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The Ames City Council hired a project manager to oversee the development of the city’s new recycling center when it met at city hall on Sept. 23.

City council awards $1.25 million contract to manage recycling center project

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published September 24, 2025
A complicated project has a new manager to oversee things and the city hopes management costs will be offset by engineering savings. The Ames City Council gave Story Construction Co. a $1.25 million contract to help manage the building of a new recycling center.
The Ames Resource Recovery System disposes of trash from Ames and some surrounding communities, but it is needing to be replaced.

Council to study future of city’s waste disposal

by Bill Monroe, Reporter
Published May 9, 2025

The Ames City Council took the next step toward realizing the city’s new approach for the disposal of solid waste at a special meeting on Wednesday. The council unanimously approved awarding a contract...