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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2013
Page
1
Fugitive ex police officer killed himself in a condo close to the incident command center used during a city manhunt. The piece notes the proximity of the condo to the search hub and the surrounding events.
An article on how meditation style exercise can calm both mental and emotional stress. It explains that practices fostering mental peace can also soothe feelings in the heart, offering a simple routine for daily serenity.
The Riverside Casino and Golf Resort told the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission it may spend 1.5 million on the Just Say No Casino campaign to defeat Linn County's March 5 referendum on casino gambling. Cedar Rapids investors Steve Gray and Drew Skogman criticized the disclosure, saying the figure underestimated the spending by the Cedar Rapids project.
Cedar Rapids plans revenue diversification to bolster the budget. The city expects about 3 million dollars from traffic enforcement cameras next fiscal year. It will use 750 thousand from local option sales tax for flood insurance costs, 500 thousand for other sales tax revenue, and redirect 1 million from Water Pollution Control fees to the general fund for economic development.
The city plans 13.25 million from revenue streams other than property taxes to back the new general fund budget, reducing the need to raise property taxes. This reallocation supports the fiscal plan by diversifying income sources and stabilizing the budget.
City Hall taps traffic cameras and local option sales tax to fund flood recovery and other needs. Council member Kris Gulick said only about 62 percent of the $110 million general fund will come from property taxes, down from over 70 percent a few years ago.
UI and UI Hospitals and Clinics see more pending cases, but official cites court backlogs rather than more lawsuits. From July to December 2012, 24 cases involved the UI, up from 12 in 2009, with 7 newly filed. backlogged courts cited by UI General Counsel Carol Reasoner.
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