Newton Independent

City budget workshop brings few questions from council

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council had few questions concerning next year's proposed budget at a workshop Monday save whether a method could be found to build a fund to finance on-going capital equipment needs.

Council member Dennis Julius asked that staff look at what other communities might do in regard to financing capital equipment, such as a sort of "savings account" or capital equipment reserve fund.

Julius said that during his years on the council, it seems the city is always trying to catch up on its capital equipment needs and would rather "get ahead of the problem."

"It always seems like we're chasing our tail," he said. "It would be nice to get ahead of the problem."

Newton Community Development Director/Interim City Administrator Bryan Friedman said cities are allowed to establish a capital levy fund but it would need voter approval to establish it.

He said another option in the future might be to designate the $132,000 interest payment the city is in the last year of making to the county for its participation in bringing TPI Composites to Newton toward capital equipment.

Council member Noreen Otto said that while did not have a problem supporting some sort of equipment fund, she said that it might behoove the council to wait until the city's new Comprehensive Plan is completed before taking such a step. However, she said, instead of waiting until the later months of the year to develop a capital equipment needs budget, the council could begin looking at the issue at the start of the next fiscal year.

Council member Jeff Price agreed that getting ahead of the situation puts the city in a better position.

"We need to be more forward thinking rather than waiting for things to happen," he said.

Next year's city budget calls for the lowest levy rate seen in 18 years. At $14.91 per $1,000 valuation, it stands 39 cents below this year's rate.

However, even with the levy decrease, homeowners will pay more in city property taxes next fiscal year due to the increase in the residential rollback. A Newton homeowner with a property valued at $100,000 will pay $14.20 more in city taxes next fiscal year, $756.70 compared to $742.50.

The council will next set a public hearing on the budget for early next month. The budget needs to be certified to the state by March 15.

 

Community-wide survery response time to end

Newton Independent

Newton residents still have the opportunity to provide their input in the "Newton's Future" planning process by completing a community attitude survey by the end of the work day on Monday, Feb. 13.

The survey is being taken as part of the city's efforts to create a new Comprehensive Plan, an action plan that helps guide Newton moving forward. The city is seeking the ideas and opinions of residents as it works to develop the new plan.

A Comprehensive Plan covers topics such as economic development, housing, land use, education and naturual resources. It is a city's official document that sets the path for future decisions and strategies to move the community forward.

The community attitude survey can be taken online by following this link. Paper copies of the survey were distributed in the local shopper several weeks ago. Some additional copies remain at all city offices, the Newton Public Library, local grocery stores, banks and the credit unioon. Once completed, the paper forms may be returned at the drop boxes located at the same locations.

For more information, contact Newton Development Planner Erin Chambers at 641-792-6622, extension 25.

Outside agencies to receive additional city funding

By PETER HUSSMANN

Several outside agencies that receive city funding will receive a bit more next fiscal year following brief council discussion on the budget on Monday.

At the suggestion of council member Mike Hansen, and concurred by the other members of the council, city staff was directed to increase the funding levels for the Newton Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Newton Development Corporation.

Hansen suggested that the CVB receive 50 percent of the total hotel/motel taxes collected, an amount anticipated to be about $250,000 next year. Currently, the CVB receives 40 percent of the hotel/motel taxes collected with a cap of $120,000.

Hansen also suggested that the NDC receive an additional $10,000 in hotel/motel tax funds bringing its total to $60,000 for the coming fiscal year.

The increases can be made, Hansen said, because hotel/motel taxes are no longer needed to make a $35,000 yearly payment on a past bond issue for improvements at Westwood Golf Course.

Hansen also suggested that the Heart of Iowa Regional Transportation Agency, which provides transportation services to residents of the community, be provided an additional $2,000 from the local option sales tax revenues, bringing city funding to the service next fiscal year to $20,000.

Late last week, council members were provided their first glimpse of next year's proposed budget. It calls for a levy rate of $14.91 per $1,000 valuation, down 39 cents from this year's levy and the lowest levy seen in the city in the past 18 years.

The council also heard about the potential impacts from proposals being bantered at the Iowa statehouse concerning changes to commercial property taxation.

Newton Community Development Director/Interim City Administrator Bryan Friedman said the Governor's proposal to reduce commercial values by 5 percent a year over an eight-year period would have a $93,000 year impact on the city's commercial property tax collections. However, taking into account the approximate 2 percent commercial value growth seen each year, the net impact to the city would be approximately $55,000 to $56,000 a year.

The council will hold a budget workshop on Monday.

Updated: Newton council hires new administrator

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council tonight unamiously agreed to hire Robert Knabel as the new city administrator.

Knabel, who is expected to assume his duties in Newton on March 5, previously served as the administrator of the community of Collinsville, Ill. He resigned that position in November of 2011 after working in the community since 2006.

The Newton council has been in the process of hiring a new administrator since Tom Wardlow announced his plans to retire last year. The council used a consulting firm to aid in the search. Two weeks ago, the council interviewed three candidates for the position before releasing the names of two finalists for the position. Last Friday and Saturday, the council held closed door sessions to reinterview those candidates.

Knabel will be paid $120,000 a year and will remain unchanged for a two year period. No cost of living adjustments or merit increases will be provided during these two years.

The initial term of the contract will run for two years with Knabel only able to be terminated during this time frame for cause. The contract will automatically renew for a three-year term at the end of the two year period, unless notice of termination is given 12 months in advance. Thereafter, the agreement automatically renews for a two year period on the contract anniversary date.

Knabel will be provided two weeks vacation upon commencing employment and then accrue vacation leave of 120 hours over the course of the first year. At the end of his first year he will accrue vacation at an increased rate resulting in 208 vacation hours over the course of the year. He will also be credited with 144 hours of sick time at the start of his employment with the city.

The contract also calls for the city to pay Knabel $4,200 over the course of the year, payable monthly, as a vehicle allowance.

The city has agreed to pay up to $10,000 for relocation expenses. Should Knabel leave upon his own prior to the end of the third year, he is required to repay of portion of the relocation cost.

Proposed Newton levy down, taxes paid up

By PETER HUSSMANN

Newton homeowners will see a slight increase in the amount of city taxes paid next fiscal year under the budget proposal submitted to council members on Thursday.

Though the proposed levy would fall 2.5 percent to below $15 per thousand valuation next fiscal year, the first time the city levy has been under that rate since the 1994-1995 budget year, the 4 percent increase in the residential rollback will cause an increase in city taxes paid.

The draft budget presented to the council by Community Development Director/Interim City Administrator Bryan Friedman calls for a levy rate of $14.91 next fiscal year. It currently stands at $15.30 per $1,000 valuation.

While the levy falls 39 cents, the new rollback figures will cause a Newton homeowner with a property valued at $100,000 to pay $14.20 more in city taxes next fiscal year, $756.70 compared to $742.50.

Friedman also provided a brief overview of other components contained in next year's proposed budget.

Staffing levels will be cut only minimally with a full-time park secretary position moving to a 60 percent status. The budget also includes two planned retirements in the Newton Fire Department with the senior positions being replaced by entry level crew members.

The three union contracts the city has provide for an across-the-board cost-of-living increase of 3.75 percent. Friedman said that consistent with past practice, the non-bargaining unit employees have also been budgeted for a 3.75 percent increase applied to their pay matrix.

Also included in the proposed budget are several pieces of capital equipment, including two new police cars, an ambulance and two pickup trucks. Total value of the capital equipment included in the budget is $302,918.

The budget also retains the current levels of outside agency funding, save for a $1,000 increase for the municipal band to $6,000. Funding for the agencies, such as the Newton Convention & Visitors Bureau, Newton YMCA, RSVP and the Newton Development Corporation, come from hotel/motel taxes and local option sales tax receipts. Total outside agency funding stands at $220,000.

The council will hold its first discussion on the proposed budget during Monday's council meeting. The city's 2012-2013 budget needs to be certified to the state by March 15.

Newton council to again interview administrator candidates

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council will again interview candidates for the open city administrator position in closed-door sessions set for tonight and Saturday.

The council has set three separate closed sessions beginning at 5:45 p.m. tonight and two closed sessions beginning at noon on Saturday.

Last Saturday, the council interviewed three candidates for the position left vacant upon the retirement of Tom Wardlow in early January. On Tuesday, city officials released the names of two finalists for the position, Rober Knabel, the former administrator in Collinsville, Ill., and David Van Dee, administrator in the city of Lake Ozark, Mo.

The city council also has a closed session set at the conclusion of its regular city council meeting on Monday.

Newton City Council interviews administrator finalists; names not released

By PETER HUSSMANN

The Newton City Council interviewed three finalists for the position of city administrator on Saturday though their identities have yet to be released publicly.

The closed door interviews followed meetings with the candidates for the top city post on Friday with organizations that receive city funding, Community Development Director/Interim City Administrator Bryan Friedman said this morning.

Friedman said the names of the finalists have not been released publicly because written permission from the finalists allowing that their names be made public as part of the selection process has not been secured.

In the past, the City of Newton has released the names of the finalists when selecting a new city administrator.

Newton City Council member Mike Hansen said today that he has been pushing for the release of the finalists' names so as to allow the public to be involved in the vetting process.

Ostensibly, the Newton City Council could select the next city administrator when it meets in a special session tonight at 6 p.m.

Tonight's agenda includes a closed session to "evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual request a closed session," an exception allowed under Iowa's Open Meetings Law.

In October 2011, the council hired HR One Source of Johnston to assist in the search for a replacement for Tom Wardlow, who retired as Newton City Administrator at the first of the year.

Also on tonight's agenda is a consent item to approve the liquor license for Joe's Italian at the former Newton Country Club and a budget status update, an item that is expected to be short since the city just received its valuation data on Friday, the first bit of information needed in putting the city budget together.

Local groups seek continued city funding

By PETER HUSSMANN

Representatives of a number of local organizations that receive city funding to assist their operations made presentations to council members on Monday urging continued financial support.

The groups, which receive money through both the city's hotel/motel tax collections and its Local Option Sales Tax, briefly outlined their accomplishments of the past year.

Linda Bacon, executive director of the Newton Convention & Visitors Bureau, said tourism to Newton has a $4.5 million annual impact to the community, largely due to the Iowa Speedway. In addition, however, events organized through the efforts of the NCVB also have impact to the community, such as the Miss Iowa pageant, which had a $525,000 economic impact on the community, and the state gymnastics meet, which generated $394,000, she told the council.

Last year, the NCVB received up to 40 percent of the amount generated by the city's hotel/motel tax, but an amount not to exceed $120,000.

Dick Davidson, representing the Newton Development Corporation, told council members that the decision of local economic development officials to join with the Greater Des Moines Partnership has already paid dividends through enhanced prospect activity.

"It was an exceptionally good investment for us to make," he told the council.

The NDC received $50,000 in city funding from the hotel/motel tax last year. In addition, private businesses contributed another $75,000 toward the NDC's efforts to promote development in the area.

Tom Vanderlaan, executive director of the Newton YMCA, told council members the local organization is "struggling" with membership down 20 percent since Maytag's departure. In addition, he said, their child care numbers are also down about one-third, which lead to the decision to close the Y's satellite child care facility and move it to the main facility.

Vanderlaan said the YMCA has already made $110,000 in cuts to its budget and may need to look at additional ways to cut costs.

However, he said, the organization remains committed to providing quality programming to the community and its 3,135 members.

Vanderlaan asked the council to flip the $16,000 in local option sales taxes that last year went to operations of the Y's ACES Teen Center - which is now closed - back to the YMCA operation.

Other groups seeking continued financial support included the Newton Municipal Band ($5,000 in LOST revenue last year), RSVP ( $10,000 in LOST funding) and OPEN ($2,000 in hotel/motel tax).

Heart of Iowa Regional Transit, which late last year took over as the transportation service provider for the county from Heartland Transit, asked for continued city support. Local transit operations received $18,000 in local options sales tax funding last year.

The presentations were for information purposes as the city continues to work on its budget. The process, however, is at a standstill until such time as the valuation numbers are provided by the county to the Iowa Department of Management. Jasper County valuations have yet to be filed, according to the DOM web site.

The city council tentatively has a budget workshop set for next Monday.

Local groups to make financial pitches to Newton council

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council will hear funding requests from a number of local organizations when it meets in regular session at 6 p.m. Monday at City Hall.

Representatives of the Newton Convention & Visitors Bureau, Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, the Municipal Band, Newton Development Corporation, Organization Promoting Everlasting Neighbors (OPEN), Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and the Newton YMCA will make presentations on their need for funding in the coming fiscal year.

The presentations are only informational and are used by the council as part of the budget preparation process.

Newton city staff is still waiting to receive taxable valuation figures from the county in order to proceed with the budgeting process. Jasper County is one of three Iowa counties yet to file valuation figures with the Iowa Department of Management.

Council sets closed session

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council will meet in closed session Monday "to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreprable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual has requested a closed session."

Translation: They are likely reviewing applications for the open city administrator position and can go into closed session pursuant to provisions in Iowa's Open Meeting law.

The council will meet at its new start time of 6 p.m.

Council meeting start time pushed back 30 minutes

Newton Independent

Newton City Council meetings will begin at 6 p.m. after council members nearly unanimously approved a resolution to push the bi-monthly meeting start time back 30 minutes.

The change was made to accommodate two new city council members who work in Des Moines, Noreen Otto and Craig Trotter.

While most council members had no problem pushing the meeting start time back 30 minutes, council member Mike Hansen voted against the move.

Hansen felt the two council members impacted should work out the situation with their employers rather than requiring city department heads, who are required to attend council meetings in order to be able to answer any questions that might arise, to extend their work day to accommodate the council members.

The measure passed 5-1, with the mayor voicing his support.

In other action, the council, without discussion, approved a resolution to amend the employer incentive agreement entered into between wind blade manufacturer TPI Composites, Jasper County and the City of Newton.

City Report features bios of new council members

Newton Independent

The City of Newton's January edition of its City Report contains brief biographies of the three new council members, Noreen Otto, Craig Trotter and Jeff Price, as well as information on Christmas tree disposal times, fee schedules for the pool and golf course for the coming year, as well as what programming is coming up at the Newton Public Library.

Christmas trees will be picked up curbside for free with normal trash collection next week. Trees may also be taken to the landfill next week free of charge though doing so before or after that week will cost resident $1 for disposal.

You can read the January issue of the City Report below.

Download Jan 2012 City Report

Newton City Council to discuss change of meeting time; TPI incentive agreement amendment

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council will discuss a resolution to push the starting time of council meetings back 30 minutes when it meets for the first time of the year with its three new members Wednesday, ostensibly to accommodate two of them.

The resolution calls for the starting time of regular city council meetings to move from their traditional 5:30 p.m. start time to 6 p.m.

Three new members will take their seats on the council after winning election in November. Jeff Price won election to the city's First Ward seat, Craig Trotter to the Third Ward, and Noreen Otto to one of the two at-large seats on the council.

Trotter and Otto work in Des Moines.

In other action on the light council agenda, a resolution to amend the employer incentive agreement between wind blade manufacturer TPI, Jasper County and Newton will be discussed.

TPI is requesting that the requirement that it maintain approximately 500 jobs at the Newton plant to the end of 2012 be changed to run only through the end of last year, Interim City Administrator and Community Development Director Bryan Friedman wrote in the council report.

Friedman said the request is being made for two reasons. First, he noted, TPI wants to stay consistent with the incentives to locate in Newton it received from the State of Iowa. State economic development officials have finalized their grant requirements with TPI, releasing them from further obligations. For consistency sake, TPI wants the corresponding section of the local match released.

Secondly, Friedman noted, TPI wants to remove the $600,000 contingent liability it is required to carry so it can use the money for working capital to expand and grow. Last month, TPI announced plans to upgrade its facility in order to produce a longer wind turbine blade, though the move resulted in the temporary layoff of approximately 200 workers at the plant.

The amendment to the agreement has no financial impact on the city. Jasper County provided all the bonding and grants for the project and entered into the state agreements. Even should TPI fall below the 504 employee threshold it agreed to, all the money owed would be owed to the county.

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors approved the amendment at a meeting last week.

The Newton City Council is holding its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at city hall to accommodate for tonight's Iowa Caucuses.

Retirement open house for Tom Wardlow set

Newton Independent

The City of Newton will host a retirement open house for City Administrator Tom Wardlow on his last day of work on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Wardlow has worked for the city since April 2001, first as its chief of police and then as full-time city administrator, after previously holding the position in an interim capacity.

The public is invited stop by city hall from noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 3 to thank Wardlow for his many years of service to the community.

Friedman named interim Newton city administrator

By PETER HUSSMANN

Newton Community Development Director Bryan Friedman will have interim city administrator added to his job title after the Newton City Council on Monday agreed to his temporary appointment to the top city post in advance of City Administrator Tom Wardlow's retirement on Jan. 3, 2012.

The council agreed to appoint Friedman interim city administrator until a permanent city administrator is selected by the council and begins their duties or May 1, 2012, whichever comes first. Upon completion of the agreement entered Monday, Friedman will return to his current position with the city.

For taking the additional duties, the council agreed to compensate Friedman an additional $1,900 per month to his current salary.

The agreement, however, does not allow Friedman to view the personnel files of other city department heads. Should a situation arise regarding a department head, he is to report the matter to the council member sitting as chair of the Employment Relations Committee.

The city hired HR One Source to assist in the search for a new city administrator.

Wardlow was not the only city representative to bid adieu at Monday's meeting. Attending their last session as sitting council members were Marv Morris, Jim Plumb and Jeremy Heaberlin. All thanked the residents of the community for the opportunity to serve. Newcomers Jeff Price, Noreen Otto and Craig Trotter will assume their seats on the council at the first of the year. The council's first meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 4, so as not to conflict with the Iowa caucuses.

The council also heard a presentation from Doug Steinmetz on a variety of potential grant and tax credit funding sources that might be available to the city to finance improvements to the Maytag Bowl. The council took no action.

Council gets bit of bad financial news at budget workshop

By PETER HUSSMANN

The Newton City Council got a bit of bad financial news from city staff on Monday - the annual reconcilliation payment it receives from the Iowa Department of Revenue for the local option sales and services taxes collected throughout the year won't be enough to cover the cost of the city's interest payment to the county for bonding associated with the TPI project.

Newton City Administrator Tom Wardlow reported the bad news to the council during a short meeting on the status of the budgeting process for the next fiscal year.

Back in 2007, as part of the development agreement that brought the wind blade manufacturer to Newton, the county agreed to include the city's required local match share for state grant assistance in the principal amont of the bonds to be issued. In return, the city agreed to pay the county half the interest payments due on the bonds from from fiscal years 2009-10 through 2012-13.

In past years, the city has made that payment - which amounts to $132,000 annually - with the reconcilliation payment made by the state to the city from its local option sales tax collections. This year, however, the reconcilliation payment totalled just $36,600 - compared to $103,500 last fiscal year and $146,800 the year before, according to Department of Revenue statistics.

The shortfall will need to come from the city's general fund.

Though the reconcilliation payment was down significantly, the city actually saw its local option sales tax collections grow from the previous fiscal year. State statistics show the city collected $1.26 million in the fiscal year ended June 30 compared to $1.23 million the year before.

Wardlow noted to the council that hard budget crunching can't yet be done until the Jasper County Auditor's office releases actual value numbers for the city, figures that are released each year in early January.

However, a few things are known, including the residential rollback figures, which this year are up 2.22 percent to 50.75 from 48.52. The rollback figure identifies the portion of a residential property's value subject to taxation.

Wardlow noted that should the council keep the levy rate the same at $15.30/$1,000, a residential property owner in Newton with an average value of $90,000 would pay $31 more in city property taxes next year, $699 compared to $668. The city's portion of a homeowner's total tax bill is about one-third.

As the council continues its budget work, Wardlow also noted a few other known aspects including:

• the CPI has moved upward toward 3.9 percent
• utility costs are up about 10 percent
• IPERS contributions by the city will jump from 8.07 to 8.67 percent
• police and fire pension city contributions will be up from 24.6 to 26.1 percent
• the final year of three union contracts call for 3.75 percent wage increases
• debt service should drop from $877,000 to $628,000

Wardlow said that after receiving final values from the auditor's office early next year, city staff will crunch numbers and set a budget guidelines meeting for late in January. The council will need to adopt the budget sometime in February in order to meet the state's March 15 certification deadline.

The meeting also provided residents an opportunity to give input on city services. Only one person availed themself the opportunity.

Joyce Moen asked whether the city planned to improve the sound system within the council chambers so that it would be easier for those hard of hearing to better hear council conversations. She said that while she can hear conversatons clearly while watching council meetings on cable television at home, she has difficulty hearing when attending council meetings in person at city hall.

Wardlow said an upgraded sound system is included as part of city capital projects though council approval of the expenditure has yet to be made.

Newton residents asked to provide input on city services

Newton Independent

As part of the City of Newton's budgeting process, the City Council will hold a budget status workshop at 5:30 p.m. Monday at city hall.

Following a short presentation by City Administrator Tom Wardlow, the public is invited to share their thoughts on the services provided by city staff. Residents will be given five minutes to present their comments, viewpoints and concerns concerning city services.

Citizen input is being sought on the city organization, city services and infrastructure needs.

Following the public forum, the council will hold general budget discussion and provide direction to staff.

Newton City Council sticks mini-pig-as-pet proposal

Newton Independent

The Newton City Council stuck a Newton family's attempt to be allowed to have a mini-pig as a pet tonight by voting down an ordinace change that would have allowed it to happen.

On a 3-2 favorable vote, second consideration of the ordinance that would have allowed Newton residents to keep miniature pigs as household pets failed to meet the necessary four-vote council approval threshold to move forward.

The Newton Independent will provide a full report on the matter on Tuesday.

 

New bar, mini-pigs and golf carts on Newton council agenda Monday

Newton Independent

Newton City Council members will be asked to approve a liquor and Sunday sales license for Bucky's Sports Bar, a new business planned to open in the America's Best Value Inn motel located at 2000 W. 18th St. S., when it meets on Monday.

The liquor license application for the establishment was submitted to the state for approval by the council by Steven M. Corrigan Jr. The license application indicates that it would become effective Dec. 16. Corrigan is listing his business as a sole proprietorship.

In other council business Monday, members will take up second reading of an ordinance to allow mini-pigs as pets in Newton.

Council members approved first reading of the ordinance that would allow mini-pigs as pets at its last meeting. At that time, council members said they hoped to gain additional citizen input on the matter and asked city staff to check with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on any potential problems should the allowance be enacted. The ordinance includes height and weight restrictions on the animals, as well as licensing and vaccination requirements.

The Newton council will also be asked to approve the purchase of 24 new Yamaha Drive golf carts, at a cost (with trade) of $55,200 and the annual lease of 12 more, at an annual cost of $6,634, for use at Westwood Golf Course beginning next spring. Financing would come from the city's golf division enterprise fund, which had a balance as of the end of September of more than $147,000.

In addition, the council will get an update on the development of the new city web site with final design and content approval slated for January and a tentative launch date set for late March. Hundreds of photos were submitted by local residents for possible inclusion on the site.

Finally, Newton Community Development Director Bryan Friedman will discuss with council members the city's Dangerous and Dilapidated Buildings Program. Since its inception two decades ago, more than 60 properties in Newton have been redeveloped gaining more than $5 million in new assessed value. The program fund currently is out of money.

Final public input meeting on Newton's future set Thursday

Newton Independent

The third opportunity for citizen input on the future direction of the Newton community will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Newton Arboretum, 3000 N. 4th Ave. E.

Residents are being asked to participate in the City of Newton's planning process to create a new Comprehensive Plan, which serves as a guide for Newton's future. The city is seeking ideas and opinions from residents to help guide the direction of the community the next decade and beyond.

A Comprehensive Plan covers topics such as economic development, housing, land use, education and natural resources. It is a city's official document that sets the path for decisions, strategies and growth to help move a community forward.

Thursday's meeting will be similar in format to the previous two meeting held earlier this month where residents will be encouraged to provide input on the topic areas of their specific interest. All residents are invited to attend.

Citizens may follow the planning process at the project web site - www.newtonsfuture.com - and like "Newton's Future: A Comprehensive Planning Process" on Facebook for frequent update notifications.

For more information, contact Newton Development Planner Erin Chambers at 641-792-6622, extension 25.