(Arnolds Park)– With two members absent, the Arnolds Park city council voted three-to-nothing Wednesday in favor of the city donating $10,000 toward the proposed installation of an electronic fish barrier near the Lower Gar Outlet. The barrier is intended to prevent Silver Asian carp, or the so-called “jumping fish”, from getting into the Iowa Great Lakes.
In taking the action, the council urged other lakes area communities to do the same. And City Administrator Ron Walker says they’re also sending a message to the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors…Click here for comment from Ron Walker
Walker says the concern is that those living in cities could get taxed twice for the project…Click here for comment from Ron Walker
City Councilman John Adams, Senior says it only makes sense for the city of Arnolds Park, who’s motto is “city of five lakes” to contribute to such a cause.
The money will come from the city’s hotel/motel tax.
