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Council member urges review of ordinances after municipal nuisance webinar

Belle Plaine City Council · May 6, 2026
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Summary

Council member Allen Hisken reported on a Municipal Nuisance Abatement webinar and urged review and potential updates to local ordinances and code to ensure legal compliance.

Council member Allen Hisken told colleagues he watched a webinar on Municipal Nuisance Abatement in Kansas and urged attention to the city’s ordinances and code to ensure legal compliance.

Hisken said he "enjoyed the webinar" and that the main takeaway was the need to make sure the city’s ordinances and code are up to date and legally enforceable; he described the process as slow and said the city has been handling past issues correctly. No formal motion or ordinance change was proposed at the meeting.

Hisken’s remark was recorded as an addition to the agenda for informational purposes. Any formal review or amendment of ordinance language would require a future agenda item and formal drafting by staff.