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Hiawatha to Provide Funding to Historical Society

By Greg Bebermeyer

02/18/2016

(KNZA)--The city of Hiawatha will provide funding to the Brown County Historical Society to help pay the salary of the organization’s director.

After several months of discussion, the Hiawatha City Commission voted Tuesday evening to authorize that an agreement be drawn up to provide a portion of the funding the city receives from the Francis Sewell Plamann Trust to the Historical Society.

Under the agreement, the Historical Society will receive funds equal to 30 percent of the annual distribution the city receives from the Trust not to exceed $9,000 in the first year and $12,000 in subsequent years.

City Administrator Mike Nichols says the Historical Society has accepted the city’s funding offer and requested a five year agreement.

The funding the city currently receives from Plamann Trust is used to pay for the maintenance, upkeep and operation of City Hall.

The Historical Society also receives funding from the Trust but that’s to end in 2017 and the city will receive a larger distribution.

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