City Council - Regular Meeting

with liberty and justice for all.

Council, do I have a motion to approve the agenda? Move to approve the agenda as presented. Second. Any discussion? This is a voice vote, all in favor say aye. Aye. All right, council, do I have a motion to approve the minutes?

I move to approve the minutes of May 18, 2026 as presented. Second.

Any discussion? All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Passed unanimously. We have a guest councilperson. Councilperson Mackey, would you like to introduce your guest?

Yes, this is my nephew, Cameron Mackey, and he just recently moved to Waverly. Cameron, would you like to just introduce yourself to everyone?

Yeah, Cameron Mackey, so I grew up in Clear Lake, Iowa, not too far away. After high school, or not too long after, I joined the military and the Air Force. I was around for about a few years, spent a few years overseas. After the military, I drove into academics. I was gone for about 20 years, and then recently just landed my position at Warburg, so I'm glad to be back in Iowa. Welcome. Nice to meet everyone.

We are glad you're here. Thank you. I will come back around at the end and see if you have any questions. thoughts or feedback on the meeting or you're new to Waverly, so maybe just some thoughts in general. Or maybe not, maybe you can talk about that off camera. Okay, this is the time for public comments not on the agenda. Please limit your comments to five minutes unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a whole and not to any individual member. Are there any public comments? I see none. Moving on. Consent calendar. Council, you have seen the consent calendar. All of these are voted on in one vote unless somebody has any discussion. Is there any discussion?

Do I have a motion to approve? I move approval of the consent calendar as presented.

Second. Discussion? Is there a voice vote? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Let's bring this to regular business review of the Waverly Utilities 2025 audit.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council members. I'm Kelly Meyer. I'm the Director of Finance and Customer Services at Waverly Utilities. Tonight, I'd like to present the results of our 2025 audit. It was done and completed by I. Bailey. For 2025, we received a clean opinion, which means that Eide Bailey considers our financials to present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Waverly Utilities. For 2025, operating revenues for Waverly Municipal Electric Utility were 21 million. That's higher, 1.4 million, than 2024. 2025 kilowatt hours sold increased by 808,000 as well. Its operating expenses for 2025 were 19 million, which was an increase of 1.5 million over 2024. We ended the year with an increase of 1.2 million to net position after the transfer of 751,000 to the city. There was a decrease in cash of 626,000. This was after debt service, capital purchases, and the course of the transfer to the city. We did increase the rate stabilization fund by 850,000 in 2025, This is a book entry only and does not impact cash. In 2025, we implemented GASB 103, the financial reporting model improvements. The only impact to Waverly Utilities was a change in the reporting presentation of the city transfer. At the end of the financial statement is I. Bailey's response to the government auditing standards. There were no findings of material weaknesses in our internal controls. As you know, Iowa code states a municipal telecommunications utility must have separate books from the electric utility. We do keep separate books for the telecom and electric utilities. Our auditors audit that. They found no issues with the allocation of expenses between the two utilities. As for the financial discussion of Waverly Communications utility, due to the competitive environment surrounding the utility, we aren't able to share a lot of information tonight. However, we can share that we currently have more than 85% market share for residential and commercial customers and adding new subscribers every day. We want to thank the community and their participation and support. It is really very good. Waverly is a very nice community. And if you have any additional questions regarding Waverly Communications Utility or the electric utility, we encourage you to visit Waverly Utilities and discuss it with Kurt, Jeff, or myself. Any questions?

Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks. This brings us to Resolution 26-125, a resolution fixing date for a public hearing on the proposition to authorize a master services and purchasing agreement lease payable from the general fund in the principal amount of not to exceed $80,000. thousand dollars for personal property for use by the city and providing for publication of notice thereof. Do I have a motion?

I move approval of resolution 26-125, a resolution fixing date for a public hearing on the proposition to authorize a master services and purchasing agreement lease payable from the general fund in the principal amount of not to exceed $80,000 for personal property for use by the city and providing for publication of notice thereof. Second.

Any discussion? Roll call vote please. Carmen?

Yes.

Jones? Yes.

Kangas?

Yes. Mackey? Yes.

Myers? Yes. Wolfe?

Yes.

This is the third and final reading of Ordinance 1179, an ordinance amending the Waverly Municipal Code streets to add Chapter 89, maintenance of right-of-way. Council, do I have a motion?

Move to approve the third and final reading of Ordinance 1179, an ordinance amending the Waverly Municipal Code streets to add Chapter 89, maintenance of right-of-way. Second. Any discussion?

This is a roll call vote, please. Jones?

Yes.

Kangas? Yes. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Wolfe? Yes. Harmon? Yes.

Resolution 26-127, a resolution approving the Third Amendment to Attachment Lease Agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, LLC, DBA Verizon Wireless for the West Water Tower. Do I have a motion?

I move to approve resolution 26-127. Resolution approving the third amendment to attach a lease agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC doing business as a Verizon wireless for Westwater Tower extending the term agreement setting the rental rate and annual increases per the lease agreement attached and here to made a part of the resolution.

Second.

I got you Lisa.

Okay.

Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. Cagas?

Yes.

Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Wolfe? Yes. Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes.

Resolution 26-128, a resolution approving city employee handbook changes. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve Resolution 26-128, a resolution approving city employee handbook changes to the Employee Engagement and Wellness Policy drug-free and alcohol-free workplace policy, communication regarding liability, fault, and insurance coverage policy, and employee training, professional development, and education assistance policy.

Second.

Any discussion?

We'll call vote, please. Mackey? Yes. Myers? Yes. Wolf? Yes. Harmon? Yes. Jones? Yes. Kangas?

Yes.

Resolution 26-129, a resolution approving change order with PayTech, Inc. Do I have a motion?

I'll move to approve resolution 26-129, a resolution approving change order with PayTech, Inc. for the increased amount of $7,200 for rebuilding the portions of the system's pay calculations and earnings configurations to ensure accurate processing and functionality. Second.

Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. Meyers? Yes. Wolfe? Yes. Harmon? Yes. Jones?

Yes. Kangas? Yes. Mackenzie? Yes.

Okay, council, you've received the reports from the boards and commissions. Is there any discussion? Okay, this brings us to staff updates.

Thursday and Friday we were fortunate enough to host for a state women's golf 71 players and tons of people watching as well so got a lot of good compliments on the course itself and they're planning on being back next year as well so for a state women's again next year

Okay, that brings us to city council comments. Holy cow, 11 minutes. That's pretty great. You got it done, yeah. Oh, dang it. City council comments. Councilperson Kangas.

Just a reminder, tomorrow is primary voting, so get out and vote in the primaries.

Councilperson Harmon. Nothing tonight.

I'd just like to echo Garrett and shout out to both the Pro Shop staff and the grounds crew at the course. They represented the town well, and it's awesome. The course looks good, and I've heard positive things about it. I know there's a lot of volunteers helping, too, so it's neat to represent.

Thank you. I just came to the meeting from my grandson's baseball game out at the sports complex and it was so much fun to sit there and watch literally hundreds of people on a beautiful summer night and the playground was packed and the benches were full and the concession stand was busy and the soccer fields were busy and it was just really nice to see what our community has to offer.

Absolutely.

Councilperson Mackey.

That was a great first day of summer vacation, wasn't it? Just what Tim said, please get out and vote there. I did my training for poll workers for tomorrow, and the folks up there said they had had well over 250 ballots in, and that was last Monday, a week ago. So there's a lot of interest, so please maintain the interest. Get out and vote.

Councilperson Wolfe. reminder of a couple programs going on for food access. You can always go to Northeast Iowa Community Action. Claire was great there. For the kids' summer meals, it was just announced that it'll be on Thursdays from 11.30 to one at the United Way office. You can sign up either online or call 319-352-2582. They're also doing a senior nutrition program this year, which you need to sign up by Friday. and it'll be once a month food box for seniors in need.

All right, great, thanks. And our desk council person, any thoughts on our very short and sweet meeting?

Not the most efficient meeting I've been a part of, so thank you.

Okay, with that, I don't have much to say, and I don't want to sit up here and keep hacking on people around me. So do I have a motion to adjourn?

Move to adjourn.

Second? Second. All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? We are adjourned.