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Reinbeck council advances utility-rate ordinances, schedules third reading for July 6
Summary
The Reinbeck City Council gave second consideration to ordinances to change water and garbage/recycling rates and set a third reading for July 6 after a unanimous roll call. The minutes show some inconsistency in reading sequence; council will deliberate further at the July meeting.
The Reinbeck City Council on June 1 advanced two ordinances that would change the city’s utility rates, giving the measures second consideration by roll call and scheduling a third reading for July 6.
Mayor Jamie Eiffler introduced Ordinance #2026-06OR, which would repeal the current water service rates (Section 92.02), and Ordinance #2026-07OR, which would repeal the current garbage and recycling services (Section 106.08) and adopt new utility service rates. Councilmember Johnson moved that the ordinances be given their second consideration and that the second reading be adopted; Councilmember Bueghly seconded. A roll call vote recorded Wambold, Pease, Johnson, Trepp and Bueghly voting aye.
The council set the third reading for July 6, 2026, to allow for additional consideration and final action. The minutes record the ordinances were introduced for their first reading and then show the council taking second consideration and adopting the second reading; the minutes do not reconcile that sequence. The council did not discuss specific rate amounts in the minutes of this meeting.
If adopted after the third reading, the ordinances would replace the existing sections of city code related to water service rates and garbage/recycling service rates. City officials did not include rate tables or fiscal impact details in the June 1 minutes; those details may be provided with the ordinance text or at subsequent readings.
No public comment or formal amendment on the rate language is recorded in the minutes. The council’s next regular meeting is scheduled for July 6, when the third reading will occur if the ordinances remain on the agenda.
