PUBLIC NOTICE – CITY OF FAYETTE

                The City of Fayette purposes to close and vacate and then sell the following described real estate, to-wit:

I.

(Former Jeffrey J. Miller property)

The South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North of the River of Section 27; the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and all that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying North of the Volga River in Section 28 (except that part thereof condemned by the City of Fayette in Book 166 Page 354); all in Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the Fifth P.M., Fayette County, Iowa;

EXCEPT

Parcel “S” of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th Principal Meridian, Fayette County, Iowa, more particularly described as follows:

Commence at a found iron rod at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;

Thence South 00 degrees 39 minutes 55 seconds West, 1437.61 feet along the West line of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28, to a found iron rod at the point of beginning;

Thence North 89 degrees 23 minutes 49 seconds East, 419.87 feet, to a found iron rod;

Thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 54 seconds East, 166.93 feet, to a found iron rod;

Thence South 60 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, 47.31 feet, to a set iron rod;

Thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, 232.57 feet, to a set iron rod at a point of intersection with a line 15.00 feet easterly of (as measured at right angles) and parallel to the Westerly line of a 50-foot easement to Standard Oil Company, dated May 21, 1946;

Thence South 12 degrees 53 minutes 41 seconds East, 494.67 feet along said parallel line, to a set nail at a point of intersection with the centerline of Big Rock Road (66-foot right-of-way);

Thence South 83 degrees 03 minutes 43 seconds West, 476.03 feet along said centerline, to a set nail at a point of curvature with a circular curve concave Northeasterly, having a radius of 454.13 feet, a central angle of 45 degrees 18 minutes 23 seconds, and whose chord bears North 74 degrees 17 minutes 06 seconds West, 349.82 feet;

Thence Westerly along said centerline and the arc of said curve, 359.10 feet, to a set nail at a point of intersection with the aforesaid West line of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;

Thence North 00 degrees 39 minutes 55 seconds East, 297.58 feet along said West line, to the point of beginning; containing 7.514 acres, more or less, and subject to easements, reservations, restrictions, and rights-of way of record and not of record;

AND EXCEPT

A parcel of land located in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., described as all land lying North of the Volga River and South of the 146^th Street Road, located in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., Fayette County, Iowa;

AND EXCEPT

A parcel located in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., described as all land North of the Volga River in the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., Fayette County, Iowa;

AND EXCEPT

A parcel located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., described as all that land lying North of the Volga River and South of the 146^th Street Road (commonly known as Big Rock Country Club Road), located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., Fayette County, Iowa.

II.

(Former Gerald V. Lamphere and Grace M. Lamphere property)

“Parcel X in Lot 3, Block 7, River Addition to the City of Fayette, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., City of Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, and more particularly described as follows:

Parcel X in Lot 3, Block 7, River Addition to the City of Fayette, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 93 North, Range 8 West of the 5^th P.M., City of Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South 00 degrees, 38 minutes, 05 seconds West 707.32 feet along a North-South Quarter-Quarter Section line of said Section and an Easterly Corporation Line of said City of Fayette to the Northeast corner of Parcel Y in said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence North 77 degrees, 22 minutes 22 seconds West 361.75 feet; thence North 64 degrees, 41 minutes, 42 seconds West 228.99 feet, both along said Parcel Y; thence North 26 degrees, 19 minutes, 25 seconds East 118.18 feet; thence North 36 degrees, 36 minutes, 17 seconds East 290.40 feet; thence North 66 degrees, 28 minutes, 26 seconds East 46.10 feet; thence North 16 degrees, 39 minutes, 47 seconds East 45.04 feet; thence North 11 degrees 22 minutes, 17 seconds West 160.00 feet to the North Section line of said Section and the Northerly Corporation line of said City of Fayette; thence South 85 degrees, 08 minutes, 00 seconds East (record bearing) 320.00 feet along said Section line and Corporation line to the point of beginning, containing 6.346 acres, subject to easements of record.

The property is known locally as the “back 9 (nine)” of the Big Rock Country Club Golf Course.

                The city of Fayette will hold a public hearing on the proposal to sell that portion of the above described property. Final approval of the sale will be via resolution following the public hearing.

                The terms of the proposal are as follows:

1. The purchaser shall pay $1.00 and other valuable consideration pursuant to a written offer to buy which is available for inspection at Fayette city hall, all city attorney expenses, and other city costs related to the sale of this property.
2. The purchaser shall take said property subject to all future taxes and special assessments. The Purchasers shall pay for all attorney fees, closing costs and recording fees for the transfer of this property. The City will not provide an abstract for this property.
3. The City will reserve any necessary easements for utility purposes.

The public is invited to attend and comment on the proposal at a hearing on the 7^th day of February, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. in the Community Room at the Fayette Community Library, 104 W. State Street, Fayette, Iowa.

ATTEST: Kris McGrane, City Administrator/Clerk

Online Publication Date: January 28, 2022.

Newspaper Publication Date: February 2, 2022.

Per Senate File 634, Code of Iowa Section 384.15A, the maximum levy rate public hearing notice is posted below and will be published in the Union Echo Leader on 1/26/2022. At the hearing, taxpayers and residents may present to the Council their objections to, or arguments in favor of, the tax asking per Code of Iowa Section 384.15A 5(a).

This is the first public hearing for the proposed property tax levy. The council may not increase the city tax rate* from the proposed city tax rate prior to adopting the final budget, so this is an extremely high estimate. There will be another public hearing for the taxpayers and residents to present their objections to, or arguments in favor of, in February or March that will have the actual proposed city tax rate prior to the adoption of the fiscal year 2023 budget.

NOTICE FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION

The city of Fayette (city) is requesting proposals for grant administration services to assist with a project funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA).

The city has received funds to complete owner occupied housing rehabilitation.

The selected contractor will work with the city to ensure compliance with CDBG program requirements. Activities will include but are not limited to project reporting, preparation of disbursement requests, and other activities required under the state of Iowa’s CDBG program.  A full description of the work specifications are available at City Hall at 11 S. Main Street, Fayette, Iowa.

Proposals to the city should include the minimum information:

• Experience with IEDA’s CDBG program
• Description of past grant administrative services provided
• Description of organizational capacity to complete all necessary grant administration activities
• References from previous clients of related work within the past five years
• Cost of services

Proposals must be submitted no later than Thursday, December 16, 2020, at 4PM. Proposals should be submitted to Fayette City Hall, P.O. Box 28, Fayette, IA 52142 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Questions regarding this request for proposals should be directed to City Administrator/Clerk Kris McGrane at 563-425-4316 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Section 3 clause

A. The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (section 3). The purpose of section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects covered by section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing.

B. The parties to this contract agree to comply with HUD's regulations in 24 CFR part 135, which implement section 3. As evidenced by their execution of this contract, the parties to this contract certify that they are under no contractual or other impediment that would prevent them from complying with the part 135 regulations.

C. The contractor agrees to send to each labor organization or representative of workers with which the contractor has a collective bargaining agreement or other understanding, if any, a notice advising the labor organization or workers' representative of the contractor's commitments under this section 3 clause, and will post copies of the notice in conspicuous places at the work site where both employees and applicants for training and employment positions can see the notice. The notice shall describe the section 3 preference, shall set forth minimum number and job titles subject to hire, availability of apprenticeship and training positions, the qualifications for each; and the name and location of the person(s) taking applications for each of the positions; and the anticipated date the work shall begin.

D. The contractor agrees to include this section 3 clause in every subcontract subject to compliance with regulations in 24 CFR part 135, and agrees to take appropriate action, as provided in an applicable provision of the subcontract or in this section 3 clause, upon a finding that the subcontractor is in violation of the regulations in 24 CFR part 135. The contractor will not subcontract with any subcontractor where the contractor has notice or knowledge that the subcontractor has been found in violation of the regulations in 24 CFR part 135.

E. The contractor will certify that any vacant employment positions, including training positions, that are filled (1) after the contractor is selected but before the contract is executed, and (2) with persons other than those to whom the regulations of 24 CFR part 135 require employment opportunities to be directed, were not filled to circumvent the contractor's obligations under 24 CFR part 135.

F. Noncompliance with HUD's regulations in 24 CFR part 135 may result in sanctions, termination of this contract for default, and debarment or suspension from future HUD assisted contracts.

G. With respect to work performed in connection with section 3 covered Indian housing assistance, section 7(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e) also applies to the work to be performed under this contract. Section 7(b) requires that to the greatest extent feasible (i) preference and opportunities for training and employment shall be given to Indians, and (ii) preference in the award of contracts and subcontracts shall be given to Indian organizations and Indian-owned Economic Enterprises. Parties to this contract that are subject to the provisions of section 3 and section 7(b) agree to comply with section 3 to the maximum extent feasible, but not in derogation of compliance with section 7(b).

NOTICE FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR HOUSING PROJECTS

The city of Fayette (city) is requesting proposals for technical services to assist with a housing rehabilitation program receiving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA).

The City/County has received funds to develop and implement an owner occupied housing rehabilitation program for low to moderate homeowners. 

The selected contractor will work with the city to ensure compliance with CDBG program requirements. Activities will include but are not limited to application intake and processing, property inspections and write ups, and lead hazard reduction work.  A full description of the work specifications are available at City Hall at Fayette City Hall, 11 S. Main Street, Fayette, Iowa.

Proposals to the city should include the minimum information:

• Experience with IEDA’s housing rehabilitation CDBG program
• Description of past technical services provided
• Description of organizational capacity to complete all necessary technical service activities
• References from previous clients of related work within the past five years
• Copy of Lead Assessor/Risk Inspector certification form for each inspector to work on the project
• Cost of services

Proposals must be submitted no later than Thursday, December 16, 2020, at 4PM. Proposals should be submitted to Fayette City Hall, P.O. Box 28, Fayette, IA 52142 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Questions regarding this request for proposals should be directed to City Administrator/Clerk Kris McGrane, 563-425-4316 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Section 3 clause

All section 3 covered contracts shall include the following clause (referred to as the section 3 clause):

A. The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701u (section 3). The purpose of section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects covered by section 3, shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing.

B. The parties to this contract agree to comply with HUD's regulations in 24 CFR part 135, which implement section 3. As evidenced by their execution of this contract, the parties to this contract certify that they are under no contractual or other impediment that would prevent them from complying with the part 135 regulations.

C. The contractor agrees to send to each labor organization or representative of workers with which the contractor has a collective bargaining agreement or other understanding, if any, a notice advising the labor organization or workers' representative of the contractor's commitments under this section 3 clause, and will post copies of the notice in conspicuous places at the work site where both employees and applicants for training and employment positions can see the notice. The notice shall describe the section 3 preference, shall set forth minimum number and job titles subject to hire, availability of apprenticeship and training positions, the qualifications for each; and the name and location of the person(s) taking applications for each of the positions; and the anticipated date the work shall begin.

D. The contractor agrees to include this section 3 clause in every subcontract subject to compliance with regulations in 24 CFR part 135, and agrees to take appropriate action, as provided in an applicable provision of the subcontract or in this section 3 clause, upon a finding that the subcontractor is in violation of the regulations in 24 CFR part 135. The contractor will not subcontract with any subcontractor where the contractor has notice or knowledge that the subcontractor has been found in violation of the regulations in 24 CFR part 135.

E. The contractor will certify that any vacant employment positions, including training positions, that are filled (1) after the contractor is selected but before the contract is executed, and (2) with persons other than those to whom the regulations of 24 CFR part 135 require employment opportunities to be directed, were not filled to circumvent the contractor's obligations under 24 CFR part 135.

F. Noncompliance with HUD's regulations in 24 CFR part 135 may result in sanctions, termination of this contract for default, and debarment or suspension from future HUD assisted contracts.

G. With respect to work performed in connection with section 3 covered Indian housing assistance, section 7(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450e) also applies to the work to be performed under this contract. Section 7(b) requires that to the greatest extent feasible (i) preference and opportunities for training and employment shall be given to Indians, and (ii) preference in the award of contracts and subcontracts shall be given to Indian organizations and Indian-owned Economic Enterprises. Parties to this contract that are subject to the provisions of section 3 and section 7(b) agree to comply with section 3 to the maximum extent feasible, but not in derogation of compliance with section 7(b).

CITY OF FAYETTE - PUBLIC NOTICES

YARD WASTE SITE CLOSES

The last day the Fayette Yard Waste Site will be open is Saturday, November 13, 2021.  After 11/13/21, the site will be closed for the winter and the City of Fayette will notify the citizens when it reopens in the spring. The Yard Waste Site is open on Wednesdays from 2PM-4PM and on Saturdays from 8AM-10AM for disposing of branches, sticks, leaves and other yard waste. Yard waste may also be burned but burning of trash is prohibited.  You may check-out the key to the Yard Waste Site at Fayette City Hall during office hours with a $5 deposit. Residents will not be able to check out the key after Friday, November 12, 2021.

/s/Kris McGrane, City Admin/Clerk

FLUSHING FIRE HYDRANTS

The Fayette Public Works employees will be flushing hydrants on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, and Wednesday, November 10, 2021(weather permitting), beginning at 7AM. Residents may experience rusty water.

/s/Kris McGrane, City Admin/Clerk

TENTATIVE LAST DAY OF LEAF PICK-UP

The tentative last day the Fayette Public Works employees will pick up leaves is Monday, November 15, 2021. If the city receives any snow prior to 11/15/21, then the leaf pick up will end immediately. Currently the Fayette Public Works Department is picking up leaves on Mondays (weather permitting). If they are unable to get to all the houses on Monday, then they will pick up leaves at the houses they missed on Tuesday. Residents should place raked leaves on the City parkway or right-of-way between the sidewalk and the back of the curb.  If you don’t have a curb, then place on the grassy area near the street.

Please do not place leaves in the street.

No tree branches, sticks or garbage should be mixed with the leaves. 

/s/Kris McGrane, City Admin/Clerk

CITY OF FAYETTE

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

     The Fayette City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, November 15, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fayette Community Library, 104 W. State Street, Fayette, Iowa, at which time public comment will be received on a request to allow KDME, LLC to have access to and to install a solar electric generating system on designated premises owned by the City of Fayette and sell the electricity generated by the system to the City of Fayette. Comments and review of the proposed request may be done at Fayette City Hall, 11 S. Main Street, Fayette, Iowa, during normal business hours.  If you so desire, you may appear, either in person or by agent or attorney, in support of or in opposition to the request.

/s/Kris McGrane, City Administrator/Clerk

Published in The Union Echo Leader and online on November 3, 2021

    The residents of the city of Fayette will have three proposals on the election ballot for the November 2, 2021 election.

Hotel/Motel Tax - The Fayette City Council has placed a 7% Hotel/Motel Tax question on the upcoming election ballot that will be decided on November 2, 2021. The proposed 7% Hotel/Motel Tax is a transient tax that would be paid only by visitors and patrons staying at a hotel/motel located within the city limits of Fayette. In 2021, 168 cities and 20 counties in the state of Iowa have such a tax. The city must use at least fifty percent (50%) of the revenues from the Hotel/Motel Tax for recreation, convention, cultural and entertainment facilities or for the promotion and encouragement of tourist and convention business in the city and surrounding areas. The remaining revenues from the Hotel/Motel Tax may be used for all other purposes permitted by Chapter 423A of the Code of Iowa.

Here is a variety of programming and service examples that other cities in Iowa have been able to fund using their Hotel/Motel Tax proceeds (courtesy of the City of Adel).

- Community Events: Autumnfest (City of DeWitt), Heritage Days (City of Mount Vernon), Lincoln Highway Arts Festival (City of Mount Vernon), Midwest Old Threshers (City of Mount Pleasant), Various events (City of Clarion and West Des Moines)

- Culture/Recreation: Parks & Recreation (Cities of Anamosa, Clive, DeWitt, Humboldt, Mount Pleasant & Osceola), Cultural programming (City of Osceola), Southeast Iowa Symphony (City of Mount Pleasant), Museum displays for non-profit organizations (City of Clarion), Bravo Greater Des Moines (16 cities in the Des Moines metro-area), Christmas lights (City of Mount Pleasant), Banners & flowers for downtown (City of Clarion)

- Tourism/Chamber: Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau (14 cities in the Des Moines metro-area), Mount Vernon Community Development Group (City of Mount Vernon), Main Street group (City of Mount Pleasant), Chamber marketing and/or membership (Cities of Anamosa, DeWitt, Humboldt & Marion), General tourism and marketing (Cities of Anamosa, Clarion, Elkader, Humboldt, Mount Vernon & Oelwein)

- General Fund/Use: Library Programs (City of Clive), Street maintenance (City of Osceola), Facade improvement grants (City of Clarion), Economic Development programs (City of Clive)

City Council Term Changes - The Fayette City Council has placed a City Council Term Change question on the upcoming election ballot. Currently, the Mayor and all 5 City Council members serve a 2 year term. The question asks the residents if they want to change the City Council members terms from 2 years to 4 years and stagger the terms so not all members are up for re-election every 2 years. If this is passed, it would not start until 1/1/2024 (that means the Mayor and City Council members on the 11/2/2021 ballot will only serve a 2 year term and the next election in November of 2023 will be the first election to start the 4 year staggered terms).

Local Option Sales Tax - The Fayette City Council has placed an extension of the local sales and services tax, at the rate of 1%, to be effective 1/1/2025 until 12/31/2034 on the upcoming election ballot. The city of Fayette currently has a local option sales tax. If this passes, 100% of the revenues will be used for community betterment for the city of Fayette. Currently, these cities/places in Fayette County participate and have a 1% local options sales tax: Alpha, Arlington, Clermont, Donnan, Eldorado, Elgin, Fairbank, Fayette, Hawkeye, Maynard, Oelwein, Oran, Randalia, Saint Lucas, Wadena, Waucoma, West Union and Westgate. Many cities and counties throughout Iowa also participate and have a 1% local options sales tax. Below is the revenue the city of Fayette has brought in the last few years from the local option sales tax. The local option sales tax revenue is currently used to help fund recreation within the city as well as to help fund the streets and police departments.

Fiscal Year 2021 (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021) the city of Fayette received $121,939.34

Fiscal Year 2020 (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020) the city of Fayette received $101,209.04

Fiscal Year 2019 (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019) the city of Fayette received $106,909.34

Fiscal Year 2018 (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018) the city of Fayette received $101,821.83

Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017) the city of Fayette received $102,674.98

Fiscal Year 2016 (July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016) the city of Fayette received $95,424.86

Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015) the city of Fayette received $103,807.31

Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014) the city of Fayette received $93,882.01

Please contact Fayette City Hall, 563-425-4316, with further questions about any of the proposals on the ballot.

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The Fayette Tree Board is considering submitting an application for the free tree seedlings program through the Iowa DNR. Fayette is eligible to receive free seedlings for residents within city limits but can only submit one application for the city. If you are interested in receiving 11” to 20” or 21” to 30” tall seedlings, please print and fill out the below sheet and return it to Fayette City Hall or the Fayette Community Library before October 31, 2021. You may also stop by Fayette City Hall or the Fayette Community Library to sign-up before October 31, 2021. If there is enough interest, the Fayette Tree Board will apply to the program in hopes for a spring delivery. To see what trees are available through the program, visit https://nursery.iowadnr.gov/spring-delivery.html. If kids will be helping to plant the seedlings, please include that on the sign-up sheet because it is part of the application process. These would be trees planted on residents’ private property and not in the city right-of-way (or the land the city owns between the roads, streets, alley’s to the sidewalks). Contact Fayette City Hall to view the Resolution of recommended trees that may be planted in the city right-of-way, however, permission to plant trees in the city right-of-way must have prior approval from the Fayette Tree Board with guidance from Public Works Director Jerry Hildebrand.