City of Maquoketa Council Meeting

The City of Maquoketa held a city council meeting last night. The council first heard a presentation from the Jackson County Co-Responder. Taylor Marshall is contracted through the Robert Young Foundation and rides along with the Maquoketa Police Department. A Co-Responder is a mental health professional who aids law enforcement in responding to calls involving people with mental health or addiction issues. The Co-Responder aims to prevent people in crisis from entering the criminal justice system, reducing incarceration, and improving outcomes for those with mental health challenges. Marshall serves all of Jackson County and rides with local officers and county deputies. Since Jackson County started the Co-Responder in November of 2024 through May of 2025, Marshall had 311 calls in which she had responded to. 189 them involved community policing, 52 of those calls were successfully deescalated by the co-responder,  32 remained in the community, 9 just refused help, 9 were taken to the hospital, 8 were taken to jail, 5 to Rhonda’s House in DeWitt, 4 calls had mobile crisis called, and 1 did not remain in the community. Out of those calls 262 were calls for adults over 18 and 49 of them were for kids under 18. They Started the Co-Responder program in Clinton back in 2019 then expanded it to Muscatine in 2022, then after seeing the positive work being done they expanded it to Maquoketa and Jackson County in 2024. Marshall’s Contract was just renewed by the Robert Young Foundation for another 3-5 years in Jackson County.  

After the presentation the city then got to work on their agenda. The council approved the bills payable through July 7th in the amount of $834,256.20 and also approved Renewal of a class E retail Alcohol License by Casey’s Store 2846. They also approved a special class c alcohol license filed by the Maquoketa Firefighter association to sell alcohol at Fireball, and also approved a tobacco permit filed by Main Street Tobacco. 

The Maquoketa City Council approved a Resolution regarding the collection of payment for the City costs to abate nuisances and enforce ordinances  in the amount of $2,129.25, along with a Resolution approving fees and charges for City equipment and services. The city then set a public hearing for July 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM on the matter of former Clinton Engines Site Opportunity Analysis. The Council then  approved resolutions to have a purchase and property access agreement between the City of Maquoketa and Paul Tonderum, and a right of first refusal agreement between the City of Maquoketa and Paul Tonderum.  The Maquoketa City Council then set a public hearing for July 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM regarding a conditional rezoning request to Agriculture District (A-1) by Big Country Property LLC.  The council also approved a 4th change order reduction in the amount of $3,000.00 for the Stormwater Levee Improvement Project . The Council also approved to accept the work of contract on the Storm Water Improvements 2022 rebid project.  

The council approved a 3rd change order increase in the amount of  $5,139.10 payable to Midwest Concrete for the South Main & Summit intersection project. The Maquoketa Council then approved  Pay App 3 in the amount of $78,622.54 to Midwest Concrete, Inc. for the South Main & Summit intersection project. 

Council then was presented a 7th change order increase in the amount of $8,677.00 payable to Sheets Design Build, LLC for the Sunshine Learning Center project, which the council approved. The Council then approved a 1st and 2nd change order deduction in the total amount of $20,405.27 payable to Boomerang Corp. for the Maquoketa Municipal Airport Reconstruct Runway 15 End project. The Maquoketa City Council then approved Payment Number 4 in the amount of $279,931.84 to Boomerang Corp. for the Maquoketa Municipal Airport Reconstruct Runway 15 End Project. The Council then accepted the completed work for the Reconstruct Runway 15 End.