A sidewalk is to be installed on the West side of 3rd street from the City Square to the intersection with West Bridge Road. The construction is scheduled to commence on July 29, 2010, with the contractor having 35 working days to complete the project. As with any construction project, the schedule is regularly subject to change due to weather conditions and workload issues. Regular field meetings, with the contractor, as the construction proceeds will be held and the schedule will be updated.

If you have questions or concerns during construction,  please don’t hesitate to ask the project construction observer, Deb Beck, at 669-1016, or Nichole Sungren, the Project Engineer with Snyder & Associates, at 964-2020. The City of Polk City thanks you for your cooperation during this project.

Matt Aicher has been hired as a Polk City police officer. He replaces
Philip Burrell who resigned in April. Matt grew up in a small town in rural Marshall County.  He graduated from West Marshall High School, and went on to graduate from Hawkeye Community College with a degree in Police Science.  He started his career with the Belle Plaine Police Department in early 2008 and graduated from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy later that year.

Work is scheduled to start on the Broadway Reconstruction Project on July 12, 2010.  The work has been divided into two (2) phases with the first phase to be between Parker Blvd. and 3rd Street.

Work along the north side of this road section will include work on the storm sewers, pipe work PCC curb and road widening.  This work will start from Parker and work east until complete and then on the south side back to Parker.

The road will be open to local residents, but closed to through traffic.  While this work is taking place there is to be access to the side roads, businesses and the Golf Course.   The Contractor (Des Moines Asphalt and Paving) will coordinate with the residents when they need to pave thru their driveways, all side roads and business entrances will be constructed one-half at a time.

All residents along and affected by the project should be receiving a letter soon on the project.

The detours will be similar to last year and this web site will continually update the current detour routes.

The Mile Long Bridge is being repainted.  The painting will be done sections at a time.  Flagmen will be in place.  The goal is to have the work done by 5:00 p.m. each day.

 The Des Moines River bridge, on highway 17, will be closed most of the summer for repair.

The Public Works Department will be spraying for mosquitoes starting the week of June 13 and throughout the summer. Depending on the mosquito population, spraying can occur up to twice a week, weather permitting.
In order for an application to be applied, the wind speed must be less than 10 mph and there can be no threat of rain two hours after application.

Students from North Polk West Elementary visited City Hall on May 28th. The 3rd Graders learned about city government, toured the water plant and also visited the Big Creek Historical Museum.

The city has installed a new video surveillance system at it’s recycling center, located at 409 East Northside Dr. The new system can monitor and record persons using the center. The surveillance system was installed because an individual or business from another community may be tempted to deposit yard waste, tree limbs or leaves there. The sytem will also control illegal dumping of items such as appliances or TVs.  Public Works Director Mike Schulte is shown demonstrating the system.