13 Feb 2001

Siting Sex: Proposed Regulation of Adult Entertainment

By Kathleen McCarthy

During last week's council cycle, Davenport Adlermen Wayne Hean and Roland Caldwell introduced amendments to the city's two ordinances that govern business licensing and zoning for adult entertainment. According to Alderman Hean, "The motivation behind these amendments has been to eradicate the ancillary criminal activities that tend to proliferate in neighborhoods where adult entertainment businesses are located, such as drug dealing and prostitution.

06 Feb 2001

Davenport Sewer Repair Could Cost $144 Million

By Joe Collins

Consultants have told Davenport City officials that $144 million needs to be spent over the next 50 years for sewer repairs. An estimated $18 million will need to spent on 16 projects in the next five years, with most of them aimed at preventing raw sewage from backing up into homes.

06 Feb 2001

Lawsuit Creates Noise About Noise

By Jeff Ignatius

A $25 million class-action civil-rights lawsuit filed by three African Americans against the City of Rock Island faces an uphill battle in court, according to people familiar with similar challenges.
On January 18, three men filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $25 million in damages and asking the federal district court to overturn a Rock Island city ordinance forbidding drivers from playing their car stereos loudly.

30 Jan 2001

Ground Broken at Putnam for IMAX Theatre

By Joe Collins

The Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science recently started construction of its IMAX 3-D theatre. Over the next several months, the construction schedule will focus on earthwork and pouring foundations. Once the critical winter months are through, the construction team will have more information on the remainder of the construction schedule, including an opening date for the theatre.

30 Jan 2001

Quad Cities Move Ahead with Stormwater Management Plans, but Davenport Sits in Limbo

By Jeff Ignatius

After more than eight years of silence from the state, the City of Davenport is wondering exactly what happened to an application required by a federal environmental regulation.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the state agency administering the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation, has never issued Davenport a permit under the Stormwater Management Program.

23 Jan 2001

Davenport Starts Administrator Search with New Panel

By Joe Collins

A 12-member panel has been formed to begin the search process for a new Davenport city administrator. Mayor Phil Yerington said he wants a new administrator by April 1. Members of the panel, which was appointed by the mayor, come from diverse backgrounds and include John Stavnes, Wells Fargo Bank; Jerry Messer, Quad City Federation of Labor; aldermen George Nickolas, Wayne Hean, and Roxanna Moritz; Dr.

23 Jan 2001

Public With Business Censored from TV

By Kathleen McCarthy

On Wednesday evening, January 17, 2001, during the year's second formal council meeting, Mayor Phil Yerington announced the council's plan to censor the "Public with Business to Present" (PWB) portion of all future council meetings (committee, committee of the whole, and regular council) by no longer televising them for public viewing.

23 Jan 2001

Moline Readies Water-Plant Loan Application

By Jeff Ignatius

As the City of Moline finalizes its plans for a nearly $20 million expansion of its water plant over the next few months, the city will also put the finishing touches on an application for a low-interest state loan that could have a major impact on the utility's ability to maintain its aging system.

16 Jan 2001

LeClaire Ambulance Shut Down by State

By Joe Collins

The story of LeClaire Ambulance took a recent twist when the service's supervisor of operations quit after the company was shut down by the State of Iowa for failing to comply with an agreement with the Iowa Department of Public Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.

16 Jan 2001

Why You Should Be Burning Up About Natural-Gas Prices

By Jeff Ignatius

MidAmerican Energy drew a bull's eye on
its back, scheduling a series of forums
throughout Iowa allowing customers to vent about the high price of heating their homes this winter. The company tried to shift blame to natural-gas producers and traders, but they still got plenty of customer rage.

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