Two requests to waive the rental fee for the Freedom Park Shelter House and approving a new subdivision agreement were among the items on the agenda when the Wayne City Council met on Tuesday.
The first request came from the Wayne Girl Scouts who asked to have the rental fee waived for a Brownie event on Saturday, Nov. 9.
Troop Leader Brittany Knudsen told the council the Brownie troop is planing on working on a project throughout the afternoon and would like to have room to work on it. The group then will complete a community project.
Council members unanimously approved the request.
The second request came on behalf of the Farm Service Agency, which plans to use the facility for an event on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Stephanie Hays, representing the agency said there would be more than 20 ag lenders in Wayne that day for the event and they would like to have the meeting in Wayne rather than West Point.
That request was also approved.
Approval was given to waive the requirements for a certified engineer's statement for the moving of a 10' x10' garage from the Summer Sports Complex area.
BJ Woehler had submitted a bid of $122.22 for the building and plants to move it to property he owns on Grainland Road.
Due to the size of the building, council members were able to waive the need to have the engineer's statement. Woehler will be required to pay all other fees associated with moving the building.
A public hearing was held to consider the Planning Commission's recommendation regarding the final plat for Vintage Hill 4th Addition.
City Planner Joel Hansen told the council the Planning Commission had approved the plat with one member of the commission abstaining.
That member, Breck Giese, owns farm ground near the proposed addition and had some concerns in regard about water from the subdivision draining into his farmland.
Shane Baack, with Arrowhead Development-Wayne LLC spoke to the council and told them "I am excited about this project. We want to be good neighbors and while the water from this area will have some impact, it won't be more than from other areas."
Baack shared information on lot size and the fact that some of the lots were changed in size to allow for more rectangular lots.
"We want to help Wayne continue to grow," he said.
Following the public hearing, council members voted to approve the final plat and in a related agenda item, approved the Vintage Hill 4th Addition Subdivision agreement.
This states that the city will pay for the water, sewer and engineers fees for the subdivision.
The breakdown of these costs include — $160,000 for water; $250,000 for sewer and $50,000 for engineers.
City Administrator Wes Blecke said that if two to three homes are built in the subdivision each year, the city could recover these costs in approximately 15 years.
A Certificate of Payment No. 12 in the amount of $505,484 to Otte Construction Company, LLC for the Wayne City Hall & Police Relocation Project was approved.
Keith Moje with Otte Construction shared information with the council on the work that has gone on, both inside and outside the building in recent weeks. This includes interior electrical and cabling and paving of the parking lot. He said that while there have been some minor delays in receiving materials, the project is going well. Anticipated completion is set for Jan. 31, 2025.
The final item on Tuesday's agenda was approving an application and certificate of Payment No. 2 in the amount of $208,539 to Otte Construction Company, LLC for the Wayne Parks & Rec Maintenance Building Project.
Moje gave an update on this project also, telling council members that earthwork and concrete working is being completed and radirararaant heating is being installed. He noted that some of the work the firm hopes to get completed in coming weeks will depend on weather.
Wayne City Council will next meet in regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers.
