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March 16, 2021
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Burlington, Ia- At their regular meeting on Monday, March 15th the Burlington City Council decided to pay tribute to their departing city manager Jim Ferneau.
As a tribute to Ferneau, who is stepping down as City Manager in order to pursue a business opportunity, all members of the council donned his usual meeting day attire of a blue shirt and khaki slacks.
“Everybody knows that Jim wears a blue shirt on Mondays,” Said Burlington Mayor Jon Billups. “And so staff and council are all wearing blue dress shirts tonight as a fond farewell to our friend Jim Ferneau.
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The developer of the former Burlington Police Department building at 201 N. Third St. has asked the city for partial payment of the building s demolition costs.
Merge Urban Development Group, a development company with offices in Cedar Falls and Wisconsin, asked that the city pay one-third of the previous agreement amount to the company before demolition in recognition of the work the company already has done to the building. (If approved,) this would amend the terms of agreement to Merge, interim city manager Jim Ferneau said Monday during the city council s work session.
The Burlington City Council already agreed to pay $500,000 to Merge when it purchased the building from the city last year in exchange for the building s demolition as it was likely unsalvageable and would need to be torn down anyway.