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Op-ed: How does Mason City choose what businesses it gets into?

by Chad Barnes –

I read with great interest the piece on North Iowa Today about the city of Mason City getting into the bottled water business.

I am curious as to the criteria the city is using to determine which businesses they get into and get out of.

I have read on NIT how the city got out of the pavement painting business.  It also seems to want out of the golf business (Highland).

The city also wanted out of the trash collecting business, a long-established business where the structure (a department) was all set and running smoothly and not costing the taxpayers anymore than $9.60 each month.  It was getting few if any complaints.

I think our council has good intentions and I agree the city’s water is great.  But have they truly thought about the potentially tens of thousands of dollars it would cost to set up a bottled water assembly line?  The tens of thousands it would cost to market and distribute the product?

I am hoping the city thinks carefully about this idea before acting.

Thank you.

 

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