Iola City Council members will hear a request Monday to partake in a joint recycling venture with Allen County.
Janie Works, a volunteer with Allen County Recycling, already has approached county commissioners about having city and county employees work part time on cardboard collection on an interim basis.
A small but dedicated group of volunteers has overseen cardboard collection for the past several years, but as more businesses take part, it has grown too cumbersome for the group to maintain alone.
County commissioners expressed muted support at their June 27 meeting, saying they’d be willing to allocate 20 hours of employee time a week for 90 days, provided Iola does the same.
CITY COUNCIL members also will continue to discuss Iola’s 2024 budget, which must be finalized this summer.
At issue is the best avenue to generate additional revenues to support the general fund.
City Administrator Matt Rehder has developed three options involving hikes in either property taxes, trash collection fees or a combination of the two.
THE COUNCIL also will decide Monday the fate of dilapidated homes at 224 N. State St., 406 E. Lincoln and 515 and 617 S. Fourth St., all of which have been condemned and are slated to be demolished.
Monday’s 6 p.m. meeting will be at the New Community Building at Riverside Park.
The public is invited.
