Council Special Meeting is Sept. 27

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 2:05pm

The Lake City City Council will hold a special meeting today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. at City Hall.

Councilmembers will schedule a public hearing required by the state before the council can consent to the traffic changes in the Highway 61 reconstruction plan.

Also before the council on Thursday is whether to hire Matt Herzig as operations manager at the Lake City Marina. The city is backfilling the position after hiring the former operations manager, Jeff Brand, as marina administrator.

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