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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
North Sioux City meeting: South Dakota set to get millions for disaster recovery
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — Wednesday night, members of the North Sioux City community gathered to learn more about how the federal disaster relief funding will work. The meeting took place at city hall, where city officials and the South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development talked to a room of residents about long-term recovery funds. The state is set to get more than $15 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It comes from the Community Development Block Grant's Disaster Recovery Program. The funds are for the severe weather that hit South Dakota in 2024. 2 air conditioning units stolen from Siouxland Habitat for Humanity project Some of the regulations in order to use the money include having at least 70% of the funds go toward projects directly impacting low-and-moderate income persons. 'When you look at this program in totality, I think there are a lot of regulations with it as with all grant money, but we want to try and be able to utilize this money within the regulations but be able to allow our city to leverage other assets,' said North Sioux City City Administrator Jeff Dooley. State officials say the money can be used for long-term recovery projects. Residents were able to talk with South Dakota authorities in-person about what the funds would mean for their community. Tuition increases proposed for all 3 Iowa universities 'Let's figure out a way to make it so that we all benefit. We want to be here and establish a good relationship to get to know you. We hope you get to know us a little bit, and we understand that this has been a difficult time for you, so we want to try to be good partners as we move forward,' said Governor's Office of Economic Development Deputy Commissioner Joe Fiala. The South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development is working on putting together and finalizing an action plan to be sent to HUD officials. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Petition concerning North Sioux City development won't be on April special election ballots
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A petition concerning the planned Union Crossing residential and commercial development in North Sioux City will not be on the ballot for the April 8 special election. The decision comes from the city attorney and was shared with residents Thursday night at a special meeting of the North Sioux City City Council. NAIA women's basketball tournament brings thousands of fans to Sioux City City leadership say the petition was denied because it was missing a date when it was circulated for signatures. Wednesday was the deadline to have petitions submitted for the April 8 election, meaning it's too late now to correct the issue. The petition opposed the use of tax increment financing, or 'TIF,' for the upcoming development, which was announced last year and recently broke ground. City Administrator Jeff Dooley says holding the special council meeting wasn't a requirement. 'No action was taken, but I think the main purpose of the meeting was to make sure that everybody knew why it [the petition] was being rejected and it was rejected in a public setting,' he said. 'That's not typically required, but the council wanted to do that so that everybody knew what the situation was and it was just an error.' Dooley adds, he expects developers to move forward with the Union Crossing project this spring. Disaster proclamation issued for 5 Iowa counties One of the petitioners, Dennis Haag, told KCAU he understands why the petition was denied, but still thinks the public should have had a voice in the use of TIF for the development. 'My concern is that I just want the public to have a voice; that's all,' he said. 'And when you have a TIF of this dollar amount, I feel that it should always go to a public vote and let the community decide.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
North Sioux City council answers questions about upcoming election
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — North Sioux City is just over three weeks away from its municipal election. Absentee voting for the April 8 election begins next Monday, March 24 at 8 a.m. It will take place at the North Sioux City city hall. The absentee voting period ends at 5 p.m. on April 7. Sioux City council votes to amend Marina Dredging Project agreement There are 10 candidates, two each in the five open positions for the new commissioner form of government. A candidate town hall is set for March 24 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the council chambers at city hall. Council members discussed the frequently-asked questions for this election during Monday's meeting. 'The FAQs is for people to kind of see what the election's about, how it will unfold, where to vote and all that stuff,' city administrator Jeff Dooley said. 'And it's basically questions that have been asked of us over time from different constituents, and so we just kind of compiled it all into a FAQs so people can look at and see what other people have asked and what the answers are.' Council members also appointed three election judges for the April 8 election, which is required by state law. Debra Livermore is the precinct superintendent, while David Layhee and Sherry Caba are the precinct deputies. Iowa bill requiring parental consent for minors using tanning beds passed by House 'We have three election judges for every election that we have, and they sit there from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to make sure things go right and then help us count the votes at the end,' Dooley said. 'We're very thankful for the help they give us because without them we can't… it's hard to have an election, so they do a good job for us and we really appreciate it. ' The municipal election will take place at the North Sioux City Community Center on April 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
