and local vendors; volunteers remain needed and a town-hall meeting is scheduled for June 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. Council set vendor fees at $350 for food-truck vendors, $45 for local vendors and $100 for out-of-town vendors.
Council initiated changes to the city’s golf-cart ordinance to add a “Fines” section and to raise permit fees to $50; Johnson moved to begin the ordinance-change process and the motion passed. The clerk and any council members who wish to attend the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference in Bettendorf on Sept. 23–25, 2026 were authorized to attend. The council also denied a peddler’s permit application from Abram Dow with Fox Pest Control.
Other operational items mentioned in the minutes include mosquito spraying, trimming low branches where RAGBRAI campers will be located and adding rock to an alley that is receiving extra traffic because of construction on Center Street. The meeting adjourned at 6:48 p.m.
