Cedar Rapids

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.cedar-rapids.org (City of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa; City Hall at 101 First St SE)
• Council meeting documents (agenda, packet, minutes, presentations, video for each meeting): https://www.cedar-rapids.org/local_government/city_council/city_council_meetings/council_meeting_documents.php
• Council video archive: https://cedarrapidsia.new.swagit.com/views/597/city-council. Council meetings are not on the City's YouTube channel, so these pages carry the archive link and no caption transcript.
• City Planning Commission agendas and minutes: https://www.cedar-rapids.org/local_government/departments_a_-_f/community_development/city_planning_commission_agenda_packets_and_minutes.php
• Board of Adjustment agendas and minutes: https://www.cedar-rapids.org/local_government/city_boards_and_commissions/previous_agendas_and_minutes.php
• 2026 land-development application and meeting calendar: https://www.cedar-rapids.org/2026%20calender.pdf
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• City Council (regular meetings generally 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, noon or 4:00 PM, Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall): Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell; At-Large Tyler Olson (Mayor Pro Tem), David Maier and Ann Poe; District 1 Marty Hoeger, District 2 Scott Overland, District 3 Dale Todd, District 4 Scott Olson, District 5 Ashley Vanorny
• City Clerk Alissa Van Sloten; City Manager Jeff Pomeranz; Deputy City Manager Angie Charipar; City Attorney Vanessa Chavez
• City directors page: Jennifer Pratt (Community Development; title pairing inferred and unconfirmed, no explicit Planning Director title found) and Jasmine Almoayyed (Economic Development and Development Services)
• City Planning Commission (first Thursday, 3:00 PM, Council Chambers): chair per the City's member page Jim Halverson, but the September 3 minutes name Samantha Dahlby as Board Chair (unresolved); case managers Mathew Langley and Seth Gunnerson
• Board of Adjustment (five citizens appointed by Council, usually the third Thursday; time and location not confirmed)
• Council committees: Development, Finance and Administrative Services, Flood Control System, Infrastructure, and Public Safety and Youth Services (schedules not researched)

Data quality notes

• For the Council meetings of September 8, September 22 and October 6, only item headings and results in the approved minutes were read; consent items and bid reports were not. The September 17 and October 8 special meetings have approved minutes, read in full.
• The October 20 and November 3 Council meetings are known from agendas only; outcomes are not known. The November 17 and December 1 meetings are scheduled and their times are unconfirmed.
• Planning Commission minutes for September 3 and September 15 were read in full. The October 1 agenda is labelled a special meeting, and the October 22 and November 5 agendas were read by heading only. The Board of Adjustment meetings are listed only. The Board of Adjustment November date differs between the City's list page (November 17) and calendar (November 19).
• Council committees, the Historic Preservation Commission, and the Council's Facebook replays were not researched.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01.