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Ames council approves bond authorizations, ITS contract and zoning updates; schedules URA hearing for SE Fifth
Summary
Council approved two loan-authorizing resolutions to permit the city to issue general obligation bonds for capital projects in 2025–26, awarded an ITS construction contract, advanced a downtown urban revitalization plan to public hearing, and adopted multiple land-use code updates and rezonings.
The council took several routine but consequential actions at the meeting, advancing the city’s capital and transportation programs and adopting zoning and labor agreements.
Bonds and debt authorization: Council held the statutorily required public hearings and adopted resolutions authorizing two general obligation loan agreements — one for general corporate purposes (multiple capital projects) and one for an essential corporate purpose project (a fire station alerting system, $235,000 total with issuance costs). Those actions permit the city to use the debt-service levy and proceed with bond issuance as budgeted in the draft fiscal 2025–26…
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