DES MOINES, IOWA – January 8, 2024 – As new mayors prepare to take the reins in city halls across the country, Connie Boesen took the oath of office tonight as the first woman to be elected as the mayor of Des Moines. Boesen, who previously served six years as an at-large member of the City Council
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Video: Protests disrupt Des Moines City Council s first in-person meeting in months
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The first in-person Des Moines City Council meeting in more than 15 months was cut short Monday evening after crouching council members voted on dozens of agenda items amid the din of crowd chants and dropped a planned public comment period.
The meeting was the first conducted under new security measures that included screening entrants with metal detectors, limiting capacity in the council chambers to 25 people and keeping other attendees in an overflow room. City Council meetings have become increasingly confrontational in the past year, especially regarding funding and conduct of the city s police department.
Des Moines City Council approves rezoning for shared stadium at Drake Friday, December 11, 2020 11:34 AM
Des Moines Register: A $19.5 million stadium planned to be built next to Drake University s Knapp Center, to be shared by Des Moines varsity football and soccer teams and the university, earned a crucial nod from city officials Thursday night. In a special meeting dedicated to the topic, Des Moines City Council approved Drake s requests to rezone a plot of its campus to make way for the stadium near 2421 Forest Ave. Like the first and second readings, the third and final reading of the rezoning items passed in a 5-2 vote, with Councilman Joe Gatto and Councilwoman Linda Westergaard voting no.