The Jefferson City Council met Tuesday night in regular session.

The Council approved an economic development agreement of $150,000 for a ten year forgivable loan and a $134,733 facade grant for No Limits Properties for 121 East Lincoln Way and owner Tim Heisterkamp. The Council also approved an economic development agreement of $116,426 for a ten year forgivable loan for owners of 104 East State Street, Brent and Jen Badger for interior renovations. Then they approved an amendment to a $150,000 economic development agreement for Pub Adventures and owners Amanda Bills and Addi Meyer. The amendment was to move the start year of the ten year forgivable loan to 2024 due to the main floor restaurant renovations not starting when the Council originally approved the agreement in 2022. The Council also approved a facade grant of $60,000 for the former Ace Hardware building.

Next, the Council set a public hearing on August 27th to sell an easement to ITC Transmission Company to access the sub-station for Hardin Hilltop with the purchase price of $515, a resolution to apply for a grant to offset the cost of utilizing a Rural Housing Readiness Assessment with Iowa State University Extension to analyze the current housing and the housing needs of the community, and hiring Nathan Kral as the Parks and Recreation Director with an annual salary of $68,000.

Additionally, the Council approved the second change order, the final pay estimate and acceptance of completion to Jensen Builders for the airport hangar project, the first pay estimate to InRoads of $182,765 for the East Lincoln Way road project and the 18th pay estimate of $416,696 to Shank Constructors for the Wastewater Treatment Plant improvement project.