The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fertilizer spill in the City of Burlington in Des Moines County, according to a news release. On Monday, the DNR Field Office in Washington was notified of a liquid fertilizer spill in Burlington. About 5 p.m., a truck driven by Jeff Boyer was hauling fertilizer when […]
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.