Urbandale Water Board Minutes
Chairman, John McCune, called the regular meeting of the Urbandale Water Board of Trustees to order at 3:30 p.m. at the Water Utility office on July 14, 2026.
Board Members Present: John McCune, Mark Wandro, and Ron Pogge. Staff present were General Manager Neil Weiss, Distribution Manager Matthew Jacob, and Finance/Office Manager Kathy Barger. Absent: none.
Pogge moved, seconded by Wandro to approve the agenda as posted. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Motion carried.
There were no comments made during the Citizens' Forum.
Pogge moved, seconded by Wandro to approve the June 9, 2026 Water Board Minutes as written. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Motion carried.
Pogge moved, seconded by Wandro to approve payment of the following bills from the General Fund. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Motion carried.
Central Iowa Water Works – water 541,439.88
Urbandale Sanitary – sewer 535,320.35
Asure – payroll 124,984.15
City of Urbandale – project reimbursement 107,114.00
IA Dept of Revenue – Sales/WET tax 84,734.00
GreenState Credit Union – sinking funds 69,478.59
City of Urbandale – storm water 64,433.53
Core & Main – parts, new meters 51,404.23
City of Urbandale – solid waste 46,038.01
Urbandale Windsor Heights – sewer 39,093.58
Wellmark – premium 28,482.55
Des Moines Water Works – oper. & maint. 25,793.53
Strand Associates-ASR well design 22,359.97
Steele Excavating – project 22,009.30
IPERS – contributions 20,763.18
Municipal Supply – parts, new meters 19,946.60
Mission Square – contributions 17,282.03
Mail Services – statement processing 15,162.60
Fireplace Superstore – furniture 11,000.00
Refunds/Overpayments 7,376.01
Shpigler – consulting 6,500.00
Allender Butzke Engineers – ASR 5,900.00
West Des Moines Water Works-cost share 4,741.21
Dixon Engineering – cell towers 3,700.00
MidAmerican Energy – utilities 3,181.07
Networks – IT services 3,079.33
Pittsburgh Paints – paint 2,575.00
Health Equity – HSA Contributions 2,224.98
Triplett – office supplies 2,045.30
Martin Marietta – rock 2,015.09
Ahlers – legal 1,914.00
Logoed Apparel – clothing 1,868.38
Murphy – repair 1,739.27
Misc. Employees – reimbursement 1,601.15
City of Urbandale – fuel 1,457.05
CTI – rock 1,437.38
Merritt Company – janitor 1,400.00
Iowa One Call – locates 1,284.30
Stratus – janitor 1,139.20
Delta – premium 1,073.50
HHS – child support 1,051.80
Sun Life – life insurance 890.67
Snyder & Associates – modeling 887.75
Pitney Bowes – postage machine lease 800.31
Cintas – mat services, first aid items 760.07
Hach – sampling 753.26
Acme Tools – tools 579.99
Asure – payroll processing 479.31
Stew Hansen – repair 479.30
All Forms – printing 444.45
Verizon – tower comm & hot spots 440.11
Access Systems – copier lease 403.71
Boot Barn – clothing 399.48
Card Services – phone, dues 369.50
Clive Power Equipment – tools 351.36
US Cellular 324.03
Menards – tools, supplies 307.20
Amazon – supplies 299.15
Bomgaars – clothing, tools 270.94
Urbandale Sanitary – sewer exemptions 260.00
Metronet – fiber 254.90
SiteOne – landscape supplies 237.65
HD Supply – supplies 225.32
Grainger – supplies 177.29
Paymentus – credit card fees 175.20
United States Treasury – PCORI fees 172.80
CenturyLink – fiber 169.94
DSM Register – publications 155.28
Webspec – website maintenance 134.00
CenturyLink – DSL 121.99
CPI – FSA Admin 120.00
Lounsbury – soil 114.72
Tristar – TPA 102.00
Logan – supplies 100.00
Stivers – repair 79.68
Premier Pest – pest control 39.00
Bentley Ridge – plants 16.00
Health Equity – HSA Admin 11.25
Arnold Motor – parts 9.51
The Board reviewed bank reconciliations, income and disbursements, year-to-date budget percentages, cash flows, water purchased, and water sold.
After discussion, Wandro moved, seconded by Pogge to consider approval of the proposal from Torgeson Excavating regarding service line and stop box repairs.
Moved by Wandro, seconded by Pogge to adopt Resolution 2026-07 – Establishing Depositories for the Urbandale Water Utility with Maximum Limits for each Depository. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Resolution adopted.
Moved by Pogge and seconded by Wandro, to approve updates to the Urbandale Water Utility Investment Policy. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Motion carried.
It was moved by Wandro, seconded by Pogge to adopt Resolution 2026-08 – Designating Urbandale Water Utility Public Meeting Notice Posting Locations at Facility, Located at 3720 86th St., Urbandale, IA 50322 and on the Urbandale Water Utility Website – urbandalewater.org. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Resolution adopted.
It was moved by Pogge, seconded by Wandro to adopt Resolution 2026-09 – Consider Proposed Amendments to CIWW 28E/28F Agreement. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Resolution adopted.
The General Manager provided updates on current projects, the updated schedule for the ASR well, the recent nitrate amounts in source water river levels affecting CIWW, backflow compliance, the status of the Utility's billing and financial software contracts, and the commencement of the CIWW Smart Watering Program which begins July 15, 2026.
There being no further business, Pogge moved, seconded by Wandro to adjourn at 3:56 p.m. Ayes: McCune, Pogge, Wandro. Nays: none. Motion carried.
Attest: Neil Weiss John McCune: Chairman
July 21 2026
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