City of Lake City
Y gets more funding for pool operations
Dec 26, 2019
The city will reimburse the Red Wing YMCA a total of about $29,500 for operating the city’s swimming pool during the 2019 summer season.
When the city and the YMCA reached an agreement for the YMCA to take charge of pool programming, the city earmarked $15,000 knowing that the actual cost would...
A funding surge for city electric
Dec 26, 2019
Lake City Public Utilities is set to receive $375,297 from its power consortium.
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA), of which the city is a member, decided at its Nov. 13 meeting to distribute $7 million in contingency funds to its members, according to the minutes from the Nov. 20...
Jewell Nursery tree adorns turn-around
Dec 19, 2019
This year’s government pier concourse Christmas Tree has a historic pedigree. Sometimes, the City of Lake City has a donor willing to have a tree removed from their property to be put on display. That wasn’t the case this year. “This one came off city property near the community garden,” City...
Boe: Mayo receptive to community board input
Dec 19, 2019
Lake City City Councilmember Russell Boe used part of his “Councilmember Minute” at the Dec. 9 city council meeting to give an update on certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) coverage in the emergency department at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City.
Two nurse anesthetists and a nurse...
City farmland goes on sale
Dec 19, 2019
Lake City is seeking bids on about 77 acres of farmland in Lake Township.
Bids are due by 4 p.m. on Jan. 24 and will be reviewed by the city council at its Feb. 10 meeting, according to a city request for bids. The minimum bid amount is $450,000.
The city used to dump solids from its waste...
City, school approve 2020 levies
Dec 19, 2019
The City of Lake City and Lake City Public Schools have approved their levies for 2020.
The city’s levy is increasing 3.54 percent, the school district levy is going up 2 percent.
During a Truth in Taxation meeting Dec. 13, City Finance Director Amy Hove said that even though the levy is...
Several futures possible for downtown lots
Dec 19, 2019
Justin Hawryluk says he’s excited to see the demolition of buildings along the 200 block of South Lakeshore and what could replace them, even if he doesn’t know yet what that will be.
Hawryluk is the president of Lake Pepin Development Company, which owns the roughly half-acre of land on the...
Lawyer: Businesses might sue over Hwy. 61 project road closure
Dec 19, 2019
A Minneapolis attorney representing at least one local business owner has warned the city that the cost of compensating businesses for the loss of access during the 2020 Highway 61 reconstruction could be higher than what will be saved by completing the project in one year instead of two.
In a Nov...
City finance director Amy Hove leaving for Inver Grove Heights
Dec 11, 2019
Amy Hove, Lake City’s finance director since October of 2016, has resigned to become finance director for the City of Inver Grove Heights.
Her last day with Lake City is Jan. 3.
On Monday the city council approved a $14,000 contract with David Drown Associates to conduct a search for her...
After high bid, council-members reiterate support for project
Dec 11, 2019
A majority of the Lake City City Council Monday expressed support for proceeding with the Highway 61 reconstruction project following news that the one bid for the project was higher than expected.
The lone bid on the project was $14.5 million from Rochester Sand and Gravel. Cost estimates prior...
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