The Ames City Council unanimously approved incentive requirements for ownership housing on Tuesday following the recommendation from the Ames Economic Development Authority (AEDC) Short Term Housing Task Force for a residential property tax abatement to increase housing construction. The city council had previously reviewed a request from AEDC on Dec. 12, addressing a wide range.
Ames uses an emergency response system from 2008 that no longer displays addresses on screens at the Ames Fire Stations, and according to members of the fire department, the new system budgeted for fiscal year 2027/28 would improve real-time information updating and potentially response times. According to Ames Fire Chief Rich Higgins, a new system.
Several Ames animal shelter volunteers asked the council for a new shelter before the Ames City Council approved the city’s $301 million budget for fiscal year 2024/25 Tuesday at its fifth meeting in 12 days, which included $100,000 to begin the process for a new shelter. Volunteers described to the council during the public comment.
In the last of three meetings of the week, the Ames City Council concluded its budget meetings with presentations from city staff about their departments’ budgets, including transit, community development and general government/internal services Thursday. The council will hear from the public Tuesday and vote on the proposed budget. Transit Ames Transit Director Barbara Neal.