Video Update: Snacks at the Library, Freeze Fest, and more

Monday, February 10, 2020 - 7:00am
Contact: 
Jack Brooks
Communications

Iowa City Update is a weekly video featuring City of Iowa City projects, programs and events. Topics this week include an effort to curb childhood hunger, an outdoor winter festival, and more. Click the image below to watch Iowa City Update .

Iowa City Update: Snacks at the Library Afternoon Snack at the Library

Learn how a generous donation is helping address food insecurity in...

A poster for 'More Than Just a Game.'

More Than Just A Game Civil Rights Program held Tuesday, Feb. 11

Friday, February 7, 2020 - 4:15pm
Equity and Human Rights

Iowa’s athletes have long impacted their teams, communities, and the sports they played.

African American athletes did so while facing off against more than just the opposing team. They fought for the right to equal treatment on and off the field.

A presentation called "More Than Just A Game" will highlight people such as Iowan and Olympian Thomas Hill, Drake University athlete Johnny Bright and his effect on the football helmet, and members of the Buxton Wonders, Iowa’s Negro League baseball team.

The free event will be held at noon Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, in...

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Annual Long-term Debt Disclosure Report is now available

Friday, February 7, 2020 - 8:00am
Contact: 
Jacklyn Fleagle

Iowa City’s annual long-term debt disclosure report, which provides information on the City’s outstanding long-term debt, debt compliance, utility systems, debt statistics, and other relevant information, is now available on the City’s website at www.icgov.org/budget.

This report is required by the City Council’s Debt Management Policy.

This information along with Iowa City’s Fiscal Year 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) will be provided to the City’s bondholders and will be posted on the Electronic Municipal...

Washington St. entrance to Chauncey Swan Ramp closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 4:15pm
Contact: 
Mark Rummel
Transportation

The Washington Street entrance to Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.

The closure allows for the installation of a Farmers Market art installation on and around the parking ramp.

Visitors can still enter and exit the parking ramp on the College Street entrance, or the entrance off of Burlington Street and through the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center’s parking lot.

Police Chief Jody Matherly.

Iowa City Police Chief Jody Matherly Announces Retirement

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 2:30pm
Contact: 
Geoff Fruin
Police

After nearly a 37-year career in law enforcement, including over three years serving Iowa City, Police Chief Jody Matherly has announced his retirement.

Chief Matherly assumed the role of police chief on Jan. 23, 2017. Prior to his arrival in Iowa City, he served as police chief in the communities of Altoona and Grinnell. He also served as an officer, sergeant, and lieutenant with the Flint, Michigan Police Department.

“I could not have dreamed that serving the Iowa City community over the last three years would have had such a positive impact on me,” Matherly said. “Over...

Police Chief Jody Matherly gives an award to Police Officer Ashley Jay.

ICPD announces annual award winners

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 11:45am
Contact: 
Derek Frank
Police

Iowa City Police Officer Zachary Murguia, winner of the Richard Lee Award, accepts the award from Police Chief Jody Matherly at a ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.

The Iowa City Police Department annually presents three awards to recognize employees for their accomplishments during the previous year.

Officer Zachary Murguia received the Dick Lee Award, Records Technicians Sara Van Eck, Lori Schroeder, Rebecca Passavant, and Kathy Droll received the Civilian Employee of the Year Award, and Officer Ashley Jay was named Officer of the Year.

Richard Lee...

Graphic promoting Presidents' Day: Feb. 17, 2020.

2020 Presidents' Day holiday schedule announced

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 2:00pm
Contact: 
Shannon McMahon
Communications

City Hall administrative offices in Iowa City will be closed Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in observance of Presidents' Day. The following schedules will be in effect for other City facilities on the holiday:

Note: Curbside garbage and recycling will be collected on Monday.

Airport: Office closed. Jet Air (FBO) will operate regular hours. Details at icgov.org/airportinfo . Animal Care and Adoption Center:...

Second round of deer management scheduled to begin Feb. 23

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 11:30am

In order to reduce the deer population, White Buffalo, Inc. has been hired to strategically and professionally carry out sharpshooting measures in Iowa City.

Below is a list of City parks where sharpshooting will occur, along with information on when those parks will be closed. All closures run from Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, through Sunday, March 15, 2020.

Waterworks Prairie Park (2875 N. Dubuque St.) - Closed every day from 3 p.m. to dawn The Ned Ashton House (820 Park Road) - Closed every day from 3 p.m. to dawn Terrell Mill Park (1209 N. Dubuque St.) - Closed every day from 3...
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Senior Center launches new survey

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 2:30pm
Contact: 
LaTasha DeLoach
Senior Center
Take the survey here

The Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center (The Center) aims to enhance quality of life by supporting wellness, social connections, community engagement, and lifelong learning for a diverse and growing older adult population.

In order to best serve everyone in the community, The Center is looking for the community's input with its latest survey. All Johnson County residents over the age of 40 are encouraged to take the survey.

The survey has been...

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Transit reserves a seat for Rosa Parks

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 8:00am
Contact: 
Stefanie Bowers
Equity and Human Rights

Throughout Black History Month, Transit will be saving a seat on each of its 27 buses daily in honor of Rosa Parks, a Civil Rights leader who was born on Feb. 4, 1913.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, sparking the citywide bus boycott that became a critical event in the civil rights movement.

Each bus in the Iowa City transit system will have a seat reserved for her. A QR code located on the commemorative image in each bus can be used to find materials on Mrs. Parks and...

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