The Bode City Council met in regular session Monday August 4, 2025 at 5:30PM in the council chambers. All members were present. Also present the Bode library board and Tom Madden the city engineer for the sewer project. Mayor Peterson presented a plaque to Orlys Maassen, the city librarian honoring her for “50” years of service and stated how much we appreciate her in our community, while respecting her wishes to keep this very informal. Mayor Peterson called the meeting to order. A motion was made by Tepner, second by Miller to approve the agenda as posted. All ayes, motion carried. A motion was made by Miller, second by Fulwider to approve the minutes from the previous meeting as published. All ayes, motion carried.

Todd McMahon, city maintenance informed the council that the rip rap around the lagoon has been repaired by a contractor and stated that drawdown at the lagoon was complete.

Tom Madden updated the council on the sewer project, informing them that the lining has begun.

A motion was made by Fulwider, second by Miller to approve Doyle Pay Request #3 in the amount of 19,264.37 this is completed work on the sewer project. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Hasfjord, second by Mckenna to approve Doyle Change order #1A, the original amount was listed as 1,060,141.00, this figure should have read 1,060,141.50.

All ayes, motion carried.

 

A motion was made by Miller, second by Tepner to approve an agreement for professional services design amendment. The changes only change the agreement to include CDBG language in the original contract. All ayes, motion carried.

 

A motion was made by Fulwider, second by Miller to approve Doyle Change order #2. This change order is a request from the contractor to extend the project substantial completion date from September 1st to September 30th. This delay was triggered by the lining company getting to the site. Council Tepner, informed Tom that with the delay approved, he would like to emphasize that we would like to have the contractor concentrate on our Farm to Market roads first, as to not interfere with harvest. All ayes, motion carried.

 

Council members Tepner and Miller informed the council of the meetings they had to fill the city maintenance position once Todd does retire. City Clerk directed to run an ad in the Algona reminder as well as the Humboldt reminder, with all applications/resumes due back to city hall by September 8th.

 

A motion was made by Fulwider, second by Tepner to approve Horses at 609 7th street per a request from a realtor. All ayes, motion carried.

 

A motion was made by Miller, second by Tepner to approve a building permit for a fence and a garage located at 303 Rossing Ave. All ayes, motion carried.

 

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Miller to approve a building permit to New Cooperative for a dry fertilizer stage facility. All ayes, motion carried.

 

The outstanding debt report was reviewed. Showing 54,683.15 from the planning and design loan and 221,165.81 from the sewer project.

 

The city will have the Community Center, along with the library available to provide Heating/Cooling to anyone that would need this. City Clerk will send this to Kyle Bissell (Humboldt County Emergency Management) as he is compiling this information for the county.

 

A motion was made by Fulwider, second by Miller to set the next meeting for September 8th (due to the Labor Day Holiday). All ayes, motion carried.

 

The following bills were examined and approved for payment:

 

Monthly Gross Wages                              10,959.29        IPERS                                                  1977.88

The Pavement Doctor                                 6,288.00         Fed & FICA                                       1412.30

Short Elliot Hendrickson                          3,520.94         Alex Air Apparatus                         130.00

Centurylink                                                           446.22         Algona Welding & Machine      640.00

Iowa DNR (NPDES)                                          210.00        Quill Corporation                              36.50

Northwest Communication                       104.95         Iowa One Call                                        9.90

Farmers Cooperative                                      609.94         Humboldt Newspaper                 290.40

Midamerican Energy                                    1311.00         Router12 Networks                       500.00

City of Spencer                                                    324.00         Agsource Coop Services           164.00

Humboldt County treasurer                         35.79          Humboldt Ace Hardware             71.86

GiGi’s fuel                                                                99.23

 

                                                General                              2363.23

                                                Road Use Tax                  7130.76

                                                Water                                   2777.00

                                                Sewer                                  4310.44

                                                Landfill/garbage             441.00

 

The meeting adjourned at 7:15PM

 

Becky Struthers, City Clerk