The Eagle Grove City Council set the date of October 18 for a public hearing on the leasing of cropland at the municipal airport. The site has an approximate 52.2 tillable acres, and the lease is for a two-year period beginning next March. Bids must be received by Friday, October 15 and will be opened at the following Monday’s meeting. Bids should be quoted on a per-acre basis, and the winning bid shall be memorialized in a written farm lease containing the customary lease terms and conditions.
A letter was reviewed and placed on record from Summit Carbon Solutions regarding their upcoming project in Wright County. The project will capture CO2 emissions that otherwise would be emitted into the atmosphere from ethanol plants, such as Corn LP, compress the captured emissions, and transport through a pipeline to North Dakota where they will be permanently and safely stored underground in deep geologic storage locations. Besides Wright, 29 other Iowa counties plus communities in four surrounding states are included for a goal of capture and storage of up to 12 million tons of emissions per year. An informational meeting will be held October 13 at noon at Heartland Museum in Clarion.
An Iowa DOT agreement was approved for maintenance and repair of primary roads considered to be within municipalities. The agreement covers both curbed and uncurbed private highways, city streets crossing right of way and curbed and uncurbed primary highways.
In other action the Council:
-went into closed session for a hearing requested by former police officer Walter Pacheco regarding his termination. After returning from closed session, no action was taken;
-approved building permits for Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal (stairs & sidewalk repair), Andrew Menke (garage), Armando Lindstrom (shed), Yaremar Benitez Reyes (fence) and Danielle Jergenson (deck).
