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City begins new year with new administration
by Theresa Andrus
This new year means more change than most for the City of Maple Lake.
At its meeting on Jan. 6, new mayor Mike O'Loughlin and council member Lynn Kissock were sworn in with incumbent council member John Northenscold as the first item of city business for the new year.
Also on the agenda for the new administration were the 2009 appointments for consultants and committees. At the request of O'Loughlin, consultants were scheduled for a four-month appointment rather than the entire year. O'Loughlin said the city will be reevaluating contractors while seeking other proposals and ideas. City contractors are Young, Brown and Pagel, which provides the city attorney; Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik: city engineer; Resource Strategies Inc., city planner; and John Meyer, city economic developer.
In response to a question from council member Deb Geyen, City Attorney Rhonda Pagel said it doesn't matter whether the council appoints consultants for four months or a year. She said that without a contract, the council can dismiss consultants at will and without notice.
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5 comments:
He's a busy little beaver!
Sounds more like the fox guarding the hen-house!
I thought retired meant you didn't work anymore. Wait, it does!
Merriam-Webster's Definition:
Main Entry: retired
Function: adjective
Date: 1590
1 : secluded (a retired village)
2 : withdrawn from one's position or occupation : having concluded one's working or professional career
Look at the link with Bonestroo and Meyer in Maple Lake.
Eerily similar to Bonestroo, Meyer and Centerville.
Think there is a connection?
The Maple Lake Mayor sounds ticked!
Too bad our Mayor doesn't have a clue.
Our Mayor brags about bringing the finance director to town and growing our local government. She will defend her decision to let him work with other Cities too. Just wait and see!
It seems likely that Centerville could pay an hourly consulting fee as Maple Lake did. It only cost them $42,000 last year which is almost exactly half that we paid for the same full time employee.
Defend that. Yeah, and monkey's might fly out of my butt!
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