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Nine candidates will fill an Eldridge ballot for three seats on the Eldridge council.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/27/23
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Long Grove needs new speed limits, stop and yield signs for the town’s renovated First Street, and new subdivision, and perhaps the entire town.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/20/23
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Heavier attendance at Eldridge council meetings suggests a change in meeting places.
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9/20/23
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Eldridge city council approved an 8 percent raise for building inspector Ray Nees Monday.
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9/20/23
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ADM contributed $8,630 to the Princeton Trails committee, a contribution that could be key in advancing the design of a trail through town.
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9/20/23
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Eldridge council members hope to provide some direction about the future of Scott County Library before the Nov. 7 election.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/19/23
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The Eldridge council approved the final of three readings applying a new, planned residential overlay district on the Grunwald Grove second addition already zoned R-3 for multi-family homes. The overlay district was created to allow developer Dale Grunwald to build attached, four-plex townhomes, instead of the condominium buildings allowed under R-3.
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9/13/23
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Eldridge council members officially welcomed RILCO to town with a series of votes that implements the $3.5 million in property tax rebates the council agreed to earlier this summer.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/12/23
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Denise Benson’s guilty plea on two of five criminal charges comes with a restitution order for $36,346.20 to the city of Eldridge, for losses that totaled $82,786.33.
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9/12/23
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Supervisors hired Ted Breckenfelder as a senior assistant county attorney for $109,699 per year, with two weeks’ vacation. Breckenfelder is a private practice attorney in Bettendorf who replaces Caleb Copley.
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9/6/23
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Scott County will rely on Ray Nees to guide supervisors’ land-use decisions when he takes over next month as director of planning.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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9/5/23
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More than 100 residents who crowded into the Scott County Library Monday made sure Eldridge council members heard strong support for a library that every council member said will not be moving anywhere.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/29/23
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Scott County supervisors’ lobbyists are bracing for another round of state legislation to reduce property tax revenue, and siphon away part of sales taxes the county relies on to keep local tax rates low.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/23/23
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Eldridge city council and Scott County library board members will listen to the public before discussing the library lease at a public meeting, 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 28, at the library.
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Mark Ridolfi
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8/23/23
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All Eldridge council members said the Scott County Library should stay in town, but some want the library to pay more.
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8/22/23
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Eldridge police donors filled city hall to demand that the police chief have sole control over $115,000 in donations generated by off-duty private functions, and by on-duty officer Garrett Jahns.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/22/23
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
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8/18/23
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Long Grove council members will open their ears and council chambers 6 p.m., Aug. 22 to residents for feedback on some long-pending issues:
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/15/23
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A plan to add to the Eldridge police fleet stalled when council members disagreed about the need, and who controls thousands of dollars raised by on-duty police officers.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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8/8/23
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More than 5,000 Scott County homeowners applied for the new senior homestead property tax exemption available to those 65 and older.
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8/8/23
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