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Portions of flood wall beneath and around the Burlington Junction Railway are taking shape, meaning the city likely will be able to significantly cut down on its use of temporary, sand-filled barriers should the Mississippi River outgrow its banks this year. I feel pretty comfortable that at this point, if we were to get a smaller flood, we d be OK, Assistant City Manager for Public Works Nick MacGregor said.
In 2019, the city used Hesco barriers along the flood wall s north and south ends in an effort to protect the downtown area from the swollen Mississippi River. On June 1 of that year, after 80 days of holding back major flooding, the barriers to the south failed, causing the auditorium, Port of Burlington, post office and Front Street to become inundated with water. That shouldn t be an issue this year.
Burlington City Council considers official policy for handicap parking
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BUS funding: Burlington Urban Service braces for possible cuts
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The Burlington City Council on Monday approved a five-year contract with most of its union employees.
The city s new contract keeps almost all of the permissive language and gives union employees a 2.5% raise for each of the contract s five years. All sides agreed (the contract was) fair and equitable, Mayor Jon Billups explained.
With the exception of police officers and firefighters, all of the city s union workers are a part of the American Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees Local 828, with Burlington Public Library employees who are a part of the AFSCME union submitting a separate contract to the library board.
Burlington debates allowing handicap parking spaces in neighborhoods
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