After over 44 years of working for the City of Fayette, Public Works Director Jerry Hildebrand retired on October 14, 2022. Mayor Kurt Wood presented Jerry with a plaque to thank him for his dedication and service to Fayette.
After over 44 years of working for the City of Fayette, Public Works Director Jerry Hildebrand retired on October 14, 2022. Mayor Kurt Wood presented Jerry with a plaque to thank him for his dedication and service to Fayette.
The Fayette Public Works employees will begin leaf pick-up on Monday, October 24, 2022. Pick up will be 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. 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 in the street! No tree branches, sticks or garbage should be mixed with the leaves because they will puncture the vacuum hose.
The City Yard Waste Disposal Site is open on Wednesdays from 2PM-4PM and on Saturdays from 8AM-10AM for disposing of branches, sticks, leaves and other yard waste. A Yard Waste key may be checked-out at Fayette City Hall during office hours. Yard waste may also be burned but burning of trash is prohibited. City Ordinance 135.08 prohibits the burning of leaves on any curb and gutter or on any paved or surfaced street or alley. A fire burns not only the leaves, but also the tar/oil in asphalt and cracks can crack the concrete.
This is a courtesy notice from Fayette City Hall. A public hearing has been scheduled for Monday, October 17th, 2022, at 6PM and will be held in the Community Room at the Fayette Community Library (104 W. State St., please use the back door). The meeting is to discuss approving a ground solar array located at 705 W. Water Street (Parcel #1129201005, Sec/Twp/Rng 29-93-8) located behind 801 W. Water Street in Fayette. This meeting is open to the public and anyone is welcome to attend the meeting as the Fayette City Council decides whether to approve or deny the request to install ground solar arrays at this location. If you have any questions, you may contact Fayette City Hall at 563-425-4316.
The new "Homes for Iowa" home will be delivered to 207 Alexander Street in Fayette, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 20th. The estimated time of arrival will be in the mid-afternoon. The 200 block of Alexander Street will be closed down on Wednesday afternoon and part of the day on Thursday (7/21) until the house can get properly placed on the lot. Residence living in the 200 block of Alexander Street should park their vehicles on E. State Street on Tuesday (July 19) evening or Wednesday (July 20) morning if they need access to their vehicles. We also ask everyone to please avoid parking their vehicles along W. Clark Street, E. Clark Street and Alexander Street on Wednesday, July 20 until the new home is delivered. If you have any questions, please contact the Fayette Police Department at 563-425-3500 or Fayette City Hall at 563-425-4316.
Homes for Iowa is an organization and program that addresses Iowa’s housing shortage, trains offenders in skilled trades and reduces recidivism (or the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend). Iowa Prison Industries build the homes near the Newton Correctional Facility in Newton, Iowa. Offenders are trained in the skilled building trades, including apprenticeship curriculum. The homes are sold and delivered on site for $90,000. The city of Fayette has purchased one of the houses and will sell the home to a low-to-moderate income family (more information on that will be released when the home is ready to be sold later this year). The city used funds that the city received from TIF (Tax Increment Financing) incentives that must be spent to help low-to-moderate income families. The city also used funds from the Bolger fund to help develop the lot and to put a basement in the home. The council intends to refund the Bolger fund once the home is sold and with future property taxes the home will bring in. It will be nice to have another new home in Fayette.
This is a courtesy notice from Fayette City Hall. A Planning and Zoning Commission meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, July 21st at 6PM and will be held in the Community Room at the Fayette Community Library (104 W. State St., please use the back door). The meeting is to discuss rezoning the residential property (Parcel #1128200025, Sec/Twp/Rng 28-93-8) located behind 401 Jones Street in Fayette to agriculture. This meeting is open to the public and anyone is welcome to attend the meeting as the Planning & Zoning Commission decides whether to recommend or to not recommend the zoning change at this property to the Fayette City Council. The Fayette City Council will receive the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation at an up-coming Council meeting. At that time, the City Council will make the final decision whether to rezone the property or to not rezone the property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF FAYETTE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
You are hereby notified that on Monday, July 25, 2022, at 6PM in the Community Room of the Fayette Community Library (104 W. State St.), the Fayette Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing to elicit input and responses relating to the request from Leslie Luchsinger. Luchsinger is requesting a variance to the Fayette City Code, Chapter 165.05(5)A, to the minimum yard requirements to build a new garage located at 113 King Street. The new garage planned will leave approximately a 20-foot back yard. The Board will decide on the variance from the City Planning & Zoning Regulations.
If you so desire, you may appear, either in person or by agent or attorney, in support of or in opposition to the special exception or variance to the ordinance.
/s/Kris McGrane, City Administrator/Clerk
ATTENTION:
RESIDENTIAL REMODELING CONTRACTORS
The City of Fayette is seeking qualified general contractors to bid on one residential rehabilitation job within the City. The work is being financed through a grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Repairs may include window/door repair and/or replacement and electrical.
No person will be excluded from the opportunity to submit bids on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, political affiliation, familial status, or citizenship. Minority and women contractors are encouraged to participate. Contractors with Certifications of training in Lead-Safe Work Practices will be required and Contractors and their Sub-Contractors must be registered with Iowa State Workforce.
The Open Houses will be held on July 21, 2022 with Bid Letting on August 2, 2022.
Interested contractors are required to contact City’s Program Administrators, Simmering-Cory, for complete Open House and Bid Letting information.
Contact Offices: Simmering-Cory
PO Box 141
Clear Lake, IA 50428
641-357-7554
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or Fayette City Hall. E.O.E.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF FAYETTE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
You are hereby notified that on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 6PM in the Community Room of the Fayette Community Library (104 W. State St.), the Fayette Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing to elicit input and responses relating to the request from Tim and Holly Wolff. The Wolff’s are requesting a variance to the Fayette City Code, Chapter 165.05(5)A, to the minimum yard requirements to build an addition onto their current house and a new garage located at 308 E. Water Street. The new addition and garage planned will leave approximately a 21-foot back yard and no side yard. The Board will decide on the variance from the City Planning & Zoning Regulations.
If you so desire, you may appear, either in person or by agent or attorney, in support of or in opposition to the special exception or variance to the ordinance.
/s/Kris McGrane, City Administrator/Clerk
CITY OF FAYETTE
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
You are hereby notified that the Fayette City Council will hold a Public Hearing for the conveyance, at the cost of preparation, of an easement, allowing building upon city right of way on Monday, June 6, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the Fayette Community Library, 104 W. State St., Fayette, Iowa, (please use the back door). The city owns the right of way immediately adjacent to the Tim and Holly Wolff parcel located at 308 E. Water Street, Lot 11, Block 1, Fayette, Ex E 21’ & S 152’, in Fayette and the Wolff’s desire to build a garage upon approximately 4 feet of the city right of way. 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 at the public hearing, either in person or by agent or attorney, in support of or in opposition to the request.
/s/Kris McGrane, City Administrator/Clerk
There is no place like home. And there is no place like Fayette.