Gilbert City Council
Minutes
Council Chamber
My 4, 2026, at 6:30 PM
Present: Mayor Jonathan C. Popp; Councilmembers; Shaon Anderson, Steve Mahoney, Brent Randolph, Frank Rydl, and Carmon Wilson.
Guests: Brett Baker, Story County Deputy Grubbs, Jeff Hartwig, Tim Day, Michael Weisshaar, and Aishwarya RaniKondabathini.
City employees: Mike Tjernagel, Payton Roling, and Tim Mattingly.
Mayor Popp led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion to approve consent agenda items: agenda for May 4, 2026, and the minutes of the April 20, 2026, regular meeting, and the claims/revenue report for April 1-30, 2026. (Anderson/Rydl). MCU (5).
Open Forum: Deputy Grubbs with the Story County Sheriff's Office provided an update on county matters and asked Council if there were any questions or concerns. Council discussion included moped laws and speed limits for electric bicycles.
State Representative Brett Barker introduced himself, provided contact information, and briefly discussed topics including the gas tax and insurance caps.
Tim Day gave a brief presentation regarding proposed new commercial building development and showed a general concept video of the project. He noted the project is scheduled to go before the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 6:00 PM.
Motion to approve the appointment of J. Hartwig and C. Haselhoff to the Planning and Zoning Commission. (Rydl/Wilson). MCU (5).
Motion to approve the proposal from JM Lawncare and Landscape in the amount of $8,314.38. (Rydl/Anderson). MCU (5).
Motion to approve Resolution 2026-04-05 Approving employment of Parks and Streets Supervisor position, setting compensation, and authorizing employment agreement. (Anderson/Randolph) (Ayes; Anderson, Mahoney, Randolph, Rydl, and Wilson, Nays; None, Absent; None). Motion passed.
Motion to approve the CIT proposal for sewer rehabilitation work in the amount of $55,737.50. (Randolph/Mahoney). MCU (5).
Next regular council meeting will be Monday, June 1, 2026, at 6:30 PM.
Committee reports were given. No action was taken.
Motion to adjourn. (Wilson/Rydl). MCU (5).
Jonathan C. Popp, Mayor Macy Denning, City Clerk/Treasurer
REVENUES REPORT
April 1-30, 2026
Revenues
Building Permits/Inspection Fees $735.00
Resource Recovery $1,295.20
Resource Recovery/Penalty $250.00
Resource Recovery/Sales Tax $18.13
Parks, Misc. $15.00
Rentals $420.00
General, City-Wide Garage Sale $180.00
Community Center Donations $120.00
Utility Billing Payments $30,136.41
Water, Debt fee $10,010.99
Water, Penalties $175.00
Water,Excise Tax $2,579.79
Water, Deposits $800.00
Water, Misc. $30.00
Sewer, Sewer Fee $18,789.84
Sewer, Debt fee $13,170.42
Sewer, Penalties $750.00
Sewer, Sales Tax $95.38
Storm Sewer, Fees $1,972.80
Storm Sewer, Penalties $50.00
Storm Sewer, Sales Tax $9.47
Revenue Total $81,603.43
CLAIMS REPORT
April 1-30, 2026
General
Access Systems
Copier Supplies $682.94
Alliant Energy
Utilities $3,752.67
Amanda Gray
Tree rebate $500.00
Arend's Sanitation
Sanitation services $41.40
Bobcat
Parks Equipment $825.00
Brekke's
Grass Seed $29.25
Card Services
Supplies $874.32
Central IA Distributing
Break Cleaner $138.00
First National Bank
Fed/FICA Tax $2,986.10
Fox Strand
City engineering $2,344.88
Sarah King
Cleaning Services $1,250.00
IPERS
Employee pension $1,230.42
JM Lawn & Landscape
Spraying $1,488.02
Key Coop
Vehicle fuel $44.24
Metronet
Internet service $2,246.03
Oxen Technologies
Firewalls & labor $1,747.43
Story County Animal
Animal Control $326.50
Story County Sheriff
Law Enforcement Services $21,246.98
Turf and Pond Time
Pond Treatment $420.00
Van Wall
Mower $2,635.29
Verizon Wireless
Cell phones $47.36
Witt, Shelly
Library cleaning $400.00
$45,256.83
Road Use
ACME
Supplies $138.02
Alliant
Utilities $4,978.80
Arend's Sanitation
Sanitation Services $20.70
Card Services
Supplies $124.01
First National Bank
Fed/FICA Tax $873.47
Fox Strand
City Engineering $2,968.30
IPERS
Employee retirement benefit $450.73
JM Lawn & Landscape
Spraying $1,488.02
Key Coop
Vehicle fuel $265.42
Metronet
Internet $67.45
O'Donnell Ace Hardware
Supplies $530.02
Oxen Technologies
Firewall $236.22
Union Pacific
Main St phase 2 $2,456.97
Van Wall
Mower $2,635.29
Verizon Wireless
Cell phones $23.66
$17,257.08
Employee Benefits
Trionfo Solutions, LLC
Life, ADD, STD insurance $7.88
Wellmark Blue Cross
Employee insurance $81.84
$89.72
Water
Aetna
Employee EAP Services $2.63
AG Source
Water Testing $1,228.75
Alliant
Utilities $2,909.86
Arends Sanitation
Sanitation services $20.70
Card Services
Power Drum Pump $306.85
Cargill
Salt $7,444.58
Core and Main
Valve Exerciser $2,696.41
First National Bank
Fed/FICA Tax $1,427.04
IA One Call
Locates $19.40
IPERS
Employee retirement benefit $687.11
JetCo INC
Chlorine Analyzer
Key Coop
Vehicle Fuel $44.24
Midland Power
Pump House Electricity $324.94
O'Donnell Ace Hardware
Supplies $5.97
O'Rileys Automotive
Motor Oil $119.17
Trionfo Solutions LLC
Employee life,std,add insurance $27.28
Verizon Wireless
Cell phone $23.68
$17,288.61
Sewer
Aetna
Employee EAP Services $2.63
Ag Source
Water Testing $1,151.10
Alliant Energy
Utilites $4,372.03
Arend's Sanitation
Sanitation Services $20.70
Card Services
Impact and Circuit Breaker $119.99
CIT Sewer Solutions
Jet/Vac Cleaning $14,514.00
Core and Main
Valve Exerciser $2,696.43
First National Bank
Fed/FICA Tax $825.68
IA One Call
Locates $19.40
IPERS
Employee retirement benefit $417.44
Key Coop
Vehicle fuel/ supplies $44.24
O'Donnell Ace Hardware
Supplies $47.50
O'Rileys Automotive
Motor Oil $119.17
Trionfo Solutions
Employee life,std,add insurance $27.28
Verizon Wireless
Cell phone $23.68
$24,401.27
Storm Sewer
Draintech INC
Water Jetting $531.25
Key Coop
Vehicle fuel/supplies $44.22
$575.47
Payroll Checks on 04-02-2026 $6,289.67
Payroll Checks on 04-16-2026 $7,204.46
Payroll Checks on 04-30-2026 $7,085.01
$20,579.14
Claims Total $125,448.12
Publication Dates
LIOW0519356