Mar 5, 2026

City Council Regular Meeting · 8 recorded votes · Present at roll call: Boerjan, Kuhl, Meinecke, Porter · Absent: Brown

All votes

Every vote in the official minutes, in agenda order. Routine items on this meeting (2): agenda, adjournment. Full minutes for the whole Mar 5, 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 (12 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.

  12 consent items

  1. February 19, 2026 Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting
  2. Renewal Class C Retail Alcohol License for Legacy Golf Club
  3. New Class C Retail Alcohol License for RJM Norwalk LLC at 804 Main Street
  4. Resolution 26051 Setting the Date for a Public Hearing on the Proposed Property Tax Levy for the City of Norwalk for Fiscal Year 2027 · Full page →
  5. Resolution 26052 Approving and Authorizing a Renewal Agreement with Revize for Website Hosting, Maintenance, and ADA-Compliant Site Rebuild
  6. Resolution 26053 Approving a Refundable Advance Agreement with MidAmerican Energy Company for Electric Service Extension to the Norwalk Central Water Tower
  7. Resolution 26054 approving an Agreement with the Mid-Iowa Planning Alliance for implementation of the Norwalk Rehabilitation Assistance Program
  8. Resolution 26055 approving the Orchard Hills Elementary and Orchard Hills Drive Intersection Traffic Study Agreement with Snyder & Associates
  9. Resolution 26056 approving the disposal of fire hose and a hose tester
  10. Resolution 26057 Expressing Support for SpinCo (Corteva’s Seed Business) and its Global Headquarters in Johnston, Iowa
  11. Resolution 26058 approving Economic Development Hotel/Motel Tax Grant Payment to Compounding Capital Holdings, LLC (Fairfield Inn) · Full page →
  12. Correspondence and Expenditures
• Vote 3Approve Resolution 26059 approving Development Agreement with IALCO Warren County Two, LLC, Authorizing Annual Appropriation Tax Increment Payments and Pledging Certain Tax…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 7 · Full page →

  What this means: Tax increment financing (TIF). Within an urban renewal area, the extra property tax from rising values can be set aside for a period of years to pay for projects or incentives in that area, instead of going to the usual taxing bodies.

• Vote 4Approve Resolution 26060 adopting the City of Norwalk Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Budget for Fiscal Year 2027Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 8

  What this means: Budget. The city’s spending plan for a fiscal year, which runs July 1 to June 30 in Iowa. Adopting it sets the property tax levy and needs a public hearing.

• Vote 5Amendment. Lindsey Offenburger reported receiving no oral or written: to pass the first Reading of an Ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Norwalk, Iowa by…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 8 · 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 6Amendment. Lindsey Offenburger reported receiving no oral or written: to pass the first Reading of an Ordinance amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Norwalk, Iowa by…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 8 · 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 7Pass the final Reading of Ordinance 26-03 amending the Master Plan and Rules, Regulations, and Guidelines for the Orchard Hills Planned Unit Development as contained in Ordinance…Carried unanimously (roll call) · Count only · Minutes, p. 9 · 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 8Council Inquires and Staff Updates: to adjourn at 9:37 p.mCarried unanimously (voice vote) · Minutes, p. 9

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