Bergen says nationwide search for Cedar Rapids police chief unnecessary
Cedar Rapids Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen argues no need to advertise nationally for a new police chief to replace Gareth Clift who retires June 29. He favors internal promotion if possible and will discuss testing, advertising, and new qualification requirements at Friday meeting with Civil Service Commission chair Jan Kazimour.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Gareth Clift
Bergen
Civil Service Commission
Jan Kazimour
Commission
Kazimour
Maryland
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Clift
Cedar Rapids approves 1980 city budget with tax raise
The Cedar Rapids council unanimously passed a $78,566,731 fiscal 1980 budget with a 5.38 percent property tax hike in the general fund, raising taxes to $12.73 per $1,000. Property taxes fund $20,531,761 of the city budget while the school district, county, and Kirkwood Community College share the rest. the county leads tax increases due to a $102.3 million decrease in county property valuation.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob McMahan
McMahan
Cedar Rapids Community
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids considers six rezoning requests March 28
The Cedar Rapids City Council set public hearings for March 28 on six rezoning petitions. Topics include converting properties on Third Ave SE, Sixth St SE, and Eighth St SE to office services and parking uses, plus a Mount Vernon Road area plan for an elderly apartment project, and a Sherman Street corner rezoning to mixed use.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Ave
Kopel
Terry
Sixth Street
11Th and
12Th Avenues
First Avenue Corp
Job Services of Iowa
Mount Vernon Road
Memorial Drive
Simonsen and
Hoegen
Sherman Street
42Nd Street
YMCA
Twenty Investors Inc
New Wing Cutout Averts Plane Stall Tipping
Ohio State University researchers say a wing with a front edge cutout can reduce stalls and spins in air plane accidents by preventing the aircraft from tipping.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Plane lands with gear failure at Cedar Rapids Airport
A twin engine Seneca Piper charter plane suffered a landing gear failure on arrival at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport. Five on board escaped injury while Runway 31 was closed about 10 hours after the 9 30 a m mishap. The laser said the gear loss was minor and likened to a flat tire. The aircraft was moved to Wathan Flying Service for servicing.
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Cedar Rapids
John P. Hlavacek
Omaha
Husker Aviation Inc
Wathan Flying Service
Cedar Rapids School Secretaries Reject Tentative Pact
Cedar Rapids Community School District secretarial clerical staff rejected a tentative contract 41 to 39 despite a 6.4 percent salary increase. With 202 members represented and 126 eligible to vote, objections focused on the salary schedule as PERB weighs statutory impasse steps toward a March 15 deadline.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Evelyn Gable
State Public Employment Relations Board
Steve Muller
PERB
Gazette
Cedar Rapids approves $1.38 million mall intersection project
Cedar Rapids City Council awards a $1,379,488 contract to Cedar Valley Construction Co. to rebuild the Edgewood Road Williams Boulevard and Wilson Avenue SW junction near Westdale Mall. Federal funds cover 75 percent. the city and mall developers share the rest.
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Cedar Rapids
Westdale Mall
Edgewood Road
Williams Boulevard
Highway 149
Wilson Avenue
Cedar Valley Construction Co
Waterloo
Dick Ransom
Ransom
Jepsen backs tax change to end marriage penalty
Sen. Roger Jepsen joined Sen. Charles Mathias in a bill to let married couples file taxes as singles or jointly with the same treatment as single filers. He says the so called marriage tax hits all income levels, citing two sample incomes and higher combined tax costs for married couples.
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Washington
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Charles Mathias
Jepsen
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