Municipal Water System

The City of Swisher has formed a Water Committee to investigate the feasibility of a Municipal Water System. The Committee worked with HR Green to develop a Preliminary Engineering Report to determine a preliminary plan for a Municipal Water System, recommend infrastructure needs, identify planning-level costs. In addition, the City Council has taken steps to implement design and construction standards for installing water main as part of recent developments that could ultimately be used for a community PWS. Treatment is not required for the target source but could be implemented in the future, if desired.

A citywide vote will take place on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Additional information about the vote has been posted on the Johnson County Auditor's website. The Johnson County Auditor's website does have a sample ballot available on their website.

NOTE: If you do not live within the City of Swisher limits, even if you have a Swisher address, you are not part of the vote. You can check your address to see your specific ballot here: https://www.johnsoncountyiowa.gov/auditor/elections

The Jefferson-Monroe Fire Department supports city water.

Read more on their website:

https://jmfd.org/municipal-water-information/

As part of the planning stages for the City of Swisher’s municipal water system, HR Green has completed several iterations on cost evaluations and sequencing to identify a potential path forward for the community. On Friday, February 17, 2023, the following flier was mailed to the residents of Swisher. This flier is an estimate of what a timeframe and cost break down could look like.

Please click on the picture to open a PDF version of the flier.

Please note: These rates do not assume any grants, forgivable SRF loans, or other means separate funding. If separate funding is obtained, the user rates could be reduced, the implementation period could be accelerated, or a combination of the two. As stated in meetings, grants and SRF loans cannot be obtained until there is a municipal water system established for the City.

Any questions about this new information can be submitted to swisher-comm@southslope.net. The questions will be gathered and presented in the next two meetings.

Know your facts!

The City strongly encourages every citizen to read the Water Documents below.

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO OPEN A PDF VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT.

Water Q&A Documents

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Public meetings to hear facts will be held on

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - recording posted below
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - recording posted below
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

CANCELED due to weather.

Sunday, February 26, 2023 - recording posted below

NEW DATE ADDED
3-6 PM at the Swisher American Legion

All Wednesday meetings will be at 6:30 PM at the Swisher American Legion, 68 3rd St SE, Swisher. The Sunday meeting will be at 3 PM.

Zoom available:
ELECTRONIC MEETING INSTRUCTIONS
If you would like to participate electronically rather in person, go online and go to website: https://zoom.us/
Hit Join Zoom Meeting; Meeting ID: 772-302-188 Password: 981521 or call 1-312-626-6799
Your feed will be muted at our end. The chat will be monitored for comments.

Questions about the Municipal Water System can be submitted before the meetings to City Hall. To submit in writing BEFORE or AFTER a meeting, email swisher-comm@southslope.net or drop off your question at City Hall. The front drop slot may be used if outside city hours. You may also call 319-857-4539 to submit questions verbally. The town clerk will not be able to answer questions before the meeting. Please read the Q&A documents.

Municipal_Water_System_Meeting_Video_01.25.23.mp4

Municipal_Water_System_Meeting_Video_02.08.2023.mp4

Municipal Water System Meeting Video 2-26-23.mp4

Municipal_Water_System_Meeting_Audio_02.08.2023.m4a