Jefferson City Council. Photo by Coltrane Carlson-Raccoon Valley Radio

The Jefferson City Council met Tuesday night in regular session.

The Council approved a resolution to authorize the preliminary official statement to sell the general obligation bonds that were approved in February of 2025 to fund the Westwood Drive sidewalk project, a new fire truck and an asphalt overlay project on McKinley Street for up to $2 million. Then, the Council approved increasing a facade grant for The Public House of $2,834 of additional funds for a total of $62,834. It was mentioned that there was some additional expenses that were missed in the original estimate, but that the requested threshold was still below the maximum amount allowed.

Another facade grant request for the Greene County Mercantile was tabled to a future meeting, due to needing to review the final amount to ask for. The Council also approved to renew a five year agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation for maintenance on state highways. Additionally, they approved the final pay estimate and release of retainage of $183,945 to Shank Constructors for the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project, as well as accepting the certificate of final completion.