When the City Council of Webster City is gaveled into session tonight, it will vote on three key issues which originated in previous council actions.

Brew Oil Company’s redevelopment of the former Doc’s Stop convenience store, at 407 Closz Drive, Webster City, has already seen major construction, but a formal agreement between the firm and City of Webster City, is being presented to the council for the first time tonight.

If ratified by the council, the agreement calls for construction to be complete by Oct. 26, 2026.

It further requires Brew to operate the site as a truck stop open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Brew must include “at least two fast casual restaurants,” which must be open a minimum of 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

The memorandum describing the agreement attests that the council finds the project serves a public purpose by adding economic diversity and generating public benefits through creation of jobs and income. All of this is necessary to ensure the development qualifies under Chapter 15A of the Code of Iowa.

Council will also vote on a schedule of increases to electricity rates over the next 15 months. If approved, the first increase, 5%, would come on April 1, 2026. Another 4% hike would follow on Jan. 1, 2027. A final 2% increase, would take effect July 1, 2027.

The higher rates are the result of cost increases passed on to Corn Belt Power Co-op by its suppliers. Corn Belt supplies electricity to Webster City.

A second reading on expanding Webster City’s Riverview Urban Renewal Area is also on the agenda. The renewal area was expanded by the council in November 2025. The present proposal adds three new properties: 407 Closz Drive (former Doc’s Stop store), 2307 Superior St. (former K-Mart store), and 1827 Superior St. (former Casey’s store) to the existing area.

A new matter, whether Webster City and five other Hamilton County towns — Blairsburg, Ellsworth, Jewell, Stanhope, and Randall — should join Iowa’s Hometown Pride program.

Since 2012, 118 cities and towns have completed more than 2,200 local improvement projects, raised more than $18 million, and put in 260,000 volunteer hours to improve their communities through Hometown Pride.

Administered by Keep Iowa Beautiful, a nonprofit, the program would cost Webster City $750 a year for the next five years ($3,750).

In addition, the five cities, together, must raise $20,000 each year to support the projects and pay for the services of a professional “community coach.”

Also on the agenda are a second reading of an ordinance to levy fees for false fire alarms, a growing problem in Webster City, and details of downtown street closures this summer during Junquefest, Market Nights, and the Hamilton County Fair Parade.