Cedar Rapids offers five year moratorium on skywalk air fees
The Cedar Rapids City Council proposed a five year suspension of air rights fees for privately owned downtown skywalks to spur completion of planned links. Current annual fees total 10 500 with 3 200 from publicly used structures. New links would also be excluded from air rights during the moratorium while other taxes continue.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Tom Aller
Tom Collins Sr
Collins
Robbery at Vickers gas station on Southwest Side
A white male about 25 to 30 entered Vickers at 1141 16th Ave SW, demanded money around 8:35 p.m., and fled south of 12th Street SW with an undetermined cash amount. He wore a blue Florida shirt and a black leather jacket, stood 5'10", and had blond hair blue eyes. The report notes no weapon was seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickers
16Th Ave
Florida
Linn County Officials Face Salary Hike With $400 Lump Sum
Linn County compensation board proposes 2 to 8 percent raises for 1984 but eliminates longevity pay. A $400 lump sum would replace the bonus, affecting about 27 deputies and altering official salaries. Public comment set for Dec 16 at the Administrative Office Building.
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Linn
Mary Burke
Zette
Linn County
Pat Kane
First St
County Board of Supervisors
Denver Dillard
Mary Ann Kucera
Dillard
Don “Buzz
Sawyer
Jo Carlson
Johnson County
Joe Rinas
Jean Oxley
Ken Schriner
Rinas
Cedar Rapids sees rise in single family housing starts
Through October Cedar Rapids Building Department issued 49 single family building permits valued at 1 871 005 up from 16 permits worth 556 290 last year. Last year total single family permits 21 valued at 631 967. 1978 saw 480 permits, 1979 downturn began with 345 then 114 in 1980 and 92 in 1981.
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Cedar Rapids
Building Department
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Merle Kopel
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