
Belle Plaine City Council Meeting
Council Chambers – Belle Plaine City Hall
Wednesday June 7, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
- Call to order
- Roll Call
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Approval of Consent Agenda, Council minutes of May 17, 2023, receiving & filing of minutes from the from the May 23, 2023, Belle Plains Community Library Board of Trustees meeting & bills receivod.
- Resident Comments
- Discuss request from Valhalla Hatchets at 815 12th Street to bore under sidewalk for address power concerns.
- Discuss for possible passage of the second reading of Ordinance #23-3 which would amend Chapter 87 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Belle Plains by amending the provisions pertaining to water rate charges. (Water rates would go from $7.38 per thousand to $7.82 per thousand and out of town rates would go from $9.43 to $9.99 per thousand.)
- Discuss for possible passage of the second reading of Ordinance #23-4 which would amend Chapter 99 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Belle Plaine by amending the provisions pertaining to sewer service charges. (Sewer rates would go from $11.84 per thousand to $12.54 per thousand.)
- A. Discuss for possible passage of the second reading of Ordinance #23-5, an ordinance that amends Section 185.05 of the Belle Plaine Municipal Code to change the zoning of the property located on the southeast corner of 11th Street and 1st Avenue in Belle Plaine, Iowa.
B. Discuss for possible approval to waive the third and final reading of Ordinance 23-5, an Ordinance amending Section 165.05 of the Belle Plaine Municipal Code to change the zoning of the property located on the southeast corner of 11th Street and 1st Avenue in Belle Plaine, Iowa. - Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-06-04, a resolution approving the cost-of-living adjustments (C.O.L.A.’s) for all Non-Bargaining City workers
- Consideration of a motion approving the Belle Plaine Community Development Corporation’s request to close 12th Street between 7th & 10th Avenues and those corresponding side streets off of 12th Street on July 3rd from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. on the 4th of July for the annual car show street dance, Kids Fun Zone, & bags Tournament.
- Consideration of a motion approving that Belle Plaine City Council hire security guards for the street dance.
- A. Consideration of a motion approving the Belle Plaine 4th of July Committee request to close 12th Street between 7th and 12th Avenue from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. for the Fourth of July parade.
B. Consideration of a motion to approve the Belle Plaine 4th of July Committee annual
fireworks show at Franklin Park. (Under the direction of the Dlrector of Pyrotechnic Displays, Joel Hanzelka for the City of Belle Plaine.) - Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-06-03, a resolution authorizing temporary
handicap parking on 13th Street by the Catholic Church. - Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-06-01, a resolution authorizing signatories for all CDBG-DR programs.
- Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-06-08, an resolution authorizing and directing ECICOG to submit application and associated documents for funding for the CDBG-DR Derecho Generator Program (for Fire Dept generator) to the IEDA.
- Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-06-07, a resolution authorizing and directing
ECICOG to submit application and associated documents for funding for the CDBG-DR Derocho Tree Canopy and Tree Replantlog Program to the IEDA. - Discuss for possible approval the service agreement for ECICOG project delivery and
administration services If warded (no charge up front and it is 100% grant covered). - Dlscuss for possible approval resolution #23-06~05, a resolution approving the articles of
agreement creating the Middle Iowa Watershed Management Authority. - Discuss for possible approval resolution #23-08-08, a resolution approving Federal
Procurement Policy and Procedures for us to use with Federal programs. - Discuss for possible approval agreement with Veenstra & Kimm for administrative and
management services and engineering cost estimates, and services for repairs, for the grants under DR-4557 (Derecho). - Discuss for possible approval proposed Request for Qualifications for Engineering Services.
- Discuss for possible approval a new 5-day Class c Retail Alcohol License with Outdoor Service for Main Street Bakery and Café, 1804 Iowa Highway 21, Belle Plaine, Iowa (RAGBRAI).
- Discuss for possible approval a new 5-day Class C Retail Alcohol License with Outdoor Service for Wine on Wheals, 715 12th Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa (RAGBRAI).
- Discuss for possible approval to grant a utility credit ($378.88) at 825 12th Street, Belle Plaine, Iowa created by a broken pipe in a crawlspace (excess water soaked into dirt floor).
- City Administrators’s Report:
A) Update on current projects;
B) Public notice for Wellfield Generator - Mayor’s Report: Current Meeting Report
- Correspondence: Nuisance Property correspondence.
- Old Business: None
- Resident Comments
- Adjournment..
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Posted June 2, 2023