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After more than 50 years of being family-operated, a Columbus Junction trash-collecting business has been sold to Iowa River Sanitation LLC. A representative for the company said the change may bring lower rates.
According to previous discussions, work started in 2019 on the Locust Street box culvert over Monkey Run, but because of COVID-19 and other extenuating circumstances, the project was never fully closed out, though actual construction was completed in 2020.
The money represents the city’s contribution to the pool and classifying the funds as admissions protected the school district’s Public Education and Recreation Levy.
Jim Rudisill for The Hawk Eye COLUMBUS JUNCTION — The low bid for a previously approved asbestos abatement project for the Columbus School District’s secondary building campus will mean nearly $17,600 in savings, the school board learned Monday. District business manager Neil Mills said Shive-Hattery Associates, Cedar Rapids, which is serving as the engineering consultant for the project, had reported receiving four bids for the summer project. Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, Inc, Davenport, had submitted a low bid of $37,403. The construction budget had been set at $55,000 and approved ...
Columbus Junction considers partnership with commercial tree service Jim Rudisill for The Hawk Eye COLUMBUS JUNCTION — An offer from two partners who operate a Columbus Junction commercial tree service may help ease disposal problems at the city’s yard waste disposal site. Jose Leyva and Juan Espinoza, owners of The Iowa River Tree Service and Snow Removal, told city officials during Wednesday’s city council meeting they are willing to separate brush from larger logs and cut the logs into smaller sizes to keep the disposal site accessible to commercial businesses. During earlier discuss...