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Fort Dodge City Council Meeting
Council Chambers, Municipal Building
January 12, 2015
Agenda *AMENDED*



Associated Documents

4:00 p.m. Budget Workshops
• Business Affairs & Community Growth
• Police & Emergency Management budget
• Rental Inspections
• Blanden Art Museum
General Fund Preview
6:00 p.m. Regular Business Meeting
1. Call to order and roll call.
2. Approval of agenda.
3. Public Hearing: to consider the disposal of the North 75' of Lot 6, Block 33, Carpenter, Morrison & Vincent's Addition to Fort Dodge, Iowa. (1703 2nd Avenue South)
3a) Resolution Approving the Offering of Property for Sale and Method of Selecting a Developer following Public Hearing.
4. Comments and Questions from the Public.
5. Request from Upper Des Moines Opportunity for financial assistance in the amount of $10,000.00 for Fiscal Year 2016.
6. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of December 22, 2014 minutes.
b. Approval of Accounts Payable listing for January 16, 2015.
c. Applications for License and Permits:
d. Set date for a public hearing on proposed nuisance assessments.
e. Set date for a public hearing on Water Service Repair Assessment.
f. Invoice in the amount of $30,000.00 from Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance for quarterly contribution.
g. Invoice in the amount of $54,250.00 from MIDAS Council of Governments for quarterly assistance for DART bus.
h. Invoices totaling $43,448.55 from Webster County Auditor for rent due at the Law Enforcement Center due for three quarters.
i. Change Order No. 4 in the amount of $15,138.86 from Wicks Construction, Inc. for the Cross-town Connector Project Downtown Realignment & Revitalization Phase II Project.
j. Resolution Assenting to the Annexation of Certain Real Estate to the City of Fort Dodge. (Knupp Storage Unit property)
k. Resolution Proposing a Change to the Zoning of Property and Affixing a Date for a Public Hearing. (Knupp property from AG to LI)
l. Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Grant Award Contract with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the Development of a River Master Plan as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
m. Resolution Approving the Acquisition of Interests in Real Property for Phase 2 of the East Region Storm Sewer Project.
n. Resolution Approving the Acquisition of Right-of-Way Needed for the Crosstown Connector Project.
o. Resolution Setting a Date of Meeting at Which it is Proposed to Approve a Development Agreement with Josephson Manufacturing Company, including Annual Appropriation Tax Increment Payments.
p. Resolution Approving a Variance Petition by CJ BioAmerica to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources NPDES Pertaining to 567 IAC 62.1(8)F Prohibited Discharges.
q. Resolution Allowing the Transfer of Property Prior to Improvements and Approving an Extension to the Terms of a Special Warranty Deed.
r. Resolution Approving an Extension to the Terms of a Special Warranty Deed.
s. Agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation for North 1st Street Bridge (Over Soldier Creek) funding.
t. Work Authorization No. 2275-51 from USW Utility Group in the amount of $38,985.67 to rebuild two pumps at the AG Park Lift Station.
u. Bids received for the purchase of a utility vehicle for sanitary sewer inspections and trail patrol at Snell Crawford Trail.
v. Invoice in the amount of $63,512.00 from Webster County Telecommunications for quarterly contribution.
7. Committee and Department Reports, Correspondence and Proclamations.
8. Resolution to Appoint Police Officer effective January 13, 2015.
9. Second Consideration of Ordinance No. 2224, an Ordinance Providing for the Division of Taxies Levied on Taxable Property in the December 2014 Addition to the Center City and Industrial Park Urban Renewal Areas.
10. Change Order No. 2 deducting the contract in the amount of $8,000.00, Pay Estimate No. 5, final, in the amount of $56,327.03 and Statement of Completion from Godberson-Smith Construction for the 2013 Avenue C Rehabilitation Project.
11. Pay Estimate No. 2, Sub-final, in the amount of $519,254.03 and Statement of Completion from Carstensen Contracting, Inc. for the 2014 OHV Water Main Extension Project.
12. Comments and Questions from the Public.
Executive Session pursuant to State of Iowa Code §21.5(1)(j).
Adjournment

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