John Harris will chair the Linn County Board of Supervisors this year, board members decided Wednesday. Harris, a Palo Republican starting his second term, rotated into the position Wednesday morning at the supervisors’ first meeting of the year. Brent Oleson, R-Marion, was last year’s chairman. Lu Barron, D-Cedar Rapids, is 2013′s vice chair, running meetings [...]
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The operators of Linn County’s residential care facility will pay just $1 rental through June 30, county supervisors decided this morning. Supervisors approved a request from Abbe Inc. to reduce annual rent for the rest of the fiscal year as they deal with changes in state funding. Abbe, a non-profit, operates Abbe Center for [...]
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By Myrt Bowers —- The Witwer Senior Center survived the epic flood of 2008, thanks to strong support from our community. Financial assistance from local foundations and a willingness to share space by local organizations showed a commitment to the older adults in Cedar Rapids and other Linn County communities. The Witwer staff [...]
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Visitors to the renovated Linn County Courthouse will have plenty of places to sit. County supervisors approved a proposal from Cedar Rapids artist John Schwartzkopf for 22 interior benches for the courthouse, undergoing an $8.5 million renovation. The $68,000 purchase is made under a policy adopted by supervisors in spring 2010 to spend up to [...]
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Much spending by Iowan counties is out of the hands of supervisors, who must allocate their budgets according to state and federal guidelines. But there’s one area where Linn County supervisors have discretion: the county’s economic development fund. Supervisors, who have spent $135,100 of the $200,000 fund for the fiscal year that started July 1, [...]
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Linn County will support redevelopment efforts in Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia and Czech Village neighborhoods for another year. Supervisors voted Wednesday morning to spend $17,500 from their economic development fund on a grant for the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District. Over the past two years, they’ve allocated $20,000 to the New Bo City Market, [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn County supervisors are being asked to spend nearly $85,000 to finish a computer project that’s already almost a year behind schedule. Linn and Polk counties hired Michigan-based Manatron in fall 2010 to upgrade their county treasurers’ property tax software to allow online access to complete tax information. The project’s initial deadline [...]
continue »Thank you for your coverage of Linn County’s recent designation as a small wind innovation zone (“Not-so-mighty wind projects welcome in Corridor,” May 29). As a member of the Linn County Board of Supervisors, I was proud to support this initiative to streamline the regulatory process for local farmers and residents in unincorporated Linn County [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn County Auditor Joel Miller’s actions over a laptop computer sought in an internal investigation goes against policy and the general practice across the state, according to County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden and the Iowa State Association of Counties. Miller said he will give the computer to county Finance Director Steve Tucker [...]
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Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett’s request for $300,000 in county support for the NewBo City Market project got a cool reception this morning from Linn County supervisors. “I don’t think it’s a feasible thing for the county to get into,” Supervisor Brent Oleson, R-Marion. “Unless there’s a change in the hotel-motel tax or some other [...]
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