Sep 22, 2026

City Council Meeting · 5 recorded votes · Present at roll call: Johansen, Borcherding, DePhillips, Irlbeck, Lovelady · Absent: none listed

All votes

Every vote in the official minutes, in agenda order. Routine items on this meeting (2): agenda, adjournment. Full minutes for the whole Sep 22, 2026 meeting (printed in the agenda packet for 2026-10-13 (pages 6-9)) (saved copy)

• Vote 1Approval of Agenda Mayor Gisch asked for approval of the agenda. Motion: approve the agendaPassed 5–0 · Count only · Minutes, p. 1

  What this means: Approving the agenda. A routine first vote that sets the list of items for the meeting.

• Vote 2Consent agenda (38 items, approved in one vote)Passed 5–0 · Count only · Minutes, p. 1

  What this means: Consent agenda. A list of routine items the council approves together in one vote, without separate discussion. Any member can ask to pull an item out for its own vote.

  38 consent items

  1. Resolution 09-1226 Approving Previous Meeting Minutes
  2. Resolution 09-1326 Claims Report $,412,244.76
  3. Receiving and Filing Reports
  4. Finance Report for August 2026
  5. Resolution 09-1426 Approving Payments for Professional Services
  6. Invoice #2 Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC - Tree Inventory and Urban Forestry Services $2,764.00 $2,764
  7. Invoice #4 McClure Engineering Company - Phase 1B Water Main Improvements $21,361.10 $21,361.10
  8. Invoice #8 McClure Engineering Company - Water System On-Call Services$1,897.23 $1,897.23
  9. Invoice #19 McClure Engineering Company - SE 41st Street and SE Park Drive Extension $24,528.99 $24,528.99
  10. Invoice #24 OPN Architects, Inc. - Grimes Public Administration Building $6,635.16 $6,635.16
  11. Invoice #3 Snyder & Associates, Inc. - 2025-2028 On-Call Traffic Planning and Engineering Services $18,891.00 $18,891
  12. Invoice #9 Weitz Company - Grimes Public Administration Building $83,345.00 $83,345
  13. Invoice #11 ISG - NW 27th Street Trail Connection $800.00 $800
  14. Resolution 09-1526 Approving Capital Project Payment Requests
  15. Payment #5 All Star Concrete - E Gateway Drive and E 1st Street Intersection Improvements $443,812.54 $443,812.54 · Full page →
  16. Payment #5 a private individual, Inc. - Grimes Public Administration Building $113,975.00 $113,975 · Full page →
  17. Payment #7 Concrete Technologies, Inc. - SE 41st St. and SE Park Dr. Extension $68,209.87 $68,209.87
  18. Payment #5 DDVI - Grimes Public Administration Building $185,684.24 $185,684.24 · Full page →
  19. Payment #4 Graphite Construction Group, Inc. - Grimes Public Administration Building $21,828.44 $21,828.44
  20. Payment #5 Iowa Earth Works - SW 19th Street SRF Sponsored Pond $183,571.63 $183,571.63 · Full page →
  21. Payment #8 Kruck Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. - Grimes Public Administration Building $225,835.40 $225,835.40 · Full page →
  22. Payment #5 Nelson Construction Services, LLC - Grimes Public Administration Building $3,546.94 $3,546.94
  23. Payment #4 Sandstone Management, Ltd. - Grimes Public Administration Building $14,029.83 $14,029.83
  24. Payment #5 Sternquist Construction - NE Destination Drive Extension - Phase 2$137,891.71 $137,891.71 · Full page →
  25. Payment #5 Sternquist Construction - NE Destination Drive Extension $262,354.22 $262,354.22 · Full page →
  26. Payment #3 Tri-City Electric Company of Iowa - Grimes Public Administration Building $102,947.37 $102,947.37 · Full page →
  27. Payment #8 US Erectors - Grimes Public Administration Building $28,227.00 $28,227
  28. Resolution 09-1626 Approving Consent and Agreement to Improvements Within An Overland Flowage and Storm Sewer Easement for Lot 40 Hope Meadows Plat 2 -919 SW Boulder Drive
  29. Resolution 09-1726 on Notice and Intent to Vacant a Portion of Certain Sanitary Sewer Easement in Outlot X Willow Hills North Plat 1 and Setting Public Hearing
  30. Resolution 09-1826 to Enter into an Agreement with White Fox Mitigation Bank for the Purchase of 617.50 Stream Credits and 0.15 Emergent Wetland Credits for $18,792.00 $18,792
  31. Resolution 09-1926 Approving Consent and Agreement to Improvements Within An Overland Flowage Easement for Lot 13 Autumn Park Plat 5-1300 NW 5th Street
  32. Resolution 09-2026 Approving Consent and Agreement to Improvements Within A Public Storm Sewer and Overland Flowage Easement for Lot 18 Willow Hills Plat 2 -2950 NW Beechwood Drive
  33. Resolution 09-2126 To Enter Into Contract for Professional Services with HR Green, Inc. for SE 37th Street West Gap Improvements
  34. Resolution 09-2226 Approving an Agreement with the City of Grimes and the Iowa Department of Transportation to Obtain Funding through "Surface Transportation Block Grant" (STBG)…
  35. Resolution 09-2326 Accepting a Proposal from On Track Construction, LLC in the Amount of $59,886.00 for the Construction of the James Pointe Drainage Improvements Project $59,886
  36. Resolution 09-2426 to enter into Contract for Professional Services with Kirkham Michael & Associates, Inc. for SE 28th Street and SE Gateway Drive Pavement Rehabilitation
  37. Resolution 09-2526 to Review and Approve the Final Plat and Subdivision Requirements for Cypress Pointe Estates in Unincorporated Area Within Two Miles of The City of Grimes · Full page →
  38. Resolution 09-2626 Approving Amended 2026 Civic Calendar Mayor Gisch asked for approval of the consent agenda
• Vote 3Ordinance 817 Sienna Hills PUD Amendment Development Services Director Pfaltzgraff presented details of the proposed amendment including a portion of the residential lots moving…Passed 5–0 · Count only · Minutes, p. 3 · Full page →

  What this means: Planned unit development (PUD). A custom zoning district with rules written for one project, instead of the standard district rules.

• Vote 4Resolution 09-2726 Approving HMGP4796 F70 Grant Agreement for the SE 2nd Street Flood Property Buyouts and Administrative Acquisition Plan Development Services Director…Passed 5–0 · Count only · Minutes, p. 3

  What this means: Resolution. A formal council decision, usually made in one vote. It approves a specific action, such as a contract, plan or policy, without changing the city code.

• Vote 5ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:24 p.mPassed 5–0 · Count only · Minutes, p. 4

  What this means: Adjourning. The routine vote that ends the meeting.