Nashua council authorizes settlement and empowers mayor to sign in dam mediation

Council member Samantha Johnson moved and Council member Jake Johnson seconded a motion to approve a settlement agreement related to ongoing dam mediation and to authorize the mayor or a designee to sign the final settlement consistent with the mediated agreement. The motion passed by roll call vote, recorded as "all ayes."

Special Counsel Roger Stone provided an update to the council in closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(c), and answered council questions about the matter before the vote. The minutes record that the update and the council's questions occurred in closed session; the text does not specify settlement terms, monetary amounts, or other substantive details of the mediated agreement.

The council first moved into closed session at 7:17 PM and resumed open session at 7:34 PM after Stone’s update; it then reclosed briefly before voting to approve the settlement and authorize signature. Mayor Shelly Weiss was authorized to sign the agreement or delegate that authority, per the council motion. The minutes do not state any further implementation steps, deadlines, or public-release plans for the settlement document.