Author: Bill Conrad

21 Area Arts Organizations Receive Grants

An increase in overnight stays for area hotels/motels allowed for an increase in funding this year for area arts groups. In September, the City Council approved $305,000 in grants for almost two dozen area cultural and arts-related organizations using funds provided by the hotel/motel tax fund. The amount represents an increase of 39 percent from last year.

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Labor Day Holiday City Schedule

For the Labor Day holiday, there will be NO trash pickup, brush and bulky item collection or recycling pickup Monday, Sept. 5. Regularly scheduled trash and BABIC service will resume on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The make-up days for recycling collection are listed below. 

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2022-23 City Budget Approved 

The City Council approved the 2022-23 fiscal year budget Monday. The newly adopted budget includes a projected $354,486,879 in operations and community projects, representing an increase of $23,698,460, or 7.2 percent, compared to the previous year’s adopted expenditures.

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