2025-01-08 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes
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2025-01-08 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes
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City of Dana, Iowa
Publisher
City of Dana, Iowa
Date
2025-01-08
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City of Dana, Iowa
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Language
American English
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Public government records
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Dana, Greene County, Iowa
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CITY OF DANA
MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025
DANA CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,
2025 AT 7:00 P.M. AT DANA CITY HALL. PRESENT WERE: PUBLIC; HERITAGE
INSURANCE REPS, STUART CRETSINGER AND JOAN MCCOLLOM, COUNCIL
MEMBERS; MAYOR MANDY SIMS (JOINED BY PHONE), TONY SIMS (JOINED BY
PHONE), CHRIS VARGAS AND SEAN MCCLANAHAN. CITY CLERK EMILY
OSTRANDER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK JACKIE OSTRANDER.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS AND SECONDED BY TONY SIMS TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA. AYES: ALL MOTION CARRIED.
ON A MOTION MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS, AND SECONDED BY TONY SIMS, THE
MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER MEETING WERE APPROVED. AYES: ALL MOTION
CARRIED.
JOAN FROM HERITAGE INSURANCE INTRODUCED STUART CRETSINGER AS OUR
NEW INSURANCE AGENT SINCE JOAN MCCOLLOM IS RETIRING. WE WISH JOAN
CONGRATULATIONS IN HER RETIREMENT AND THANKED HER FOR HER YEARS OF
SERVICE.
ON A MOTION MADE BY TONY SIMS AND SECONDED BY CHRIS VARGAS, MONTHLY
FINANACIAL REPORT WAS APPROVIED. AYES: ALL, MOTION CARRIED.
THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED TO MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK.
THE 2025/26 BUDGET TIMELINE WAS DISCUSSED.
THE 144 CHI GRANT FOR 2025 WAS DISCUSSED.
THE ICAP GRANT $1,000.00 WAS APPROVED, NO CHECK WAS RECEIVED YET AS
OF MEETING DATE.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS AND SECONDED BY SEAN MCCLANAHAN
TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:35 P.M. THE NEXT REGULAR DANA COUNCIL
MEETING AND BUDGET WORK SESSION WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5,
2025 AT 7:00 PM AT DANA CITY HALL, 202 ECKSTEIN, DANA, IOWA. .
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025
DANA CITY COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,
2025 AT 7:00 P.M. AT DANA CITY HALL. PRESENT WERE: PUBLIC; HERITAGE
INSURANCE REPS, STUART CRETSINGER AND JOAN MCCOLLOM, COUNCIL
MEMBERS; MAYOR MANDY SIMS (JOINED BY PHONE), TONY SIMS (JOINED BY
PHONE), CHRIS VARGAS AND SEAN MCCLANAHAN. CITY CLERK EMILY
OSTRANDER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK JACKIE OSTRANDER.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS AND SECONDED BY TONY SIMS TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA. AYES: ALL MOTION CARRIED.
ON A MOTION MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS, AND SECONDED BY TONY SIMS, THE
MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER MEETING WERE APPROVED. AYES: ALL MOTION
CARRIED.
JOAN FROM HERITAGE INSURANCE INTRODUCED STUART CRETSINGER AS OUR
NEW INSURANCE AGENT SINCE JOAN MCCOLLOM IS RETIRING. WE WISH JOAN
CONGRATULATIONS IN HER RETIREMENT AND THANKED HER FOR HER YEARS OF
SERVICE.
ON A MOTION MADE BY TONY SIMS AND SECONDED BY CHRIS VARGAS, MONTHLY
FINANACIAL REPORT WAS APPROVIED. AYES: ALL, MOTION CARRIED.
THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED TO MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK.
THE 2025/26 BUDGET TIMELINE WAS DISCUSSED.
THE 144 CHI GRANT FOR 2025 WAS DISCUSSED.
THE ICAP GRANT $1,000.00 WAS APPROVED, NO CHECK WAS RECEIVED YET AS
OF MEETING DATE.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY CHRIS VARGAS AND SECONDED BY SEAN MCCLANAHAN
TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:35 P.M. THE NEXT REGULAR DANA COUNCIL
MEETING AND BUDGET WORK SESSION WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5,
2025 AT 7:00 PM AT DANA CITY HALL, 202 ECKSTEIN, DANA, IOWA. .
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
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City of Dana, Iowa, “2025-01-08 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes,” Dana, Iowa - Historical Records, accessed November 7, 2026, https://records.danaia.gov/items/show/164.