As we reported, dozens of people attended Monday night’s Dallas County Conservation Board public meeting in regards to the Raccoon River Valley Trail to High Trestle Trail connector project.
Perry City Administrator Butch Niebuhr says he was impressed with the attendance and input shared by attendees. As someone who has been in public administration for more than three decades, Niebuhr says he has been frustrated with the lack of attendance and participation in public meetings before so this one impressed him.
“I thought it was a good meeting as far as input. It was great to see the citizens there, for and against which ever direction it is going. It was also good to see the property owners there. I think it helps them to be able to see and put faces on people in the community that have an interest, a personal interest or a business interest or whatever the interest is, they have an interest in the trails in central Iowa and how that impacts Dallas County, and the City of Perry, and the surrounding communities.”
Niebuhr says he looks forward to staying informed with what is happening and seeing what those who attend the next public meeting in Waukee on the 28th have to say.
We’ll continue our conversation with him on today’s Let’s Talk Dallas County during the 9am, noon and 5pm hours on AM 1310 KDLS.