OTTUMWA — As they requested, City Council members will learn more about Area 15 Regional Planning Commission (RPC) during Tuesday’s meeting.

Both Area 15 and city staffers will present information about the services and benefits of the planning commission. At the July 1 council meeting, members requested an update before agreeing to pay $9,999.60 for an RPC membership.

Planning Director Dave Shafer said in his report that the 40 cents per capita fee covers the next fiscal year — July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009.

Examples of services and assistance provided by RPC include assistance and review of grant applications to the Iowa Department of Economic Development, Economic Development Administration and State Historic Preservation Office.

The council will also deal with several bills related to the city’s current flood event. These payments and purchases include:

• A replacement pump propeller for the lagoon storm water pump.

• Renting five electric pumps for emergency pumping of storm water during the current flood event.

• Emergency repair by Winger Mechanical for the split casing on a pump in the Finley Avenue storm water pump station.

• Work done by C&J Bulldozing of Eddyville during the flood event.

• Turner Concrete Construction’s of emergency preventative measures taken on the levee system due to the flood event.

• C&J Bulldozing’s installation of a four-inch perimeter drain tile at the Beach Ottumwa parking lot.

• Street repairs on Manning Avenue done by Southern Iowa Mechanical.

• Turner Concrete Construction’s street patch repairs to various streets under the Expanded Street Use Program.

The council will also conduct a public hearing on the city’s intent to adopt the Wapello County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, which was prepared by Area 15 RPC.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the plan and adoption by the council will make the city eligible to receive mitigation funding from FEMA.