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Board approves highway safety grant application, utility permit and sets levy hearing; engineers discuss Highway 61 haul route
Summary
At its Feb. 23 meeting the Muscatine County Board approved a $61,000 highway safety grant application with Sheriff Quinn Reese, approved one utility permit for Eastern Iowa Light and Power, heard engineer updates on a DOT-requested haul route carrying about 76,000 tons of aggregate for Highway 61, and set a public hearing on the FY26-27 county property tax levy for March 23.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 23 approved a Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau highway safety grant application in the amount of $61,000 presented with Sheriff Quinn Reese and approved a single utility permit for an electric-service bore by Eastern Iowa Light and Power.
Grant approval: The board approved the highway safety grant application by motion and voice vote after a presentation from county staff working with the sheriff. The presenter said the grant package now emphasizes enforcement and impaired-driving enforcement and that the department requested somewhat higher amounts this year to cover overtime…
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