Note: The raw transcript indicates the meeting was held on Wednesday, January 8, 2026, but the provided timestamp specifies this meeting took place on January 29, 2026. The summary below follows the timestamp and includes all agenda items from the transcript.
The City Council meeting on January 29, 2026, began with a moment of silence for the police chief's wife, the Pledge of Allegiance, and roll call (10 members present). Key actions included the first-ever CFO finance update, approval of three urban homestead rehabilitation contracts, and a unanimous vote to adopt a position paper opposing state legislation that would mandate local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement (ICE). The meeting also featured a recognition of an officer for off-duty CPR and extensive public comment.
And welcome to the city council meeting for Wednesday, January 8th, 2026. And I call this meeting to order. And before we do our moment of silence, our police chief did have uh a loss in his family late last week. His wife passed away. Um so he is dealing with a lot of grief, and his family is too. So as we go into this moment of silence, uh, we would just ask that you keep the chief and his family uh in your thoughts and prayers. So please a moment of silence. Thank you. Alderman Lena will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. All right, to the Republic from which standard, individual with our liberty and justice for all. Well, the clerk, please call the roll. Ardon, here Vasquez here. Holloway, here. Lean in. Present Grip here. Newton, here. Blunk, here. T Dunn, here, Job Jen, and Burkholder. Here. Ten present, Your Honor. Thank you. And good evening, and welcome to everyone tonight who's participating in this city council meeting. Whether you're here in person or watching on a mobile device or a computer, we appreciate your participation in local government. We value your comments and opinions. Please remember that when you address the council, you are also sharing your thoughts with fellow Davenport residents and viewers throughout the region. City Council meetings are live streamed and recorded for later viewing on the City of Davenport's YouTube channel. We appreciate your engagement in city government and ask that your participation reflects our our shared goal of making Davenport an even better place for everyone. Thank you for being part of tonight's meeting. And before we we begin, just a couple of reminders. Please silence or turn off any cell phones or anything that is electronic and can make a noise so as not to disrupt the meeting. If you wish to speak on an item listed on the discussion agenda, you were encouraged to do so during the discussion portion on that item. There will also be an opportunity to address the council during the public with business portion of the meeting later this evening. When speaking, please come to the podium, wait to be recognized by the mayor or the committee chair, and address the council as a whole and not to any one individual. And you have five minutes to do that. And we are interested in hearing from you. And we we definitely want to hear your comments, but we want to do so in a collaborative and positive fashion. And so uh with that, would an Alder Person please approve the City Council meeting minutes from January 14th, 2026. Oh no. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, same sign. Minutes are approved. City Administrator Gleason, is there an update this evening? Yes, Mayor. There is uh three comments, uh, two quick ones, and then uh um, and then we'll have our first ever CFO finance uh update. Uh but the first uh comment uh just with the weather that we've had the last uh couple of weeks. Want to thank all of the uh city staff uh that provide city services uh out and about and then also uh any employees we've got trades, construction, you know, just any of those other employees uh on our community uh providing us services uh during this uh snap of uh extremely bitterly cold, dangerous uh weather that we've had. The other item, uh the city, and I think most of the community uh is aware of this, and it's very well received, is Davenport U, the Citizens Academy. We're taking applications, and the application period is through uh February 13th, and you can uh sign up and apply uh at the city's website or the city's web uh Facebook page.