MASON CITY – City Hall in Mason City plans to issue up to $5.2 million and $350,000 in General Obligation bonds for city improvements.
Up to $5.2 million in General Obligation bonds (backed by property tax payers) will be considered by the council for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of equipping the police and fire departments, improvements at the City airport; the construction, reconstruction, and repairing of any street or highway improvements; the construction, acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, trails, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; and the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair and equipping of the waterworks system, including the acquisition and installation of water meters.
The public hearing is scheduled for June 19 and will take place at a city council meeting. The public will be offered a chance to give oral feedback to the council; they do not respond to questions at that forum, however.
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MASON CITY, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $5,200,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Mason City, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 19th day of June, 2018, at 7:00 P.M., in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library, 225 2nd Street SE, Mason City, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $5,200,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of equipping the police and fire departments, improvements at the City airport; the construction, reconstruction, and repairing of any street or highway improvements; the construction, acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, trails, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; and the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair and equipping of the waterworks system, including the acquisition and installation of water meters.
At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Mason City, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa.
Dated this 5th day of June, 2018.
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MASON CITY, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Mason City, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 19th day of June, 2018, at 7:00 P.M., in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library, 225 2nd Street SE, Mason City, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $350,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of improvements at the museum; equipping the City cemetery; equipping the safety department; equipping the City airport, including vehicle and equipment acquisitions; and equipping the transit department, including transit rolling stock and design study costs.
At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa.
At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Mason City, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa.
Dated this 5th day of June, 2018.
Citizens need to go to City Hall and ask for a petition from the City Clerk with the proper verbiage to petition the bond issue to come up before the people to vote yes or no.
We need to stop relying on Max Weaver to carry our water for us. He has done enough for us and it’s time we get off our ass and do it ourselves.
Citizens get off your butt and go to city hall and organize.
“Citizens get off your butt and go to city hall and organize.”
So why don’t you get off of your butt and do it?
Max Weaver is the reason why Mason City is the way it is today (declining in population, no new businesses, derelict property everywhere). I do recommend you start looking for a new savior if you ever want to see this town prosper again.
Mason City east is slipping into intercity status and the west side is booming. A split that is causing a twin city of sorts. Crimes such as muggings, robberies, and general thuggery are not far off. Impulsive minded people are everywhere now. There will not be enough jail house beds to accommodate the ne’er-do-wells. There’s something MC can take a crack at for revenue/business….a prison.
Public hearing my butt. It is a total waste of time. They have already made up their minds. Make them bring it to a vote.
I am all for a public vote on this matter, the problem is only about 7% of the voter will participate in the election and 5% of those will be voter that are in favor of the measure. Voters that do not want this will not take the time to vote so it wont matter anyway. Just look at the renaissance/multipurpose vote. Seems the majority of the citizens do not support it yet the measure passed overwhelmingly. Where were all of the no votes on election day?
We still need it to come to a vote of the people. The items that our city government is buying with borrowed money has always been paid out of our “property taxes”.
By bringing it to a vote we can educate the public how our Mayor and City Council is mishandling our tax money. Pass or fail the taxpayers still should have the option to vote on the bond issue. After all this is a mortgage against our homes!
They did everything they could to control the vote. They restricted voting places to make it harder for seniors and called for a vote in the winter when it is harder to get around. They also carefully didn’t put it in the paper or talk about it ahead of time. People no longer take that worthless rag Globe so they need another way to get the word to voter. They could have put a letter in the water bill but then to many voters would have voted and they would have lost and they know it.
The city look like crap. Streets full of potholes. Roads not swept, parks and parkings not mowed but yet they can waste money on this crap.
East Park looks bad, I agree. Weeds, tall grass, trash about the area. Wonder what’s goin on.
MAX, where are you when we need you, get that petition filed for a vote of the taxpayers
just hold onto your arse, its just the beginning. just like the worthless motel project, NO NEW TAXES. I said at that time they will use monies that they already have to poor down the rat hole and then say WE NEED MORE to take care of everyday business since we spent the nest egg. Im gunna buy some shares of Vaseline, its bound to go up in value
Their good at squandering your hard earned money – they are called non producers in the conservative world known as private sector known as producers – (of tax money to pay their non conservative friends. stacked deck !
We pay property taxes to pay for this stuff. We need a petition to bring it to a vote!!!!
Isn’t why the water bill went up last time?