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My condolences to Covid, imagine having Biden twice…
Let’s go Brandon Trump2024
Condolences to Matt, who has to put up with your crap every day.
You get Biden everyday, how you feeling?
“Joe Biden tests positive for covid -19 again”
I don’t think he could pass any test let alone a covid test.
President Joseph Biden graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council.
At age 29, President Biden became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. Just weeks after his Senate election, tragedy struck the Biden family when his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed, and sons Hunter and Beau were critically injured, in an auto accident.
Biden was sworn into the U.S. Senate at his sons’ hospital bedsides and began commuting from Wilmington to Washington every day, first by car, and then by train, in order to be with his family. He would continue to do so throughout his time in the Senate.
What have you done?
He was a middle manager for White. They went bankrupt.
He wasn’t in charge of that, a stupid rich kid was. Guess what else went bankrupt? Trump casinos, Trump Airline, Trump Vodka, Trump steaks, etc., etc. He was in charge of all of those.
Biden was the dumbest member of congress for 50 years.
He wouldn’t keep getting elected if that were true.
Maybe not, but he beat Trump by millions of votes, plus, he’s not facing a DOJ indictment soon. Sad, Brandon wins again.
Ha, Ha, Ha! Get your head out of your butt
yet, it’s coming for the whole O’Biden group
NIT Comment Analysis:
“Joe Biden tests positive for covid -19 again” —> who cares
“I don’t think” —> ya, clearly
“he could pass any test let alone a covid test.” —> who cares
87,000 new IRS Agents, if the Schumer- Manchin- Biden bill passes!! Doubles the size of the IRS. To go after the small businesses etc etc! It will raise our taxes!!! The bill is called the “Inflation Reduction Act” which is the OPPOSITE of what it will do; with $438 billion in new spending!!!
They’ll be going after Trump and the tax-dodging rich, who want things, but refuse to pay for them.
Since we’re changing definitions, can we change that definition of insane to: democrat?
$438b spent at American businesses, why do you hate prosperity?
I hope Pence, Liz, Haley and Pompeo took notice, Trump is the leader of the Republican Party!
The majority of Republican legislators privately despise Trump, and consider him a spoiled rich, ignorant, vulgar conman fratboy, which he is. They’ll find out in November how many Republican women voters agree.
Trump is banned on Faux, tho. He lost all his platforms. How’s that Truth Social thing working out, do you have an account there?
Obama and Biden have let these blacks do whatever they wish without consequence. I see it in so many places the ghetto attitude is ignored just because so many people fear lawsuits.
Reallllyyy.
Yeah, the Republicans will put them Black folks in their places, right? Just like they are putting women in their places. And the Hispanics too. Let’s get back to the real American – old white men.
Which race is committing all the crimes? Let’s just get angry at the number one race of criminals! Or is it still illegal to say anything?
Why won’t a Democrat attack a criminal? Professional courtesy.
I have a hard time finding sympathy for people who keep voting Democrat.
You have a hard time finding your a** with both hands and a map.
Just hold up a picture of you,only one hand needed, leaves one hand free to do what you do best
Why won’t a Republican empty a litter box? Same reason.
whites, there, I helped you out
Pelosi TRIED to Start a 3rd World War with China…..JUST to Keep Her Hubbies DUI/Drug Trial OFF the Front Pages.
Oh, BS. She went there to make the point that we’re not going to let the Chinese go after Taiwan like Putin is going after Ukraine, and she did it.
Why do you love China so much? Is it because that red hat in your closet was manufacture there (by children)?
Maybe Ughars(sp)
Thanks to Manchin Biden HAS gotten Build Back Better PASSED!
It’s about time he came around and realized he was harming the country.
The harm will be coming after the bill is passed
But Sinema….
Started Reading My Bible Again….Gotta Be Some Loopholes in there SOMEWHERE!
So you’re admitting that you haven’t been reading it.
Looks like another trump supporter and confidant is in big trouble. Alec Jones got caught perjuring himself. It will be interesting to see what his text messages are from November 2020 to January 2021. He is going to hang them all. Yea!
Heaven WILL be as Glorious & Wonderful as We ALL think without ANY Democrats Around.
Yeah, that’s not where you’re going. Hope you brought a parachute.
And a fan.
Trump could be the first President since FDR to get elected three times and serve two terms.
Never going to happen. He did lose the last election in both popular votes and Electoral College. Lost the popular vote in 2016 too. He is going to look really fat in stripes.
Next to Joey and Hunter and Hillary, she can say she is a man to be with the boys
What did NBC report was found in his phone, that his incompetent lawyers handed over to the lawyers for the families… this is going to end badly for Alex Jones and maybe a lot of others.
Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg released their public schedule for the week of Monday, August 1, 2022 – Sunday, August 7, 2022.
Friday, August 5
Governor Reynolds visits Mansion Museum
Mansion Museum
336 N. Clark St.
Forest City, IA
10:30 a.m.
Governor Reynolds visits Mitchell County Fair
Mitchell County Fairgrounds
1006 Chestnut St.
Osage, IA
2:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 6
Governor Reynolds attends Waukon Main Street Crazy Days
Downtown Waukon
101 W. Main St.
Waukon, IA
12:00 p.m.
Governor Reynolds attends Ionia Fun Days
Ionia Post Office (open space next to Post Office)
203 W. Main St.
Ionia, IA
3:30 p.m.
Clear Lakers rose up and prevented rezoning they didn’t want. If we don’t want a bunch of stupid roundabouts for intersections here, we’d better do the same! Call your city councilman, go to meetings and protest, do whatever you can, and fast. Once it’s voted on, you won’t be be to stop it, and it’s being voted on very soon!!
It’s inevitable and already decided
Al Gore lives in a mansion with 7 air conditioning units to heat and cool it. Upwards of the top 1% of carbon footprints in NC. Hardly someone I’d take seriously about climate. His own hot air is more damaging. John Kerry’s long lost twin!
Your jealousy of the success of Gore and Kerry is not a great look for you. They’re respected statesmen, and you’re, what, exactly? A keyboard troll?
Trump did more positive things for the country in 1 day than Biden has done in 50 years.
NAME ONE
Wouldn’t let a loser like you vote for him!
“I blame this failing country on every person who voted forJoe.”
Nobody cares what you think.
eLViS, your opinion isn’t shared by many other people. Just a few crazed trumpanzees, a couple of drunks, and three 12 year olds..
We have a president that’s a complete
embarrassment to our country.
I think you mean ex-President and he lives in Florida.
I meant what I said, the ciurrent President is an embarrassment
Is “clurrent” a new word you made up? Like covfefe?
“This administration needs to be stopped before America ceases to exist.”
It’s Trump and his foreign puppet masters trying to hand this country over to our enemies. If you don’t see that, YOU’RE the enemy.
BIDEN’S HANDLERS ” PUT HIM BACK IN THE BASEMENT, WE’LL PRETEND HE’S GOT COVID “.
F*** yes he’s compromised !!
He tried hard to get paid and stay out of prison, he lucked into getting elected… or maybe 2016 was rigged, who knows
Like 2020
“I love how everything the Democrats blame on others is exactly what they themselves do.”
That’s word for word the Hitler/Republican playbook.
And the Truth
“EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the FBI, CIA, Justice Department, EVERYONE, Needs to be held accountable for conspiracy to KNOWINGLY commit treason, in order to install and maintain an administration in the Whitehouse for purposes of personal financial gain.”
Really. Every single one. You’re saying Trump had no friends in any of those agencies? Why do you suppose that is?
Al Gore is the Climate Change equivalent of a used car salesman.
Al Gore is smarter and better informed than you’ll ever be.
Cheated out of presidency too
He was a liar and a theif!
Like Trump was?
“It’s time to end this corruption and chaos. Each and every American who sees this and knows this to be true, needs to make their voice heard through votes, peaceful assembly, pressure on local and state politicians, federal politicians, etc. It’s time. We cannot remain complacent!”
No indeed. Trump and his ilk must go to prison, and they’re lucky traitors aren’t executed anymore!
Where do Joey and Hunter fit into all this?
“Will Biden & America be Celebrating the 1yr Anniversary of Leaving Afghanistan?”
We’ll celebrate when you get off the computer and back on your meds.
Soros is everything modern day Democrat leadership loves he’s anti-American, hates patriotism, hates this country, loves the idea of socialism now that he’s a ibillionaire and wants to do away with capitalism so nobody else can become a billionaire, he is very very rich and willing to spend his money on anybody who will cause harm to this country.
It’s Republicans who love anything anti-American, they just call it patriotism. Australian trash-tabloid magnate Rupert Murdoch started Fox News, which basically put Trump in office, so he could let them loot the national, see to it that no rich people pay any taxes, and screw over real Americans, and that’s just what happened.
“I blame this failing country on every person who voted forJoe.”
“I have always been for Trump even though I’ve gone through many friends and relative haters because of it but stood by my convictions. I never said he was perfect …just a damn good business man that is brilliant in many ways. He loves & cares about this country and it showed. You say you’re proud of Joe Biden?? The most corrupt person in our country ..even worse than Hillary & that’s saying something. Surely Biden lovers can see what he is now I hope and never put our country through this BS any longer.”
Newflash: they hated you before Trump, he was just an excuse to quit having anything to do with you. Second newsflash: Trump is not now, nor has he ever been, a good, or even successful, businessman. He inherited millions, blew them on bad deals, then learned how to steal our tax money to fund his new crap. He lost money on a casino, for s*** sake, nobody does that, it’s practically impossible! Then there’s Trump Vodka, Trump Steaks, Trump Airline, yada, yada, yada. The only thing he does right is scam idiots, like you
You are STUPID Bodacious!
That isn’t me, eLViS. Day drinking doesn’t suit you.
“Americans are sick of the swamp, and the corruption. It likely exists on all levels.
We want justice. We want accountability.
November 2022, 2024 can’t come soon enough.”
Damn right we do. Trump will be in prison soon enough, though, hang on.
You are Stupid
“CNN : “We’re not in a recession”
Biden : “We’re not in a recession”
MSNBC : “We’re not in a recession”
Karinne Jean-Pierre : “We’re not in a recession”
Biden voters : “We’re not in a recession”
Ok so it’s official.. We’re in a recession.”
Certain specific parameters dictate whether a slowdown is classified as a recession, and those have not been reached. As Trumpers are fond of saying, do some research.
“If a tax is levied on a corporation, it will have one of four responses or some combination thereof. It will raise the price of its product, lower dividends, cut salaries or lay off workers. In each case, a flesh-and-blood person bears the tax burden. The important point is that corporations are legal fictions and as such do not pay taxes. Corporations are merely tax collectors for the government.” Taxes on Corporations are actually taxes on us. This kind of policy will only add to inflation. It is stupidity on steroids.
Oh, BS. The Regan administration tried trickle-down economics, and the middle class was damaged so badly it still hasn’t recovered. Any tax breaks corporations get, they use to buy back their stock, rather than give employees health insurance or living wages. The face that foreigners have been allowed to buy stock and assume control of American corporations means we’re funding economies of countries that are working to take us down, it’s all Republicans’ doing.
What’s worse is, here in America, news outlets will tell you there are no bread lines while reporting it from a bread line.
Like the peaceful riot with everything burning in the background
You are talking about the liberal riots
Where are these bread lines? Oh, right, there aren’t any. Any increase in people needing food from community kitchens and food pantries is because their rent has been doubled or tripled by greedy rich corporate landlords.
ORDINANCE NO. 22 – 10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1, AND TILE 4, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 3 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MASON CITY, IOWA, PERTAINING TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it is necessary to amend Title 5, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Mason City, Iowa (“City Code”) to explicitly address abutting property owners’ responsibilities to maintain public property outside of lot and property lines as provided for in Iowa Code Section 364.12(2)(c).
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MASON CITY, IOWA
Section 1: That the City Code of the City of Mason City, Iowa, should be and the same is hereby amended by adding Article H to Title 5, Chapter 1 of the City Code as follows:
“ARTICLE H. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WAYS BY ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS
5-1H-1 OWNER RESPONSIBILITY:
As provided for in Iowa Code Section 364.12, an abutting property owner shall maintain all property outside the lot and property lines and inside the curb lines upon public streets and shall keep such area in a safe condition, free from nuisances, obstructions, and hazards. In the absence of a curb, such property shall extend from the property line to that portion of the public street used or improved for vehicular purposes. The abutting property owner shall not be required to remove diseased trees or dead wood on the publicly owned property or right-of-way. Maintenance includes, but is not limited to, timely mowing, trimming trees and shrubs, and picking up litter and debris. The abutting property owner may be liable for damages caused by failure to maintain the publicly owned property or right-of-way.
5-1H-2 VIOLATION; ENFORCEMENT:
Failure to comply with the provisions of this Article shall constitute a public nuisance pursuant to applicable provisions of Title 4, Chapter 1 of this Code and shall be enforced accordingly.
Section 2: That the City Code of the City of Mason City, Iowa, should be and the same is hereby amended by adding Subsection E to Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 4-1-3 of the City Code as follows:
“E. The maintenance of public property outside lot and property lines by the abutting property owner as set out in in Section 5-1H-1 of this Code.”
Section 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4: If any section, provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision, or part thereof, not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its final passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 2nd day of August, 2022.
/s/Bill Schickel
Bill Schickel, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/Aaron Burnett
Aaron Burnet, City Clerk
1st Consideration: July 5, 2022
2nd Consideration: July 19, 2022
3rd Consideration: August 2, 2022
Publish 8-5-22
Emailed 8-1-22
When it comes to selling our emergency holdings to save a very little face of the Biden Admin it hardly is worth crowing about but they do anyway! Biden hasn’t saved anyone anything ! He’s cost us practically our entire country !
Oh, BS, you idiot. Your head is so far .up Trump’s butt you can’t even see.
Chinese need more Oil..
“The Declaration of Independence gives the right, not only the right, but the duty to abolish or alter any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
That’s why Trump can’t ever be permitted to be anywhere near elective office of any kind, ever again. He’ll be in prison soon, so that should solve the problem.
“EVERY SINGLE PERSON in the FBI, CIA, Justice Department, EVERYONE, Needs to be held accountable for conspiracy to KNOWINGLY commit treason, in order to install and maintain an administration in the Whitehouse for purposes of personal financial gain.”
Trump sure lives in your head doesn’t he loser?
Well, he lives in your pants, apparently.
And, Trump lives in your mind forever!
Gas needs to be under $2 a gallon. Just cuz it goes down a little bit, don’t get used to the prices, that’s what they’re hoping for, it’ll never go back to where it was.
It may “need” to be under $2 but I am afraid that ship has sailed unless we have another pandemic. You need to remember that oil companies set the price and the more demand there is for gas, the higher the price of a gallon of gas. It is called supply and demand. You keep telling us how smart you are but your posts show us that you are still an idiot.
If we have another pandemic…the supply of Democrats will be low, making them cheap to buy off
Congratulations. You have won the ‘The Stupidest Comment of the Week’ award.
Aw. you are so cute, stupid, but cute!
Truth hurt?
God controls the weather!!!
God created scientists to tell us about the harmful effects of carbon pollution.
He created Satan also
Is Satan trump’s moniker now?
Belongs 100% to Biden!
When it broke a hundred in July the local stations acted like it never happened before. Only one time this year
It’s NOT Global Warming…Climate Change…or Anything ELSE…IT’S Just the Freakin WEATHER!!!..Now STFU!
Not true, and no.
Very true and Yes
The solution to all of our problems is getting rid of this entire administration.
The solution to all of our problems is getting rid of you.
You will go first!
Wonder ….WILL Biden have America Celebrate the 1yr Anniversary Of Leaving Afghanistan ?
He just did – by killing al queda leader.
Hope we don’t have to wait a year for another one
Why don’t you join the military, and take care of that yourself?
We won’t. He was the last on our list of those responsible for 9/11. Now we just have to get rid of those responsible for 1/6.
Trump golden boy, Herschel Walker, says he is mad at the ex-president for saying he (Trump) convinced Herschel to run for Senator. Herschel says he decided on his own to run. Now, because Walker lies almost as much as Trump, can we believe him? After all he said he graduated from the University of Georgia (he didn’t), he was valedictorian in his high school class (he wasn’t), he never beat his wife (he did), he said on at least 3 separate occasions that he worked in law enforcement (never did that either) and so on. So who we believe the Trumpster who told 30,000+ lies or misleading statements during his 4 years in the White House, or Herschel? Tough choice.
Joey is closing in on 30k and only in office 18 months
Ha ha.
Got proof?
Hey, eLViS, or eLViS wannabe (i can’t tell the difference between No. 1 and nobody), your response is a deflection. Who do you think we should believe, Walker or Trump?
“GOP Claiming IF You take back Congress You’ll have Hunter Biden Hearings…BULLSHIT! …First Hearings & IMPEACHMENT should start at the Source with AG Merrick Garland WHO Weaponized the DOJ/FBI Against Parents at School Board Meetings, Refusing to Arrest & Prosecute Protesters outside of SCOTUS Judges Homes THEN Refusing to Investigate Hunter Biden!!!”
“Do you believe anything that the Democratic party spews from their mouths? Not one f*****g thing!”
In your dreams. Everybody knows Trump is the biggest liar in recent history.
Believe Joey has topped him.
You also believe Trump will be president again. He’ll be in prison or a fugitive somewhere abroad, probably in Russia.
First: no one is going to indict Hunter Biden. They’ll be too busy sending Trump to prison. Second: why do you put quotation marks are everything you type? In some contexts, that means you know what you’re typing is a lie.
Like Joey whispering huh?
You are still an idiot, eLViS.
And, you are a Dumb Ass Bodasious!
“Left unchecked and unchallenged to fester and grow, this woke movement and the corrupt political regime will surely plunge this country into a wasteland of broken dreams. Stand up, vote, get involved.”
We’re standing up to your lying and coup attempts. Trump lost a lot of followers when he threw people under the bus like he always does. You have fewer friends than you think you do, and many more moderates and liberals are armed than you think.
Good, cause they don’t know which end to point away
We’ll see about that.
Calling Biden a real president is like calling Jill a real doctor.
Jill Biden is a great example of what’s wrong with our education system.
You’re what’s wrong with North Iowa, and are more like No. 2 than No. 1.
Can you explain that snippet of questionable intelligence?
For once we agree: he is the real president, and she is a real doctor.
Get off your meds, you are haluciating
She is a real doctor you idiot. You must have taken an overdose of stupid pills today.
“Ever Notice that almost ALL the Windmills & Solar Panels are in States that already HAVE the Cleanest Air in our Country? Where are ALL these Windmills in NY, CN, Ma, RI, Biden’s Home State etc.?”
Rich Republicans are the ones exploiting that. The biggest offender is that Summit Ag guy, and he’s had Trump at his house more than once.
You are talking about Bruce Rastetter and you are correct. He is a perfect Republican, concerned only about his own power and wealth and a belief the rest of society has one use-to do his bidding. In a side note, Summit Agriculture has pictures of their management team and advisors on their website. 35 white men and one white woman. Can you say misogynistic?
NO Surprise the Democrats HATE to accept FACTS like what a Recession IS, what Gender People Are, that YOU can’t SPEND Your Way into Prosperity.
The only way to stop the high inflation triggered by rich Republican oilmen is by raising interest rates a bit at a time, specifically to trigger a slight recession, which is exactly what the Biden admin is doing. More fixing of Trump’s screwing of the American middle and lower class.
“Biden, His Advisors, the Democrats & LYING Media Refuse to State that We’re in a Recession. Meanwhile the GOP Claim the American People with the Inflation, Gas Prices the Border etc AREN’T that Stupid….REALLY!!!…WHO the HELL Put ALL these Worthless POS in the WH & Controlling Congress? How the HELL are ANY of the Senate Elections EVEN Close?…The Democrats have Every RIGHT to See the American People AS Stupid. Just LOOK how We’ve Voted.”
“THE Official Biden Recession began for the Historical Record. NOW with even MORE Spending as a Plan how LONG Will it LAST?”
When you you officially begin taking your meds again? The ones that let you differentiate between fantasy and reality?
Nobody is denying anything. A slight recession is needed, as it’s the only way to cool off the overheated economy and combat inflation.
“ALL these POS In Congress WHO were around & even Some have been in Office ALL this time Know FULL Well what happened in the 70’s under Carter. THEY tried back THEN to Spend Our Way Out of the SAME Mess THEY’VE Created today with Debt Spending, Inflation, Gas Prices, a Recession then came Stagflation & the Layoffs. Already the Food Banks are Running Low with People in need & only a Matter of Time for the Govt Cheese again.”
That recession was triggered by greedy rich Republican bankers, just like they all are.
Jimmy Carter was an economic conservative and he was only President for 4 years of the 70s, the rest of time we were under Republican control – Nixon and Ford. To blame the problems on him is ridiculous. He wasn’t a strong President but he faced the same problems Biden faces today especially a populace who didn’t see much positive in the nation and feared what the future would bring. Well, in the late 70s it brought us Reaganomics and its “trickle down” economic policy which didn’t work then and won’t work today. More copy and paste bs from the No. 1 bs’er on this site.
The dems on wall street have anything to hide?
There are almost no Dems on Wall Street. It’s a conservative Republican enclave.
HEY JOE I THOUGHT U SAID AT THE DEBATE IT WAS TRUMP WHO TOOK MONEY FROM CHINA.
He took a lot more from Russia, and was stupid enough to let them get video of him inadequately performing deviant sex acts with a Russian hooker.
Got proof?
DJT’s hats were made in China. Does that bother you at all?
Are Recession Deniers like Global Warming Deniers?
No. Nobody is denying that economy is slowing a bit, because it NEEDS to.
Big difference between slowing and recession. Spending by the gov’t needs to slow down
The recession denial is they redefine words to suit them, their agendas! Global warming denial is faith that God knows what’s up, he is ultimately in control of weather!
Oh, brother. God also expects us not to mess up His creation, which is just what rich industrialists have done with their pollution.
China, India…….
This arms dealer cost many American soldiers lives. Several elite soldiers spent years trying to capture him. He sells illegal weapons worldwide. Thought the Demorats were for gun control. Oh yeah that’s just for legal Americans guns. What a despicable human being Biden and his handlers are.
This arms dealer is one of Trump’s handlers, and nobody’s giving him anything.
Where is the proof?
If you’re asking eLViS for proof you will never get it. He just makes stuff up and posts it.
Mason City Room, July 19, 2022
Mason City, Iowa 5:30 P.M.
MINUTES
COUNCIL WORKSESSION
The City Council of the City of Mason City, Iowa, met in Worksession pursuant to law and rules of said Council, in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library at 5:30 P.M., on July 19, 2022. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and on roll being called, there were present, Mayor Schickel in the Chair and the following Council Members: Masson, Jaszewski, Lee, Symonds, Adams. Absent: Thoma (arrived via Zoom at 5:46 p.m.).
Kentucky/Illinois Grade Separation Feasibility Study Presentation:
Administrator Burnett provided background and introduced Fouad Daoud with WHKS who reviewed the Study Team (Aaron Burnett, Mark Rahm, Fouad Daoud, Jake Shaw and Scott Sweet) and provided a presentation, noting as a result of public input a 3rd Option was presented. The areas covered were as follows:
Purpose and Need: Grade separation was identified as a priority; Reduce carbon dioxide emissions; Reduce congestion & improve traffic flow; Provide a safe connection for vehicular and non-motorized traffic; Open additional access to residential housing; Emergency access improvement.
Report Components: Grade Separation; Existing Conditions; Constraint; Design Criteria; Alternatives; Construction; Impacts; Cost; Funding.
Advantages/Disadvantages of a Grade Separation;
Advantages: Improved traffic flow; Reduced congestion; Reduced vehicle emissions; Improved safety for vehicular and non-motorized traffic; Improved emergency response access.
Disadvantages: Visual impact to surrounding area; Possible increased noise levels; Increased traffic through residential areas; Acquisition of property.
Overpass Alternative:
Advantages: Minimal disruption to RR operations; Less impact on future RR expansion; Favored by RR; No lift stations for storm or sanitary; Less right of way acquisition; Additional access to developable land.
Disadvantages: Visual impact to surrounding area; Possible increased noise levels.
Underpass Alternative:
Advantages: Less visual impact to surrounding area; Possible reduced noise levels.
Disadvantages: Greater disruption to RR operations; Greater impact on future RR expansion; Lift stations for storm and sanitary; More right of way acquisition.
Information was presented regarding South Kentucky Underpass, South Illinois Overpass – Option 1, South Illinois Overpass – Option 2 and South Illinois Overpass – Option 3. For each of the options ownership, acquisition, construction schedule, and costs were discussed. Daoud stated they had met three times with the Railroad (not in favor of an underpass at Kentucky). He stated per the Railroad, there were 5 trains per day, however with the CP being acquired by another company the number of trains between Chicago and St. Louis would triple and would be a 2 to 3 train increase in Mason City per day. He also provided the statistics they obtained from the cameras they had set up and talked about the impacts with the biggest differences being bridge length, construction costs and impact to the residents.
Funding Sources were as follows:
City: Local Option Sales Tax and General Obligation Bonds.
State: Iowa Clean Air Attainment Program (ICAAP), Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP), Iowa Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), State Recreational Trail Program and Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy (RISE).
Federal: Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program, INFRA Grant (Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight & Highways Projects), Safe Streets & Roads for All.
Railroad
The Mayor asked about neighborhood integrity with Daoud stating if they choose to go east, the only thing acquired would be land.
Burnett emphasized there was a window of opportunity for significant Federal funding at this time and there was always the “do nothing” option, but the train traffic would continue.
Daoud pointed out the State funds were available every year, but the Federal funds would expire in 5 years and all of those pots of money were new and believed the Railroad Separation Fund might have 1,000 applicants, but next year it might be 3,000 to 4,000.
Jaszewski asked how long the overpass would last with Daoud stating 70 years with good maintenance.
Masson asked if they had any idea how much the cost to the City would be with Daoud stating they didn’t know how much, but with the 12th Street Overpass, over 90% was paid for by the Federal government and with 19th Street it was 60%.
5:46 p.m. Thoma entered the Council Worksession via Zoom.
Masson mentioned he would like to have more data over the course of the year with Daoud stating the Railroad does not track their stops and starts.
Masson asked if the switching could take 45 minutes with Daoud concurring.
Lee stated he wanted to know more about the property acquisition process and whether it would be market value or eminent domain with Daoud advising with respect to the 12th Street Overpass they had all been receptive to being purchased, so the City bought their homes.
Lee mentioned they weren’t the same type of homes with Daoud agreeing.
Lee also pointed out that the purchase of more properties would take greater time, so while Option 3 was $17 million it might be quicker in the long run with Burnett stating obviously if it was a drawn out process it could cause a lot of issues with funding and that was the reason Option 3 was brought forward. He also stressed it opened up more development opportunities and while the cost was higher, future development could be rolled into it.
Adams questioned the timeline for making a decision with Burnett advising Option 3 came about as a result of the public meeting and there would continue to be community conversation, however the constraint was the grant funds, emphasizing it would be beneficial to move forward quickly because without federal funding this would not move forward.
Discussion followed regarding the grant deadline.
Adams stated the Kentucky proposal was the only one where the Railroad would own the bridge and asked what the implications were with Daoud stressing he would not recommend that and explained why.
Adams asked if all parts of the project eligible for funding included acquisition with Daoud concurring.
Symonds asked if new roads were included with Option 3 with Daoud stating they were and 2 roundabouts and extending 19th Street.
Symonds asked if property owners would be assessed for the new roads with Burnett stating this would be an arterial road, so they would not be assess.
Symonds questioned how Option 3 would help with development with Burnett stating there was increased accessibility and the section off 19th was not limited, so pushing it out would allow for more development.
Jaszewski asked if the City received the funds this year would they have to be spent this year with Daoud stating he was not sure how long the City could retain the funds without spending it.
Discussion followed regarding ways to fund the project.
Masson asked if the study included an assessment on which option would have the least impact to property owners with Daoud stating they had not looked at that, but it would probably be Option 3.
Masson asked what street was available if the Railroad was switching with the Mayor stating it would be Federal.
Lee questioned if the Council went with the most expensive option and received grants was the City locked into that Option meaning could they return the money with Burnett concurring, advising there would obviously be some costs incurred, but they could return the grant.
Lee emphasized the Council needed to continue to pursue this, noting it has been talked about for 20 years and in his eyes, it was either Illinois or Option 3.
Adams referenced Option 3 and public safety, stating it didn’t appear it would save time with Daoud stating it would just guarantee they would not be stopped by a train and Burnett stressing the City could not enforce the stoppage, nor could the Police write a ticket to the Railroad and it was not unusual to have a stoppage that lingered much longer than the acceptable time frame, noting the Railroad could stop for whatever and whenever they wanted.
Jas added the City has experience with that and referenced Quiet Zones, emphasizing as far as he was concerned the underpass was off the table.
The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 6:12 p.m.
/s/Bill Schickel
Bill Schickel, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/Aaron Burnett
Aaron Burnett, City Clerk
Publish 7-31-22
Emailed 7-27-22
A big Whittemore Iowa welcome to RAGBRAI! This Steve Goodman guy apparently discovered a RAGBRAI rider taking a leak on a tree near his house in Whittemore, confronted him, and FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS to run him off!! Of course, police were called, and he spent the night in jail. Simple misdemeanor doesn’t seem quite strong enough for this, though.
Anyone even thinking Biden could run again, is out of their minds
I agree with that and also would add anyone thinking Trump could run again is out of their mind. He’s sh*tting bricks now that the justice department is zeroing on his role in January 6th. Be pretty hard to campaign to big crowds in prison.
I really don’t think they want to pursue that. Lots of Trump supporters will be very pissed. And, they have the means to protest.
Your right, their all democrats
Inflation, Recession, Gas Prices, Food Prices, Climbing Interest Rates ALL Leading to Stagflation, Layoffs another Housing Bubble will be Bursting. They Claim 3 Million KNOWN Illegals another 500k Get Aways since last Oct & WHO is going to Support Them?
All caused rich Republicans.
Pelosi DON’T go to Taiwan go to Mainland China, THAT’S where the Big Money IS….Ask the Biden’s.
IF Pelosi goes to Taiwan, can they Keep HER?
If you still hate President Trump after putting up with Joe Biden’s Regime of Failures for 1.5 years, your commitment to Stupidity is impressive.
Trump, the greatest president ever, is the only one who can bring us out of this mess.
The mess is worldwide, triggered by the Chinese, and superrich oilmen, foreign and domestic, who are acting like abusive husbands. Everybody knows that the most dangerous time in an abused wife’s life is when she starts to break free, which alternative energy sources are letting us do. Biden did nothing to cause it, and doing everything possible to stop it.
IT’S AMAZING BIDEN THINKS HE ‘ S DOING SOMETHING RIGHT,,WHEN THE WHOLE DAM COUNTRY KNOWS BETTER
You must have missed the agreement the Senate made to move forward with the health, climate and tax bill that the American people want. They also agreed in a separate bill to strengthen semi-conducter manufacturing in the US to start to move us away from reliance on foreign countries. Even Republicans voted for it. You are losing eLViS, face it.
My dad voted Democrat in the election……..Something he never would have done when he was alive.
I can’t believe my mother voted for Biden…… We’re still trying to figure out how she got out of her urn and into the polling center.
Biden has done SO SHITTY they are having to Redefine what Recession IS.
What we have here from Biden to the DoJ and FBI, to borrow a phrase from Jurassic Park Dominion, is “systemic corruption.”
Do you mean the FBI who deleted all their emails from January 5th and 6th?
How many MILLIONS in Kickbacks will the Bidens Be getting from China for MORE Chinese Windmills & Solar Panels?
Like Hillary smashing her phones?
Bleaching her hard drives, Not Bill’s either
I thought you were all for law and order. Yet, you want a criminal to be President again?
We have one now in Biden. He is a Chinese plant and you know it.
You need to change your screen moniker from No.1 to No.2.
Number two more accurately reflects what you are.
Dumbass.
HATE THE TRUTH?
Your commitment to selling the USA out to Putin via Trump, is impressive, if you’re a traitor, which you clearly are. The real Republican party is turning its back on Trump, and Q, and you.
Biden: “I’m tired of hearing these lies.”
Everyone else: “Then stop talking!”
It’s not science, it’s politics.
I’ve been listening to this bullshit for 50 years.
In the 60s all the oil would be gone, in 10 years!
In the 70s we were going to have another ice age, in 10 years!
In the 80s it was Acid Rain that was going to destroy all the crops in 10 years!
In the 90s, it was the Ozone Layer that would be destroyed in 10 years!
In the 2000s, it was the Glaciers that were going to melt, in 10 years!
In the 2010s, the East and West coast would be underwater from rising sea levels, in 10 years!
In the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000-22s, it was they are going to take all our guns away!!!! Who will shoot up schools, parades, businesses, etc, if they take away our guns?
Take a GOOD Look around… the Ridlen Kids who have Grown UP on IT, & Whole lotta Other Meds Are Now those Voting, in College or Shooting Up Schools.
Ummm, what?! LOL
Never Realized it would Take A LOT of Work all My Life just to Reach the Middle Class as SO Many today are trying to Take it From ME!
Yes, the greedy rich definitely are trying to do that.
Other than the continued harassment of president Trump and his associates, just when is the people’s leadership going to do something good for the American people they swore to represent.
They have done plenty good for the American people. You just refuse to acknowledge it.
Get off the pot. You will think better and live longer
Biden’s changing people’s lives all right, he’s flushing us down the drain.
Luv #11 Brandon special
#12. Highest inflation ever
Let’s be clear, the whole point of the Jan. 6 investigation is to stop / block Trump from running for office again. In other words, they don’t want Americans/ republicans to select their own candidate. They want to control who the people are allowed to select
The whole point is to prosecute Trump, his rich puppet masters, and his dimwitted followers for the ultimate illegal act: the treasonous, violent attempt at a coup.
None of the fearmongering came true, but it did result in higher taxes!
Plenty of bad things have come true, thanks to Trump and cowardly republicans, and it would be a lot worse if Biden hadn’t put a stop to it. Some taxes needed to go up, specifically on the rich, who are still vastly underpaying on taxes. Pay your share, weasel.
Have you had to pay higher taxes? Really?
Adam Schiff is going to get some of that payback from any investigation that will come when HE is not in majority. I welcome that day, he has been a terrible, really evil perpetrator of grift and illegal actions.
You’re describing Trump and what will be his fate, very soon.
Is that all you got? Copying other remarks.
That’s you, like you just did.
Ha ha ha. This from the master copy and paste man?
““A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
“You’ve been lied to by the President and his phony cronies, but I want to set the record straight. I’m going to tell you the truth, so pay attention”….
1. There is enough recoverable crude oil within the continental US to supply current and projected future demand for 400+ years, and that’s just the oil we know about. It doesn’t account for future discoveries. That’s a fact…
2. We do not need to import a SINGLE DROP of foreign crude oil. The domestic oil industry can easily meet, and even surpass domestic demand. We’ve done it before, and we can do it again. That’s a fact…
Put down the rotgut whisky too.
Nice try when you don’t have a answer, Dip Shit!
I notice you’re not denying it.
The original post had “from a gas production worker in the Gulf of Mexico” as the author. The source has about as much credibility as trump’s claim of a rigged election. eLViS doesn’t care who it came from because it says what he wants to hear so he will post it and say it is truth. eLViS has no credibility either.
AMERICA SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BEG. FOR OIL
AMERICANS DEMAND, BIDEN TO
OPEN OUR OIL INDUSTRY. NOW
The oil industry is open. They’re deliberately holding back production to increase prices and create unrest, which you’re helping them do. They all reported reported record profits.
Biden: “I’m tired of hearing these lies.”
Everyone else: “Then stop talking!”
No, that’s just you and a few idiots.
Put down the meth, and knock off the copy and paste.
“EVERYTHING depends on crude oil… but you might not know that if you believe the lies that are being told about oil and the oil industry.
EDUCATE YOURSELF…
EDUCATE OTHERS…”
That’s why it only makes sense to seek alternatives. How do you not see you’re making your own counterpoint?
Biden has made excuses for 50 yrs so nothing has changed.
That’s Trump, and he throws everybody who’s been loyal to him under the bus besides. That’s why he’s rapidly running out out allies.
Ha, ha, ha, Trump will be your next PRESIDENT. Now choke on that.
“Democrats Wonder…WHY they can’t get people to Enlist in Our Military & with ALL the Money in the World they can’t get people to become Cops in ANY of the Big Cities. Guess just Throwing Money at a Problem in an Election Year ISN’T going to Work this time”
Throwing it a billionaires so they finance Trumps illegal coup attempt didn’t do anything for anybody but him, did it?
What makes you thinks it is over? Round Two coming up!
In your wet dreams, clown.
Watch and see you idiot. You are on the list.
“LMAO!!! Biden is in a manufactured COVID Time Out for CLAIMING He has Cancer, it was the ONLY Way to get Him to STFU!”
Trump first claimed COVID was a hoax, then said he DIDN’T have COVID, then owned up to it after receiving the best care available, which he tried to deny everybody else until his buddies at big pharma could cash in on it. Of course, the old fat pig also claimed to be a “young, vital man.”
“Going Green…Buying Chinese Windmills & Solar Panels from SLAVE LABOR!”
Even if that were true, it would be no different than Saudi and Syrian oil.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine
07/22/2022 04:31 PM EDT
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
The people of Ukraine inspire the world as they defend their country and their freedom in the face of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked aggression. The United States continues to stand with Allies and partners from more than 50 countries in providing vital security assistance to support Ukraine’s defense of its sovereignty and territorial integrity against Russia’s aggression.
Today, pursuant to a delegation of authority from the President, I am authorizing our sixteenth drawdown since August 2021 of up to $175 million in arms and equipment from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) inventories for Ukraine’s self-defense. Today’s announcement includes more HIMARS advanced rocket systems and other weapons that Ukrainians are using so effectively on the battlefield to defend their country. This drawdown, combined with an additional $95 million announced separately today under DoD’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, will bring total U.S. military assistance to Ukraine to approximately $8.2 billion since the beginning of this Administration.
Our commitment to the people of Ukraine will not waver. We stand united with Ukraine.
Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to yet another mass killing by gun in Iowa:
“I’m horrified by the shooting this morning at Maquoketa Caves State Park and devastated by the loss of three innocent lives. As we grieve this unimaginable tragedy, Kevin and I pray for the victims’ family members and the law enforcement officers who responded to the scene. We ask Iowans to do the same.”
MASON CITY’S GREAT ARTIST DORM CHALLENGE DOCUMENTARY FILM WILL HAVE A PREMIER SHOWING MONDAY, JULY 25TH AT 7:30 P.M. AT CINEMA WEST.
YOU CAN SEE HOW FIVE LOCAL ARTIST TRANSFORMED ROOMS AT THE OLD YWCA BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MASON CITY TO five INVITING DORM ROOMS.
THE FIVE ARTISTS WERE GIVEN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TASKED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF COMPLETELY FURNISHING, DESIGNING AND PAINTING AN INDIVIDUAL DORM ROOM.
WATCH AS BUILDING OWNERS AND ARTISTS SUSANNE CRANE AND ELISHA MARIN TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND FIND OUT JUST WHO WON THE GREAT ARTIST DORM CHALLENGE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. AT CINEMA WEST IN MASON CITY.
“ALL THE MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON GAS AND OIL IS GOING OVERSEAS TOO, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DRILLING OUR OWN OIL IN AMERICA!”
You drunk again, eLViS? Your reply has nothing to do with the post.
DNR Director issues statement about incident at Maquoketa Caves State Park
Statement from Kayla Lyon, Iowa DNR Director:
I, as well as the DNR staff, am devastated for the families impacted by the tragic incident at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Our long standing tradition of enjoying Iowa’s natural wonders was shaken today, but the legacy for the millions of families that recreate at Iowa State Parks will continue. This heartbreaking incident hits home for the DNR family; not only as people who are passionate about getting folks outside, but as people who regularly camp with our families at these same parks.
We appreciate the collaborative work between local law enforcement, the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the DNR State Parks staff and conservation officers on this investigation.
STATEMENT: Gov. Reynolds’ thoughts and prayers aren’t enough
Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in response to the deadly shooting at Iowa’s Maquoketa Caves early this morning:
“No one should have to fear their loved ones being taken too soon because of gun violence. Our hearts are broken for the victims of today’s shooting at the Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground.
“Once again in the wake of tragic gun violence, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is only offering empty words and prayers instead of action and policy change. Tragedies like those outside East High in Des Moines, outside a church in Ames and now at a campground in Maquoketa have forced Iowa families to grieve loved ones far too soon. Yet, Gov. Reynolds hasn’t flinched, as if these lives don’t matter.
“What will it take for Governor Reynolds to take some meaningful action? How many have to die before she comes to the table with real solutions? It’s time to pass common-sense gun safety laws to prevent further tragedy.”
A New York Times reporter admitted he was wrong on something concerning Trump? I need to immediately check the weather because I believe Hell has frozen over.
That is called ethics, you old goat which is something you and the rest of the trumpanzees do not understand.
Sure took them a long time to figure their job out
Trump apparently never did figure out what his job was. That is why he is in a whole lot of trouble.
What does a Liberal Asshole like you know about ethics? You had to look it up to spell it.
More than you trumpanzees know, that is for sure.
“GEORGE SOROS GAVE $1,000,000.00 (that is one million dollars) to the lunatic BETO O’ROURKE! Every Texan should be outraged that this is allowed by law, that an outsider can use his money to destroy the Texas culture! Please give what you can to Gregg Abbot to help finance his campaign for Governor of Texas. The last thing Texas needs is a Globalist, left wing liberal who cares nothing for any of the people of Texas. Beto O’Rourke only seeks power and to destroy the United States!!!! He is really a very sick individual!”
Every Texan, none of whom are anywhere near North Iowa, are wishing they thrown their idiot governor into the gulf, for removing them from the national grid. Biggest screwup in Texas history since the Alamo. Typical Republimoron malfeasance.
Like shutting down oil pipelines
Like what? Keystone? None of that was going to US users anyway. Haven’t you noticed that it goes right across some of the best farmland in the world, destroying it, straight to the Gulf of Mexico, for shipping overseas.
“Will or CAN Pregnant Men Breast Feed?”
Doesn’t matter. They won’t take care of it anyway.
Momma will teach them
“Fox News/Business Why haven’t You Folks approached Pelosi’s Husband with a 1hr Show or at least a Segment on how to Win in the Market? Nobody has Hit MORE Winners & made more Million’s & NO Loser’s than He Has. Not even Hillary’s Cattle Futures or Hunters Millions from OUR Sworn Enemies in Russia & China can compare.”
When are we going to get rid of this Jeffrey character? Nobody cares, Jeff.
What’s with this “we” stuff?
Oh, ya, almost forgot that your lips are permanently attached to little Mattie Markwart’s sorry ass.
You better hurry up, or you are going to be late for giving Mattie his daily reach around.
You must be related to Jeffrey. Figures.
Mason City Room July 19, 2022
Mason City, Iowa 7:00 P.M.
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
The City Council of the City of Mason City, Iowa, met in regular session pursuant to law and rules of said Council, in the Mason City Room of the Mason City Public Library, at 7:00 P.M., on July 19, 2022. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor and on roll being called there were present, Bill Schickel, Mayor in the Chair, and the following Council Members: Jaszewski, Masson, Adams, Lee, Symonds, Thoma. Absent: None
Adopt Agenda: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Jaszeski that the agenda be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Lindsey James, Executive Director of Visit Mason City provided an update on RABBRAI.
The Mayor proclaimed Wednesday, July 27, 2022, as “RAGBRAI Day in Mason City, the Original River City” and the month of July, 2022 as “Parks and Recreation Month”.
Finance Director Hinson provided a presentation of the FY21 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report with comments also provided by the John Olson.
City Administrator Burnett presented his Monthly Activity Report. Council comments and questions followed the report.
Consent Agenda: Regular, Special and Closed Minutes of July 5, 2022; Claims dated July 7 and 14, 2022 in the amount of $2,188,661.31; Applebee’s – Class C License; Hy-Vee Tasting Room – Special Class C Liquor; Family Dollar Store #24822 – Class B Wine, Class C Beer; The Blue Heron – Class C Liquor License, Outdoor Service; Mystic Lanes – Outdoor Service, Class C Liquor; LuLu’s Margaritas Bar – Expanded Outdoor Service for July 27, 2022; Temporary Premise Transfer: Walsh’s Shebeen to Habitat for Humanity, 517 1st Street NW July 26, 2022 to July 27, 2022; Appoint/hire Kristi Taylor to the position of Cashier at Pay Grade F, Step 3 at $19.47/hour; Resolution No. 22-146, adopting a proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; Resolution No. 22-147, directing the advertisement for sale of $4,545,000* (subject to adjustment per terms of offering) General Obligation Bonds, Series 2022 and approving electronic bidding procedures and distribution of preliminary official statement; Resolution No. 22-148, authorizing the temporary closing of public ways for the Mason City Chamber of Commerce Moonlight Bike Ride on August 19, 2022 from 10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m; Resolution No. 22-149, accepting work and ordering payment for construction of the “2021 Street Rehabilitation Program Project No. 21-1003”; Resolution No. 22-150, accepting work and ordering payment for construction of the “2022 Pavement Marking Program Project No. 22-1003”; Resolution No. 22-151, approving the standard specifications for water and sewer projects within the City of Mason City, Iowa; Resolution No. 22-152, authorizing notice to bidders, fixing amount of bid security, and ordering clerk to publish notice and fixing a date for receiving same, and for a public hearing on plans, specifications, form of contract and estimate of costs for construction of the “2022 Multi-Bridge Repair Project”; Resolution No. 22-153, rescinding Resolution No. 22-77 and setting a public hearing regarding proposal to sell real property locally known as 1422 North Hampshire Place; Resolution No. 22-154, approving and authorizing execution of a Release Agreement between the City of Mason City, Iowa and Michels Power, Inc. and Alliant Energy related to an event that occurred on, between, and about April 1, 2019 at, on, or near 703 North Federal Avenue; Resolution No. 22-155, approving a First Amendment to the Letter Agreement between the City of Mason City and Metro Fibernet, LLC (“MetroNet”); Resolution No. 22-156, authorizing the expenditure of funds to carry out the option to self-finance under the Master Services Agreement (SMARTcity/SAFEcity Solutions) between Sector, LLC and the City, was presented. Motion, Adams; 2nd, Jaszewski that all items in the Consent Agenda be approved and Resolutions adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
11. City Hall Phone System Replacement: Motion, Masson, 2nd Jaszewski that Resolution No. 22- 157, award of contract to River City Communications of Mason City, Iowa for replacement of the City Hall phone system, be adopted. Questions followed regarding which was the lowest bid. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
18. BuRLS Grant Program: Motion, Adams; 2nd, Thoma that Resolutions No’s. 22-158 authorizing submission of a Building Renovation/Life Safety (BuRLS) Grant application for 2 Artists, LLC/YWCA located at 2 South Adams Avenue and authorizing execution of grant agreement upon application approval, 22-159 , authorizing submission of a Building Renovation/Life Safety (BuRLS) Grant application for Vermilya Apartments/Foxtrot Properties, LLC located at 13-15 South Federal Avenue and authorizing execution of grant agreement upon application approval, 22-160 authorizing submission of a Building Renovation/Life Safety (BuRLS) Grant application for Lexako, LLC/The Corner located at 30 East State Street and authorizing execution of grant agreement upon application approval, 22-161 authorizing submission of a Building Renovation/Life Safety (BuRLS) Grant application for Park Place Lofts/Jason Geving located at 15 North Federal Avenue and authorizing execution of grant agreement upon application approval, 22-162 authorizing submission of a Building Renovation/Life Safety (BuRLS) Grant application for Russell J. Hardy for property located at 122 5th Street Northeast and authorizing execution of grant agreement upon application approval, be adopted. Discussion followed regarding how much funding there was, why some exceeded the $100,000 amount, status of the work at the YWCA, etc. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
The Public Hearing was held as per published notice. Mayor Schickel asked if there were any written comments or objections or anyone on Zoom that would like to comment with Burnett replying there were no written comments and no “raised hands” via Zoom. There being no comments the Public Hearing was declared closed. Motion, Masson; 2nd, Jaszewski that Resolution No.’s and 22-163 adopting plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the “Winnebago River Low Head Dam Mitigation – Winnebago Dam No. 2 and 22-164, making award of contract o Bob McKiness Excavating & Grading, Inc. of Mason City, Iowa for the “Winnebago River Low Head Dam Mitigation – Winnebago Dam No. 2”, be adopted and the bid tabulation with recommended bid from Bob McKiness Excavating & Grading of Mason City, Iowa, in the amount of $344,500, be accepted. AYES: All (Motion carried.).
Conveyance of Easements to MCCCH LLC: The Public Hearing was held as per published notice. Mayor Schickel asked if there were any written comments or objections or anyone on Zoom that would like to comment with Burnett replying there were no written comments and no “raised hands” via Zoom. There being no comments the Public Hearing was declared closed. Motion, Adams; 2nd, Symonds that Resolution No. 22-165, approving and authorizing the conveyance of easements in real property to MCCCH LLC, be adopted. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Ordinance Maintenance of Public Property: Motion, Jaszewski; 2nd, Adams that the Ordinance amending Title 5, Chapter 1, and Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the City Code of the City of Mason City, Iowa, pertaining to the maintenance of public property by abutting property owners be received and placed on file for Second Consideration. AYES: All (Motion carried.)
Adjourn: The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 8:01 p.m.
/s/Bill Schickel
Bill Schickel, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/Aaron Burnett
Aaron Burnett, City Clerk
Publish 7-26-22
Emailed 7-20-22
“Biden CLAIMS He has Cancer then they have to walk that BACK. He Used the SAME Story about the Oily Windshield earlier this Spring but THEN it was about His Sinuses. WHO would claim to have Cancer but doesn’t? WHO Does that? What kind of Person even THINKS that Way? STILL NO calls for the 25th Amendment, No Cognitive Test for this Babbling IDIOT!…DAMN America Were just going to WAIT? This POS has HIS Finger on the Button for Christ Sakes!”
He never said any of that. This whole post is a lie.he only president anybody considered the 25th Amendment for was Trump.
Once again you are full of crap. I watched him say that on TV. Get your head out of your ass and pay attention to what is going on arounf you.
What you probably watched was Fox’News’ using snippets of his speech to make it look like he walked it back. You are still an idiot.
Like CNN cut and paste Jordan’s statements
“Fox News, CNN, MSNBC All of the Media…WE! DONT! CARE! All the Crime & Killings going on in these Blue States & Big Blue Cities the REST of America Doesn’t CARE! I Refuse to Suffer Fools. You’ve Elected & Re-Elected ALL these SAME POS Lying Democrats FOR Decades with Promises of Jobs, Better Schools, Better Neighborhoods. HAS Any of it Changed for the Better? You or Your Kids ANY Better Educated ALL These Decades? Streets any Safer? HELL How many Lives has BLM Saved?…ZERO”
Your copy and pastes are old news Warry. Stay current.
still important
Damn, you really are that Stupid. Ever hear of Minneapolis and what is happeneing up there Dumb Ass!
“They Estimate 9 Million MORE Illegals WILL be HERE by the End of Bidens 1 Term that’s JUST His Catch & Release Illegals, not counting THOSE who’ll have snuck by. The Average Illegal has LESS than a 6th Grade Education & can’t speak Our Language & WONT have to ONCE the Democrats take back Control of Congress & Whitehouse as WE are a Stupid Society& will ALLOW them to Grant them Amnesty.”
No, eLViS, it is just you and your ilk who are stupid.
Show me the positive in the statement then
“Democrats Wonder…WHY they can’t get people to Enlist in Our Military & with ALL the Money in the World they can’t get people to become Cops in ANY of the Big Cities. Guess just Throwing Money at a Problem in an Election Year ISN’T going to Work this time.”
So you’ve joined up, then, Mr. Super Duper Patriot?
“The Average Illegal has LESS than a 6th Grade Education” That puts them about 2 grade levels above the average trumper.
The road construction calls for a bunch of roundabouts! Do we really want these?
No!!!!!
We need to let the council know that, in no uncertain terms! Call them, go o meetings, whatever we need to do!
NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, FORM OF CONTRACT, AND ESTIMATE OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION OF “2022 MULTI-BRIDGE REPAIR PROJECT”, IN AND FOR THE CITY OF MASON CITY, IOWA, AND THE TAKING OF BIDS FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS
Sealed proposals, subject to the conditions contained herein, will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Mason City, Iowa, at the City Clerk’s office in City Hall, 10 First Street NW, Mason City, Iowa, until 11:00 o’clock a.m. CDT on the 9th day of August, 2022 for:
Construction of “2022 Multi-Bridge Repair Project”, as hereinafter described in general and as described in detail in the plans and specifications now on file in the office of the City Clerk, Mason City, Iowa.
Bids received after the deadline for submission of bids as stated herein shall not be considered and shall be returned to the late bidder unopened.
Proposals received will be opened, read aloud, tabulated, and referred to the City Council for consideration at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the 16th day of August, 2022 in the Mason City Room, Mason City Public Library, 225 2nd Street SE, Mason City, Iowa. Bids will be acted upon at such time or at such later time as may then be fixed. Prior thereto, at said time specified above, a hearing will be held on the proposed plans, specifications, form of contract, and estimate of cost for said Improvements, and at said hearing any interested person may appear and file objections thereto.
The extent of the work involved is the furnishing of labor and new materials required for repairs that include: replace handrails on bridge on Pierce Ave. NW over Willow Creek, replace expansion joint material and reset abutment bearing on bridge on 19th St. SW over UP Railroad, approach repair and joint material replacement on bridge on 12th St. NW over UP Railroad, and other misc. repairs.
The Proposal shall be made out on the form furnished by the City of Mason City and obtained from WHKS & Co., Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors, and must be accompanied in a sealed envelope by either: (1) a certified check, or a cashier’s check drawn on an Iowa bank, or a bank chartered under the laws of the United States, in an amount of 10% of bid amount; or (2) a certified share draft drawn on a credit union in Iowa or chartered under the laws of the United States, in an amount of 10% of bid amount; or (3) a bid bond executed by a corporation authorized to contract as a surety in the State of Iowa, in the penal sum of 10% of bid amount.
The bid security shall be made payable to the City Clerk of the City of Mason City, Iowa.
The bid security must not contain any conditions either in body or as an endorsement thereon. The bid security shall be forfeited to the City as liquidated damages in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into contract within ten (10) days after the award of contract and post bond satisfactory to the City insuring the faithful fulfillment of the contract and the maintenance of said work, if required, pursuant to the provisions of this notice and the other contract documents. The City will accept bid bond forms that meet the requirements of Iowa Code section 26.8.
Sales Tax Exemption. Contractors and subcontractors shall not include sales tax for material purchases. At the time of the contract acceptance by the City Council, the prime contractor and all subcontractors will be issued a certificate of exemption.
Bidders shall not be permitted to withdraw their bids for a period of forty-five (45) days after the same are opened.
The City of Mason City, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for the award.
Prospective bidders’ or contractor’s attention is specifically called to the Mason City Human Rights Commission Specifications which mandates that female and minority business enterprises shall be afforded the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of this project. Prospective bidders’ or contractor’s attention is also directed to the fact that the Mason City Human Rights Commission will notify firms designated as Minority, Women, and/or Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, of this project and determine if they are interested in participating as subcontractors for this project. Prospective bidders or contractors shall then be notified by the Commission of those interested parties.
The established DBE goal for this project is 0% of the total amount bid.
By virtue of statutory authority, a preference will be given to products and provisions grown and produced within the State of Iowa.
In accordance with Iowa statutes, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference as against a nonresident bidder from a state or foreign country if that state or foreign country gives or requires any preference to bidders from that state or foreign country, including but not limited to any preference to bidders, the imposition of any type of labor force preference, or any other form of preferential treatment to bidders or laborers from that state or foreign country. The preference shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident. In the instance of a resident labor force preference, a nonresident bidder shall apply the same resident labor force preference to a public improvement in this state as would be required in the construction of a public improvement by the state or foreign country in which the nonresident bidder is a resident.
Bidders will be required to complete a Bidder Status Form from the Iowa Department of Labor regarding the Contractor’s resident status within the State of Iowa. Failure to submit a fully completed Bidder Status Form with the bid may result in the bid being deemed nonresponsive and rejected.
The Contractor shall commence work after the Notice to Proceed is issued and work shall be completed on or before December 2, 2022.
Payment to the Contractor for said Project will be made in cash derived from the proceeds of the issuance of bonds as may be legally used for such purposes, governmental grants and/or from cash on hand. Any combination of the above methods of payment may be used at the discretion of the City.
The Contractor will be paid each month ninetyfive (95) percent of the Engineer’s estimate of the value of acceptable work completed at the end of the preceding month. Final payment will be made in accordance with Iowa Code chapters 26 and 573, as amended. No partial or final payment will be due until the Contractor has certified to the City that the materials, labor and services involved in each estimate have been paid for in accordance with the requirements stated in the specifications.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a bond in an amount equal to one hundred (100) percent of the contract price, said bond to be issued by a responsible surety approved by the City and which shall guarantee a faithful performance of the Contract and the terms and conditions therein contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all materials and labor and protect and save harmless the City from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the Contractor and shall also guarantee the maintenance of the improvements constructed for a period of two (2) years after completion and acceptance by the City.
Plans and specifications governing the construction of the proposed improvements have been prepared by WHKS & Co., Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors, which plans and specifications and the proceedings of the City referring to and defining said proposed improvements are hereby made a part of the Notice by reference, and the proposed contract shall be executed in compliance therewith. Copies of said plans and specifications are now on file with the City Clerk and at the offices of WHKS & Co., and may be examined by the bidders.
Plans and specifications are available to download free of charge at http://www.questcdn.com. Plans and specifications for private use may also be obtained from WHKS & Co., Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors, 1412 6th Street SW, Mason City, IA 50402-1467, for a refundable deposit of $50.00. If the plans and specifications are not returned to WHKS & Co. within fourteen (14) days after the award of the project and in reusable condition, the deposit shall be forfeited.
The City does hereby reserve the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to enter into such contract, or contracts, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the City.
Published upon order of the City Council of the City of Mason City, Iowa.
CITY OF Mason City, IOWA
/s/Aaron Burnett
City Clerk, Mason City
Publish 8-2-22
Emailed 7-18-22
MASON CITY:
There will be two road closures Tuesday to resurface railroad approaches. East State Street will be closed to through traffic between Virginia Avenue and Kentucky Avenue and North Kentucky Avenue will be closed to through traffic between Birch Drive and East State Street.
Not only do they lie about how far you can drive an electric car, but they lie about the cost of setting up a charging station in the house. Then add batteries only good for 4 years and good luck replacing them. Also add how poisonous these batteries are and hazardous to the environment and our health.
It is the future, old man. Better get used to it.
will when l can afford it
As time goes on we are finding out more and more how the lied to us about electric cars. Not only are they too expensive for most people the upkeep is out of sight. Very expensive tires that only last 1/3rd of the time due to weight, there is battery replacement at around 4 years at 20K before labor and the lack of mileage plus the time to recharge, not to mention your electric cost going through the roof.
We just need as many alternatives as possible, so the oil barons can’t mess with us anymore, like they’re doing now. These high oil prices are happening because rich oilmen are throwing a tantrum.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2020/12/study-finds-71-percent-of-u-s-drivers-considering-electric-vehicle-purchase/
Just like climate change eLViS. You should just shut the f.u.
January 6th Committee:
NEXT HEARING: Thursday, July 21st at 8:00pm ET on most major networks
eLViS, you should watch this. You will learn something.
how to listen to distortions and mistruths
No. Your dementia is kicking in big time.
“How many warnings do these politicians and legal experts need that good people with guns are going to start taking matters into our own hands and setting things right. They have tied the hands of officers and made them afraid to do their jobs and the justice system is as corrupt as our politicians pay them to be. With no leadership and this country going to hell you are going to see a lot more of this.”
Nobody has a problem with good people with guns. They don’t have any problem with some safeguards. It’s the incel punks who get them with such ease and then go kill 20 and 30 people at a time.
Yea, kind of like Uvalde. Those police officers had their hands tied and were afraid to do their jobs even though they had on armor that would have taken the ammunition in the shooter’s weapon.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
NIACC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tuesday, July 19, 2022
5:30 p.m. – Board Workshop – NIACC Campus – AC128 | 500 College Dr., Mason City, IA 50401 – Institutional Advancement Report
7:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting – NIACC Campus – AB100 | 500 College Dr., Mason City, IA 50401
D. Action Items
I. 2022 – 2023 Contract for Educational Services for Concurrent Enrollment Career Link Programs
& Courses
m. WestHancockCommunitySchoolDistrict
II. 2022 – 2023 Contract for Educational Services for Provision of an Entrepreneurship Academy a. Forest City Community School District
b. West Hancock Community School District
III. 2022 – 2023 Contract for Educational Services for Provision of an Industrial Technology Academy Program
a. Hampton-Dumont Community School District
b. West Fork Community School District
IV. Charles City Career Center Educational Service Agreement
a. Charles City Community School District
Current as of 7/14/2022
4. Action Items
A. Request for Approval of FY2023 Employee Agreement
B. Request for Approval of FY2023 Working Budget
C. Request for Approval of FY2023 Equipment Request
D. Request for Permission to Seek Bids and Set Public Hearing for NIACC Swine Education Center
Current as of 7/14/2022
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Signs the Artemis Accords
07/16/2022 09:56 AM EDT
Office of the Spokesperson, U.S. State Department
The United States welcomes Saudi Arabi’s signing of the Artemis Accords on July 14, affirming its commitment to safe, sustainable, and responsible space exploration. Mohammed Saud al-Tamimi, CEO of the Saudi Space Commission, signed the Accords on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was joined during a virtual ceremony by Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ambassador to the United States, Abdullah bin Amer al-Swaha, Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Bill Nelson, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Martina Strong, Chargé d’Affaires for the United States Mission to Saudi Arabia, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer R. Littlejohn from the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
The principles of the Artemis Accords, grounded in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, advance the NASA-led Artemis program, which will put the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and prepare the way for a human mission to Mars. Artemis relies on a broad and diverse international coalition, working together to achieve an historic and ambitious vision for human space exploration.
As Accords signatories, state actors advance responsible behavior in outer space, including through the registration of space objects, deconfliction of activities, release of scientific data, and provision of emergency assistance. Together, signatories will reduce uncertainty and increase the safety of space operations to facilitate the sustainable use of space to the benefit of all humankind.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the 21st nation to sign the Accords, joining Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Saudi Arabia is the seventh nation to sign the Artemis Accords since January 2022 and the fourth Middle Eastern nation to join.
For further information on the Artemis Accords, visit https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-accords/index.html.