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Votes at a glance: Red Oak Council approves FY2026 budget, multiple ordinances and contracts
Summary
At its April 21 meeting the Red Oak City Council adopted the FY2026 budget and approved several fee and permit ordinance changes, contract awards and personnel resolutions; most measures passed with unanimous votes while the MCDC 28E funding passed 3–1–1.
The Red Oak City Council on April 21 adopted the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and approved a bundle of ordinances, resolutions and contracts affecting utility deposits, permit fees, neighborhood assessment work and personnel matters.
The council approved Resolution 2025-41 adopting the FY2026 annual budget by unanimous roll call after a brief public hearing in which no members of the public spoke. The council also moved forward Ordinance 2025-03 to revise water deposit amounts and billing procedures, approving a motion to redo first reading and to suspend the rules at the next meeting so the second and third readings may occur May 5. In separate actions the council approved Ordinance 2025-04 to raise the excavation permit fee to $35 and Ordinance 2025-05 to raise the driveway permit fee to $50 on second reading; both passed unanimously.
Other approved items included Resolution 2025-42 to close Reed Street east of 4th Street for mural painting and Resolution 2025-43 to contract with Alley Poyner East Hill for a neighborhood assessment at $20,000. The council approved Resolution 2025-46 to purchase police office furniture after Police Chief Justin Rhamy reviewed costs.
Personnel and benefits actions included raising Pat Updike’s wage as Nuisance and Code Enforcement Officer to $27 (Resolution 2025-47) and adopting non-union vacation increment and holiday changes (Resolution 2025-45); the transcript records unanimous roll calls for those measures. The council also approved Resolution 2025-44 to fund an MCDC position via a 28E agreement; roll call was 3 ayes, 1 abstention (Councilmember Tim Fridolph) and 1 nay (Councilmember Adam Hietbrink).
The council placed a moratorium on new farm animal permits via Resolution 2025-48 while the city revises its animal code; the transcript records approval of the moratorium but does not specify the vote tally.
Listed actions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript: - Agenda approval (motion by Sharon Bradley, second Brian Bills): unanimous approval. - Consent agenda (minutes and two five-day liquor licenses): approved 4–1 (nay: John Haidsiak). - City claims and March warrants: approved 4–1 (nay: John Haidsiak). - Resolution 2025-42 (street closure for mural): approved, unanimous. - Resolution 2025-41 (FY2026 budget adoption): approved, unanimous. - Ordinance 2025-03 (water deposit/billing/landlord registration): action taken to advance ordinance; roll call unanimous to proceed to further readings. - Ordinance 2025-04 (excavation permit fee): approved on second reading, unanimous. - Ordinance 2025-05 (driveway permit fee): approved on second reading, unanimous. - Resolution 2025-43 (HPC contract — Alley Poyner East Hill, $20,000): approved, unanimous. - Resolution 2025-46 (police office furniture): approved, unanimous. - Resolution 2025-48 (moratorium on new farm animal permits): approved; vote tallies not specified in transcript. - Resolution 2025-44 (MCDC 28E funding): approved 3 ayes, 1 abstain (Fridolph), 1 nay (Hietbrink). - Resolution 2025-47 (Pat Updike wage to $27): approved, unanimous. - Resolution 2025-45 (non-union vacation increments and holidays): approved, unanimous.
The meeting record in the transcript provides roll-call tallies where noted; for a small number of items the transcript records approval without specifying the vote breakdown. The council adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
