Maquoketa City Council meeting – 9/2

The Maquoketa City Council had a regularly scheduled meeting yesterday evening. The meeting was concise and productive, taking no more than 15 minutes. In the meeting they renewed two class c alcohol licenses for Mega’s Grill and the Jackson County Fair Association, and addressed new resolutions.

There were four new business resolutions on the agenda for the meeting. The 1st was “Resolution approving change order no. 4 increase in the amount of $767.40 payable to Midwest Concrete, Inc. for the S Main & Summit intersection project”. The total project will total to just below 267-thousand dollars, and the council passed it unanimously.

The 2nd business was “Resolution approving holiday snowflakes order in the amount of $17,662.40 with Display Sales”. This request was to purchase new snowflakes to be put up in the city during the holiday season. The current ones are reported to be outdated, well-used, and unreliable. The council passed the resolution unanimously.

The 3rd business was “Resolution setting public hearing for September 15th, 2025 at 6:00 pm on proposed sale of real estate generally described as 1015 E Platt St, lot 1 and 2, to T & M Investments, LC in the total amount of $70,285.71”. The resolution was just to set the time for the hearing, which the council passed unanimously.

The 4th business was “Discussion and possible motion approving American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) reimbursement payment to Sacred Heart Church in the amount of $40,000 for the completion of the Sacred Heart Child Care addition”. This resolution would be for reimbursement support to Sacred Heart Child Care for expansion of the child care facility that was in response to COVID impacts. The resolution was passed unanimously.