The Perry City Council approved a new Council member for ward two at their regular meeting Monday. 

A vacancy was created in ward two after the last council member Curt Hite resigned and the Council approved the appointment of a new council member for ward 2 in Jeremy Mahler and Mahler was sworn in at the Monday meeting. 

The Council also approved a pay application in the amount of $1,334,768 to Woodruff Construction for the construction of the wastewater treatment facility improvements. Also, the Council approved the adoption of the State of Iowa’s Community Development Block Grant procurement policies and procedures as they needed to be updated. 

Then the Council approved a contract with Lynch Dallas, P.C. out of Cedar Rapids for attorney services to be focused on nuisance abatement issues and a service agreement in the amount of $69,963 for a facility study for the Hotel Pattee that will provide detail on the current condition of the facility. The Council also approved the deletion of property from the Perry Urban Renewal Area.

Then the Council approved a time and date of May 2nd for a public hearing on the designation of the expanded Perry Urban Renewal Area and Urban Renewal Plan amendment as Semper Fi Commercial Solutions LLC and KM Baxter Investments have proposed projects to provide new space for businesses and to develop vacant or blighted properties. 

The Council also approved the formal submission an application to the FAA for eligible funds from the Airport Terminals Program to assist upgrading the terminal building out at the Perry Municipal Airport to help bring it up to code compliance and provide space for today’s airport users.

The Council then approved the second reading of an an ordinance amending the code of ordinance relating to driveway entrances, driveways and driveway extensions that would make changes to standards for driveway construction including rules for things such as material, size and location to prevent driveways that are excessively large, of lower construction or materials or are located in places they aren’t typically found and the ordinance is not retroactive.