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Parks and Rec seasonal job fair is February 11

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to12 p.m. on Saturday, February 11, in the Clubhouse at the Muscatine Municipal Golf Course looking to recruit dependable, hardworking individuals to fill seasonal positions for the spring and summer of 2023. 

A variety of opportunities are available including lifeguards, slide attendants, cashiers, equipment operators, office clerk, Golf Clubhouse supervisors, gas dock attendants, recreation program leaders, seasonal maintenance laborers, groundskeepers and College Search Kickoff program assistants. 

Come out to the Golf Course to talk with current staff, review open positions, and fill out an application. Interested persons may also fill out an application ahead of time by visiting the Career Center on the City of Muscatine website.

For more information, please contact the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department at (563) 263-0241.

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Public meeting January 10 to discuss West Hill Phase 6A

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will host a public meeting January 10 to introduce Phase 6A of the West Hill Sanitary and Storm Sewer Separation Project. The meeting will be an open house format and held from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the City Council Chambers at Muscatine City Hall.

The meeting is specifically for residents directly affected by the project and to answer any questions they may have regarding their easement agreements. The general public is also welcomed to attend.

Residents on Sycamore Street from East 8th Street to West Fulliam and those on West Fulliam from Sycamore Street to just west of Nelson Drive will be mostly affected by Phase 6A along with some residents on 9th, 10th, and 11th streets between Sycamore Street and Iowa Avenue.

If you have a question, comment, or request, visit Muscatine Connect, or download the app from the AppStore or GooglePlay. 

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West Hill public information meeting scheduled for February 17

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will host a public information meeting on Phase 5 of the West Hill Sanitary & Storm Sewer Separation Project from 5-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, in the Council Chambers at Muscatine City Hall, 215 Sycamore St., Muscatine. This will be an open house format with no formal agenda for the meeting. Maps will be available for the public to review.

 

Representatives from the Department of Public Works, and general contractor Hagerty Earthworks LLC will be on hand to update the public on the schedule for the second year of the three-year project, and answer questions about any issues that the public may have.

 

Phase II of the project will replace the combined sewer along with other infrastructure improvements on Climer, High, Logan, and Lucas streets, and Knott Avenue.  

 

A schedule of the work for 2022 and what is planned for 2023 will be available during the public meeting. The public, especially anyone in the affected construction area, is welcome to attend the meeting.

 

More information can be found on the West Hill page on the City of Muscatine website.

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City to host public meeting on Grandview Reconstruction Phase II February 10

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine will host a public information meeting on Phase II of the Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Rose Bowl Bowling Center, 1411 Grandview Avenue. This will be an open house format with no formal agenda for the meeting. Maps will be available for the public to look at.

 

Representatives from the Department of Public Works, general contractor Heuer Construction, Inc., and the engineering firm of Bolton and Menk will be on hand to update the public on the schedule for the second year of the two-year project, and answer questions about closures or any other issues that the public may have.

 

Phase II of the project will remove and replace the pavement along with other infrastructure improvements from Musser Street to the South Houser Street/Sampson Street intersection. Heuer Construction tentatively plans to resume construction activity on February 28 when they will close Grandview Avenue from Brier Ditch to Musser Street. The detour will be Musser to South Houser (or vice versa) and will be posted.

 

Work on this section is expected to take three weeks and includes milling and removal of the existing pavement, sanitary and storm sewer installation, water main replacement, and replacement of the culverts at Brier Ditch.

 

Phase I of the project removed and replaced the pavement from Pearl Street to Musser Street. Most intersections have been repaved but the contractor still has work to do to complete the sidewalks and remaining intersections.

 

Anyone with questions about the project and/or timeline for completion of the project are urged to attend the meeting on February 10.

 

The City, the contractor, and consultants will resume their weekly meeting with business owners along Grandview Avenue on March 4. The meetings will be held at 9 a.m. every Friday in the parking lot at the Rose Bowl.