Lake City City Council

150th committee receives keys to the city

Jan 11, 2023

The Lake City City Council presented the five members of the Lake City 150th Celebration Committee with ceremonial keys to the city Monday, Jan. 9, for their work organizing the city’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2022. The group raised awareness about the milestone and rallied the community to...

City studying breakwater for Ohuta area

Dec 21, 2022

Lake City officials should have the results early next year from a feasibility study it’s conducting on the construction of a breakwater in the Ohuta Beach area. The project was one of two for which the city can receive cost-match funding for from the state after they were included in a state...

Show your support for dog park at Dec. 12 council meeting

Nov 30, 2022

We are writing to add our support to the discussion about creating a dog park for the citizens of Lake City in 2023. We feel this is an amenity that is hugely needed in Lake City. There are over 900 dogs in Lake City (more dogs than minor children!) and there is nowhere for them to be able to...

City Council welcomes Quinn aboard

Nov 16, 2022

The Lake City City Council held a ceremonial oath of office for its newest member, Brian Quinn, at the council’s regular meeting on Nov. 14. Last month the council voted unanimously to appoint Quinn to the seat vacated by Katie Novak when she resigned in September. Pictured, from left, are...

Incumbents re-elected to Lake City City Council

Nov 16, 2022

Voters in Lake City opted not to make any changes to the make-up of their city council in the Nov. 8 election. All three incumbents running for the three available seats won re-election. Amy Kohrs Alkire was the top vote-getter with 1,307, followed by Russell Boe with 1,252, and Faye Brown with 1,...

Boe an objective, level-headed, thoughtful presence on city council

Oct 26, 2022

We’re once again at a place in our community to make choices regarding leadership. It may seem now, more than ever, that there’s so much divide in anything political – from the presidency to our local elections. From my perspective, it’s unfortunate when the very essence of community is to bring...

Proud of council service, ready to do more

Oct 20, 2022

My name is Russell Boe and I’m writing today in regards to my candidacy for the Lake City City Council. I have been a member of city council for the last seven and a half years, and am excited at the opportunity to serve for another four years. I am proud to be a part of multiple councils that...

A plan to revitalize downtown Lake City

Oct 20, 2022

Hopefully many Lake Citians recently attended or viewed the candidate’s public forum with invited and participating candidates for the various public offices at city hall. The candidates offered a variety of viewpoints and responded to questions submitted by attending citizens. There was one...

Brian Quinn appointed to City Council

Oct 12, 2022

The Lake City City Council on Monday unanimously appointed Brian Quinn to the council seat vacated by Katie Novak last month. Quinn was one of three applicants for the appointment - the others were Marco Molinari and Scott Fiege - and was the first choice of five of the six council members, as...

Tom Rasmussen - City Council Candidate