City Council Meeting
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE NEVADA CITY COUNCIL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023 – 6:00 P.M.
NEVADA CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 1209 6TH STREET
Notice to the Public: The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public during discussion on agenda items. If you wish to speak, please complete a card found on the podium near this agenda and hand it to the City Clerk before the meeting. When your name is called, please step to the podium, state your name and address for the record, and speak. The Mayor may limit each speaker to five minutes. If you wish to present written materials and/or a signed petition in addition to your oral presentation, those materials need to be delivered to the City Clerk by noon on the Wednesday prior to the meeting to be included in the Council packet. The normal process on any particular agenda item is that the motion is placed on the floor, input is received from the audience, the Council is given an opportunity to comment on the issue or respond to the audience concerns, and the vote is taken. On ordinances, there is time provided for public input when recognized by the Chair. In consideration of all, if you have a cell phone, please turn it off or put it on silent ring. The use of obscene and vulgar language, hate speech, racial slurs, slanderous comments, and any other disruptive behavior during the Council meeting will not be tolerated and the offender may be barred by the presiding officer from further comment before the Council during the meeting and/or removed from the meeting. The Council will be meeting in the Council Chambers, Zoom may be provided, so long as that option is available.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85159572027?pwd=LzJ0V0F2aEtoOEZxSkY4VGVTdHBpdz09
OR by phone: (312) 626-6799, (646) 558-8656, (301) 715-8592
Webinar ID: 851 5957 2027 Password: 287321
*If you would like to speak through Zoom regarding an agenda item or during public forum prior arrangements are REQUIRED. Written documents may also be submitted.
Please call City Hall at 515-382-5466 or email kwright@cityofnevadaiowa.org by 4:00 p.m. Monday, November 13, 2023
1. Call the Meeting to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of the Agenda
4. PUBLIC HEARING(S)
A. Verbio Annexation
1. Public Hearing
2. Resolution No. 021 (2023/2024): A Resolution Approving the Annexation of Territory into the City of Nevada, Iowa – Verbio Nevada, LLC
5. Approval of CONSENT AGENDA (Any item on the Consent Agenda may be removed for separate consideration.)
A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting held on October 23, 2023
B. Approve Minutes of the Special Meeting held on October 27, 2023
C. Approve Payment of Cash Disbursements, including Check Numbers 82741-82838 and Electronic Numbers 1467-1478 (Inclusive) Totaling $2,095,000.24 (See attached list) and the First Interstate Card Purchases for the November 19, 2023 Statement, total $3,814.61
D. Accept and File the Annual Financial Report for FY22/23
E. Approve 2024 Meeting Dates
F. Resolution No. 022 (2022/2023): A Resolution Approving the Third Amendment to the Economic Development Financial Assistance Contract by Hormel Foods Corporation/Burke Marketing Corporation; the City of Nevada; and the Iowa Economic Development Authority – Contract Number 19-HQJP-007 and Authorizing the City Administrator to Execute
6 PUBLIC FORUM: Time set aside for comments from the public on topics of City business other than those listed on the agenda – no action may be taken. (Please keep your comments to five minutes or less.) This is an opportunity for members of the audience to bring to the Council’s attention any item not listed on the agenda. Comments are limited to five (5) minutes per citizen, and the City will notify citizens when their time has expired. Speakers may not yield their times to others, and as a general rule this is not a time for exchange of questions. The Mayor has the authority to reduce the time allowed for comment in accordance with the number of persons present and signed up to speak.
A. Nevada Firefighters Inc. check presentation to assist in purchase of new fire engine
7. OLD BUSINESS
A. Ordinance No. 1047 (2023/2024): An Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances of the city of Nevada, IA, 2006, by Amending Provisions Pertaining to Sewer User Charges (Chapter 99), second reading
B. Field House Project, Contractor HPC LLC
a. Approve Pay Request No. 16 in the amount of $423,814.95
b. Approve Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $53,056.00
C. Approve Pay Request No. 9 for 2022 Street Improvement Project from Manatt’s, Inc. in the amount of $362,678.79
D. Approve Pay Request No. 29 for WWTF Improvements-Phase 2 from Williams Brothers Construction Inc. (WBCI) in the amount of $997,566.03
E. Approve Pay Request No. 19 for WWTF Improvements-Phase 3 from Boomerang Corp. in the amount of $19,199.61
F. Approve Pay Request No. 13 for WWTF Improvements-Phase 4 from OnTrack Construction, LLC in the amount of $73,109.24
G. Approve Purchase of Security Cameras for Street Department
H. Discussion and Appropriate Follow-up regarding CBD Project, Storm Line Issues in Alleyway
8. NEW BUSINESS
A. Resolution No. 023 (2023/2024): A Resolution to Approving Professional Agreement for Municipal Engineering Services with JEO Consulting Group, Inc. for 2023 Bridge Repairs and Load Ratings
B. Resolution No. 024 (2023/2024): A Resolution Approving Professional Agreement for Municipal Engineering Services with WHKS & Co. for F and G Avenue HMA Overlay Project
C. Resolution No. 025 (2023/2024): A Resolution Accepting Amendment to Sanitary Sewer Easements from Keith B. Davis and Denise Davis
D. Discussion & Appropriate Follow-up Regarding Requests from Main Street Nevada
E. Ordinance No. 1048 (2023/2024): An Ordinance Amending Chapter 65 (Stop or Yield Required) of the City Code to Require Stops in Additional Intersections, first reading
F. Approve Renewal of Nevada Senior Citizens Agreement for use of the Nevada Senior Community Center
G. Verkada Security – Controlled Entry Access for the Waste Water Treatment Facility Administration Building, West Side
H. Resolution No. 026 (2023/2024): A Resolution Approving the Economic Development Assistance Contract By Mid-States Material Handling and Fabrication, Inc., The City of Nevada and the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Contract #24-HQJP-003
9. REPORTS – City Administrator/Mayor/Council/Staff
10. ADJOURN
The agenda was posted on the official bulletin board on November 9, 2023, in compliance with the requirements of the open meetings law.
