Jan 8, 2026

City Council Regular Meeting · 9 recorded votes · Present at roll call: Boerjan, Brown, Kuhl, Meinecke, Porter · Absent: none listed

All votes

Every vote in the official minutes, in agenda order. Routine items on this meeting (3): agenda, hearing dates, adjournment. Full minutes for the whole Jan 8, 2026 meeting (saved copy)

• Vote 1Agenda: to approve the agenda as presentedCarried unanimously (voice vote) · 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 (9 items, approved in one vote)Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 2

  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.

  9 consent items

  1. December 18, 2025 Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting
  2. Renewal Class C Retail Alcohol License for Cooper’s Central Table & Cocktails
  3. Resolution 26001 to approve Pay Estimate No. 2 (Final), Change Order No. 2, and Certificate of Completion to Diamond Surface Inc. for the 50th Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation…
  4. Resolution 26002 approving Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with Snyder & Associates for additional Engineering Services for the Public Works and Parks & Rec Storage Building Project
  5. Resolution 26003 to approve Pay Estimate No. 6 (Final), Change Order No. 5, and Certificate of Completion to Eick & Day Construction for the Public Works and Parks & Rec Storage…
  6. Resolution 26004 approving Engineering Services for the 2026 Street Patching Project
  7. Resolution 26005 approving the Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc. Entity Services HMO Agreement for the City of Norwalk Fire/EMS Department · Full page →
  8. Correspondence
  9. Monthly Reports and Expenditures
• Vote 3Pass the first reading of an Ordinance amending the Official Zoning map of the City of Norwalk, Iowa by amending the Brody’s Landing Planned Unit Development regarding bulk…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 4 · Full page →

  What this means: Ordinance readings. An ordinance is a local law. In Iowa it is usually voted on at three separate meetings (first, second and third reading) before it passes. Each reading is one of those votes.

• Vote 4Approve Resolution 26006 approving landowner applications approving the voluntary annexation of property southwest of the City of NorwalkCarried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 4 · Full page →

  What this means: Annexation. Bringing land from outside city limits into the city, so city rules, services and taxes apply there. Annexation without every owner’s consent also needs approval from a state board.

• Vote 5Approve Resolution 26007 initiating rezoning, referring the rezoning proposal to the Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission and setting a Public Hearing regarding the proposed…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 4

  What this means: Setting a hearing. This kind of vote schedules a public hearing for a later meeting and allows notice to be published. It does not approve the proposal itself.

• Vote 6Approve Resolution 26008 approving an increase to the City’s Deferred Compensation Retirement Benefit for Non-Union Full-Time EmployeesCarried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 4

  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 7Future Agenda Items: to look into annexing CummingFailed on a voice vote · Minutes, p. 5 · Full page →

  What this means: Annexation. Bringing land from outside city limits into the city, so city rules, services and taxes apply there. Annexation without every owner’s consent also needs approval from a state board.

• Vote 8Revisit golf cart use within City limitsFailed on a voice vote · Minutes, p. 5
• Vote 9Council Inquires and Staff Updates: to adjourn at 6:41 p.mCarried unanimously (voice vote) · Minutes, p. 5

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