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THE FAIRFAX FACTS
JANUARY, 1998
BRINGING YOU.FAIR .FACTS
LIBRARY PATRONS: FAIRFAX STATE SAVINGS
��is Fine.Amnesty Month!.. Start the New
HANK REMODEL
Year with a clean card! Return any UPDATE:
overdue library materials during the
month of January 1998, to clear your fine Renovation has taken on a rapid pace at
and help us get all those "lost'books the Bank recently. Thank you to all bank
back in the Library. customers for putting up with our dust!
Please be informed that the Drive-Up and
Traditional
-quilt art :.aces the Libra ! the dight Depository are both located in
%ile you browse for books, use the
the small kiosk at the corner of Mai
computers, or read some magazines, you Street and Vanderbilt, caddy-corner from
can enjoy the beautiul'Amish-style quilt the Bank. The Bank will continue regular j
custom-designed and handmade by banking hours throughout the construction
talented local quilters to hang in the process.
Library. It was commissioned by the
Friends of the Library to honor Linda
Balog, the former long-time Director of i
the Library. Thanks to all the people
involved in this "art-full" project!
FAx UPDATE; The Library is the happy Monday through Thursday: 9
recipient of a Laser Cannon Fax, plain Friday: 9-6
paper model L400, from the Fairfax State Saturday: 8-11
Savings Bank. It has a 14.4 speed The Bank has also leased a portion of the
modem and 75 pages of on-line memory. South Slope Telephone building next door
This will greatly benefit library staff as to the Bank to the south. Please watch
well as library patrons. for signs so you can find us. Call with
Sincere thanks to our good neighbor, any concerns or questions.
Fairfax State Savings Bank! Ph: 846-2300. Bookkeeping: 846-2301.
Fax; 846-8097.
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Area businesses and individuals:
HISTOPMAL FACTS Advertise in the Fairfax Facts! Get your
AR,OUND 1900, THE ELM name or sale item out to over 600 city and
ER,OVE AUXILIARY OF rural mailboxes.
for two lines, 50 cents each
FAIRFAX STITCHED A additional line . Non-profit organizations
"SIC-tNATURE QUILT" TO are not charged a fee.
RAISE MONEY FOR THE
ROME FOR THE FRIENDLESS
IN CEDAR, RAPIDS. TEN +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CENTS WERE CHARGED FOR, AlAnon meets every Monday at 730 pm
INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE at Holy Trinity in Walford.
THEIR NAME STITCHED ON .............................
THE QUILT. THIS QUILT HAS We are looking for used eyeglasses.
Lenscrafters, in conjunction with Lions
RECENTLY BEEN FOUND, Club International refurbish and
AND PLANS ARE BEINGi redistribute your used eyeglasses to those
who have the least and need the most.
MADE TO DISPLAY IT. You can drop your glasses off at
WATCH FOR NOTICE OF TREE Lenscrafters, Westdale Mall. Thank you.
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for the newsletter at the Library by the 25th of
February,
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CITY OF FAIRFAX
Mayor Sheely opened the Fairfax City Council meeting at 7 - 04 p. m.
on Tuesday December 9 , 1997 . Council Pl:eSerlt Stallman, Shakespeare
and Wainwright . Absent Harville .
Stallman moved the approval of the agenda, minutes of the
November Council meeting, Clerk ' s Budget and Financial Reports . MC.
Councilmen Neuhaus arrived at 7 : 15 p . m.
Sgt Carol Currans presented the Linn County Sheriff ' s report , and
stated that things were pretty quiet last month.
Mike Singer , Hart Frederick Consultants, Gordon Sevig and Robert
Boland presented an update on the Sevig Sub division. Mr . Boland
represents LoRoCo, Ltd . , as the adjoining land owner . Plans will
continue for the annexation of the land for the sub division .
Motion Stallman, 2nd Wainwright to have Hart Frederick' s to install
the Metering device on the Lagoons . MC .
Rich Stephens , Linn County Health Department', discussed the
burning concerns in Fairfax . Petitions were; presented from Fairfax
residents in favor of burning , Motion Neuhaus to retain Fairfax
Burning Ordinance, 2nd Stallman , Aye Neuhaus , Stallman , Nay
Shakespeare and Wainwright . The Burning issue will be placed on the
January Agenda .
Complaint filed by Darren and Cheryl COPPess on yard waste piled
against the fence by the neighbors , and the neighbors trees and
bushes growing on their property. Motion by Neuhaus , 2nd Stallman
that a certified letter be sent to Mr . & Mrs . Ostrenga to remove
the Yard waste from the property within thirty ( 30 ) days of the
notice ,
Or the City Will clean it up at the owners expense . Ayes ,
Neuhaus , Stallman and Wainwright , Pay Shakespeare . MC .
Planned Unit Development - Motion Shakesppare to approve PUD, 2nd
Wainwright , Vote Ayes , Shakespeare , Wainwright and Stallman , -Nay
Neuhaus . Due to Planning and zoning not recommending passage , three
- fourths of the City Council would have to approve the motion.
Motion denied ,
Motion Wainwright to approve the Flood Plain Permit for the union
Pacific, 2nd Shakespeare . 4 Pays . Permit denied .
New Mayor , and the three new Council members were sworn in .
Fire Department - Motion Neuhaus , 2nd Shakespeare to reappoint
Mike Sankot to a two year term as Fire: Chief . 3 Ayes , Stallman
abstained. Council gave permission to appoint Rob Casper to the
Fire Department , Bill Barry requested that all home owners put 611
numbers on their homes so the Fire Department will be able to
respond quicker when they are called .
Maintenance Report : Motion Shakespeare , 2nd Neuhaus to trim and
shape the 4 trees on ,Vanderbilt and Church Street . MC .
Outgoing Mayor Sheely wished the new Mayor and Council Good Luck
in the up coming year .
MC Motion Neuhaus, 2nd Stallman to pay bills Presented for payment .
Wainwright made a motion to adjourn, 2nd Neuhaus . Meeting
adjourned at 9 . 10 p.m.
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Mark E . Sheely, Mayor
Betty Panek, City Clerj�
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