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Reinbeck council deletes property from TIF district, repeals prior division-of-taxes ordinance
Summary
On Feb. 2 the Reinbeck City Council adopted Ordinance #2026-01OR removing property from the city's Tax Increment Financing district and adopted Ordinance #2026-02OR repealing Ordinance No. 99-10-02; both were adopted after the council suspended the usual two-reading rule.
The Reinbeck City Council on Feb. 2 adopted two ordinances affecting the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area and its tax-increment financing (TIF) arrangements.
Mayor Jamie Eiffler introduced Ordinance #2026-01OR, deleting specified property from the city's TIF district pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa. Councilmember Trepp moved to give the ordinance its first consideration and to adopt it; the motion passed. The council then voted to suspend the statutory two-reading requirement and to place the ordinance on final consideration and adoption; roll-call votes on both actions were unanimous (Wambold, Pease, Johnson, Trepp, Bueghly).
The council also introduced and adopted Ordinance #2026-02OR, repealing Ordinance No. 99-10-02 (the previous division of taxes for property in the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area). Councilmember Wambold moved for first consideration and adoption, and later moved to suspend the two-reading rule and give final adoption; both votes were unanimous.
Separately, the council approved Resolution #2026-04R formally deleting property from the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area. The actions were recorded on the meeting minutes and the council indicated these measures were procedural actions to adjust the URA/TIF boundary and tax division documents. No public objections to the measures were recorded at the meeting.
The council also approved contracting with Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co. P.C. to perform the FY2026 annual examination at a proposed maximum cost of $5,250 after the Auditor of State declined to respond to the city's RFP.
All ordinance and resolution votes were recorded as five ayes; no dissent was recorded. The council did not discuss substantive redevelopment projects tied to the deletions during the meeting.
