Local Government

The city is participating in a study of wastewater facilities nationwide to better understand the spread of COVID-19 and inform future pandemic response.

Cedar Rapids and Linn County officials seek collaboration on how to spend a combined $72 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, looking to set aside old tensions to maximize public benefit.

City staff will present recommendations on how to spend American Rescue Plan Act funds during Tuesday’s City Council meeting

The city has recovered more than half of money stolen

A report prepared by independent firm Atchison Consulting Service recommends improved communication and training -- including increasing understanding of how to request sources and of the National Guard’s capabilities.

In addition to the new roughly 17,000-square-foot City Hall building, North Liberty has opted to add a “pedestrian plaza” to the civic campus plan.

More collaboration among communities, better communication with the public and no rogue resource requests are among recommendations in Linn County’s after-action review of the 2020 derecho.

“At some point, you have to take action,” said Tamara Marcus, county sustainability program manager and co-author of the county’s first greenhouse gas emissions report. “We have to act now.”

The issues Ashley Vanorny prioritized in her first council bid continue with ‘greater vigor’ after the derecho and amid the pandemic, she told The Gazette.

Members of the county Emergency Management Commission approved the plan Tuesday night, despite a push from Linn County Supervisor Louis Zumbach for cities to pay for their share of the sirens’ cost rather than the county covering it all.

The Cedar River is projected to crest below minor flood stage later this week, under 11 feet

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