Maquoketa City Council Meeting from 4/7/25

The Maquoketa City Council met last night in the council chambers. They held a public hearing proposing a sale of land located at 1015 East Platt Street which is about 70, 072 square feet in size to T & M Investments. They also held a public hearing on the East Maple Street drainage project. No one spoke and therefore both of the public hearings were closed. 

The City Council last night approved the bills that are payable through April 7th in the amount of $467,529.99. The council also reappointed Mark Lyon to the Downtown Incentive Board. 

They also approved the retail alcohol licenses to Casey’s Marketing Company, Bill’s Tavern, Can City, and FastTracks.

The Council approved the Maple Street Drainage Project plans and authorized competitive bidding.  

The  Council then approved the sale of land located at 1015 East Platt Street which is about 70, 072 square feet in size to T & M Investments for $34,285.71. 

Maquoketa City Council approved a resolution to repave the Maquoketa City Hall Parking Lot. They will be using concrete since it has a 50 year lifespan and the city doesn’t have any plans to move locations any time soon. The bids for this ranged from $69,000  to $95,000. They had the winning bid of $69,839.56 from County Line Concrete. 

 They then approved last night the repaving of the 5th ward park parking lot along with the Grove Street Ballfield West Parking lot. The winning bid came from River City Paving in the amount of $130,145.77. 

The council set  a date for a public hearing for April 21st at 6:00 PM on the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The Public is invited to come and voice their opinions. 

Ginger Bennett also brought up towards the end of the council meeting that there are new park signs in Maquoketa for each of the parks. There are also customized icons on the signs for each park.