Local News Headlines – Monday, October 12th

THE WINDOM E-D-A MEETS AT NOON TODAY AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.   A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THE PROPOSED SALE OF A ONE-ACRE PARCEL IN LOT 2, BLOCK 2 AT THE NORTH WINDOM INDUSTRIAL PARK.  THE E-D-A MAY CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE SALE OF PROPERTY.  THE E-D-A WILL REVIEW A REQUEST FROM HY LIFE FOODS FOR A LEASE OF PROPERTY IN LOT 1, BLOCK 2 AT THE NORTH WINDOM INDUSTRIAL PARK.  A CLOSED SESSION MAY BE HELD TO DISCUSS LAND NEGOTIATIONS.  THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE ‘SPEC’ BUILDING.  INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED ON A JOB CREATION FUND.   THE E-D-A WILL REVIEW AN APPLICATION FOR A COMMERCIAL REHAB PROJECT.   FURTHER DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD ON HOUSING NEEDS IN THE CITY.  

 

A REGULAR MEETING OF THE WINDOM SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE HELD AT 6:30 THIS EVENING AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.    THE BOARD WILL APPROVE PAYMENT OF CONTRACTOR’S BILLS FOR WORK ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS.  A NUMBER OF BUILDING CHANGE ORDERS WILL BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL.  A NOTICE WILL BE APPROVED, CALLING FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD THIS FALL.  LANE CHANGES WILL BE APPROVED FOR SEVERAL TEACHERS.  THE BOARD WILL REVIEW A PROPOSAL TO OFFER AN EARLY RESIGNATION INCENTIVE FOR TEACHERS AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.   THE WINDOM F-F-A CHAPTER WILL REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A FUND-RAISING PROGRAM.   

 

THE WINDOM CITY WATER DEPARTMENT WILL BE FLUSHING FIRE HYDRANTS THIS WEEK.    HYDRANTS WILL BE FLUSHED DAILY BETWEEN 8:00AM AND 4:00PM UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED.  THE FLUSHING PROCESS IS PART OF THE CITY’S REGULAR PROGRAM OF MAINTENANCE FOR FIRE HYDRANTS AND WATER MAINS.  PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID USING THE WATER WHEN HYDRANTS ARE BEING FLUSHED ON YOUR STREET.  THE WATER IS SAFE TO DRINK, BUT THE FLUSHING PROCESS WILL DISTURB SEDIMENT IN THE WATER LINES.  THAT MIGHT LEAD TO CLOTHING BEING STAINED IF YOU WERE DOING LAUNDRY AT THE TIME.   CONTACT THE WINDOM CITY WATER DEPARTMENT WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 

 

DONATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE COTTONWOOD COUNTY “COATS FOR KIDS” PROGRAM.   DONATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR COATS, GLOVES, MITTENS, SNOW PANTS AND BOOTS.  ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION.  THERE ARE DROP-OFF BOXES AVAILABLE AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN WINDOM, MT LAKE AND BINGHAM LAKE.  THE BOXES WILL BE PICKED UP THIS WEDNESDAY.  CLOTHING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH AT ‘BARC’ IN WINDOM, AND ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH AT THE MT LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.  TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL LUKE EWALD AT (507) 847-6930 OR (612) 597-0433.   

 

PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE 2020 WINDOM CITY STREET PROJECT.  WORK BEGAN ON MAY 4TH.  THE PROJECT WAS PLANNED BY THE D-G-R ENGINEERING FIRM.  THE PRIMARY CONTRACTOR FOR STREET AND UTILITY WORK WAS HJERPE CONTRACTING OF HUTCHINSON.  ADDITIONAL PAVING WORK WAS HANDLED BY M-R PAVING AND EXCAVATING OF NEW ULM.  THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT CAME TO ROUGHLY $3-MILLION-657-THOUSAND.  WINDOM RECEIVED $25-THOUSAND FROM GREAT BEND TOWNSHIP TO HELP COVER THE COST OF AN OVERLAY PROJECT ON 6TH AVENUE.  A STORM-WATER PROJECT ON 18TH AVENUE WAS PUT ON HOLD PENDING AN UPDATE ON POSSIBLE STATE FUNDING.