The City Council of Webster City will have the option this evening during its regular meeting of approving the preliminary plat and site plan for Wilson Estates.

This meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the council chambers of City Hall, 400 Second Street, Webster City.

The planned residential development would be located on Wall Street in Webster City. The developers are Kading Development.

The Webster City Planning and Zoning Commission approved the preliminary plat during its March 10 meeting. It also approved the site plan. These approvals from P&Z are conditional on Kading Development addressing various items noted on the Preliminary Plat Checklist and

Site Plan Checklist in the building plans, according to the P&Z minutes.

The most recent preliminary plat that is subject to approval by the Council this evening shows a 216-unit development on 26.71 acres.

This preliminary plat can be seen on the Daily Freeman-Journal’s website with this story.

Also on the agenda for the Council this evening is a resolution authorizing Street Department Supervisor Brandon Bahrenfuss to seek bids for on-call sanitary and storm sewer cleaning and televising services.

This would be a three-year contract, according to the Council packet.

“The City currently budgets $103,000 for storm and sanitary sewer cleaning, televising, root cutting, and CIPP lining services annually,” the Council packet states.

Deadline for bids is 4 p.m. on April 22.

The Council is also expected to act on a requesting for permission to seek bids and schedule a public hearing for construction of the Electric Distribution Improvements – Phase 1.

These would be for the Reisner Substation underground feeder egresses and the Sweazey Substation feeder No. 2 egress overhead to underground conversion.

The Council previously authorized DGR Engineering to perform full design services and approved multiple contracts for major and minor materials for the Phase 1 Electric Distribution Improvements associated with the new Reisner Substation.

According to the Council packet, “The total estimated cost of the Electric Distribution Project is $1,450,000. In the 2024/2025 budget, it was assumed that the City would need to borrow for this project. Savings from the Reisner substation was $624,201. At this time staff has not decided if this project will be funded from the savings of the Reisner Substation, from the Electric Fund, or a new bond issue. This project and the Wilson Estates, which is estimated at $550,000, are the only two major projects from the Electric Fund. Before bids are accepted, staff will present to the council the funding options of bonding or money available in the Electric Utility Fund.”

This meeting will be open to the public and can be viewed live on the City Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/cityofwebstercity/ or viewed on the City of Webster City website

https://webstercity.com/government/city-council/city-council-meetings/ the morning following the meeting.