Tonja Fortney
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 27:16
- Avg per meeting
- 1:49
- Segments
- 343
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Top issues during term (20)
automated license plate reader program (Flock cameras)
The 12-camera contract costs about $36,000 a year.
Urban Renewal Plan Update
TIF payments approved tonight are actually due in June 2028; amounts were not detailed in the meeting.
Golfview Drive Rezonings
Forty-six new lots would add homes and extend growth on the city's west side.
Micromobility Device Regulation Loophole
Park damage from e-scooters totaled about $35,000.
council vote on Flock Safety contract termination
The 12-camera contract costs about $36,000 a year.
Public Works Facility expansion tied to fire station rebuild
Both projects were already in the city's CIP plan; no new cost figure was given.
Johnson County Jail Bond Referendum
Would raise taxes about $88 per $100,000 of taxable value for 12 years.
Completed parking lot and playground
About $157,000 in combined payments to All American Concrete, Inc.
Cherry Street Firehouse financing
The agreement itself commits nothing yet; the firehouse will mostly be funded by local option sales tax with some water utility revenue.
Iowa City school district finances
About $36 million in proposed school district budget cuts.
E-bike and e-scooter damage at Fox Run Park
Repairs totaled about $38,000.
Library FY27 Budget Status
The promoted role adds hours (26 per week, flexible up to 29) compared to the departing employee's 20-21 hours.
Community Center Parking Lot Project
The project carries a city-funded estimate of cost finalized in the approved plans.
Water Supply and Treatment Improvements — ASR Well No. 7
About $1.8 million in water revenue bonds issued, repaid through water revenues.
Forevergreen Road/Jasper Avenue Roundabout
North Liberty's share is roughly $3.5 million of the $5.06 million contract.
Penn Street/I-380 Interchange Ramp Closures
Muddy Creek cleanup
Land was conveyed by deed; acquisition cost to the city was not stated.
Community center parking lot resurfacing
The city is paying out about $157,000 this round on the parking lot project.
Teen Dialogue Project and AI conversations
Funded by grants — about $16,000 for the teen project plus $500 for the American Conversation Project — at no cost to local taxpayers.
Firehouse, parks and water department expansion projects
The phased approach was described as more affordable than building while the fire station remained occupied.
Decisions during term (397)
Recorded while Fortney was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of the Agenda
Consent Agenda
Resolution 2026-120 — Ranshaw Way Phase Six project approval
Resolution 2026-121 — Ranshaw Way Phase Six property acquisition compensation
Ordinance 2026-16 first consideration — 515 Carlyle Court rezoning
Ordinance 2026-17 first consideration — Golfview rezoning
Remove Flock cameras item from the table
Terminate the Flock camera contract
Resolution 2026-122 — TIF obligation (Diamond Dreams)
Resolution 2026-123 — TIF obligation (Solomon's Landing)
FY 2027-28 Urban Renewal Request
Adjournment
City Council Minutes, Regular Session, October 13, 2026
Claims
Approval of September minutes
Meeting Room Use Policy approved
Public Participation Procedures approved
Approval of Minutes
September
Approval of the Agenda
Voting record (301)
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