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Home My WebLink About01/13/2026 Council Minutes CITY OF FAIRFAX REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 13, 2026 A regular meeting of the Fairfax City Council was held January 13, 2026. Mayor Beer called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Councilmembers present were Cindy Anderson, Mike Daly, Dan Wozniak, Deb Mallie, and Marianne Wainwright. Mayor Beer noted that minutes are being taken by City Administrator Chris Philip and audio and visual recording are taken by Assistant Parks Director Chase Harrison Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Wainwright to approve the consent agenda minus Item D the City Council Minutes from 1-08-2026 and it was noted most of the financial reports were not ready. Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. A Linn County Deputy Sheriff presented the list of calls. Motioned by Wainwright, seconded by Daly to approve the City Attorney representation at the meeting. Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Several residents spoke requesting reconsideration of reappointing Cynthia Stimson as City Clerk/Treasurer. No motion was made. Mayor Beer opened the public hearing for the plans and specifications for the bridge replacement – CCS Project on FM E-66 Over Oscar Creek at 6:51pm. City Engineer Shane Wicks presented plans and bids. City Hall had not received any comments. Comments made were questions in relation to completion dates and safety measures. Mayor Beer closed the hearing at 6:58 PM. Motioned by Daly, seconded by Wainright to approve RESOLUTION 2026-02, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT – CCS PROJECT ON FM E-66 OVER OSCAR CREEK IN THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA; IOWA DOT PROJECT NO. BRM2462(602)--8N-57). Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-02 duly adopted. Motioned by Daly, seconded by Wozniak to approve RESOLUTION 2026-03 TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT – CCS PROJECT ON FM E-66 OVER OSCAR CREEK IN THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA; IOWA DOT PROJECT NO. BRM-2462(602)--8N-57 to Jim Schroeder Construction, Inc. for $1,147,604.78. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-03 duly adopted. Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Daly to approve RESOLUTION 2026-04 AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FAIRFAX AND HALL AND HALL ENGINEERS, INC. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-04 duly adopted. Mayor Beer opened the public hearing about the 2026 Fairfax Complex Pickleball and Tennis Courts Project at 7:04 pm. City Engineer Shane Wicks presented project plans, estimates, and alternates. City Hall had not received any comments. No one in the meeting made any comments. Mayor Beer closed the hearing at 7:09 pm Motioned by Daly, seconded by Wozniak to approve RESOLUTION 2026-05 TO APPROVE THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR THE 2026 FAIRFAX COMPLEX PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS COURTS PROJECT. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-05 duly adopted. Mayor Beer opened the public hearing concerning revisions to the City of Fairfax Zoning Ordinance Section 1.07 C.D. Bulk Requirements at 7:11 pm. City Building Official Eric Von Spreckon presented Current MF Bulk Regulations. Mike Daly asked if this is being considered because of future development. Eric stated “Yes, along E. Southview.” City Hall had not received any comments. No one in the meeting made any comments. Mayor Beer closed the hearing at 7:16 pm. Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Mallie to introduce and approve the first reading of ORDINANCE 03 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FAIRFAX ZONING ORDINANCE OF 2025 OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, IOWA, BY ADDING TO SECTION 1.07 C. D. BULK REQUIREMENTS. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, and Mallie. Nays: Wainwright. Motion carried. No motion to suspend the rules was made for ORDINANCE 03. Mike Daly would like to see local building and district examples of MF 1 and MF 2. Motioned by Wainwright, seconded by Daly to approve RESOLUTION 2026-06 TO APPROVE PAY APPLICATION NO. 4 FROM EASTERN IOWA BUILDING INC. FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ADDITION PROJECT for $13,919.72. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-06 duly adopted. Motioned by Anderson, seconded by Wozniak to approve Purchase Order 2026-01 for fire department hoses from Danko Equipment for $10,613.00. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Daly to approve RESOLUTION 2026-07 TO APPROVE PAY APPLICATION NO. 4 FROM PEAK CONSTRUCTION GROUP FOR THE HEARTLAND HEIGHTS PARK RESTROOMS & PAVILION PROJECT for $24,400.33. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-07 duly adopted. Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Mallie to approve RESOLUTION 2026-08 TO APPROVE PAY APPLICATION NO. 3 FROM BOOMERANG CORP. FOR THE WEST CEMETERY RD REALIGNMENT & RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT for $116,212.45. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, and Mallie. Nays: None. Abstained: Wainwright. Wainwright abstained because she works for the contractor. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-08 duly adopted. Motioned by Wozniak, seconded by Mallie to approve RESOLUTION 2026-09 APPROVING WAGES FOR NON-FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY EMPLOYEES. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-09 duly adopted. Motioned by Mallie, seconded by Daly to approve RESOLUTION 2026-10 REVISING THE FEES AND FORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIRFAX OFF-LEASH DOG PARK. Roll call vote: Ayes: Anderson, Daly, Wozniak, Mallie, and Wainwright. Nays: None. Motion carried. Mayor Beer declared RESOLUTION 2026-10 duly adopted. LOSST 90,410.79 TIF Fund 23,667.38 Debt Service Fund 35,223.00 CP-Vanderbilt St Project 2,790.60 CP-Williams Blvd Sewer Extension Project 69,560.33 Water Fund 39,753.18 Trust and Agency Fund 225.00 Water Revenue Debt Service 29,132.17 Sewer Fund 32,203.19 Sewer Revenue Debt Service 27,723.06 Garbage Fund 27,433.75 Total Revenue: 457,293.71 December 2025 Expenses General Fund 126,749.26 Road Use Fund 35,935.11 LOSST Fund 3,115.81 Debt Service Fund 1,050.00 CP - Well ARPA 15,421.25 CP - Well SRF 16,000.00 CP - Water Treatment 5,000.00 CP - W Cem Intersection 582,972.05 CP - Sewer Lining 486.25 CP - Vanderbilt St 2,113.77 CP - Williams Blvd Sewer Extension 93.75 CP - Fire Station 69,173.08 CP - Pickleball Courts 11,083.75 Water Fund 55,118.93 Trust and Agency Fund 385.00 Water Debt Service 31,024.37 Sewer Fund 98,653.73 Sewer Debt Service Fund 3,176.25 Garbage Fund 24,794.73 Farming Fund 1,035.81 Total Expenses: 1,083,382.90 CLAIMS LIST January 13, 2026 Payee Purpose Amount ABC Disposal Parks 275.60 Absolute Security Alarm monitoring & Dog Park 2,642.50 Advanced Business Systems CH Print Agreement, supplies 1,864.94 AFLAC Premiums 780.36 Airgas USA Maintenance 90.15 Alliant Energy Utility Bill 774.86 Alliant Energy Utility Bill 51.35 Alliant Energy Utility Bill 24.95 Alliant Energy Utility Bill 24.95 Alliant Energy Utility Bill 281.00 Alliant Energy Utility Bills 11,440.26 Baker Paper CH Supplies 113.67 Banacom Signs & More FD 44.00 Base HRA Annual Fee 250.00 Base HRA Monthly S/C 82.00 Bayer, Tammy Parks 50.00 Beer, Jo Ann Reimbursement 85.12 Berg, Amy or Earl On Time Deposit 75.00 Boomerang Corporation Pay App #3 116,212.45 Bound Tree Medical FD 1,615.98 Broad Reach Books Library 59.90 BSN Sports Parks 2,350.00 Campbell Supply Co. FD 149.00 Cengage Group Library 127.44 Center Point Large Print Library 231.08 Certified Pest Control Pest Control 130.00 Cintas CH Mats 15.71 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 815.00 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 93.00 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 70.50 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 70.50 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 70.50 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 190.05 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 116.85 City of Fairfax Utility Bill 70.50 Colonial Life Premiums 201.95 Consolidated Energy Company Fuel 1,525.31 Corridor Energy Cooperative Utility Bills 4,687.49 Custom Hose Water 257.48 Danko Emergency Equipment FD 3,069.76 Dinges Fire Company FD 389.00 Eastern Iowa Buildings Pay App #4 13,919.72 Eldon C Stutsman Chemicals 2,319.53 Fareway Parks, FD, CH 255.35 Feld Fire FD 265.00 Fire Service Training FD 1,600.00 FSSB ACH Processing S/C 25.00 Gazette Legal Publications 647.76 Globe Life Premium 129.65 Hall & Hall Engineers Engineering 54,364.85 Hawkins Chemicals 765.79 Henderson Products RU 77.71 Hooplas Midwest Tape LLC Library 239.27 Impact Embroidery FD 680.00 Interstate Battery Sewer 94.00 Iowa One Call Locates 58.60 IPERS Payroll 14,467.12 John's Lock & Key Shop 282.72 Kelly Crull Inc. Library 250.00 L Miller Landscaping Tree removal 400.00 Linn Count Sheriff's Law Enforcement 10,530.00 Linn County Deputy Sheriff's Membership Meeting Security 520.00 LINOH2O Water 1,258.00 Matheson Shop Supplies 34.96 Menards Supplies 701.63 MES Service Company FD 42,185.86 MidAmerican Energy Utility Bills 1,252.36 Network Computer Solutions IT work 1,288.25 Oakland Corporation Laserfiche Software 3,420.00 OmniSite Sewer 1,160.00 Peak Construction Group Pay App #4 24,400.33 Penworthy Library 358.47 RDJ Specialties FD 3,050.80 Red Brick Resources Library 279.40 Reliance Standard Premiums 232.98 Reliant Fire Apparatus FD 6,543.95 Republic Services 12-2025 Solid Waste Services 25,136.00 Rosekrans Construction FD 27,299.72 Rosekrans, Tina Reimbursement 42.00 Sankot's Garage Maintenance 81.00 Schimberg Co. Water 1,775.30 Schumacher Elevator Maintenance 370.02 Simmons, Perrine Attorney Fees 3,085.00 SourceOne Cleaning CH Cleaning 539.00 South Slope Phone Service 77.82 South Slope Phone Service 37.40 South Slope Phone and Internet Service 973.16 State Hygienic Laboratory W/WW Testing 1,334.00 Stimson, Cynthia Reimbursement 4.20 Storm Steel Supplies 270.70 TCM Bank Credit Card Balance 9,166.51 Terracon Environmental Site Assessment 2,800.00 The Vernon Companies Welcome Packet Bags 795.45 Tippett, Bryan On Time Deposit 75.00 TNT Landscaping LLC Maintenance 1,156.48 Treasurer, State of Iowa State WH 6,179.73 Treasurer, State of Iowa WET Taxes 3,680.32 Treasurer, State of Iowa Sales Taxes 490.83 UnitedHealthcare Premium 757.92 US Cellular Cell Phones 258.20 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 6,343.89 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 4,843.86 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 319.46 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 6,454.03 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 48.10 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 3,935.12 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 7,575.57 US Treasury Payroll Taxes 3,917.60 USA Blue Book Water/Sewer Dept. Supplies 2,856.45 USPO Postage 370.66 USPO Postage 526.43 Van Meter Inc. Supplies 376.69 Wellmark BC/BS Premium 10,653.66 WEX FD 35.30 Total Net Payroll 117,129.22 TOTAL 591,301.02 CITY OF FAIRFAX 2025 GROSS WAGES BRAYDEN BARLOW 3,376.54 JOEL M BARNHART 18,001.99 CATHERINE D BAYNE 73,860.51 RICHARD T BECK 2,900.00 JO ANN BEER 8,660.00 CAGE BENDER 748.64 ANDREW BENNIS 3,248.70 REAGAN BENNIS 2,521.38 HARMANDEEP BHANGU 515.19 DUSTIN BOXA, JR 4,775.61 EUGENE R. BRINK JR 240.00 NOLAN BRUNE 704.84 AARON BUNGE 1,300.00 MARCUS P. BURNS 4,800.00 DALLAS J CHANDLER 63,871.16 ALEX CRISPIN 200.00 MATTHEW J CRISPIN 320.00 MICHAEL A. DALY 1,575.00 CORTEZ A DAVIS 2,540.00 MICHAEL DAVIS 505.04 JADEN K EISELSTEIN 1,460.00 DOUGLAS L. EXLINE 520.00 VICTORIA FEJFAR 300.00 ANDREW GLAD 2,361.38 AIDAN GREEN-SYKE 3,834.87 CHRISTOPHER B HAGEN 2,680.00 BLAKE HALLERAN 2,022.34 CHASE HARRISON 54,551.62 BENJAMIN HELMS 880.00 MATTHEW J JASA 1,200.00 ANDREW JOHNSON 180.00 KELLEN JOHNSON 3,073.89 QUINN JOHNSON 3,253.42 CHRISTOPHER L. JORDAN 1,240.00 KIRSTEN JORDAN 380.00 JOSEPH E KELL, JR. 73,056.14 STACI A KLINEFELTER 52,172.92 KEVIN M KNAPP 420.00 BENNETT KOCH 486.16 CASHTON KRUMM 1,701.11 BRANDON M LEFEBURE 67,636.52 CODY L LUTHER 500.00 JESSE MANNING 260.00 ADAM T MCCREA 1,759.71 BRIAN D MERTA 94,207.40 JACE B MERTA 760.00 TEAGAN MERTA 7,155.06 PEYTON MEYERS 1,143.73 LYNN D MILLER 98,898.12 CASEY MISKIMEN 915.13 ANDENN MOSES 1,519.65 COLIN MOYLE 2,579.78 LOGAN NEUHAUS 192.00 TOM A NURRE 1,725.00 TYLER PATTEN 2,098.89 KATHLEEN M PATTERSON 2,768.54 KYLER PESEK 703.41 ADAM M PETERSON 660.00 CHRISTOPHER J PHILIPP 93,606.31 NADIA PINT 1,368.13 ALEX REMINGTON 2,109.72 ELLIOT REYNOLDS 1,175.10 STEPHEN B ROSEKRANS 8,325.92 TINA M ROSEKRANS 52,065.71 DEREK SALEHOGLU 302.98 MICHAEL S. SANKOT 7,340.00 ZACHARY C SANKOT 11,665.93 LEAH M SCHMIDT 1,369.24 DERRICK A SEXTON 200.00 JACQUELINE A STALLMAN 13,632.63 DUSTIN STAMBAUGH 64,011.59 LEIF D STENSLAND 60,620.68 BLAKE STEWART 120.00 JEREMIAH J. STEWART 360.00 CYNTHIA K STIMSON 92,149.24 TREYTEN TOMASH 120.00 JANET VOLESKY 3,402.92 NICHOLAS A VOLK 1,725.00 EMMA VOLLBRECHT 2,676.52 ERIC VON SPRECKEN 56,405.36 MARIANNE WAINWRIGHT 1,500.00 BETH A WILZ 11,496.15 AUSTIN M WISNOUSKY 960.00 ARAN WOZNIAK 1,420.42 DANIEL WOZNIAK 1,650.00 WILLIAM ZAMASTIL 880.00 NATHAN L ZUMSANDE 2,654.08 2025 TOTAL EMPLOYEE GROSS WAGES $1,181,235.02