City of Lake City
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...
Key to local development: good planning
Oct 13, 2016
It is possible for the City of Lake City to get state funding for major future improvements but that will require some detailed planning.
The City Council got that message from all corners Monday night when the public forum portion of the meeting turned into a roundtable discussion on state bonding...
Council holds off on Mayo lease change
Oct 13, 2016
It will be left up to the next City Council to decide on a change in the city’s affiliation agreement with Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City.
The council voted 5-2 Monday night to table the requested action until January.
Three current council members, Mayor Joel Beckman and Council Members Andru...
Schmidt honored for 31 years with the City of Lake City
Oct 13, 2016
The City Council honored Jim Schmidt for his 31 years of work with the city’s electric utility department during Monday night’s council meeting. Mayor Joel Beckman (left) made the presentation. Schmidt began working with the department in May 1985 and recently retired.
Ground-breaking for Public Safety Building
Oct 13, 2016
Representatives of the City Council, Public Safety Board, Ambulance Commission, Police Department, Ambulance Service and other city staff took part in a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday for the new Pubic Safety Building on North 10th Street. The structure will begin taking shape quickly....
Firms to expand, upgrade
Sep 22, 2016
A number of local businesses are planning improvements in the near future as evidenced by activity at City Hall.
One firm, Engineering Laboratory Design (ELD), will built a whole new facility at a new location.
ELD owners Kurt Banazynski and Gina Lynch got approval of a planned unit development (...
Keehn to leave city planner post
Sep 22, 2016
Rob Keehn, Lake City’s planning and community development director, will leave that post on Oct. 31.
He will take a position with WSB Associates, a general consulting firm based in Minneapolis with offices elsewhere including Rochester.
Keehn said he will commute to work at the Rochester office...
People want say in Mayo lease change
Sep 15, 2016
People want more citizens input before the City of Lake City considers changing its contractual arrangement with Mayo Clinic Health System.
In fact, some were adamant about it.
Bob Pope, at the end of a council workshop, said council members and Mayo officials were missing the point. People want to...
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