The Bode City Council met in regular session Monday February 2, 2025 at 5:30PM in the council chambers. All members were present. Mayor Miller called the meeting to order, with a motion by Hasfjord, second by Mckenna to approve the agenda as posted. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Hasfjord to approve the minutes of the January meeting as published. All ayes, motion carried.

The Cities engineer submitted two pay request from Doyle Construction on the sewer project. The first pay request is $119,196.26 and the second being $4694.01. The council reviewed these requests and took no action as we are waiting for the Payables to come through Midas Council of Government to align with the grant/loan specifications.

Resumes received for the city clerks position were reviewed, City Clerk phoned the applicants and the interview process was scheduled for February 5th. Council members Fulwider and Tepner, along with Mayor Miller and Becky Struthers will conduct the interviews and bring their recommendations to the council for final action.

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Hasfjord to approve Derek Dugan to attend 4 Sessions of Basic Water Treatment through Kirkwood Community College April 20-21st and 27th-28th for a cost of $560, along with hotel accommodations. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Fulwider, second by McCart to approve the $600/yearly (read only) Gworks license as our updated software on this accounting system did not include all of the history that was imputed. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Hasfjord to approve “GiGi’s Mercantile Class B Retail Alcohol license. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Hasfjord to approve a “5-day Liquor license to the Bode Fire Department” for their fun night scheduled for April 18th. All ayes, motion carried.

A motion was made by Tepner, second by Hasford to approve “The Red Lanterns Class C Retail Alcohol License”. All ayes, motion carried.

The council reviewed the Property Tax Levy for the 2026-27 City Budget.

Council member Tepner stated that the City Hall and Fire Departments landline phones could be ported through router-12 at a lesser cost than CenturyLink, while maintaining the same number. Following discussion, a motion was made by Fulwider, second by Tepner to approve this transition. All ayes, motion carried.

The following bills were examined and approved for payment:

 

Monthly Gross Wages                              7724.77            Iowa One Call                                                       .90

Fed & FICA                                                       2309.37            Upper Des Moines                                      300.00

MidAmerican Energy                                 1625.05            Storey Kenworthy                                        543.79

J&A Outdoor Equipment                           121.66             Humboldt Newspaper                                79.25

Wellmark Blue Cross/Shield                  663.56             Short Elliot Hendrickson                    1537.63

Northwest Communications                   31.94              Humboldt Newspaper                              184.76

Humboldt Ace Hardware                           61.56              Nathan Hosford                                           750.00

Hawkins Incorporated                                259.25             Dakota Supply Group                               247.86

Farmers Cooperative                                1434.25            City of Spencer                                              614.74

Central Iowa Distributing                         541.00             Agsource Coop Services                          15.25

Abens-Marty-Curran Agency               1205.00

 

                                                General                              8,619.92

                                                Water                                      628.24

                                                Sewer                                  2,287.63

                                                Landfill/Garbage             753.04

 

The next regular meeting is set for March 2, 2026.

 

The meeting adjourned @ 7PM

 

 

Becky Struthers, City Clerk