STATEMENT OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
December 2, 2025, 6:00 p.m.
Goal Setting
The City Council of Boone, Iowa, met in a work session in the Ericson Public Library meeting room on December 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. with Mayor Stines presiding. The following Council Members were present: Byrd, Henson, Kahookele, Moorman, Hilsabeck, Williamson, and Angstrom. Absent: none.
Elmquist presented a consolidated summary of accomplishments reported by the Mayor, Council members, and City Department Heads for the past two (2) years. Key citywide achievements included the Daisy Project, attainment of Main Street Community status, new housing developments, downtown improvements, and strengthened communications with citizens. Departmental highlights also noted successful law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, continued park improvements, and upgrades to the utility systems.
Elmquist opened the meeting for discussion of Fiscal Year 2027 goals, emphasizing the importance of establishing broad, achievable objectives identified collectively by the Council and noting that these goals will not be finalized until they are approved at a regular Council meeting and incorporated into the budget. The Council discussed the following goals, with suggested ideas to achieve the goals:
1. Personnel, 2. Quality of Life, 3. Growth, 4. Infrastructure
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
ATTEST:
Kim Majors, Clerk
Elijah Stines, Mayor
December 11 2025
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