Nick Rohlman\/Southeast Iowa Union<\/a><\/p>\nSALEM \u2014 The Salem City Council approved the second reading of the city\u2019s new code of ordinances during its September 1 meeting.<\/p>\n
The new city code, which updates many ordinances and brings others into compliance with state law, was developed in partnership with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission. The city will hold a third reading of the code during a special meeting on September 21 at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
During its September 1 meeting, the Salem City Council discussed a variety of other matters. The city council addressed several ongoing nuisance complaints and approved a building permit for a fence at 509 W. Jackson St.<\/p>\n
The council discussed utility billing practices for multiple unit properties with representatives of New English based Financial Service Group which serves as the property manager for the Salem Community Homes, a USDA Rural Development housing project which consists of sixteen units spread across three properties. Currently the city code requires that most utilities are billed at a per housing unit minimum rather than at the metered rate for the property as a whole.<\/p>\n
The city also received an update from the Crew Public Library on the Library\u2019s programming. The Library has new hours, and is now open on Fridays in order to offer after school programming. The Library\u2019s new hours are from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, closed on Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, and closed on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The city council accepted the resignation of Library Board Member Melissa Peiffer and approved the appointment of Eric Garretson to the Library Board. The library board is made up of both rural Henry County and city of Salem residents. Garretson was appointed to a county seat while Peiffer resigned from a city seat. The city council is still seeking community members to volunteer to serve on the Library Board. Interested community members can find information about applying online on the city\u2019s facebook page or contact city hall for information about how to apply.<\/p>\n
City council members discussed schedule and funding for the city\u2019s Halloween events. The council approved a transfer of $300 to the Crew Public Library for Halloween candy distribution. The city will distribute hot dogs and hot chocolate at city hall from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween.<\/p>\n
The City of Salem is seeking contributions for a new community time capsule to be buried until the United States\u2019 tricentennial celebration in 2076. Community members are invited to contribute a small item such as as photographs, newspaper clippings, or school memorabilia. Items must be delivered to city hall no later than 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6. The time capsule\u2019s burial will be commemorated in a community event on Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m. in Salem City Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Salem City Council meets at Salem City Hall in Salem, Iowa, on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Nick…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-279856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-news","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6a9843ce74692.image.jpg\")
<\/p>\n