Posted: November 27, 2023 | Updated: December 12, 2023
AGENDA
NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING
GOVERNMENTAL BODY: THE CITY COUNCIL OF CRESCO, IOWA
DATE OF MEETING: NOVEMBER 29, 2023
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING: 1:00 P.M. CITY HALL, 130 N PARK PLACE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED
GOVERNMENTAL BODY WILL MEET AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SET OUT ABOVE. THE TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR SAID MEETING IS AS FOLLOWS:
ROLL CALL: KRIENER, McCONNELL, FORTUNE, BOUSKA, CARMAN
BUSINESS: There may be action taken on each of the items listed below.
- Budget Meetings with Each Department Head
- Motion to go into CLOSED SESSION pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5 (1) (i) to Conduct Interviews if Requested
- Motion to go into OPEN SESSION
- Discuss Vacant Public Works Director Position
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE:
ADJOURN:
THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN AT THE DIRECTION OF THE MAYOR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 21, CODE OF IOWA AND THE LOCAL RULES OF SAID GOVERNMENTAL BODY. POSTED NOVEMBER 27, 2023.
MINUTES
Mayor Brenno called the Cresco City Council special meeting to order on November 29, 2023, at 12:56 pm. Council Members Carman, Bouska, Fortune, McConnell, and Kriener were present. No Council Members were absent.
Council met with each Department Head to receive their budget requests for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Each department discussed various projects they have been or will be working on, as well as their needs for future equipment purchases.
Council will consider all of the requests and will meet at a future date to look at the budget for the City as a whole. Depending on the projected revenues and expenses, Council will then decide how many of the projects and which equipment can be purchased in the next budget.
Kriener made the motion to go into closed session at 4:35 pm pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5
(1) (i) per request from the applicant. McConnell seconded. Fortune, Bouska, McConnell, Kriener, and Carman voted aye.
Bouska made the motion to go back into open session at 5:15 pm. Carman seconded and it passed all ayes.
No formal action was taken during the closed session.
Kriener made the motion to go into closed session at 5:15 pm pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5
(1) (i) per request from the applicant. McConnell seconded. Fortune, Bouska, McConnell, Kriener, and Carman voted aye.
McConnell made the motion to go back into open session at 7:14 pm. Bouska seconded and it passed all ayes.
No formal action was taken during the closed session.
Bouska made a motion to authorize the Mayor to draft an offer of employment for applicant #4. Fortune seconded. Bouska, Fortune, and Kriener voted aye. Carman and McConnell voted nay. Motion passed by majority vote.
Carman moved to adjourn the Council Meeting at 7:14 pm. McConnell seconded and it passed all ayes. The next regular Cresco City Council meeting will be December 4, 2023, at 5:30 pm at Cresco City Hall.
Mayor David J Brenno
City Clerk Michelle Elton