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Bettendorf Council begins process to adopt statewide SUDAAS specifications

Bettendorf City Council · February 17, 2026
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Summary

City engineers recommended adopting the SUDAAS specifications manual to replace the city's outdated specs; Council held a public hearing and approved the ordinance on first reading, with two subsequent readings required before final adoption.

Bettendorf city staff on Tuesday moved forward with adopting the statewide SUDAAS (Statewide Urban Design and Specifications) specifications manual, saying it will modernize the city's construction standards and reduce conflicts between contractors and local requirements. City Engineer Brent Morlock told the council the SUDAAS specifications manual is roughly "about 1000 pages" and that Bettendorf's own standards "have not been updated since 2001." The council opened and then closed a public hearing with no…

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