Archive - Oct 29, 2014

To the Editor:
I welcome the opportunity to respond to my critics, Don Rudy and Gary Ballard.
On education:

McLeod Cooperative Power is planning a community solar array system on Lindbergh Trail in Glencoe, near Arnold’s.
Sue Pawelk, customer service manager of the cooperative, appeared before the McLeod County Planning Commission Wednesday, Oct. 22, for a public hearing on the cooperative’s application for a conditional use permit (CUP).
No one appeared at the public hearing, the commission voted to recommend approval to the McLeod County Board of Commissioners, which will consider the CUP as part of its consent agenda on Tuesday.

The McLeod County Board approved contributing dollars, not to exceed $12,000, toward excavating costs to assist in the drainage issues at Baldwin Court near Lester Prairie.
Scott Borst and John Pafko, residents in the Baldwin Court area, presented commissioners with an outline of the work to be done, which includes laying drain tile, and  job estimates from Litzau Excavating, Inc., Juul Contracting and Rickert Excavating.

As the Glencoe City Council puts on the final touches to its proposed 2015 budget, its finance committee on Wednesday afternoon discussed, but made no recommendation, on wage and benefit increases for city employees.
The discussion involved whether that salary and benefit package increase should be more in line with the county and school district’s recent increases, or something else considering city employees will be picking up a larger portion of their own health insurance expenses in 2015.