May 13, 2025 - City Council Meeting Mintues
(Subject to Approval)
Walford City Council Proceedings
Regular Meeting May 13, 2025
Meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm, by Mayor Todd Gibbs
Roll Call: Ellis, Greiner, Grimm & Jones. Bauer was absent
Grimm moved approval of the agenda as posted, seconded by Jones. Roll Call: Unanimous
Greiner moved approval of the minutes from 4/22, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous
Greiner moved approval of the 4/30/25 Treasurers Report, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous
Ellis moved approval of the May expenditures, seconded by Jones. Roll Call: Unanimous
A public hearing was held at 6:04 pm regarding FY 24/25 Budget Amendment. No written or oral objections were received.
Grimm moved to close public hearing at 6:05 pm, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous
Greiner moved to approve resolution 5-25-1 approving FY 24/25 Budget Amendment, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous
Grimm moved to approve resolution 5-25-2 approving Pay Estimate No. 1 for the 2024 Street Improvement Project in the amount of $177,359.54, seconded by Jones. Roll Call: Unanimous
Grimm moved to approve Certificate of Completion for 2024 Street Improvements, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous
Hunter from V&K was onsite to update on Street Project
Ellis moved to approve Kluesner Crack Seal Proposal Rates, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous
Jones moved to approve LL Pelling Chip & Seal Rates sans the ball field lot, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous
Ellis moved to approve The Depot Walford Cigarette/Tobacco/Nicotine/Vapor Permit, seconded by Grimm. Roll Call: Unanimous
Chad from ION Environmental Services was onsite to deliver wastewater treatment report
Linn County Sheriff’s report dated 4/1-5/13 received & placed on file. There were 37 calls for service.
P&R Minutes for 5/8 received & placed on file
Other items of discussion including but not limited to possible towing during snow emergencies, annexation, & mowing right-of-way.
Jones moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:05 pm, seconded by Ellis. Roll Call: Unanimous
Month’s Receipts: (General Fund) 319,555.76 (Sewer Fund) 22,000.92 (Garbage Fund) 13,028.57
(Road Use Tax) 15,983.02 Total Revenue 370,568.27
General & Road Use Tax Expenditures:
Absolute Security (Monitoring) 591.00
Allegra (Flyers) 491.87
Alliant (Electric) 3155.47
Breedlove Sporting (Softballs) 160.78
Carquest (Parts) 83.12
City Laundry (Rugs/Uniforms) 508.65
Depot Express (Gas) 355.00
Ellis, Liz (Cleaning) 171.45
EMC (Insurance) 59,567.00
Evans Computer (Tech Support) 437.52
Federal Tax Payment (Withholdings) 2967.60
Firehouse Pyrotechnics (Fireworks/Ins) 7500.00
FusionSite (Restrooms) 386.70
Gazette (Publications) 347.89
Gordon Flesch Co. (Copy Count/Maint) 68.68
Hass, Becky (Cleaning) 60.00
IPERS (Withholdings) 1924.08
Kluesner Construction (Sweeping) 3330.00
Linn Co Sheriff (Q4 Services) 10,920.00
LL Pelling (Pay Est 1) 177,359.54
Menards (Supplies) 367.92
Meyers, Tom (Wages) 5292.00
Miller, Dan (Wages) 6110.40
Office Express (Supplies) 104.89
Orkin (Pest Control) 89.00
Pate Asphalt (Street Repair) 7580.00 (Trail Repair) 1730.00
P&K Midwest (Parts) 80.06
Postmaster (Flyers) 119.90
Richardt, Tami (Wages) 6945.60 (Mileage) 191.10
Russo (Parts) 387.96
Sevig Utility (Water) 55.00
South Slope (Phone/Internet) 329.89
Storey Kenworthy (Checks) 550.00
TextMyGov (Comm Text Program) 3500.00
The Hartford (Group Life Ins) 65.40
Trugreen (Spraying) 2465.92
US Cellular (Cell Phones) 152.34
Veenstra & Kimm (Engineering) 21,360.00
Visa (IMFOA) 313.85 (Amazon) 220.64 (USPS) 9.68
Wellmark Blue Cross (Insurance) 2399.53
Sewer Fund Expenditures:
Alliant (Electric) 2592.96
IA Dept of Rev (Monthly Sales Tax) 209.44
ION (Operations) 4550.00
Postmaster (Billing/462) 258.72
South Slope (Phone/Internet) 107.37
Garbage Fund Expenditures:
Benton Co Solid Waste (Tipping Fees) 1403.00 (Q4 Landfill) 5876.00
Johnson Co Refuse (Hauling) 7922.00 (Tags) 570.00
Expenditure Totals: 354,296.92
_______________________________ Todd Gibbs, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________________Tami Richardt, City Clerk