Nicole Hanson, Winfield Mayor

06/13/2026

Your June board meeting follow up…
-The agenda was approved with the addition of public comment.
-Consent agenda approved. In the P&L review, we were given up to date financials. June of 2025, we were negative $39,000. Currently, we are at $54,000. This is huge, as this is a $93,000 difference. In the matter of a year!
-P&Z had nothing to update with other than tentative meeting on August 3rd at 6pm.
-The city clerk’s report:
o We were given more information on the zoom phone systems. This will save the city a substantial amount of money if switched over from our current provider. We will be looking into getting out of our current contract, with a partial refund. If those two things cannot be done, we will keep the current provider through the end of the contract and potentially switch over then.
o A contractor license portal was approved.
o The 2025 audit is in the process.
o The work comp audit has been completed.
o The life insurance renewal was voted on and locked in through 2027, at the current rate.
-The PD report:
o All 2026 grants have been completed and reimbursed.
o The 2025 VSR report was accepted by the AGO.
o The Tahoe was serviced and will need new tires.
o The Chargers AC has been fixed.
-The public works report:
o The roadwork at SW Business Park, E Main St, and Killam St is complete.
o The UV system at the lagoon needs to be worked on. We were approved by the USDA for a loan for the repairs.
o Voodoo Ln has been cleaned up, with the assistance of WFFD. Thank you! Voodoo Ln will now be always closed due to people removing the barriers and dumping outside of the designated areas. If you are a city resident and need to dump something, contact City Hall and they will put public works in touch with you to assist. Providing proof of residency.
o We have 4 new cameras at various city properties. Voodoo Ln, the water tower, S Warren lift station, and the lagoon.
o The phone at S Warren lift station will be removed, saving us $82/mo. We will be going with a monitor that will cost $15/month instead.
-In old business, the camera system for the city was put on hold. At this time financials do not accommodate this so there was no further discussion.
-Also, in old business S&R Animal Control was tabled. We will do further research into their company as well as other options before making a final decision.
-The Ward 2 seat was not decided upon. I want to give the opportunity to all the board members to speak to both potential gentlemen before I make a recommendation. The aldermen have been given contact information and will be having their own individual discussions. We will follow up at a special meeting on June 25th at 5pm where I will make my recommendation.
-Bill No 2026-04 regarding public comment was given a 1st read by title only.
-Resolution 2026-R02 regarding the 287G agreement was given a 1st read by title only.
-As of June 27th, officer Meinen will be going to PT.
-The city will start accepting applications for a public works employee, to be voted on at the June 25th special meeting.

-Next regular board meeting July 9th at 7pm.

06/12/2026

04/24/2026

04/21/2026

Tomorrow’s drafted meeting agenda.

https://facebook.com/events/s/monthly-board-of-alderman-meet/1918267748895120/

04/18/2026

For the past four months, I have been silent. Not because I didn’t care, not because I was trying to avoid responsibility, and not because I wanted to hide from what happened—but because I was following direct instructions from my attorneys and the detectives involved in the investigation. I took those instructions seriously, to the point that I didn’t even fully talk about it with my own parents until it was going on the news.

There hasn’t been a single day that’s gone by where I haven’t thought about that night.
I am deeply, truly sorry. Sorry to those directly involved, to our community, to the business, to my family, etc. I carry a lot of regret for what happened, and I have done my best to personally apologize to those I could reach. To those I couldn’t, please know that my apology is just as sincere.

These past few months have been hard. I’ve had to sit with my own thoughts, my own mistakes, and the weight of how my actions affected others. That’s not something you can run from—and I haven’t. I’ve taken real steps to make sure I never allow myself to be in a situation like that again. I mean it when I say: it will not happen again.

I also need to speak honestly about something else.

What happened that night was wrong. I own that. But some of what has happened since has been incredibly difficult to endure—especially when it involves my child. People showing up at my home, sending threats, following and recording me, following my child in public and watching her at the park, even as much as saying she should be taken from me… that is something no parent should ever have to face. She did nothing to deserve that.

I understand that people are angry. I understand that trust was broken. But there has to be a line. We can hold people accountable without losing our sense of humanity.

I am not asking anyone to forget what happened. I am asking for the opportunity to move forward and to earn back your trust the right way—through my actions, through consistency, and through doing better every single day.
I will continue to show up. I will continue to work.

I refuse to let this incident define who I am, and it will not define how I serve this city.