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Reinbeck council removes property from urban renewal area and repeals prior TIF division ordinance
Summary
The Reinbeck City Council on Feb. 2 adopted ordinances removing property from the city’s Urban Renewal Area and repealed a 1999 ordinance governing tax-division within the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area; both measures passed unanimously after the council suspended the two-reading rule.
The Reinbeck City Council on Feb. 2 adopted two ordinances that remove property from the city’s Urban Renewal Area and repeal a prior ordinance governing the division of taxes in that area.
Mayor Jamie Eiffler introduced Ordinance No. 2026-01OR, deleting property from the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Iowa Code. Council member Trepp moved to give the ordinance its first consideration and to adopt it; Trepp then moved to suspend the statutory rule requiring two meetings before final passage so the ordinance could be considered and adopted at the same meeting. Both motions passed on unanimous roll-call votes.
The council also considered and adopted Ordinance No. 2026-02OR, which repeals Ordinance No. 99-10-02 regarding the division of taxes levied on taxable property in the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area. The repeal was given first consideration and then adopted after the council voted to suspend the two-reading rule. Council member Wambold moved the first-consideration motion; the final-adoption motion passed unanimously.
Earlier in the meeting the council approved Resolution No. 2026-04R formally deleting the specific property from the Reinbeck Urban Renewal Area (motion by Council member Wambold, seconded by Council member Bueghly; roll-call vote: all ayes).
City officials did not record any dissenting votes in the minutes and did not append additional explanatory documentation to the motions. The ordinances cite Iowa Code §403.19, which governs modification of urban renewal areas and the termination or alteration of tax-increment financing boundaries.
The council’s actions remove the property from the urban renewal/TIF framework immediately, per the adopted ordinances. No implementation schedule or related redevelopment agreements were described in the Feb. 2 minutes; the council did not attach a map or legal description in the published minutes. The council did not identify any direct fiscal impact estimate for the deletion in the meeting record.
The ordinances were adopted by roll-call votes recorded in the minutes. The city clerk’s office will publish the ordinance text and any required notices according to municipal procedures.
