City council delays bid openings over contractor protest
A contractor protest on sidewalk reconstruction in the Coe Mount Vernon area delays bid openings for a week. Gutierrez Construction claims amendments sent last Friday gave insufficient time. Two bids unread and resealed. engineer's estimate is $54,982.
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Dick Hogan
Garwte City Hall
Reo
Coe
Mount Vernon
Mike Gutierrez
Gutierrez Construction
Cedar Rapids
Gutierrez
Tim Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick Enterprizes
Fitzpatrick
City weighs fate of six dilapidated Cedar Rapids houses
Cedar Rapids City Council hearings reviewed six run-down homes on the dilapidated list. The addresses include 910 10th Ave SE and 828 10th St SW, with others on Lith Street NW, Seventh Ave SE, Ninth Ave SE, and 16th Ave SE. Owners asked for renovation time, while a verbal plan exists to demolish 910 10th Ave SE.
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Cedar Rapids
10Th Ave
10Th St
Lith St
Seventh Ave
Ninth Ave
16Th Ave
Terry Steinbach
Council
Floyd Bergen
10Th Ave. SE
Keokuk Engineer Bucklin Resigns in Settlement Deal
Keokuk County Engineer Kenneth Bucklin resigns effective today under a settlement paying 11 000 dollars in severance and vacation in exchange for his promise not to sue or file charges over termination. The board advertised for a new engineer while Bucklin remained in office. His attorney says the agreement blocks wrongful termination and other claims. Bucklin plans to join French Reneker Associates in Fairfield starting Sept. 12.
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Keokuk
Vue
Callor
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Kenneth Bucklin
Bucklin
Michael Neary
Neary
Hollingsworth
Mahaska
Fairfield
Iowa
French Reneker Associates
Cedar Rapids school board race centers on meeting sites
Dan Rogers at large candidate urges rotating meeting locations to boost parental involvement and community input. Opponent Dennis Kral cites gifted program funding independence and feedback, and notes merit pay debate.
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Dan Rogers
Cedar Rapids
Rogers
Dennis Kral
Garfield Area
John and
Suzanne Smith
27Th St
Optimists Club
Armstrong’s
Kral
Goodlad
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