THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON CUTTING THE COST OF A RED LIGHT CAMERA TRAFFIC TICKET ON MONDAY.

SIOUX CITY HAS THE HIGHEST FINE IN THE STATE AT $195-DOLLARS. MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS HE EXPECTS A UNANAMOUS VOTE FROM THE COUNCIL TO LOWER THE FINE:

ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JUSTIN VONDRAK SAYS THE ORDINANCE HAS A SECOND PART WHICH CHANGES WHO IS ALLOWED TO CONTEST THE RED LIGHT CAMERA CITATION:

MAYOR SCOTT, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBERS RHONDA CAPRON AND TOM PADGETT EACH SAID IN THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS LAST FALL THAT THE FINES WERE TOO HIGH.

THEY REPRESENT THE MINIMUM VOTES NEEDED FOR PASSAGE OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.

THE SIOUX CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE MONDAY ON STARTING THE PROCESS TO REPLACE THE BROKEN OUTDOOR SIGN AT THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER.

THE MARQUEE HASN'T WORKED FOR OVER NINE MONTHS. GLEN WALINSKI OF THE EVENTS CENTER SAYS THE NEW SIGN WOULD REMAIN AT THE PIERCE STREET AND GORDON DRIVE LOCATION WHERE THE OLD ONE CURRENTLY STANDS:

WALINSKI SAYS BIDS TO REPLACE THE SIGN WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.

DEMOLITION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE SITE OF SIOUX CITY'S OLD JOHN MORRELL PLANT.

SAM WAGNER OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPPMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT MEANS CONSTRUCTION WILL SOON BEGIN ON GLOBAL FOODS NEW FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY AT THAT SITE.
  

WAGNER SAYS THE EXPANSION MEANS MORE JOBS FOR SIOUX CITY:

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE MONDAY ON SELLING ANOTHER 10 ACRES AT THE SITE TO GLOBAL FOR THEIR EXPANSION.

GLOBAL FOODS PLANS TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING WITH COMPLETION SET BY LATE 2013.

MAJOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF A SECTION OF HAMILTON BOULEVARD THIS SPRING AND SUMMER.

A STRETCH OF HAMILTON FROM WEST 8TH UP TO 15TH STREET WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE COMPLETION OF THE WESLEY PARKWAY PROJECT.

CITY ENGINEER SCOTT LOGAN SAYS THE CITY HAS TWO OPTIONS FOR THE WORK ON HAMILTON:

THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS PUBLIC INPUT ON WHICH OPTION THEY PREFER. TOTALLY CLOSING HAMILTON WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROJECT COMPLETION BY JULY 15TH.

KEEPING TWO LANES OPEN MEANS WORK WOULD RUN UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.

THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OPTIONS ON FEBRUARY 13TH AT 3:30PM.