By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
At its Jan. 27 meeting, the Panora City Council considered renewing a proposed contract between the city and Ziegler Power Systems. According to the proposed customer support agreement, Ziegler would maintain a generator so that the city would still have water service in the event of a power failure. The agreement would run from Feb. 1, 2025, through Jan. 31, 2028, at an annual cost of $6,730.42. The council voted to approve the renewal.
A public hearing was held regarding the status of grant funds for the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Contract 23-HSGU-005, which relates to the property at 113 E. Main in Panora. Karla Janning, Housing Programs Coordinator at Region XII Council of Governments, spoke on the status.
“Panora received $550,000 of CDBG of grant funds to provide funding for the creation of three upper-story rental units. All three rental units will serve households at or below 80% of the county AMI (area median income),” Janning said.
She added that for a household of one, that criterion would be $63,300.
“Construction is approximately 59% complete on the units and is scheduled to be substantially complete by April 30, 2025, well ahead of the Feb. 28, 2026, end date for the program,” Janning said.
Janning added that the developer will offer the council a chance for a walk-through tour of the project sometime this spring. No other citizens addressed the council, and City Administrator Lisa Grossman said no written comments had been received. The public hearing was then closed.
The council passed resolution 25-06, amending the city’s legal representation to include attorney John Twillman of Bump Law Firm.
The next regular meeting of the council will be Monday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome. Interested persons may attend in person or electronically by visiting the website https://meet.goto.com/cityofpanora or by phone 1-312-757-3121 (Access Code 295-099-701, Audio PIN 220#).