The Rockwood City Council meeting, scheduled for Monday, July 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., includes a detailed agenda. Mayor Jolly will call the meeting to order, followed by an invocation by former Councilman Harold Ishman and the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call expects council members Bobby Anderson, Steven Bryant, Larry Davis, Paul Kamikawa, Mike Reed, April Foust Wilson, and Mayor Jolly, with April Wilson noted as absent, though a quorum is anticipated.

The council will review and vote on approving minutes from the June 23, 2025, meeting. Financial reports will be presented, covering funds such as the General Fund ($1,480,321.04), Reserve & Emergency Fund ($61,922.18), Payroll Fund ($100,912.49), State Street Aid ($287,080.05), Capital Projects ($23,774.36), Drug Fund ($45,919.99), Small Drug Fund ($5,107.54), Region Bank Note of Grant ($517,181.94), and RWD Industrial Board ($51,139.20), with a motion to accept the report expected to pass.

Committee reports will be discussed, and public comments will be heard. Under old business, Ordinance 13-22, setting the tax levy for the 2025-2026 fiscal year at $0.6265 per $100 of assessed valuation, with taxes due October 1, 2025, and delinquent after March 1, 2026, will have its public hearing and second reading.

New business includes Ordinance 13-23, increasing court costs from $80 to $81 effective July 1, 2025; Ordinance 13-24, addressing water and sewer rates for its first reading; and Ordinance 13-25, offering a 2% discount for property taxes paid within 30 days of receipt. Resolution 25-32 will reappoint Scott Doughty to the Golf Board for a term from August 1, 2025, to July 30, 2029.

Other business includes approving a firefighter hire due to a resignation, the Fire Department’s request to declare eight sets of turnout gear as surplus for donation, and the Police Department’s request to declare two 2014 Dodge Chargers as surplus. Announcements include Main Street Monday on August 11, 2025, and Rockin Ramp on August 31, 2025.

The meeting will conclude with a motion to adjourn.