Belle Plaine City Council Meeting
City Hall – Council Chambers
Wednesday September 18, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Tentative Schedule

1. Call to order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval of Consent Agenda, Council Minutes of September 4, 2019, & bills received.

5. Resident Comments

6. Discuss for the Engineering Services Contract Agreement concerning a Water System Study with Veenstra & Kimm, INC

7A. BPCDC Report: Morgan Mitchell

7B. Discuss for approval blocking off parking in front of the Sound Park from 9:00am to 11:30 am on Saturday September 21, 2019 & adjusting the parking across the street to keep traffic flowing. (BPCDC meet with Al.)

7C. Discuss for approval closing of 12^th Street (Main Street) on Sunday October 27, 2019 from 8^th Avenue to 9^th Avenue from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm for the new improved Trunk or Treat. (BPCDC may be flexible on street closure beyond 9^th avenue)

8. Consideration of a motion setting the hours of residential Trick or Treat for Belle Plaine from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday October 31, 2019.

9. Belle Plaine Police Report: Chief Hudson

10. Discuss for possible approval Resolution #19-09-02, a resolution approving the Iowa Department of Transportation 2019 Street report and authorizing the city clerk to sign the same.

11. Discuss for possible approval resolution #19-9-3: a resolution approving that Reserve Officer Pat McLeod is certified to carry weapons (handgun, shotgun, & Taser) while on duty with the Belle Plaine Police Department in accordance with the Chapter 80D.7 of the Iowa Code.

12. Discuss for possible approval the first reading of Ordinance # 160: an ordinance amending the code of ordinances of the City of Belle Plaine, Iowa, by amending provisions pertaining to floodplain management. (Note areas where we have to make alternate or optional language selection.)

13. Discuss for approval resolution #19-9-4: a resolution approving the “subdivision of the Wayne Parizek property at 1611 12^th Avenue, Belle Plaine, Iowa. (As approved by the BP Planning & Zoning Board)

14. Discuss for possible approval a Belle Plaine Business Incentive Grant for Drahos Shoe Store (Don Drahos) at 722 12^th Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa.

15. A. City Treasurer’s Report: City Clerk (August)

B. City Budget Report: August (City Clerk)

16. Committee of the Whole:

a. Discuss the possibility of building a resolution: opposing the Alliant Energy rate increase.

17. City Administrator’s Report: See Mayor’s Report

18 Mayor’s Report: Update on administrator search.

19. Resident Comments
20. Correspondence:
21. Old Business:
22. Adjournment

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