BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With chances of snow around 30% each day for Sunday through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, city and county officials are hoping for the lighter end [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After a lengthy discussion last week about city budget planning, the Fort Madison City Council will be holding a budget workshop after its regular meeting on Tuesday. According [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Department heads continue to throw out their first pitches for 2020 fiscal year budget requests this week. All the budgets presented were first-run preliminary budgets [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison City Manager David Varley wrote a memo this week to the Fort Madison City Council advising that a current funding request from Lee County Economic [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A discrepancy in interpretation of the City of Fort Madison’s commitment to the county’s economic development efforts resulted in a vibrant discussion between city officials and representatives [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Hotel and motel revenues in the city have taken a dip in the past year, but city officials are trying to react early to head off any [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison residents may be getting a bit of good news from the city as a proposed budget for next year shows a 33.4 cent drop in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – In a mid-Friday afternoon budget strategy session, Lee County officials settled on a budget that could short the county $158,000. However, during preliminary budget discussions, the county [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A short budget workshop on Friday resulted in some tough projections for the upcoming fiscal year budget. According to Lee County Budget Director Cindy Renstrom, the county’s preliminary [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – District Judge John Wright, who chairs the Lee County courthouse security committee, put forth a list of recommendations to the Lee County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Students in the Fort Madison School District that have a negative balance on their meal plan will be provided an alternative meal starting Monday. An alert that [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Weighted down by declining enrollment and reduced state funding, the Fort Madison Community School District will begin participating in an instructional support levy program for the next [Read More…]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Fort Madison City Council at 5:30 P.M. on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the Council Chambers of Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A $11.7 million county budget will be submitted to the public on March 7 with a levy of $10.388/$1,000 assessed valuation.. County budget director Cindy Renstrom submitted the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lee County Board of Supervisors will hold a budget workshop today at 2:00 p.m. in the county office building, 933 Avenue H, Fort Madison, IA.
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County portion of your tax levy may be bumped up a smidge as they strive for a balanced budget in the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Supervisor Don [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite several hours of crunching debate and a smorgasboard of ideas, the Fort Madison City Council is looking at keeping the city’s tax asking static to 2017. [Read More…]
UPDATED WITH COMMENTS FROM FORT MADISON MAYOR BRAD RANDOLPH BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – As part of the state’s mandated budget cuts signed into law in January, the Iowa Department of Corrections [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – After hearing from the Lee County Economic Development Group in January, funding from the county was brought up again as part of a [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MONTROSE – PUBLIC NOTICE Lee County Conference Board has scheduled the public hearing to adopt the 2017-2018 Assessor’s budget for Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A side conversation that developed during the budget workshop has Lee County Supervisors curious about efforts for new business in the county. The [Read More…]
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