City Council

CITY COUNCIL Lower Level Council Chambers Monday, May 19, 2025 6:00 PM MINUTES CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL PRESENT Mayor Jeff Jacque, Council Member Mike English, Council Member Mike Oberbroeckling, Council Member Mark Singsank, Council Member Tom Westhoff ABSENT Council Member Jim Gibbs PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion made by Council Member Oberbroeckling to approve May 19, 2025 as presented Seconded by Council Member Singsank. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. ORAL COMMENTS APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA Motion made by Council Member English to approve Seconded by Council Member Singsank. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 1. Approve Bills; 2. Approve Receipts - March 2025; 3. Approve Minutes City Council Meeting - May 5, 2025; 4. Receive & File Minutes Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting - May 12, 2025; 5. Receive & File Minutes James Kennedy Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting - April 8, 2025; 6. Class C Retail Alcohol License 7 Hills West; 7. Parade Permit Basilica of St. Francis Xavier - Corpus Christi Procession - June 22, 2025; 8. Request from James Kennedy Public Library to close the library parking lot on Friday, August 1, 2025 from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm for a Teen Summer Reading Program Finale (splatter art event); 9. Resolution No. 62-25 hiring an employee for the City of Dyersville; 10. Resolution No. 63-25 appointing commissioners to the Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority from the City; 11. Resolution No. 64-25 setting the Salary for the Dyersville Family Aquatic Center Employee of the City of Dyersville 2025; 12. Resolution No. 65-25 A Resolution Approving Plat of Survey of Parcel 2025-33 Part of the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 12, T88N, R3W of the 5th P.M., in Delaware County, Iowa; 13. Resolution No. 66-25 approving the Final Plat of Langel Farm Subdivision, Dubuque County, Iowa. Lot 2 in the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and Lot 1 in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 14; and Lot 1 of Lot 3 in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13; all in Township 89 North, Range 2 West of the 5th P.M., Dubuque County, Iowa; 14. Receive & File 2025 Water Quality Report; 15. Receive & File Staff Report - Police - May 2025; 16. Receive & File Staff Report - Library - May 2025; 17. Receive & File Staff Report - Parks & Recreation - May 2025; 18. Receive & File Staff Report - Public Works - May 2025; 19. Receive & File Staff Report - City Administrator - May 2025. The following bills were approved for payment: Access Systems Contract $ 475.04 Acco Supplies $ 95.40 Ace Hardware Supplies $ 234.14 AireSpring Phone $ 342.26 Alliant Energy Electricity $ 6,167.99 Amazon Books $ 1,268.95 Baker & Taylor Books Books $ 459.58 Bell Bank Equipment Finance Lease Payment $ 4,689.80 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com Bi-County Disposal Inc Garbage / Recycling $ 27,101.25 Black Hills Energy Natural Gas $ 1,403.24 Blackstone Publishing Books $ 254.78 Bockenstedt, Karla Refund $ 100.00 Capital Sanitary Supply Supplies $ 254.60 Cengage Learning Books $ 172.74 Center Point Publishing Books $ 167.70 City Clerk-Tricia Maiers Pool Cash $ 700.00 CivicPlus Annual Fee $ 8,528.26 Community Savings Bank Refund $ 100.00 Complete Office of Wisconsin Supplies $ 115.29 Concorde General Agency Insurance Premium $ 912.59 Crescent Electric Supply Supplies $ 1,921.14 CTI Dues $ 16,682.00 D & D Concrete Sidewalk Rehab $ 44,567.80 Dalinc Dues $ 50.00 Demco Educational Corp Supplies $ 241.40 Deutmeyer Nursery Inc. Tree $ 413.00 Dyersville Commercial Legal Notices/Ads $ 1,147.47 Dyersville Red Jackets Reimbursement $ 5,439.62 Evergreen Lawn Care Trees $ 4,100.00 Evett, Chelsea Refund $ 100.00 Fareway Stores Inc Program $ 37.92 Fuerste Carew Juergens & Sudmeier PC Legal Fees $ 5,198.64 Galls Uniform $ 54.41 Giant Wash Uniforms/Mats $ 70.70 GSA Turf Services Contract Service $ 308.45 Hansel Cleaning Services LLC Contract $ 1,250.00 Harter Custom Pumping Inc. Contracted Service $ 450.00 Herington, Steve Rent $ 210.00 Heritage Printing Co Supplies $ 236.25 Hoopla By Midwest Tape Program $ 645.44 Imon Communications LLC Fiber Optic Internet $ 1,005.00 Ingram Library Services Books $ 78.96 Iowa Dept of Administrative Services Annual Fee $ 50.00 Iowa Dept of Natural Resources Certification $ 240.00 Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Evaluation $ 150.00 Iowa One Call One Call Locates $ 99.30 Jeff's Auto Service Vehicle Maintenance $ 83.63 John Deere Financial Supplies $ 404.45 Johnson Controls Alarm Monitoring $ 420.00 Just For You Uniforms $ 1,904.00 Kanopy Inc Program $ 56.00 Kertels, Chris Refund $ 100.00 Kiesler Police Supply Equipment $ 613.77 Kimball Midwest Supplies $ 116.04 Kluesner Forestry Services LLC Tree Removal $ 2,700.00 Leick, Ruth Refund $ 200.00 Maquoketa Valley Electric Coop Electricity $ 5,573.41 Medical Associates Clinic Testing $ 157.00 Microbac Laboratories Testing $ 590.00 Midwest Patch / Hi Viz Safety Supplies $ 1,089.00 MM Mechanical Service Call / Repairs $ 1,733.85 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com Mr. Lock & Key Maintenance $ 195.00 Origin Design Co Engineer Fees $ 2,408.25 Overdrive Electronic Media $ 935.97 Oz, Mikayla Program $ 400.00 Paul's Pest Control Pest Control $ 465.00 Quill Corporation Supplies $ 100.08 Racom Corporation Supplies $ 127.50 Schmitz Janitorial Supply Supplies $ 37.00 Streicher's Uniforms $ 14.00 Tauke Motors Vehicle Maintenance $ 564.39 TH Media Legal Notices $ 220.93 Three Rivers FS Company Supplies $ 328.60 TJ Cleaning Services Cleaning Services $ 975.00 USA Blue Book Supplies $ 404.85 Verizon Wireless Phone $ 21.06 Victory Ford Vehicle Maintenance $ 94.45 Wessels Stump Removal Tree Removal $ 500.00 White Cap LP Supplies $ 173.67 Windstream Phone $ 128.04 Xtream / Mediacom Cable Service $ 168.08 001 - General Fund $ 68,397.74 002 - Library Trust Fund $ 2,368.75 110 - Road Use Fund $ 3,462.47 112 - Trust and Agency Fund $ 600.00 301 - Capital Projects Fund $ 46,976.05 600 - Water Fund $ 4,710.31 610 - Sewer Fund $ 8,640.94 670 - Solid Waste Fund $ 27,137.87 Grand Total: $ 162,294.13 March 2025 Receipts 001 - General Fund $ 191,969.02 002 - Library Trust $ 5,452.55 110 - Road Use Tax $ 40,665.24 112 - Trust & Agency $ 2,400.00 121 - L.O. Sales Tax Reserve $ 48,618.60 128 - CDBG / Flood Fund $ 22,143.00 135 - Dyersville TIF Dist Fund $ 88,389.33 200 - Debt Service $ 38,161.05 600 - Water Fund $ 92,159.51 610 - Sewer Fund $ 142,539.08 670 - Solid Waste Fund $ 37,473.98 Totals $ 709,971.36 ACTION ITEMS 20. 6:00 P.M. Public Hearing on a proposed development agreement with Dyersville Hotel Investors, LLC and authorization of annual appropriation tax increment payments Motion made by Council Member Westhoff to open Public Hearing Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com Jenny Hillebrand, 19701 334th Ave, Dyersville, building principal of Dyersville Elementary, believes that economic growth and development are important for the community. She is concerned about student safety, general safety, and security, along with the nature of hotel guests, which presents additional challenges. Katelynn Nank, 325 5th Ave SE, Dyersville, submitted a petition and is a parent of two school-age children and a staff member. The petition is not against the hotel, but the hotel's location. This is inviting a risk by putting a hotel next to the school. Don’t choose revenue over responsibility, don’t choose convenience over child safety, choose our kids, choose safety, choose common sense. The same concerns happened in Fort Worth, TX, in August 2024, which had a similar incident, and they promoted new zoning rules about putting a hotel within 1,000 feet of a school. Heather Beeh, 502 10th Ave SE, Dyersville, Dyersville Elementary staff member, is very concerned about our students, but mostly as a resident. So many things we did not know about have been happening. Willow Pear is the landowner of the property in question, where the hotel will be built. Why are we considering a $2,200,000.00 tax break so that by 2046 we can get $4,000,000 in tax benefits? That is her biggest question. Mike Murphy, 911 6th St SW, Dyersville, we do need hotels in town. He asked what TIF dollars could be spent on. He suggested getting a legal opinion on whether the City can do something. I don’t accept that nothing can be done if this represents a true large segment of our community. Amanda Wachendorf, 803 3rd Ave SE, Dyersville: We have to protect our children. She has a minimally verbal autistic child who can't advocate for himself. She is asking the council to consider another location. The growth in the community over the last few years has been tremendous and exciting to be part of and watch, and I certainly encourage us to grow, but this location makes me extremely nervous. Kelly Otting, 3387 272nd St, Worthington, has there been a discussion about our children's safety? Do you have the option of giving them no incentive to build? Does not want a hotel near a school. Monica Wuchter, 11683 Wuchter Rd, Dyersville: My grandson goes to Dyersville Elementary, and I am concerned about all the kids in the area. Brandi Wuchter, 428 2nd Ave SW, Dyersville, I have a preschooler at Dyersville Elementary. Are you going to increase the security in the area? It only takes one incident, and cameras don’t catch a person. Are cameras the only security? If something happens to one child, it is going to cause panic. Jenn Benn, 965 12th Ave SW, Dyersville, where did the numbers come from? The information provided at the last meeting was that 80 rooms are at 50% capacity for 365 days a year at $4 Dyersville does need a hotel. Motion made by Council Member Singsank to close Public Hearing Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Absent: English 21. Resolution No. 67-25 approving development agreement with Dyersville Hotel Investors, LLC, authorizing annual appropriation tax increment payments and pledging certain tax increment revenues to the payment of the agreement Troy Hart, Managing Partner of Dyersville Hotel Investors, LLC, to the citizens here I think I’ll let you know a few things that might be helpful. They will be building an 80-room $13,000,000 Holiday Inn Express 4 story. Local investors will be who owns the hotel . I am a third-party investor, and I don’t have a vote or say in this. I hope you can resolve the issue. The hotel's goal is $3,600,000 in hotel/motel tax. 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com Where it is put, I hope we can work together on this. Ground floor of the hotel: There are no guest rooms. Traffic flow does not happen at the same time as the school day. Ashley Priem, 412 8th Ave SE, Dyersville, were any other locations possible? Jenn Benn, 965 12th Ave SW, we are not against the hotel. Financially, it will benefit Dyersville. Wants the item tabled and returned to the Planning and Zoning for review. No one knew about a lot of stuff. Monica Wuchter, 11683 Wuchter Rd, Dyersville: When we built a shed in the county and took out a permit, they sent a letter to our neighbors. Is there a letter that goes out about the hotel being built by the school? Heather Beeh, 502 10th Ave SE, Dyersville, I have a question for Mr. Hart. Should the Mayor and Council decide not to give you the $2,200,000 in TIF, would you still build? Mike Murphy, 911 6th St SW, Dyersville, laws do change and I feel like if you wanted to listen to the people here tonight that you could have some legal questions asked. I would also be interested in what Westen Dubuque Schools has to say. Motion made by Council Member Singsank to approve Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 22. 6:00 P.M. Public Hearing on Budget estimate for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025 Motion made by Council Member English to open Public Hearing Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. With there being no written or oral comments motion made by Council Member Singsank to close Public Hearing Seconded by Council Member Westhoff. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 23. Resolution No. 68-25 adopting amendment of current city budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 Motion made by Council Member Oberbroeckling to approve Seconded by Council Member English. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 24. Resolution No. 69-25 approving infrastructure cost-sharing agreement with Kwik Trip, Inc. Motion made by Council Member Singsank to approve Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 25. Resolution No. 70-25 approving agreement for Engineering Services between the City of Dyersville and Kirkham, Michael and Associates, Inc. Motion made by Council Member English to approve Seconded by Council Member Westhoff. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 26. Resolution No. 71-25 setting a public hearing date on the zoning application to amend the zoning district from C-2, Commercial District, and R-1, Residential District to R-3, Residential District. Set date of meeting for June 2, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com Motion made by Council Member Singsank to approve Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 27. Resolution No. 72-25 approving amendment one to the grant agreement between the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the City of Dyersville Motion made by Council Member English to approve Seconded by Council Member Singsank. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. 28. Resolution No. 73-25 approving preannexation between David J. and Kitty M. Stephan and the City of Dyersville Motion made by Council Member Oberbroeckling to approve Seconded by Council Member Westhoff. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Council Member English to adjourn at 8:05 p.m. Seconded by Council Member Oberbroeckling. Voting Yea: English, Oberbroeckling, Singsank, Westhoff Nays: None Motion carried. ___________________________________ Jeff Jacque, Mayor ATTEST: ________________________________________ Tricia L. Maiers, City Clerk / Treasurer 340 1st Avenue East, Dyersville, Iowa 52040 • Phone: 563-875-7724 • Fax: 563-875-8238 www.cityofdyersville.com