Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m. today, meet

Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m. today, meeting room.

Agenda includes: discuss concrete bill in regard to Scott Stutzman building permit; Prudden property judgment; reimbursement for meals; rental rate adjustment on Loch Ayr Lake lots; city budget work session to finalize figures; claims.

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Creston City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: public forum; set public hearing 6 p.m. Feb. 21 for adoption of final budget for fiscal year 2013 and amend ordinance 12-135 by amending provisions pertaining to unpaid street repairs; discuss approval of commercial tax abatement request from Kent and Julieann Sinn; appointment with Police Chief Ver Meer to discuss and take possible action on COPS grant; review and take action on traffic signal proposal; discuss and take possible action on proposed city policy to allow city employees that are also volunteer fire fighters to respond to emergencies during working hours, as long as it doesn’t adversely affect their primary job; discuss engineering contract with Garden and Associates for Cottonwood subdivision project; resolution to approve pursuing abandoned property per Iowa Code 657A.10A located at 500 N. Vine St.; request of T&L Properties to convert two parking spaces into a loading zone for Iowana Apartments located west of the Maple and Montgomery street intersection on the north side of Montgomery Street; submit grant application to Iowa Department of Transportation and request for signing materials to replace signs the city has identified as deficient in their review; payment of $4,450.16 to Habitat for Humanity for neighborhood stabilization program house project at 801 W. Jefferson St.; draw down request No. 6 of $5,590 for community development block grant 09-HSG-022; closed session per Iowa Code 21.5(c) union negotiation purposes.

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Members of Creston City Council will attend the Prairie Solid Waste Agency meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Southwestern Community College Room 180. A quorum may be present.