MOST CITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OF SIOUX CITY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMIT AREA UNDER A PROPOSAL BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
UNDER THE CURRENT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO LIVE WITHIN TEN MILES OF THE CITY LIMITS.
THE NEW PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYEES SUCH AS FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS TO LIVE WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF THE CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE STATE OF IOWA AND WITHIN THIRTY MILES OF THE CITY LIMITS WITHIN THE STATES OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA.
COUNCILMAN ALEX WATTERS FAVORS THE CHANGE:
RESIDENCY1 OC……..LIVE HERE. :24
MAYOR BOB SCOTT WAS ONE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OPPOSED TO THE IDEA:
RESIDENCY2 OC…….WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? :15
THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST OF THREE REQUIRED READINGS OF THE PROPOSAL 3-2 WITH MATTHEW O’KANE VOTING NO WITH SCOTT.
THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT OF RESIDING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WILL NOT CHANGE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS.
