Garry Seyb

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Garry Seyb |Denise Fraise |Chuck Vandenberg

LOCAL NEWS Posted Thursday, June 5, 2025 2:44 pm The weight, breadth, and depth of that statement is staggering.” They’ve got some good points. But I’m not surprised. Not at all. I knew it was coming. They’ve been talking about it for years. This group of legislators - I think they want to take home rule away.” LEE COUNTY – A meeting of the state’s Department of Government Efficiency Wednesday is giving county officials a little heartburn Thursday. The Iowa DOGE committee met for the second...

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Garry Seyb |Chuck Vandenberg

COUNTY NEWS Posted Thursday, June 5, 2025 10:24 pm I think this is just a procedural thing for us. We have a timeline, and we have until Thursday to make a decision on this resolution. It’s not that we want to stifle economic growth at all, we can always rescind the resolution at a later date.” LEE COUNTY – A move to voluntarily annex county land into the city for potential development of a future Casey’s on the city’s west side was opposed by Lee County Supervisors Tuesday . The City of Fort...

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Garry Seyb |Chuck Vandenberg

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Posted Tuesday, June 3, 2025 2:29 pm It would be in everyone’s best interest to pay the initial fine and be done with it.” LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Board of Supervisors reminded the public Tuesday morning that any outstanding tickets from the automated traffic cameras that were in place in the county, are still due. During Supervisor Garry Seyb’s comment time, he said there is still more than half a million dollars in tickets that are outstanding and those citations...

2 months ago | pencitycurrent.com | Chuck Holmes |Garry Seyb |Chuck Vandenberg

COUNTY NEWS Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2025 6:50 pm Of course the employees support it because they will end up drawing more out of the system than they ever put in it. Also, I don’t see Social Security at the federal level lowering the retirement age. It’s gone up from 65 to 66 to 67. And the federal government isn’t separating employees out. Everyone’s treated equal.” The studies are there to show it. The bottom line is that we have an employee asking to be able to pay more to leave earlier...

2 months ago | pencitycurrent.com | Garry Seyb |Chuck Vandenberg

COUNTY NEWS Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2025 8:05 pm Everybody got in and we got this done, and now you’re seeing that rapid expansion.” LEE COUNTY – Danville Telecom has bought out a lease agreement with Southeast Iowa Regional and Economic Port Authority, which could lead to quicker expansion of broadband in Lee County. The move gives the telecommunications company ownership of the new broadband infrastructure that was built with funds from Lee County’s America Rescue Plan Act authorization,...