After two years of ongoing struggle and strife, one aspect of the detrimental ordeal of former Toledo Police Officer Kyle Howe is nearing a close. After a brief closed session at Monday’s Toledo City Council meeting, a settlement agreement was approved in the Steven Horrigan lawsuit. Horrigan, who was taken to the ground by former Officer Howe, was 72 at the time of a traffic stop in March 2023. Mr. Horrigan has since passed away. The settlement agreement needs to be signed by all parties involved before the case can be dismissed, and the details are not yet publicly available.

Salud Sanchez and the Marshalltown Premier League’s rental contract for soccer in the park was approved for another year after some small changes were made.

Curtis Behrens, the director of Tama County Conservation, was at Monday night’s meeting wondering if the Toledo Police Department could help patrol some areas. Behrens explained that the budget for the Conservation Department has been cut, and their park ranger has recently left, so he was exploring all options when it came to the regular duties of a park ranger. Behrens thought the Toledo Police could maybe keep watch over the Reinig Wildlife Area and Ike’s Shooting Range. Both short-term and long-term solutions are needed. This agenda item was sent to the Public Safety Committee.

A public hearing was held for the FY26 Toledo City Budget, but no one commented. The council then approved the FY26 budget to certify to the Tama County Auditor.

The council approved an additional transfer of funds to the Aquatic Center for FY25.

Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) was present at the meeting and had a lively discussion with the council and those present. After a bit of back and forth on taxes, it was decided the council would email Fisher a list of ideas and thoughts.

The public works department reported working and cleaning up at the park. There was an attempt and a problem with installing the new playground equipment so that project has been stalled momentarily. New signs have been put up at the park. Mowing has started for the year, and they are getting the pool ready for the season. The lights on the bandstand need their bulbs replaced as well.

The City Attorney reported that he is working on some nuisance matters.

Toledo Police Chief Dan Quigley reported that between March 24 and April 13, they received 145 calls for service, affected 9 arrests, and executed a single search warrant. A nuisance abatement has been served, while two others have been referred to the city attorney. Officer Bunce completed and passed his pre-academy physical agility testing, he will start the academy in early May. Officer Dias will be graduating from the academy on April 25 and go straight into field training.

The Clerk reported learning a lot at her annual training.