Volume III Number 6 | March 01, 2020

News for Neighbors!

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The search for a new City Administrator/Clerk gets underway on Tuesday. Members of the Riverdale City Council meet with consultant Pat Callahan Tuesday night at 7pm to discuss the details, timing and cost of conducting a search for a new Administrator/Clerk and a Deputy Clerk to work 5 days a week at City Hall with the start of the new fiscal year (in July).

You can attend the first meeting of the search committee. Click here to find out how!

Sign up now for your "meal-to-go" from The Duck Creek Pancake House! Riverdale and The Duck Creek Pancake House are delivering meals to seniors and low-to-moderate income households thanks to a grant from the federal government and State of Iowa Economic Development Authority.

Order meals to be delivered to your door over the next two weeks by clicking here.

Council agrees to dig into drainage problem behind homes on Manor Drive. At their last meeting of the City Council, Riverdale Council Members agreed that it was time to look a little closer at the drainage problems causing sink holes to develop in the back yards of several residents in the 200 block of Manor Drive.

Find out why we're poking around in your neighbors' back yards!

With the budding trees and greening grass comes an unwelcome visitor … Garlic Mustard. Here’s what you can do to fight back against this invasive species. Learn More! Weather hasn't cooperated, but the road crew from Brandt Construction is making great progress rehabilitating the roads in Havens Acres. Check out the new pictures! Learn More!

UPDATE: Yielding to concerns raised by residents and questions about how the proposed assistance program would be managed, the City Council elected to pass on providing relief to local, small businesses affected by COVID-19.  Learn More! The City of Riverdale is looking for a college student interested in accounting, finance, public administration or business. Our summer, administrative intern position pays in both experience and cold, hard cash. Okay, well maybe a little more experience than cash … Learn More!

What's news with you? We're always looking for ways to celebrate what's going on in Riverdale - and our website/newsletter is a great way to do it. If you have some news you want to share with your neighbors, click here and fill out the form , then send us your news! We'll take a look and get in touch. Then we might just make you famous! :D

OKAY, we realize this newsletter has come out on Monday evening - but for those of you living in HAVENS ACRES , Republic Services will be making a special garbage and yard waste run on Wednesday morning (in an effort to avoid the road construction crews). Click here for a Riverdale Waste Guide!

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