Cedar Rapids fined after streets shop safety violations
Cedar Rapids faces 11 OSHA violations at the Streets Department shop, 10 serious and two minor, with a $2,900 fine. Safety director Lora Summerwill cites welding separation, guardrails, gas pump controls, and lighting as key issues needing correction. She plans to seek a reduction in the penalties.
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Cedar Rapids
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Lora Summerwill
Summerwill
OSHA
Linn County OKs Courthouse Fire Safety Plan
Linn County officials won state approval for a fire safety plan to reform the courthouse. The plan includes vacating the fourth floor, adding a fire door, installing an early warning system, and moving the Friend of the Court office to 120 Third Ave SW. The project, estimated at about 60 000 dollars, will also see a new corridor built later after bids in March with work to be completed by July 1.
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Joe Rinas
Reynold Hentges
Hentges
Linn County Safety
Gary Bowser
A.B. Dick
Third Ave
Bowser
Marion firefighters push for 4 percent raise in contract talks
Firefighters in Marion reopen wage talks with City Manager Larry Asaro seeking a 4 percent retroactive raise to Jan 1 to match inflation. City officials refuse any raise, citing a no-bargaining stance and a 7 percent overall increase for city workers.
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Marion
Dave Eberhart
Eberhart
Larry Asaro
Asaro
Wage and Price Stabilization Board
Equitable Life Assurance Co
Martinson
Marion council OKs widening contract and fire code hearing
The Marion City Council awarded E and F Cement the Armar Drive Marion Boulevard widening contract for 55,201 about 7.72 above estimates funded by Igram-Rossey Associates with traffic lights paid by the developer. A public hearing set March 1 on the 1976 Uniform Fire Code and a review of the 1973 code for historic preservation in the CBD redevelopment plan were discussed. The meeting also included a closed session on legal strategy against an auto repair business in a residential area.
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Armar
City Hall
George Murdoch
Central Business District Redevelopment Corp
Jeff Schott
CBD
Schott
Decatur Fire Previously Captured Tripoli Frigate
On this date in 1804 American forces led by Lt. Stephen Decatur entered Tripoli and burned the captured U S frigate to prevent its use by pirates.
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Stephen Decatur
Tripoli
U.S
Cedar Rapids School Food Workers OK 9 Percent Pact
Cedar Rapids Community School District food service employees ratified a 1979-80 contract proposal granting about a 9 percent wage and benefit increase. The unit, 285 workers, will see a new three step scale from 2.90 to 3.90 per hour, with longevity pay and higher major medical coverage to 32 dollars per month. Board approval remains required.
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Food Service
Cedar Rapids
Bob Carson
Board of Education
Carson
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