The Sioux City Council met on Monday, July 13, 2026, beginning at approximately 8:26 PM. The meeting opened with a silent prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The council considered a consent agenda containing multiple routine items, heard public comments, and discussed updates on building permit software, the police chief hiring process, and various community issues. Several items were deferred for one week.
The consent agenda was approved unanimously via voice vote.
Bertrand Rayford. Here. Scott. Here, please stand for a moment. Silent prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Items two through 11 seed will constitute the consent agenda. You can consider those items passed unanimously unless a separate roll call votes asked for by a council member. Anyone wishing to speak on an item on the agenda, please come up as I read that item if you want to speak on an item not under not on the agenda, please come up under citizen concerns. Remember to always state your name. I'll move the consent agenda. Second. Two is the reading of the city council July 6th council minutes. So we'll just move on. Three is a motion reappointing Michelle Boston Ellis to the planning and zoning commission and board of adjustment for a five-year term upon due consideration of the circumstances. Four is a resolution approving a project concept plans for the Big Sioux River levy extension that items have been asked to be deferred for a week. I'll move that. Second Rayford. Six is a resolution awarding a purchase order to Trojan Technologies for 16 Trojan Sigma UV replacement parts and Sigma sleeve replacement kits. Six are actions relating to grants. B is a resolution authorizing police department to accept a 2025 bullet proof best partnership program funds to purchase body armor. Seven are actions relating to street closures. A is a resolution temporarily closing Cook Street from West 6 to West 7 on October 1st for the can do kids backpack giveaway. B is a resolution temporarily closing various streets in the downtown area on July 25th for the historic Fourth Street Classic Car Show and Cruise. C is a resolution temporarily closing various streets in the downtown area. On July 29th to accommodate the River Cate Parade and Staging Area. Can you explain the increase? My name is Janet Fuller. I'm the HR benefits manager. Um the reason that's changing on year three is we're also adding what's called e-forms. So it's another level to their product offering, and it allows us to capture all of our data electronically so we don't have to print out a hundred different forms and get them all completed. So it just allows everything to be done electronically. Then you note in the financial impact that there's about a ten thousand dollar savings over three years. That's not per year, that's ten thousand dollars over the course of the three-year contract. Correct. The first two years have twenty thousand dollar savings each, and then we implement the e forms. So then what would the what's the quote for the two-year extension? I don't have those are just open for negotiation. We didn't get quotes on those. So there's really not an option with a price, it's just the option to extend based upon a quote. Okay. Thanks. B is um resolution approving amendment number one to the consulting services agreement with JEO Consulting Group in connection with the Big Sioux River Levy Extension Project in light of deferring the other one. Should this not be deferred as well? Would make sense to me, but nothing makes sense to me anymore, so I thought I'd ask the question. Gordon Fair City Engineer. Uh yeah, it would make sense to also defer to the. I'll move that.