Officials eye minority goals for city projects
City proposes that on all construction projects of 300000 dollars or more, a portion of work go to minority and female controlled firms. The plan sets 10 percent for minority firms and 1 percent for women firms, to be applied via a council resolution rather than ordinance.
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Don Canney
Harmon Webb Construction
Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids woman sues over drunk driving arrest
Jane A. Smith of Cedar Rapids sues a police officer, the city, and Linn County in Linn District Court claiming she was falsely arrested for drunk driving on January 23. She alleges a breath test showed a BAC below legal limits yet deputies charged her and jailed her until charges were dropped on April 21. she seeks damages for deprivation of rights, humiliation, and legal costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Linn County
Jane A. Smith
42Nd St
Tim Reynolds
Iowa
Smith
Linn Sheriff's
Fairfax residents demand city pay for sewer damage
About 20 Fairfax citizens, including ten couples, demand the city reimburse basement damages from rain and sewage backups. They set an August 1 deadline, threaten a potential lawsuit, seek improved runoff ditches, a fail safe pump warning, and city pump-station inspections amid plans to connect with Cedar Rapids sewer services.
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Fairfax
Richard Meyock
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Cedar Rapids
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