City Council Postpones Resolution On Regional Airport 28E Amendment
“However, the mayor wrote a letter to the council issuing a request to remove the resolution from the agenda (Item 15) that would deny the request by Mahaska County to amend the 28E agreement that includes the cities of Oskaloosa and Pella in the construction of a regional airport. His request said that Oskaloosa is waiting for information from the Federal Aviation Administration that “may be critical to this decision.”
Three weeks ago, the Mahaska County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve a resolution that amends the 28E agreement and removes the eminent domain clause from the agreement. Eminent domain refers to the government’s right to take private property for public use. However, in order for the resolution to have any effect, the cities of Oskaloosa and Pella also have to agree to remove the eminent domain clause. If either city turns down the proposal, then the resolution has no power and the amendment does not happen.”
Zamarripa, Eduardo. Oskaloosa News 8 August 2013.