Special meeting and Work Session
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
After the roll call, the once again seven-member Council embarked on the Regular Agenda. The first two of the four items comprising that agenda were related to the development of the Jasnoch family’s Locust Development Second Addition. The Planning Commission had recommended [...]
Category Archives: Observer Reports
City Council Meeting - August 25, 2008
August 26, 2008 – 1:54 pm
City Council Meeting - August 18, 2008
August 19, 2008 – 8:28 pm
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
The meeting began promptly with 5 of the 6 seated councilors, C. Vohs arriving just a few minutes late.
The agenda was approved after moving item # 15Â from Consent, back to the Regular Agenda where it had first been.
The first item on the Agenda was: Special Item Related to Council At-Large Vacancy [...]
City Council Special Meeting - August 13, 2008
August 14, 2008 – 11:22 am
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
This special meeting had only one Agenda item : Consider options for separation agreement - Resolution 2008 - 086
The Mayor delayed the beginning of the meeting for a few minutes, as two of the councilors had not arrived. C. Vohs arrived a few minutes after 7:00 , [...]
City Council Special Meeting and Work Session - August 11, 2008
August 12, 2008 – 9:40 pm
Kiffi Summa,  LWV Observer
The Special City Council Meeting began at 5 PM, and was for the purpose of interviewing applicants to fill the vacated at-large seat of Noah Cashman in the interim before a special ballot at the November election, when the seat will be filled with an elected representative. The seven applicants for the [...]
Northfield School Board Meeting – August 11, 2008
August 12, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Jan Mitchell, LWV Observer
Absent: Kari Nelson and Paul Hager
Board members expressed appreciation to the Northfield News for its coverage of the recent results of No Child Left Behind testing. This complex issue was well explained.
The Board unanimously approved renewal of the health and dental benefit plans. Tom Stringer noted that the dental plan has [...]
Rice County Commissioners Meeting - August 5, 2008
August 9, 2008 – 1:22 pm
LWV Observer - Georgiana Campbell
Not present - Commissioner Plaisance
The meeting began with Ross Hoffman, working with the Cannon River Watershed Partnership, presenting information on stream buffers in agricultural areas. Public waterways in Minnesota have to be a specific size and/or drain a certain sized area to be considered “public”. If it meets [...]
City Council Meeting - August 4, 2008
August 7, 2008 – 4:40 pm
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
After the Agenda was approved, with a few items removed from Consent for discussion, and the Minutes of the 7/14 meeting read and approved, there was a presentation of the Draft of the new Comprehensive Plan. Copies were passed out to all the Councilors, as well as the candidates for office who [...]
City Council Meeting - July 28, 2008
July 29, 2008 – 4:03 pm
Kiffi Summa , LWV Observer
There were two special meetings, 5:00 and 7:00 PM, followed by a work session.
The 5:00 PM meeting was to interview the three candidates for the interim administrator position: 1. Richard Fursman, 2. Todd Bodem, 3. Joel Walinski. Each was interviewed for approximately 1/2 hour, using the same questions. The selection process [...]
Rice County Commissioners Meeting - July 22, 2008
July 24, 2008 – 12:53 pm
LWV Observer - Georgiana Campbell
This was a short meeting but with important business up for discussion. All commissioners were present.
Social Services - Mark Shaw, head. Presented four contracts for approval. These
contracts were for mental health practitioner services.  The Commissioners approved these contracts.
Highway Dept. - Dennis Luebbe, head. Presented three resolutions; two involved bridge bonding money, [...]
City Council Meeting - July 21, 2008
July 22, 2008 – 9:19 pm
Kiffi Summa, LWV Observer
All six seated members present.
Joel Walinski, Public Services Director, sitting in for Administrator Roder, who was absent.
There were several adjustments to the Agenda; a greensheet at the beginning of the meeting noted two: 1. A bingo license was added to the Consent Agenda, 2. Public hearing item # 8c - First [...]
