July 2025 Minutes
Charlotte City Council Proceedings
JULY 8TH, 2025
Mayor Kelly Snyder called the regular meeting of the Charlotte City Council to order at 6:00 PM with council members Snyder, Eberhart, Lamaack, Labarr and Hosette present.
The consent agenda included approval of the agenda, the clerk’s financial report, the minutes of the June 10th regular meeting of 2025, and the following revenues and expenses:
Bills paid prior to Meeting:
941 Tax – 1949.50
IPERS – 1134.78
State W/H- 336.79
Sales Tax- 18.85
Water Excise Tax- 424.88
Alliant- 2,015.32
Windstream, email-26.86
Accounts Payable for Meeting:
AT Disposal, garbage- 2,822.45
Clinton County Sheriff, monthly contract – 1,186.80
ECIA, dues- 303.42
EMC Insurance -148
Iowa DNR - 58.92
Iowa League of Cities – 495
Iowa One Call – 20.70
JJJ Enterprises – 1,304.11
Lynch Dallas – 507.50
Manatt’s – 248.40
Mulgrew – 1,560.13
Nick Graves, -225
Porter Insurance – 266
Preston Ready Mix, -228.75
Seth Ashpole, - 63.04
Spahn & Rose, -55.18
State Hygienic Laboratory, -740
F&B, software- 73.50
Water Solutions Unltd, -246.88
Gordon Flesch, copier- 46.07
John Deere Financial, parks- 1,477.19
Observer, publications- 65.85
Preston Telephone Co., phone & internet- 314.09
Regalia, parks- 163.14
Gross Wages
$ 8,271.58
JUNE FUND REVENUES EXPENSES
GENERAL FUND $ 10,532.49 $ 28,687.77
ROAD USE FUND $ 4,153.09 $ 1,158.31
Employee Benefit $ 576.83 $ 368.84
Emergency Fund $ $
LOST FUND $ 3,672.88 $
Water $ 10,722.85 $ 12,428.82
Sewer $ 3,729.43 $ 3,036.03
TOTAL: $ 33,387.57 $ 45,679.77
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Hosette with a second by Snyder. All ayes.
Public Forum:
No written or oral comments made.
The city storage has been tabled for 4 months.
Fire Hydrants have been tabled until next month.
Knutsen building permit has been tabled until he gets clearance from the DNR regarding a permanent structure.
A motion to approve the Diedrich building permit was made by Lamaack with a second by Snyder. All ayes.
Shawn Eberhart and Karen Claussen attended the meeting as representatives for Charlotte Days, which will be held August 15th and 16th. On Friday, there will be a pedal pull, bags tournament, slow pitch tournament and music. Saturday will bring a 5K run, car show, sand volleyball, Dad’s Place breakfast and numerous kids activities. The evening will end with music and fireworks. Charlotte Days committee is asking for a donation from the city.
A motion to approve donating $2,000.00 for Charlotte Days was made by Hosette with a second by Lamaack. All ayes.
TJ Burken attended the meeting and asked the council if he could design custom signs for the city and also donate them. The council thought that would be a wonderful idea, so TJ will come up with a couple of designs and have the council decide which ones they liked.
A motion to approve having TJ get mock-ups of different designs to present to the council was made by Hosette with a second by Eberhart. All ayes.
A motion to approve Rhonda purchasing new welcome signs for Highway 136 was made by Hosette with a second by Lamaack. All ayes.
Interviews for the clerk’s position will be held the third week in July.
A motion to authorize a survey on city property was made by Labarr with a second by Snyder. All ayes.
A motion to approve Butt dumping his toilet trailer at the campground for a daily camping fee was made by Snyder with a second by Hosette. All ayes.
The ’47 fire truck title was tabled.
Reports:
Mayor Snyder reported there was a discussion at the Fire Board meeting regarding the Charlotte Fire Station. Since it is not feasible to build a new station, a suggestion is to build a new maintenance shed and let the fire department expand their building to where the maintenance shed is now. Mayor Snyder will get estimates for the shed.
Rhonda reported that she ordered a new sign for the walking path and that the doors at the park restroom need replaced.
Motion to adjourn at 7:09 PM by Snyder with a second by Labarr. All Ayes.
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Kelly Snyder, Mayor
Attest:
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Chris Budde, City Clerk