Cedar Rapids Cable Ordinance Set for Council Vote
A Cedar Rapids ad hoc committee completed a three hour session on a proposed cable television ordinance. It will formally vote Monday to recommend to the City Council. Key provisions include connection fees of 10 dollars above ground 25 below ground 5 for each additional connection with possible waivers, a 7.50 monthly charge for one set and 2 for each additional set, and a two year rate increase ban with later increases subject to approval.
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City considers cable franchise rules and fee structure
Cedar Rapids Cable Communications seeks a franchise with 50 homes per mile density rule and 60 miles of cable within a year of FCC approval. The ordinance sets a 3 percent gross revenue franchise fee, allows five minutes free on the access channel, and requires 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. office hours. The council will refer to the city attorney and a Washington consultant before FCC approval.
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Cedar Rapids Cable Communications
Federal Communications
Washington, D.C
Whitney proposes tax plan to ease burden on low income homeowners
Des Moines candidate Tom Whitney urged Iowa voters to shift property tax load from renters and middle income residents by taxing major industries to fund refunds. He would cap property taxes as a percent of income, limit farmland productivity assessments to family farmers, and tax land speculators.
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Iowa
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the Gazette
Des Moines
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IDOT Pays Home Owner More Than Market Price
IDOT relocation agent Rob ert Maresh says displacees receive two payments acquisition and supplement plus moving costs. If comparable housing costs 50 000 and acquisition is 45 000 the owner gets 5 000 supplement. renters get aid for higher rent or home purchase. Such programs help explain highway costs of about a million dollars per mile.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Robert Maresh
Cedar Rapids
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Deputy Suspended Over Sheriff’s Car Crash
Deputy Dan Jacobs was suspended for two days without pay after a Tuesday traffic accident involving a sheriff’s squad car. Sheriff Orlie Workman said the car, traveling fast on Highway 150 near Robins, went into a ditch to avoid a multi-vehicle crash that included a school bus and another auto. Minor injuries were reported. the squad car struck a utility pole, causing front-end damage.
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Friday Garbage Pickup Delayed For Funeral
Garbage routes scheduled for Friday will be collected Saturday due to the Sanitation Department shutdown for the funeral of office manager Patricia Mefferd who died Tuesday.
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Airport lights upgrade bid awarded to E and S
E and S Electrical Contractors of Cedar Rapids submitted the apparent low bid of 173 911 for a full replacement of the Cedar Rapids airport runway and taxiway lighting system. Airport manager Roy Jameson said outages forced the upgrade with work to start in spring and finish in about three months.
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Cedar Rapids
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E and S
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Justice Electric
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Career diplomat Murphy dies at 83
Robert Murphy career diplomat and former ambassador to Belgium and Japan died at his Park Avenue home after a stroke in November. He was 83 and had served in senior posts across the U S Foreign Service.
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Robert Murphy
Belgium
Japan
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Park Avenue
Kirkwood Community College Offers Winter Art Classes
Cedar Rapids program includes basic drawing at Washington High School on Wednesdays at 7 pm, beginning and advanced pottery on Kirkwood campus, and oil painting at three area schools. Other courses cover tole painting, basic art, figure drawing and portrait painting with craft classes also available. Call 398 5412 to register.
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Jefferson High School
Harding Junior High
Washington
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