City of Lake City
2016 a year of transition at City Hall
Dec 29, 2016
The City of Lake City started 2016 with a new city administrator. It will start 2017 with a new mayor.
Those are just two of several changes in key positions in local government that took place in 2016.
In addition, two changes were made on the City Council and three major staff positions were...
City levy to rise slightly
Dec 22, 2016
The levy on local property to help pay for City of Lake City operations will go up 1.782 percent next year.
That increase will raise an additional $56,589 toward the city’s general operations.
The tax levy covers 43 percent of the city’s operating expenses. The next biggest source is local...
One step forward, one step back for 3-lane plan
Dec 15, 2016
Plans for improvement of Highway 61 through Lake City took a step forward and a step backward Monday night.
The City Council on a 5-2 vote agreed to send of letter of intent to the state Department of Transportation to go ahead with the project.
Monday night’s vote does not commit the city changing...
Part-time cops to get pay hike
Dec 15, 2016
Lake City Police Chief Cory Kubista didn’t have any trouble figuring out why he had trouble retaining part-time police officers.
Everyone else in the area was paying a lot more money.
Kubista got City Council authority of a partial fix to the problem. He will begin paying part-time officers an...
Ice rink nearly ready to open
Dec 15, 2016
Cory Meincke and Pete Bartholome of the Streets and Parks Department sprayed water onto the ice rinks at Underwood Park Tuesday and the rink is tentatively scheduled to open Friday. Snow might hamper the opening. Up to 6 to 10 inches of new snow was forecast for Thursday and Friday. When the rink...
City employees recognized at council meeting
Dec 15, 2016
Six City of Lake City employees were recognized during the City Council Monday night for their years of service to the city. Four of them were on hand for the presentation, made by Mayor Joel Beckman (left). Honored employees were, from left: Ed Borner, 20 years with the Electric Utility Department...
New efforts keep new finance director busy
Nov 30, 2016
Next year’s budget was all worked out when Amy Hove joined the City of Lake City’s staff but there is plenty of work ahead for the new finance director.
A veteran of the Goodhue County finance department, Hove was hired to succeed Barb Pratt who retired at the end of September after guiding the...
Lake City ambulance service to get overhaul
Nov 23, 2016
The City of Lake City will work through the next nine months to make improvements to the operation of its ambulance service.
The changes could include an expansion of the ambulance service staff to accommodate transfer calls.
City Administrator Mark Sievert got the green light to go ahead with a...
City moves on lakefront study
Nov 17, 2016
The City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to spend $39,000 on planning work from the city’s waterfront and downtown area.
A St. Paul company, Stantec, will do the work. The company was selected by the Planning Commission after reviewing three applications.
The company has carried out waterfront...
Rotary club learns about city planning projects
Nov 17, 2016
Rotary Club President Tom Dwelle presents a pen to Megan Smith. Smith, the interim planning and community development director for the City of Lake City, was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Nov. 14 meeting. She provided an update on current city planning projects, including a...
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