Wayland City Council meets Nove,ber 16 at 7:30 pm at the Wayland City Hall

1. Roll Call
2. Consent Agenda
Note: These are routine items and will be enacted by one motion without separate discussion unless a Council member requests an
item be removed for separate consideration.
a. Minutes of November 2, 2022 & November 15, 2022 special meeting
b. Bills for Payment
c. Savings To CD Investment
d. WEDC Semi-Annual and Development Agreement Reports
3. Citizen Forum
The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public for items not listed on the agenda. You are asked to state your
name and address for the record and to limit your remarks 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. Unfinished Business
a. Ord. 12-2022 “An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 111 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Wayland, Iowa” (Final reading-Franchise Agreement Renewal)
b. Sewer Project Update (Randy Seberg, Jim Warner)
5. New Business
a. Res. 2022-24 “Resolution Accepting Work Sanitary Sewer Improvements – 2022
Project” (Hwy 78 extension)
b. 2023 Energy Efficiency Rebates
c. Res. 2022-25 “ Second Amendment to Natural Gas Service Agreement Between City
of Wayland and Clayton Energy Corporation”
6. Building Permits – none
7. Adjournmen

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

This Sunday, November 20, 2022, at 3PM Iowa Wesleyan’s GSA and PFLAG Mount Pleasant will be holding a vigil by the flagpole on the Iowa Wesleyan campus to reflect on the importance of this day.

Starting in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a vigil was held to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.

According to a recent Pew poll, nearly 90% of Americans say they personally know someone who is lesbian, gay, or bisexual. However, multiple polls show that approximately 20% of Americans say they personally know someone who is transgender. Given this reality, most Americans learn about transgender people through politicians and the media. So when they talk about transgender issues – it is imperative that they get it right.

In Iowa we are seeing growing intolerance of transgender individuals as evidenced in the recent election. Too often transgender youth are the targets at the time when they are most vulnerable to suicide and violence.  Too often they are bullied at school by fellow students and adults.  Too often they are afraid to tell their own parents for fear of rejection.

This Sunday, November 20, 2022, Iowa Wesleyan’s GSA and PFLAG Mount Pleasant will hold a vigil at 3PM on the Iowa Wesleyan campus.  We hope that others will join us as we embark on a project of education to reverse the current trends.  Transgender individuals are not political footballs.  They are people who deserve the right to live a safe and comfortable life here in Iowa, in the United States, and in the world.

Join us on Sunday, November 20^th, as we remember those lost to intolerance and violence.  We can do better.

Contact Katie Aranda, President, PFLAG Mount Pleasant at Katiearanda@gmail.com, 309-536-0151 or

Bob Mueller, Secretary, PFLAG Mount Pleasant at

mayatoddbob@aim.com, 319-201-0302

The Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities is currently experiencing a water main break on South Jackson Street. The water will be temporarily shut off on S. Jackson Street from West Front Street to West Green Street for our water department to make repairs.

The Utilities regrets any inconvenience. For questions, please call 319-385-2121 (24 hrs.).

Parents, a former teacher and a student addressed the Mount Pleasant School Board Monday night sharing concerns about classroom behaviors at Lincoln School.  Nine parents, a grandparent who was also a retired teacher and former Lincoln school teacher who still subs stood up to read prepared statements. The parents feel there are no consequences for bad behavior and that there is lack of support to hold students accountable. They said the violent actions of children in the class room are scaring the other students, creating emotional distress.  One family has moved their child to a different building in the district.A high school student who also attended Lincoln shared her feelings and the problems she still deals with after seeing and dealing with the issues in her classroom at Lincoln. There is also concern that the district is losing good, long time teachers because they are physically and mentally exhausted from dealing with these situations. And that overall, teacher moral is low.The parents also feel there is no communication between teachers and administrators or between parents and the school. The group asked for help for teachers. The Lincoln building leadership was also called into question. And while, the group understands there are no easy answers and implementing improvements can be a long process, they still are demanding action and feel the board should hold the administration’s feet to the fire.  They offered solutions and action items such as better communication, creating time and space for supportive programs, returning to same-grade schools and fast tracking new facilities. Sarah Donnelly gave the board a detailed behavior guide from another school district. The group pushed for making changes now but offered support. Many who spoke and who were in attendance were graduates of Mount Pleasant Schools.  The Board and Superintendent listened. Board President Jennifer Crull said their concerns will be taken into consideration.  Board member Josh Maher did say later in the agenda that he had visited with Lincoln Principal Lori LaFrenze to find out what the board can do to help. She told him she needs space and staff.

November 7 – 13, 2022

DES MOINES, Iowa (November 14, 2022) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.

“A blast of cold air late last week dropped temperatures well below normal as the first flurries of the season flew over nearly fully harvested corn and soybean fields,” said Secretary Naig. “Farmers are focused on finishing up fall field work before frost settles in as forecasts show colder conditions hanging around through the end of November.”

The weekly report is also available on the USDA’s website at nass.usda.gov.

Crop Report

Harvest was mostly complete with 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending November 13, 2022, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Fieldwork included wrapping up fall tillage, applying fertilizer, baling stalks, and hauling and spreading manure.

Topsoil moisture condition rated 18 percent very short, 35 percent short, 45 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 25 percent very short, 38 percent short, 36 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus.

Harvest of the corn for grain crop reached 95 percent complete, eight days ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of the average. Moisture content of field corn being harvested for grain was 16 percent. Farmers in Northeast and South Central Iowa still have over 10 percent of their corn for grain crop remaining to be harvested.

Livestock were mostly doing well, although the abrupt change to colder temperatures caused some stress.

Provided by Justin Glisan, Ph.D., State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Iowans experienced a drastic shift from unseasonable warmth to winter-like conditions towards the end of the reporting period; the statewide average temperature was 39.2 degrees, 1.6 degrees above normal. Widespread rainfall and some snow flurries also brought additional moisture to soil profiles over much of the state. Eastern and northwestern Iowa reported above-average totals nearing an inch while the middle of the state saw departures nearing 0.50 inch.

Spotty cloud cover was reported across portions of Iowa through Sunday (6th) afternoon as a weak low pressure center propagated along the Iowa-Missouri border. Daytime temperatures held in the 50s as southwesterly winds shifted to more of a westerly direction. Overnight skies were clear with morning lows ranging from the low 20s north to mid 30s south. Monday (7th) was chilly with afternoon highs remaining in the low 40s over northern Iowa while southern Iowa registered temperatures in the low 50s. Clouds gradually increased through the late night hours as an easterly wind persisted, though gradually turning to the southeast as a disturbance approached northwestern Iowa. Morning lows on Tuesday (8th) were near average as clouds prevented more overnight cooling; mid to upper 40s were observed in western Iowa while upper 30s were present in eastern Iowa where skies were still clear. Showers and a few thunderstorms formed over northwestern Iowa throughout the day as gusty southeasterly winds developed statewide. Beneficial rain totals were observed across several northwestern counties with two stations in Le Mars (Plymouth County) measuring from 1.00 inch to 1.20 inches; totals tailed off farther southeast with nearly 30 stations dumping out at least 0.25 inch. Thick cloud cover held on overnight as a warmed airmass pushed into the Midwest along with higher relative humidity. Morning lows reported at 7:00 am on Wednesday (9th) in western Iowa were in the upper 50s with some low 60s ahead of a cold front approaching Iowa; these readings were up to 30 degrees warmer than normal with a statewide average low of 43 degrees, 13 degrees above normal. Low clouds and muggy conditions persisted into the afternoon and evening hours.

Southerly winds increased ahead of the cold front sweeping across Iowa on Thursday (10th). Showers and thunderstorms formed in eastern Iowa where daytime highs reached into the upper 70s. Showers expanded over Iowa’s southeastern quarter though the rest of day and overnight into Friday (11th). More than 20 stations observed at least an inch with general totals of between 0.20 to 0.60 inch at most stations reporting rainfall; Dubuque (Dubuque County) measured 1.06 inches while a gauge near Lisbon (Linn County) observed 1.49 inches. Cold Canadian air filtered in behind the cold front with afternoon highs on Saturday (12th) hovering in the 20s to low 30s; the statewide average high was 28 degrees, 20 degrees below normal. Snow flurries fell over much of Iowa through the day as northwesterly winds and thick stratus clouds persisted. Winds became variable overnight into Sunday (13th) with temperatures only dropping by five to 10 degrees with peeks of clear skies southwest. Light snow accumulations were reported at a handful of stations with 0.1 inch at Orange City (Sioux County) to 1.0 inch in Waterloo (Black Hawk County).

Weekly precipitation totals ranged from no accumulation at many western Iowa stations to 1.72 inches near Wellman (Washington County). The statewide weekly average precipitation was 0.31 inch while the normal is 0.47 inch. Several eastern Iowa stations reported the week’s high temperature of 78 degrees on the 9th, on average 26 degrees above normal. Forest City (Winnebago County) reported the week’s low temperature of 11 degrees on the 12th, 15 degrees below normal. Four-inch soil temperatures were in the mid 30s west to low 40s east as of Sunday.