• Construction site storm-water runoff control (ordinance passed Jan. 16, 2007).

• Post-construction storm water management (ordinance passed March 4, 2008).

• Pollution prevention/good housekeeping.

• Annual reporting.

• Mapping the storm-water system (city now has 15.9 miles of existing storm system).

Seals also said the city has worked on the proposed ordinance and its “needs list” for more than a year.

“This work consisted of determining a method that’s equitable to residential and commercial users,” he noted.

Meyers said the Des Moines River water has been tested north and south of Ottumwa. After the water flows past the city, it has no additional pollution.

Councilman Gordon Aistrope asked if the council wanted to table the matter.

Seals said he “could bring back everything and how we got to here.

“We may be able to alternate on credits for large businesses,” he added.

Aistrope noticed a section that indicated the council was the final authority. He said citizens can “appeal a council decision to district court.”

“That would be a good discussion item,” Seals said.

Meyers wondered about runoff in areas that lack catch basins.

“The way the DNR writes it — if the problem occurs in the city, is the city responsible?” he said.