IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF MONTICELLO, IOWA
RESOLUTION 16-88
Resolution Approving and Accepting the Voluntary Annexation
of certain properties generally described as the Welter property, the Hughes Garage property, the Stephen Motors property, the Kromminga property, the Horsfield property, and the City Airport property, all of same adjoining the City of Monticello for at least fifty feet and not creating an island, as same is defined within Iowa Code §368.7(2)
WHEREAS, the City of Monticello, Iowa is an incorporated City within Jones County; and
WHEREAS, the City has received and approved Voluntary Annexation Applications from the owners of properties legally described as set forth within the attached “Exhibit A” to this Resolution, generally described as the Welter property, the Hughes Garage property, the Stephen Motors property, the Kromminga property, the Horsfield property, and the City Airport property, said Annexation Applications to include one-half of any adjacent Road Right-of-Way; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 368 of the Iowa Code provides the process by which Cities may annex properties seeking voluntary access to the City, and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed, by Resolution No. 16-87, that a Notice of the intent to consider the Voluntary Annexation of those properties identified within Exhibit A, attached hereto, be published in the Monticello Express, same setting a Public Hearing on the issue for the meeting of September 6, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Public Hearing was published in the Monticello Express as part of the August 17th Edition, the Monticello Express being a weekly paper located and distributed in Monticello and Jones County, all of said parcels proposed for annexation also being located in Jones County, and
WHEREAS, notification of the proposed voluntary annexations was given to the Jones County Board of Supervisors and the Jones County Attorney by way of a certified mailing, return receipt requested, on August 10, 2016, with service being accepted by both the Jones County Auditor’s Office and the Jones County Attorney’s Office on August 12, 2016, said letter also informing them of the Public Hearing to be held on September 6, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., and
WHEREAS, the City Council held the scheduled Public Hearing on September 6, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the Public Hearing the City Council took the proposed Annexations under consideration after a motion and a second, determined that all of those properties if annexed would adjoin the City of Monticello for at least fifty feet and would not create an island as same is defined within Iowa Code §368.7(2), and
WHEREAS, after further discussion the Council finds the Voluntarily Annexation of the properties proposed herein, including one-half of any adjacent road right-of-way, to be appropriate and in the best interests of the City of Monticello, and that same should, therefore, be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Monticello does hereby approve and accept the Voluntary Annexation of all of those properties described herein and by way of “Exhibit A” attached hereto, including one-half of any adjacent road right-of-way, and directs the City Clerk to take steps to file said documents and to notify said entities as required by the Iowa Code, and to take all additional steps necessary to finalize the annexation of said properties.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal for the City of Monticello, Iowa to be affixed. Done this 6th day of September, 2016.
Mayor Dena Himes
Attest:
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk