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Titonka council approves code update, equipment purchase and multiple repairs

Titonka City Council · August 1, 2026

Summary

At its Aug. 18, 2022 meeting the Titonka City Council approved a series of routine motions including a $4,500 municipal code-book update, a $3,277 StairMaster purchase, a $5,020 concrete repair contract, an EMS sidewalk repair capped at $4,000 and closure of the pool on Aug. 21. All motions passed by 5–0 votes.

The Titonka City Council met Aug. 18, 2022, at City Hall and voted unanimously on a slate of routine municipal items, approving expenditures for a code-book update, fitness equipment, street and sidewalk repairs and the seasonal closure of the municipal pool.

Council member Mike Etherington moved to approve a $4,500 quote from Simmering-Cory to update the municipal code book; Jeff Watkins seconded and the motion passed 5 ayes, 0 nays. The council then approved the consent agenda and took individual votes on procurement and repair items, each recorded as unanimous voice votes.

Council approved purchase of a StairMaster for the Titonka Fitness Center in the amount of $3,277.00 on a motion by Etherington, seconded by Katie Prothman. The council approved a $5,020.00 quote from Hofmann Concrete for a street patch on North Main Street and parking/sidewalk work on 1st Avenue NE after a motion by Sara Hamilton, seconded by Prothman. Etherington moved and Prothman seconded approval of sidewalk repair at the EMS building not to exceed $4,000.00. Finally, Prothman moved and Etherington seconded a motion to close the swimming pool for the season on Aug. 21; that motion also passed 5 ayes, 0 nays.

The meeting record shows Mayor LaGue attending by phone at the start of the session; the phone connection was lost and Mayor Pro Tem Nick Harms presided after the disconnect. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 P.M.

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