Bettendorf council members are still wrestling with how much to raise the tax levy rate this year to fund six firefighters and other new staff members.
Bettendorf City Council is wrestling with whether to raise the city s tax rate to keep pace with growing costs and property tax limits set by the state.
A week that foretold the promise of the COVID-19 vaccine coming to the Quad-Cities early this week included some darker realities.
Through Friday there have been 69 deaths from COVID-19 in the first 11 days of the month in the Quad-Cities.Â
That s 69 of the 311 total through Friday, or 22% of all the deaths that have happened in December.Â
Also Scott County though Friday had 116 deaths, 25 in December.
Friday, Dec. 4
Quad-Cities health officials reported eight more COVID-19-related deaths Friday, putting the death toll at 262 for the Quad-Cities since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County has had 29 deaths in a six-day span, including the six reported Friday, for a total of 170. Scott County added two deaths Friday for a total of 92.