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GRUNDY CENTER- During its regular meeting on Monday evening, the Grundy Center city council heard a presentation from Mary Doak of the Grundy Center Historical Society and approved four BIG grant applications.<\/p>\n
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The purpose of Doak’s presentation was to ask the council for permission to petition to be on the ballot for a cultural and scientific tax levy that would amount 27 cents per $1,000 of taxable value on property. She highlighted several of the society’s recent activities and initiatives, including a tribute to the history of printing in Grundy Center and an exhibit and accompanying DVD on local country schools.<\/p>\n
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“Times have changed, but the heart of Grundy Center has not changed,” Doak said. “Keeping the history of Grundy Center alive is worth a small amount of money.”<\/p>\n
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Mayor Al Kiewiet thanked Doak for educating him on the intricacies of historical preservation and touted the role that the historical society plays in promoting tourism in Grundy Center.<\/p>\n
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“It’s a huge draw for a lot of people, especially people from large metropolitan areas who can’t believe people still live like this,” Kiewiet said.<\/p>\n
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The council did not take official action but will likely revisit the matter at a future meeting if the historical society can collect enough signatures to get the item on the ballot.<\/p>\n
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A total of four BIG Grant applications were approved during the meeting: one for Jason Monaghan at The Grundy Register <\/em>building ($10,000); another for John Heeren at Cornfed Designs ($10,000); a third for the yet to be completed Chad’s Pizza and Restaurant location on Commerce Drive ($10,000) and a fourth for the Grundy Center Theater Association ($9,927). All of them passed with unanimous approval except for the Chad’s grant, which Butch Kuester opposed (Chad Hamann was absent).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kling Memorial Library Director Lindsey Freese attended the meeting to discuss a resolution allowing for the hire of Kaitlyn Freese as the Youth Services Assistant to replace retired Children’s Librarian Becky Bonnette, and it received unanimous approval along with the wage increases as recommended by the library board. Both Kiewiet and councilwoman Merideth McDonald praised Freese for her continued efforts to provide a variety of options for patrons during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During the public comment portion of the meeting, Connie Thede asked the council to consider installing stop signs at the north and south intersections of 8th<\/sup> Street and M Avenue, noting that she has witnessed several “close calls” in the high traffic area.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We’ll take a look at it and keep an eye on it to see if there’s something we can do to make that a safer area for you guys,” Kiewiet said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During committee reports, Police Chief Doug Frost told the council that a quilting group led by Val Bonk had paid for reserve officer Cody Niehaus, who initiated the April 9 traffic stop that ended in a deadly standoff at the home of Michael Lang, to attend a conference in Sioux City.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Public Works Director Dan Bangasser reported on the ongoing sanitary sewer improvements and told the council that the closed portion of Highway 175 near Casey’s and Eberline Chiropractic should be reopened by Friday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because the meeting was pushed back a week due to the Labor Day holiday, another regular council meeting will be held on Monday, August 20, at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN OTHER BUSINESS, <\/strong>the council:<\/p>\n · Approved setting Trick or Treating for Sunday, October 31, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. as part of the consent agenda.<\/p>\n · Approved the annual liquor license for Scotty’s Saloon as part of the consent agenda.<\/p>\n · Approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Kiewiet to sign an agreement with the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities for the Iowa Safety Education Program Participation Agreement.<\/p>\n · Approved a change order for the Sanitary Sewer project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GRUNDY CENTER- During its regular meeting on Monday evening, the Grundy Center city council heard a presentation from Mary Doak of the Grundy Center Historical Society and approved four BIG grant applications. The purpose of Doak’s presentation was to ask the council for permission to petition to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5972,1],"tags":[3707,4135,436,3591,5205,4496],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2","category-uncategorized","tag-alkiewiet","tag-biggrant","tag-citycouncil","tag-grundycenter","tag-historicalsociety","tag-marydoak",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamerica.news\/grundyregister\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}