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Changes to development and traffic ordinances will be coming before the council next month.
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7/19/23
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Wyatt Heyvaert resigned his new Princeton city manager position a week after a council investigation into concerns he had missed scheduled work hours and damaged a squad car.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/19/23
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Princeton has an engineering firm willing to take on trail design, but still faces council concerns about the town’s ability to afford anything more than a design.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/19/23
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The council approved the second of three readings amending sidewalk ordinances to allow the council to waive requirements in industrially zoned areas. On Monday, the council added a requirement that property owners alert the county recorder if a waiver is approved.
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7/19/23
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Event organizers – not the city of Eldridge – would be responsible for verifying licensing and insurance obligations for alcohol venders at public events, including the Moonlight Chase, Sheridan Meadows concerts and other North Scott Chamber of Commerce events.
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7/19/23
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The council will allow homebuilders in the new Ivy Acres subdivision to add basements with underground sump pump discharge connections to a buried stormwater main.
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7/19/23
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The next Eldridge police applicants may live within 30 miles of Eldridge after council members removed a city requirement they live within Scott County.
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7/19/23
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Eldridge council members Monday awarded assistant city administrator Jeff Martens a 16 percent raise recognizing his performance and expansion of duties in his first six months.
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7/19/23
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Eldridge council members committed $473,000 in patching projects this year to fix streets, including some that took a beating as detour routes.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Long Grove water main work from Schultz Park to First Street and Grove Road is done, with seeding completed this season, and sod possible in the fall if needed.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/18/23
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Eldridge council member Bruce Cheek said he has no intention of closing the Scott County Library headquarters.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/12/23
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Eldridge is looking for a new police officer to replace John Behrens, who resigned after joining the force in January 2022.
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7/12/23
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New county regulations on carbon waste pipelines will certainly change over the next month as Scott County supervisors craft an ordinance to protect residents from explosions, leaks and lawsuits.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/11/23
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Carbon waste pipelines would have to be 1,600 feet away from homes, schools and confined livestock feeding operations under a proposed Scott County ordinance scheduled to be discussed and voted on by supervisors 5 p.m., Thursday.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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7/3/23
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Teenagers can work longer hours, consumers can buy raw milk and farmers will be able to kill nuisance animals on their land without state permission.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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7/3/23
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Eldridge residents planning on setting off fireworks over the July 4 holiday should exercise extreme caution due to the drought conditions in Scott County.
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Erin M. Gentz
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6/27/23
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Almost everyone loves the idea of sidewalks in their town. Things get tougher when council members have to force property owners to comply with city code.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/27/23
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Eldridge council members hired Martha Nieto as city clerk for $71,585 a year, subject to her passing drug and alcohol screenings. She is scheduled to start work July 10.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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Eldridge will use federal pandemic aid to cover a $162,231.30, five-year contract chief Joe Sisler said is necessary to keep collecting and using police body and squad-car camera evidence.
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6/21/23
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A petition from 55 Princeton residents asks the council to not borrow a nickel for any engineering work on a trail through town, thus rejecting a $186,674 grant that would cover 80 percent of the cost.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Managing Editor
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6/21/23
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