At a recent meeting, Stanhope mayor Kelly Wirtz spoke with the Stanhope City Attorney to discuss council attendance. If a council member misses three consecutive meetings there is a concern. The council may seek further action ,but this will incur additional cost to the city. Mayor Wirtz would like the council to start using one email address instead of council items being sent to personal accounts. All of the information would be sent to the city of Stanhope’s email address and would only be utilized for material and information distribution.
The Stanhope city council set next Monday evening,April 21st for the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget at 6:00p.m. at the Stanhope Community Building. The council approved the adoption of the proposed property tax levy for the 2026 fiscal year.
Watermelon Day is coming to Stanhope this year on Saturday,July 19th. The Stanhope City Council approved the parade route and detour rote as submitted by the Stanhope Lions with the request to be forwarded with the Iowa DOT.
The council was updated on the town’s lift station generator. The generator has been purchased. The pad is formed with a wait for concrete to be poured. Progress is being made with the work, The Stanhope Community Center Panel Pad will be poured soon as well. Information is being gathered to confirm a generator for the Stanhope Water Treatment Plant will not function and to look into the cost to hook the water treatment plant to the generator at the Stanhope Community Center.