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At a glance: Swisher council votes — annexation process, resolutions, abatement and meeting cancellation
Summary
The council voted Aug. 12 to initiate annexation steps, approved three resolutions (street financial report, appointment to local fund board, payout to contractor), awarded an asbestos abatement bid, and cancelled the Aug. 26 council meeting; staff to follow up on invoices, abatement scheduling, and next agenda items.
At its Aug. 12 meeting, the City of Swisher council took several formal actions summarized below.
• Motion to initiate annexation steps for 100 & 20th Division Street and to begin financing contacts with the county — motion carried. Staff will obtain the county’s written reimbursement figure before council approves any bond expenditures.
• Resolution 53 of 2024 — approved (roll call): approved the City of Swisher fiscal year 2024 street financial report for submission to the Iowa DOT (legal requirement).
• Resolution 54 of 2024 — approved (roll call): appointed Dan Johnson to the Swisher Community Fund Board of Trustees, increasing the board to five members.
• Resolution 55 of 2024 — approved (roll call): approved payout #4 to Dave Schmidt Construction for sanitary sewer work through Aug. 2, 2024. Staff noted a brief SRF compliance lapse related to material origin that has since been corrected.
• Asbestos abatement bid — council moved to award abatement work to Echo Midwest (bid cited in the packet) and approved the contract by roll call.
• Procurement action — council voted to reject and repost a striping/markings bid to obtain additional quotes and improve specification language (durable/waterborne paint recommended).
• Downtown building — council set a deadline (last business day of the month) for an interested citizen to file a building permit and Board of Adjustment request, and authorized staff to set a demolition date if paperwork is not submitted.
• Meeting schedule — council approved cancelling the Aug. 26 meeting and to resume in September.
Council recorded roll‑call votes on several resolutions and contract awards; where roll-call tallies were recorded by the clerk in the meeting, votes carried as announced.
