The revised code includes changes in state law approved during the last session of the Iowa General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The changes will impact various sections of the …
According to previous discussions, work started in 2019 on the Locust Street box culvert over Monkey Run, but because of COVID-19 and other extenuating circumstances, the project was never fully closed out, though actual construction was completed in 2020.
The sewer improvement project, under mandate from the DNR, will involve constructing a direct outflow from the city’s lagoon to the Iowa River, with an installed UV station that will disinfect the waste water of bacteria before discharge into the river.
The decision capped off a months-long effort by local residents lobbying council members to put ARPA money toward essential workers who were excluded from stimulus payments.