Cedar Rapids Considers Shift to City Manager Government
June 2005 Voters back a switch to a city manager system in Cedar Rapids. In 2006 Jim Prosser, a former Richfield city manager, is hired as Cedar Rapids city manager with a $165,000 salary and leads a task force to study reorganization. He pushes budget cuts including ending the police helicopter program and conducts public input open houses. Floods in June 2008 prompt new studies and efforts to secure federal funds for half a billion dollars in city property repairs or replacements. Three new council members elected in 2009 challenge prior power distribution to Prosser.
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Prosser Announces City Reorg and Golf Course Sale Plan
In June 2007 Prosser unveils a plan to reorganize city departments eliminating many top management roles and proposes selling part of Twin Pines Golf Course for private development. The plan meets strong opposition and is later dropped.
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City Council Shifts Flood Manager Oversight In 2010
In April 2010 the city council votes to transfer oversight of the flood manager position created in 2009 from Prosser to the City Council. Prosser announces resignation as part of the change.
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Prosser Resignation Sparks Cedar Rapids City Views
Readers react to Jim Prosser's resignation as mayor amid flood recovery woes. Opinions praise the new council, critique Prosser's tenure, and debate city government structure and long term plans for Cedar Rapids.
City manager Prosser departs amid council discord over leadership
Council members Podzimek and Wieneke condemn Prosser's departure as unfair and say supporters of his resignation mistreated him. They note new administration aims and deny plans for immediate strong mayor changes, while acknowledging Prosser’s role as first city manager during a flood crisis and a new form of government.
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Cedar Rapids to replace city manager amid flood recovery push
The Cedar Rapids council pursues a rush of flood recovery, downtown revival, and growth while Jim Prosser departs as city manager after a tenure framed by Iowa Manager of the Year honors. Acting duties fall to Finance Director Casey Drew as a permanent replacement search begins.
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Gov Culver orders review of Wellmark rate increase
Governor Culver calls for state regulators to delay Wellmark's rate increase amid a review expected to cost the company over 3 million dollars. He wants an annual report on health care cost trends and how service costs affect Iowans' insurance payments.
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Polish pilots urged not to land at Smolensk airfield
Polish investigators reported there were no landing conditions at Smolensk and that the control tower advised against landing. The ILS system was absent at the airfield and pilots considered weather over Belarus before deciding. Russian media described Smolensk as lacking automatic landing capabilities and permanent controllers.
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