SOUTHEAST IOWA’S REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION YESTERDAY(THUR) PRESENTED ITS TWO ANNUAL PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS TO REX MCGUIRE OF WAYLAND AND RON DURBIN OF WAPELLO.
DURBIN HAS BEEN WAPELLO’S MAYOR FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS AND BEFORE THAT HE ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR OF MIDDLETOWN. HE GOT THE 29TH LELAND MCCOSH(muh-KAHSH) AWARD FOR HELPING TO UPDATE HIS CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN…COMPLETING AND IMPLEMENTING A MASTER PLAN FOR NORTH-END PARK…AND WORKING WITH THE POOL BOARD IN THE PLANNING FOR WAPELLO’S NEW SWIMMING POOL, WHICH WILL BE FINISHED THIS YEAR. HE’S ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE DNR ON PLANS FOR THE SEWER SEPARATION PROJECT AND AN UPGRADE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
MCGUIRE RECEIVED THE 13TH LEROY MEYER MEMORIAL AWARD FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF WAYLAND AND HENRY COUNTY. HE’S WORKED ON THE WAYLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK…HOUSING SUBDIVISION…AND URBAN RENEWAL AREA…THE WAYLAND MEDICAL CLINIC AND YOUTH CENTER…ZONING MATTERS…HE’S CAPTAIN OF THE CITY’S VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT…AND A MEMBER OF THE WAYLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
