City flood buyout funds questioned after long payout delay
Oversight Chair Gary Ficken questioned whether flood relief funds from the 2009 tax will meet the $80 million raised as only $270,405 has been paid. Council members argued $50 million has been obligated and $120 million in needs identified, with debate over how federal funds and ballot language affect remaining local matches.
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Jeff Palmer
Oversight Committee
Gary Ficken
Palmer
Chuck Wieneke
Ficken
Corbett
Council
Hospital to monitor billing with training and dashboards
Fisher said billing monitoring will expand to include more procedures where possible and reduce human intervention. The plan adds a new cath lab support employee and educational programs for managers to oversee billing, plus a dashboard comparing daily charges to historical data. Continuous monitoring aims to prevent recurrence.
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Fisher
Cath Lab
Water private labels expand sales for Hawkeye bottled water
Water/Ul gains profits by selling private label water to other firms. Patrick Lage, Stone City sales account manager, says Hawkeye bottled water is popular with Iowa City stores. Sage notes profits support the University of Iowa. Future projects include Fry Fest water and Panther water discussions with UNI.
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Hawkeye
Stone City
Patrick Lage
Lage
Iowa City
Sage
University of Iowa
Hayden Fry
Boge
Hawkeyes
University of Northern Iowa
Panther Water
Fire in Cedar Rapids home injures two relatives
Fire officials identified Darrell De Wayne Potter 61 and his sister Susan Marie Ketcham 47 as the two injured in a late Tuesday Cedar Rapids blaze. Potter, treated at Mercy then a burn unit in Iowa City, faces serious injuries while Ketcham was treated and released after being found in an upstairs bedroom near oxygen equipment.
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Dave Franzman
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Darrell de Wayne Potter
Dalewood Avenue
Potter
Mercy Medical Center
University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa City
Susan Marie Ketcham
Ketcham
University of Iowa
Richard Wright
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Gazcomm.com
Diane
Gazcomm
Water/Ul
David.dewitte
C.R. Home
Wright
Dave
Franzman
Kerg
NCUA
University of Iowa Community Credit Union
Awol iLai KS
Johnson, Linn
Iowa
National Credit Union Association
Reyal
University OF Iowa Credit Union
Uiccu.org
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