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Plankinton council approves cemetery and road contracts, shortens junk‑vehicle window to 90 days and adopts budget fixes
Summary
At its regular meeting the Plankinton City Council awarded a cemetery-maintenance contract and a chip-seal road contract, voted to reduce the allowable time for junk vehicles from 120 to 90 days, set nuisance-vehicle hearings for March 9 and approved supplemental appropriations to balance the books.
The Plankinton City Council voted on multiple routine but consequential municipal matters during its regular meeting, awarding maintenance and public‑works contracts, tightening the junk‑vehicle ordinance and approving budget adjustments.
Chair (speaker 4) led the meeting as the council approved a written bid from J and D Contracting to continue cemetery maintenance at $1,500 per mowing for 2026. Council members discussed a parallel proposal to assess and repair several deteriorated veterans’ monuments; the contractor offered to test repairs on a small set before a larger program is drafted.
The council also accepted a bid for the town’s 2026 chip‑seal project. Staff presented two proposals for approximately 23,600 square yards of single‑layer 0.375 chip seal; the winning bid from Roadguy/Roadguide was awarded at an estimated cost of about $62,700. The award covers materials and labor for the specified chip‑seal scope laid out in the bid materials.
On code enforcement, the council voted to change the municipal ordinance (section 92‑37) lowering the allowable consecutive days for a junk motor vehicle on private property from 120 days to 90 days. Separately, the council authorized staff to send notices for four identified vehicles and set a hearing on March 9 to consider nuisance‑vehicle cases.
To address overages in the current accounting period, staff presented supplemental appropriations showing the general fund exceeded appropriations by $52,310.76; the council approved ordinance 2025‑12 to rebalance the general, sewer and water accounts so auditors can complete the year‑end review.
Procedural notes: motions were made, seconded and carried by verbal vote during the meeting; roll‑call style confirmations were read aloud by the Chair for some items. Specific vote tallies and the full text of enacted ordinances and contracts are maintained in the city clerk’s records.
What’s next: the nuisance‑vehicle hearing is scheduled for the March 9 council meeting; the adopted ordinance language changing the junk‑vehicle threshold takes effect according to the city’s publication schedule.
