City Council Meeting - November 2, 2026

The City of Burlington, Iowa, City Council meeting on November 2, 2026, approved its consent agenda, including a professional services agreement with HR Green of Cedar Rapids for general wastewater treatment facility consulting from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The agenda also included routine claims and permits, nuisance abatements, a trading agreement, a revised 28E agreement for the Southeast Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and an ordinance amending the sanitary sewer code. The council approved the consent agenda by motion. It also unanimously approved a bid to EU Group to remove an underground storage tank at 2910 Madison Avenue as part of redevelopment work at the Klein Center; the bid amount was not stated. The work will use demolition and redevelopment program funds, and the city is pursuing up to $15,000 in DNR assistance.

The council approved, at no cost to the city, a right-of-entry agreement allowing the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant to conduct environmental sampling on city-controlled public properties. Following a public hearing, the council voted to continue consideration of the expanded Burlington Consolidated Urban Renewal Area and related tax-increment financing actions to November 16, while staff seeks required property-owner consent; the proposed expansion is intended to position areas for potential future development ahead of changes to Iowa urban renewal law. Staff also reported on ongoing street construction, planned lighting, and longer-term road planning, but no additional spending decisions were made on those updates. Public comments included support for a pool referendum and concerns about the library’s behavioral health navigation program; neither resulted in a council procurement action at this meeting.