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Fort Madison picks Smith as new city manager
By Robin Delaney/MVM News Network
FORT MADISON - The hiring of Byron Smith as Fort Madison's new city manager was unanimously approved Tuesday night by the Fort Madison City Council.
Smith, 38, is the assistant city manager and city planner for Poplar Bluff, Mo., which has a population of about 17,000. He will render his resignation today.
Smith was formerly the member services director for the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. He obtained a master's degree in public administration from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., in 1998 and a bachelor of science degree in business management from Brigham Young University in 1995.
Smith has accepted the city manager's job on contract for a salary of $80,000 per year in addition to employee benefits. Mayor Steve Ireland says Smith will be on job by Jan. 1.
The city council's approval of the contract was a required formality. A search committee comprised of the mayor and three council members - Kevin Rink, Neal Boeding and Brad Randolph - recommended Smith after interviewing three final candidates last month and watching the three at a public forum on Nov. 19.
In other business, the city council approved adding more stops signs in town - the new ones being for eastbound traffic at the intersection of Sixth Street and Avenue G.
Police Chief Bruce Niggemeyer said the Traffic Safety Committee discussed concerns about the intersection and the possibility of adding stop signs on the north and south sides of Avenue G for eastbound traffic. Niggmeyer supported amending the city code to add this intersection to the list of required stops.
“There are viability problems at this intersection and more traffic because of the Top Hatter Studio now operating at 602 Ave. G,” Niggemeyer said. “A lot of children get picked up and dropped off there now.”
The Top Hatter Studio moved to 602 Ave. G after the Sixth Street Antique Mall closed its doors last year.
The city council also approved authorizing Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission to again apply for grant funding to continue reconstruction of Avenue E in Fort Madison. The city application for these funds, which would have become available in 2012, was rejected.
The next grant application, if approved, will be for 2013 and will pay for 80 percent of the reconstruction on Avenue E between 15th and 18th streets. The city will be required to pay the remaining 20 percent of the project, which is estimated at $149,040. If the grant is awarded to the city, the $149,040 is to come out of the city sales tax revenue earmarked for street projects.
Smith, 38, is the assistant city manager and city planner for Poplar Bluff, Mo., which has a population of about 17,000. He will render his resignation today.
Smith was formerly the member services director for the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. He obtained a master's degree in public administration from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., in 1998 and a bachelor of science degree in business management from Brigham Young University in 1995.
Smith has accepted the city manager's job on contract for a salary of $80,000 per year in addition to employee benefits. Mayor Steve Ireland says Smith will be on job by Jan. 1.
The city council's approval of the contract was a required formality. A search committee comprised of the mayor and three council members - Kevin Rink, Neal Boeding and Brad Randolph - recommended Smith after interviewing three final candidates last month and watching the three at a public forum on Nov. 19.
In other business, the city council approved adding more stops signs in town - the new ones being for eastbound traffic at the intersection of Sixth Street and Avenue G.
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“There are viability problems at this intersection and more traffic because of the Top Hatter Studio now operating at 602 Ave. G,” Niggemeyer said. “A lot of children get picked up and dropped off there now.”
The Top Hatter Studio moved to 602 Ave. G after the Sixth Street Antique Mall closed its doors last year.
The city council also approved authorizing Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission to again apply for grant funding to continue reconstruction of Avenue E in Fort Madison. The city application for these funds, which would have become available in 2012, was rejected.
The next grant application, if approved, will be for 2013 and will pay for 80 percent of the reconstruction on Avenue E between 15th and 18th streets. The city will be required to pay the remaining 20 percent of the project, which is estimated at $149,040. If the grant is awarded to the city, the $149,040 is to come out of the city sales tax revenue earmarked for street projects.
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