from Northeast
Iowa Community College was
present to present information on
the Six Cent Instructional Equip-ment
“Renewal” Levy to be placed
on the ballot Sept. 9, 2008. He
wanted to emphasize that this is
not a new levy but a renewal. He
also informed the board of the im-provements
going on at the NICC
Campus.
Board adjourned to meet on
Monday, July 28, 2008 at 8:45
a.m.
Allamakee County
Board of Supervisors
Lennie Burke, Chairperson
ATTEST: Mary O’Neill, Auditor
wk 31
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF POST-VILLE,
IOWA
July 23, 2008
A special meeting of the City
Council of Postville, Iowa, was held
in the Council Chambers on July 23,
2008, beginning at 5:00 p.m. with
Mayor Robert O. Penrod presiding.
On call of the roll, the following
Council Members were present: Vir-ginia
Medberry, Milo Heins and Jeff
Reinhardt. Absent: Ross Malcom
and Larry Moore
Mayor Penrod added an emer-gency
item to the agenda street clo-sure
of West Williams on JulyAugust
1, 2008 at the Osborne Wel-come
Center 4:00 p.m.
REAP stands for Resource
Enhancement and Protection.
It is a program in the State
of Iowa that invests in, as its
name implies, the enhance-ment
and protection of the
state’s natural and cultural
resources. REAP is funded
from the state’s Environment
First Fund (Iowa gaming re-ceipts)
and from the sale of
the natural resource license
plate.
Several REAP grant op-portunities
exist through this
program with cities eligible
to apply through a competi-tive
grant process.
REAP funds go into eight
different programs based
upon a percentage that are
specifi ed in the law. The
eight different program areas
include conservation educa-tion,
DNR open spaces, city
parks and open spaces, soil
and water enhancement,
county conservation, DNR
land management, historical
resources, and roadside veg-etation.
parkland expansion
and multi-purpose recreation
developments which are typi-cal
projects funded under this
REAP program.
Here in Clayton County,
the county REAP commit-tee
coordinates REAP proj-ects,
reviews and updates the
county REAP plan, promotes
the sale of natural resource