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Forest Lake council selects spending priorities for 2025
Finance director Kevin Knopik asked the council to determine its spending priorities in preparation of the 2025 budget. Prior to the Monday, May 20 workshop, each council member submitted requests for various funding requests, from adding new signs to the city to adding staff to administration. Then they were asked to prioritize from the compiled list. The top priorities chosen by the council on Monday included putting more dollars toward a 10-year plan for projects and a 10-year plan for staffing, funding downtown planning and...
Cambridge council receives funds for city road improvements
Cambridge City Council received good financial news as part of its Monday, May 6, meeting. The council heard from Ehlers & Associates, the city’s financial consultants, regarding the bond sale issued to finance the 2024 street construction project. Nick Anhut, a senior municipal advisor for the financial consultancy based in Roseville, said the bonds received five bids, with the winning bid from TD Securities of 3.27% on bonds being paid...
Isanti City Council discusses agreement with county on new roundabout
Isanti City Council took its first look at a potential joint powers agreement it would enter into with Isanti County on the CSAH 5/East Dual Boulevard intersection as part of its Tuesday, May 7, meeting. The city has been working with Isanti County on creating a roundabout at that intersection, “I was hoping the County Board would have some discussion on that agreement at its meeting this morning,” said City...
ECFE programs continue to evolve after 50 years
State’s early childhood programming created half century ago When Corey McKinnon, director of Community Education at the Forest Lake district, tells people outside of Minnesota what his profession is, the idea of community education sounds Utopian to some. “The beautiful thing for, really, the Minnesota concept … is getting your youngest learners and littlest, youngest families or new families into the school buildings early,” McKinnon said. ...
Finalists named in Forest Lake's administrator search
Six finalists have been named in Forest Lake's search for a new administrator after the council’s special meeting on Monday, May 20. The finalists and their information, according to a press release sent by DDA Human Resources, Inc., are as follows: Renae Fry, the former city administrator in North Branch, held that role for nearly seven years after a brief stint as the administration coordinator for Sauk County, Wisconsin. Prior...
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