Brian Phillips, assistant city manager for the City of Ames, spoke with the Daily to discuss and explain the functions of the Ames City Council. The comments below the bolded questions are Phillips’ direct quotes. What is the Ames City Council? The City Council is the elected body of representatives who provide for local government.
The Daily caught up with three major figures of Iowa State Student Government, President Jennifer Holliday, Chief Justice Charles Taylor and Graduate and Professional Student Senator Eddie Mahoney, to tell more about what Student Government is and how it works to represent the student body. What is Student Government? Student Government is the organization that.
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The Ames City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with the reinvestment district pre-application that could fund a new municipal pool and bring more development downtown.
City officials presented the pre-application for the Reinvestment District, the state program that could give new life to building an aquatics center. The current municipal pool is set for demolition in 2022. The pool has all the elements people wanted before, City Manager Steve Schainker said. With all the development you see coming on, we re going to draw a lot of people downtown.
The city set a fundraising goal of $8 million to help fund the aquatics center. The aquatics center project will cost $27 million and will be funded primarily through general obligation bonds, as the rebate won t be paid upfront.
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Editor s note: This article has been updated due to an error. Councilmember David Martin moved for a one-time increase of $30,640 to the Commission on the Arts funding.
The Ames City Council made final adjustments to the budget, upping funding for the arts and discussing a funding cut for the county s volunteer center.
The council wrapped up the budgeting process at Tuesday s meeting, voting on funding for county social services programs, the arts and the addition of a new project that adds color to storm drain inlets and educates on environmental impact.
The budget will go into effect at the start of the next fiscal year in July.