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April 7, 2021
Sheldon, Iowa Former Sheldon 2nd Ward City Councilman Shawn Broesder’s resignation from his Council position became effective Wednesday, April 7th, and the remaining Council members have been looking at the machinations of filling that Council seat.
The Council had previously chosen to take the option of appointing someone to fill the remainder of Broesder’s unexpired term, which runs through the end of this year. At their meeting Wednesday afternoon, one of the agenda items was the adoption of the procedures for an appointment to the position and the setting of a public hearing on the topic. However, during the Public Forum at the beginning of the meeting, a 2nd Ward resident informed the Council that she is in the process of circulating a petition to force a special election to fill that seat. Just ten signatures are required on such a petition to force an election. She told the Council that she expected to complete obtaining signatures and to turn the signed
City of Sheldon Planning Clean-Up of Nuisance Property
December 16, 2020 6:37 pm
Saga CommunicationsPhoto Courtesy: City of Sheldon
Sheldon, IA (KICD)– The City of Sheldon will be moving forward with the clean up of a nuisance property that involves a trailer home that was destroyed by fire in April.
City Attorney Micah Schreurs told the City Council Wednesday evening a hearing was held earlier this week after the property owner failed to comply with previous orders to have the property cleaned up by Tuesday.
The property owner, Kevin Crafton, was at the council meeting where he noted some clean up was beginning but cited personal reasons as far as why it had not already been complete.