Votes at a glance: Perry City Council approves contracts, easements, appointments and hearings

At its regular meeting the Perry City Council approved a series of resolutions and motions. Key outcomes are listed below with the action, a short description, and the roll-call outcome as recorded in the meeting.

• Consent agenda: Minutes, payments and claims register approved (payments including four to Bolton Bank, one to Dallas County Local Housing Trust Fund and one to EOCEN; claims register noted). Vote: unanimous.

• Taxiway award (Old Business A): Motion to accept low bid for 1,500T parallel taxiway extension (bid tabulation read during meeting). Motion approved; award contingent on grant programming and contract execution. Vote: unanimous.

• AIP application (Old Business B): Formal submission of FAA Airport Improvement Program application for airport extension approved. Vote: unanimous.

• Easements (Old Business C & D): Resolutions approving temporary construction grading easement and permanent drainage/utility easements for Marco Properties LLC passed. Vote: unanimous.

• Professional services (Old Business E): Agreement with Bolton (consultant) for Willis Avenue & Hwy 141 intersection design not to exceed $420,000 approved. Vote: unanimous.

• FY2026 budget amendment hearing (New Business A): Council set a public hearing for June 1 to consider the fiscal year 2026 budget amendment. Motion approved. Vote: unanimous.

• Planning & zoning services (New Business B): Professional services agreement with Bolton for planning and zoning services at introductory rates approved; Bolton planner Trey Rouse introduced himself. Vote: unanimous.

• Guthrie County REC franchise hearing (New Business C): Council set a public hearing for June 1 on a 25-year franchise agreement with Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative. Vote: unanimous.

• Revenue purpose statement (New Business D): Resolution adopting revenue purpose statement for expenditure of electric franchise-fee revenues (citing Iowa Code subsection 364.2(4)(f)) passed. Vote: unanimous.

• Appointments (New Business E & F): Appointment of TJ Mumm to the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board (term ending 5/19/2029) and addition of Timothy (T.J.) Mumm to the volunteer fire department roster approved. Vote: unanimous.

• Ordinances: First readings for sidewalk/water-over-sidewalk language and winter discharge of sump pumps were conducted; final reading adopted for chapter 41.08 (discharging weapons). Second/third readings for the first items were scheduled for the next meeting.

All actions above were recorded by roll call; the meeting transcript records each roll-call 'yes' vote by councilmembers Andor, Walling, Shelley, Mhler, Klein, Swalling and Flying unless otherwise noted. For contract award amounts and some numeric figures, the meeting transcript contains garbled numeric text; official packet or staff follow-up should be consulted for exact contract figures and estimate details.