Cedar Rapids approves golf fee increases for next season
Cedar Rapids City Council raises most golf fees by 7 percent for the next season while under 18 rates stay the same. Adult season tickets rise to 160 dollars, seniors to 80. Daily 18-hole rates: 4.80 for adults, 2.40 for seniors. Nine-hole Jones Park: 3 for adults, 1.50 for seniors. Night golf at Twin Pines remains undecided. Also approved first reading to sell city Lot No. 4 to United State Bank for 61,620 dollars.
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Cox asks to double rates on installation
Cox Cable Cedar Rapids Inc. seeks to double basic installation charges from 12.50 to 25, effective Feb. 1, with local manager Jon Lash noting a prior rate hike plan. The City Council trimmed the package, reducing the monthly basic service increase to 75 cents, bringing the base service to 9 per month, while Lash says installation costs run about 35.
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Residents demand decision on Eighth Avenue SW connector road
About a half dozen residents and Citizens for Community Improvement urged the City Council to declare whether the Eighth Avenue SW connector street will be built. The projected 1.7 million dollar project would affect four businesses and 19 homes and link the Eighth Avenue Mount Vernon Road corridor to the I 380 interchange. The council delayed a final decision, noting future councils could revive the plan. Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock said further staff reports are expected and the issue may return by mid December.
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Cedar Rapids school secretaries seek 8 percent raise
Cedar Rapids Community School employees represented by the Cedar Rapids Association of Educational Office Personnel asked for about 8 percent in total compensation next year. They proposed a 35-cent hourly wage boost raising base pay from 4.37 to 4.72 and top scale from 6.07 to 6.42, with no step movement. They also want full single health premiums and substantial family coverage, plus changes to the staff reduction language. a school counter-offer is due at 5 p.m. December 13.
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Fire damages rural Cedar Rapids home from stove chimney
A fire that began in a woodburning stove chimney damaged the Larry Miller residence at 1689 Berry Drive in rural Cedar Rapids. Fire units from Marion Township Mount Vernon Linn County and West Bertram responded. No injuries were reported.
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Three Drivers Charged With Drunk Driving in Linn County
Three people were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County between Monday and Wednesday. Michael W. Kennedy, 34, of 1422 A Ave NW, was arrested Monday at 8:25 p.m. in the 600 block of Third Avenue SE and also charged with speeding. Daniel M. Prouty, 66, of 480 Seventh Ave Marion, was arrested Tuesday at Seventh Avenue and 12th Street in Marion at 11:34 p.m. Donovan I. McClusky, 29, of Palo, was arrested Wednesday at 12:57 a.m. in the 200 block of Wilson Avenue SW.
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A Ave. NW
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Seventh Ave
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Donovan I. McClusky
Palo
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Rapids unions face 2 percent raise for 380 city workers
Cedar Rapids offers 2 percent raise next year to 380 members of Local 620 AFSCME with no fringe benefits increase. City proposes contract changes on grievances, compensatory time, and overtime pay, drawing fire from union leaders who seek a 7 percent opening demand.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Union
Afscme
Jan Corderman
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