Government

HELLO HOUSE DISTRICT 75 FROM THE STATE CAPITOL!

The State House voted on some very important bills this last week, including K-12 Education funding and some immediate flood recovery for the very hard-hit areas in southwest Iowa and the Quad Cities.The Education funding package voted on by the House amounted to an increase of $108 million includes almost $95 million in general aid, $7.65 million for more equity in rural school transportation costs, and $5.

March 7th Forum with State Senator and Representative changes location

The forum with Iowa State Senator Tim Kapucian and State Representative Tom Gerhold, scheduled for Saturday, March 7th, 2020 will be held at the Van Horne Legion Hall, 119 Main Street in Van Horne, at the regularly scheduled time of 1 p.m.  The original location - the Van Horne Community Center - has another function.  Thank you!

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING February 18, 2020

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING February 18, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Board of Supervisors Room ** Agenda is not printed in any particular order, only time specific items will be addressed at certain times '1. 9:00 A.M. Call to Order 2. 9:05 A.M. Marc Greenlee Re: Approve variance to subdivision ordinance for Zach Ellis the SE ¼ of the NW ¼, Sec 3, T85N, R9W 3.

Greetings from Under the Golden Dome

Constituents from Iowa County, Denise Leubka and James Johnson The scramble is on to get bills passed out of committee before the end of funnel week on February 21. Policy bills must pass out of full committee in one chamber or another by the end of the first funnel.In Transportation this week we passed out SF 2122 dealing with rural road classifications adding consistency between the roads and the bridges.

Minutes of the Regular Meeting Board of Directors VSCS 2/10/20

Minutes of the Regular MeetingBoard of DirectorsVinton-Shellsburg Community SchoolsFebruary 10, 2020Call to OrderPresident Rob Levis called the special meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. in the AdministrativeOffice Board Room.Roll Call / Pledge of AllegianceSue Gates, Kathy Van Steenhuyse, Mike Timmermans, Jake Fish, Becky Williams, Tom Burke,Rob Levis, and Brenda Barkdoll, Board, Secretary/Treasurer were present.

Minutes of the Special Meeting Board of Directors VSCSD 2/6/20

Minutes of the Special MeetingBoard of DirectorsVinton-Shellsburg Community SchoolsFebruary 6, 2020Call to OrderPresident Rob Levis called the special meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. in the AdministrativeOffice Board Room.Roll Call / Pledge of AllegianceSue Gates, Kathy Van Steenhuyse, Mike Timmermans, Jake Fish, Becky Williams, Tom Burke,Rob Levis, and Brenda Barkdoll, Board, Secretary/Treasurer were present.

Minutes of the Special Meeting Board of Directors VSCSD 2/11/20

Minutes of the Special MeetingBoard of DirectorsVinton-Shellsburg Community SchoolsFebruary 11, 2020Call to OrderPresident Rob Levis called the special meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. in the AdministrativeOffice Board Room.Roll Call / Pledge of AllegianceSue Gates, Kathy Van Steenhuyse, Mike Timmermans, Jake Fish, Becky Williams, Tom Burke,Rob Levis, and Brenda Barkdoll, Board, Secretary/Treasurer were present.

VSCSD Summary of Bills for February 2020

Summary of Bills 

Forum to be held for 2nd Precinct Candidates, February 20

Vinton Today has invited the three candidates running for the 2nd Precinct to participate in a forum on February 20, at 6:00 p.m. at the Vinton Public Library.  The event will be livestreamed from the library. I will be taking any questions that you might have for the candidates from you the readers. Do you have some deep burning question or some lighthearted fun questions? Feel free to submit them via comments below, email them to VintonToday@hotmail.

City Council Agenda February 13

Click to view agenda https://www.vintontoday.com/media/files/agenda_02-13-20.pdf