Author: Theresa Rose

AGENDA

Monday, September 20, 2021

Order of business, regular session

Danville City Council, Danville City Hall

NOTE:  The regular session may be conducted electronically

as allowed by Iowa Code 21.8

Citizen comments:  Comments must be directed to the subject under consideration.  The presiding officer shall rule on the relevance of the citizen comments.  Citizens making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks may be barred by the presiding officer from further comment before the Council during the meeting.

1. Call to order, 5:30 p.m.. Note the starting time.

2. Accept or amend the agenda.

3. Open forum: A time set aside to receive comments from the public regarding city business.  The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public on any subject pertaining to City business, including items on this agenda.  You are asked to state your name and address for the record and to limit your remarks to five minutes in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak.  The Order of Business is at the discretion of the Chair.  No action will be taken.

4. Discussion and action on the August Des Moines County Sheriff reports as presented.

5. Update from Chris Lee, Des Moines County Conservation office to discuss Waters Park. Action by council if needed.

6. Discussion and action on Resolution 2021-25 to set a hearing date on the 405 West Division Street property.

7. Review of Chapter 8.08 pertaining to notifying property owners of a possible nuisance. Action by council if needed.

8. Discussion and action on adding the traffic lights to the city insurance policy.

9. Discussion and action on the proposal from JPW Technologies on the utility handheld/docking equipment.

10. Public Works Supt. written report.
11. Approval of the written report

11. Fire Chief report.
12. Action by council if needed.
13. Building and/or electric permits.

City of Danville

Joint meeting with the Trustees

13. Approval of consent agenda.
14. Council minutes September 7, 2021.
15. Electric permits.
16. Signing of utility easements.

D   Payment of bills.

14. Council reports and correspondence.
15. Discussion and action on purchasing park benches for the city playground area.
16. Discussion on a possible new city hall.
17. Discussion on establishing an employee retirement policy.

15. Adjournment of regular session of the Danville City Council. The next regular session of the Danville City Council is scheduled for Monday, October 4, 2021, 6:00 p.m., Danville City Hall.

AGENDA

Monday, September 20, 2021

Order of business, regular joint meeting

Danville City Council and Danville & Pleasant Grove Township Trustees

 to be held at Danville City Hall

1. Call to order, 6:30 p.m..

2. Accept or amend the agenda.

3. Open forum: A time set aside to receive comments from the public regarding fire department business.  The Council and Trustees welcome comments from the public on any subject pertaining to fire department business, including items on this agenda.  You are asked to state your name and address for the record and to limit your remarks to five minutes in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak.  The Order of Business is at the discretion of the Chair.  No action will be taken.

4. Discussion and action on the Fire Chief’s report.

5. Approval of the June 21, 2021 minutes.

6. A. Discussion and action regarding the bills as presented.

7. Discussion and action on adding and/or removing members from the Fire Department.

8. Setting of next joint meeting.

9. Adjournment.

-Courtesy of Dave Schneider

The Mount Pleasant Marching Band Invitational was held Saturday night and featured 20 high school bands and 1,705 musicians.

In Class 1A/2A, Tipton took top honors followed by Central Lee, Wapello, Cardinal and Mediapolis.  Central Lee won caption awards for Best Color Guard and Best Drum Major while Tipton won the honors of Best Drumline and Best Horn Line.

In Class 3A, Center Point-Urbana placed first followed by Benton Community, Fort Madison, Williamsburg, West Liberty, Keokuk and Washington. Benton Community won caption awards for Best Drum Major, Best Color Guard and Best Drumline. The Best Horn Line award went to Center Point-Urbana.

In Class 4A, Davenport Central took first place followed by Quincy, Clinton, Muscatine, Western Dubuque and Ottumwa. Davenport Central won caption awards for Best Drum Major, Best Drumline and Best Horn Line with Quincy winning Best Color Guard.

The Best Represented Band Award went to Benton Community who had the most fans in attendance. The Sweepstakes Award, given to the band with the highest combined score from the Mount Pleasant contest and the Fort Madison Band Classic held earlier in the day went to Davenport Central.

Each of the four school districts in Henry County will hold elections November 2.

Mount Pleasant School Board members Kevin Sandersfeld and Willey Amos are running again. Martha Wiley chose not to run for another term. Derek Mullin is running for that open seat.

The New London School district voters may vote for no more than two candidates. And there are only two on the ballot…Kyle Helmerson and incumbent Lindsay Porter.

Aaron Cumnings is the only person running for the Winfield Mt. Union School Board. But there are two open seats.

WACO School Board member Barb Shelman is running un-opposed for director district four and Tim Graber, another current WACO Board member, is running un-opposed for the at large seat.

Here is the official list of Henry County mayoral and city council candidates for the coming General Elections.

As expected, Mount Pleasant Mayor Steve Brimhall and three incumbent council members are seeking re-election. All will run unopposed in the November 2 general elections.  Bob Griffith, Jeff Batty and Terry McWilliams are each hoping to serve another 4 year term on the council.

In Salem there are three people running for mayor..James Tomson, Mary Hoyer, and Kelly Anderman.  There are six people running for the two seats on that council that will be open…. John Wagner, Haley Swinscoe, Tarrant French, Justin Traman and incumbents Gary Tedrow, and Christina Feehan.

In Westwood Mayor Brant Knudsen is running for re-election unopposed. There are four people running for three seats on the council.  They are Eric Peterson, Monte Knudsen, Darrel Rodgers and incumbent Gary Lane.

New London’s incumbent Mayor Kirk Miller is running unopposed.  Incumbent council members Dan Berner, Scott Campbell and Brad Helmerson are each running unopposed for four year terms.  Travis Benz is running for a two year term without opposition.

In Wayland Mayor Chet Fort is the only candidate for that position. Incumbents Caylon Devaul and Jamie Roth wish to repeat four year terms on the council. A third council member, Melinda Ullery, is seeking re-election to a two year term.  No one else has thrown their name into the hat for the Wayland City elections.

There are five names on the Winfield ballot for city council. Voters may vote for no more than three. Randy Redlinger and Jennifer Wade are the incumbents. The other candidates are David Pieart, Robert Quinn and Scott Jennings.

There is one candidate for mayor in Olds. That’s Jason Waterhouse. Voters can for no more than three council members. And there are three candidates on the ballot….incumbents Candice Curry and Fred Roth.  The third candidate is Timothy Breuer.

Frankie Nupp is the only candidate on the ballot for mayor in Coppock. Voters there may vote for no more than three council members.  The candidates are Dakota Knerr, Jennifer Stoderl, Ananna Knerr, Shelby Gier and incumbent Dustin Palmer.

Current Hillsboro council members Chad Brousseau, Eric Sanderson and Michaeleen Kaeser are seeking re-election. There is a fourth candidate, Myron Helmers but residents can vote for no more than three. William Sanderson is running for a two year term. (not for mayor as previously published.

Congratulations to the 2021 WACO Homecoming King and Queen! King is Jonah Clark, son of Bill and Joni Huisenga. Queen is Jaicey Miller, daughter of BJ and Jana Miller. They will reign over Homecoming activities on Friday.

The rest of the court includes Lilly Clark the daughter of Kevin and Lisa Clark.  Maggie Rinner, the daughter of Ty and Diane Rinner. Zach Schmitz is the son of Todd and Laura Schmitz and Jonah Egli, the son of Jason and Gail Egli.

The Homecoming Parade will begin at 5 pm on Main Street. The football game will begin at 7 pm against the Iowa Valley Tigers.