The way it works is the civil service commission interviewed all the applicants and they had a matrix they used where they scored the applicants from highest to lowest,

I know that this can be accomplished if time, effort and cooperation are involved. What the merchants on our Main Street need to know is that any discussion that has been conducted on this issue...

You have people who are considering moving to town and they go to the best residential areas and say, ‘Is this how they take care of their streets and gutters?’

The appearance of our streets and gutters is getting ridiculous, … A significant percentage of people are allowing their gutters to be a collection point for leaves, twigs and limbs. I’d like the council to...

We will be losing families who have contributed to our communities, … We will be losing part of our economic welfare, but we will continue to attempt to bolster our community in ways that will...

I realize if we had a lot of money, it wouldn’t be a problem,

Keokuk has been a melting pot of many religions and ethnic groups, … We also have had a unique relationship with the Latter-day Saints. On their way to Salt Lake City, they gathered supplies and...

At what point do we stop continuing to try? It can be contagious if one or two people a block do it (clean their streets and gutters and trim trees).

I don’t know which is best (city-operated or privately-operated garbage collection),

It is my opinion that most probably I will be getting a recommendation from my mayor pro tem (today),

I know full well that the discussion on this issue and any passage of any type of ordinance will take months of discussion and massaging in order to meet the needs of our merchants. My...