Archive - Mar 2015

On a 4-1 vote, the Glencoe City Council approved plans and specifications for the construction of an airport parallel taxiway at Vernon Perschau Memorial Airport. Council Member Allen Robeck voted no.
There is a hitch to the plans, however. The city needs to acquire four small parcels of property from four different landowners, including a key half-acre of land owned by Robert Boltmann. None of the landowners, however, have responded to the city’s requests.

The McLeod County Board of Commissioners opened the March 17 meeting with recognition of Lester Lindeman, who will be retiring from the Penn Township Board of Supervisors after 54 years of service.
Paul Wright, county board chair who presented the certificate of appreciation, said Lindeman was first elected to the board in March 1961, most of the time serving as board chair.
Wright added how it is pretty unique to have half a century of public service. Lindeman said it did not seem that long.

After a series of fits and starts, financing seems to be secured for the new Trailblazer Transit facility in Buffalo.
The Trailblazer Joint Powers Board heard Thursday morning that the city of Buffalo will now assume the responsibility of issuing bonds to build the facility, which it will rent to Trailblazer with a lease-to-own contract.
Trailblazer Executive Director Gary Ludwig said the original plan was to have the Buffalo Housing Authority (BHA) borrow the money for the building and then lease it to Trailblazer, using rent income to pay back the loan.

In order to get “peace of mind” the McLeod County Board of Commissioners voted to hire Braun Intertec to perform an onsite building evaluation of the highway shop near Silver Lake at a cost of about $7,788, but not to exceed $10,000.
The decision was made at the meeting on March 17 after Highway Engineer John Brunkhorst gave an update on the SLATS highway shop (Silver Lake/Lester Prairie Transportation Services) that started operation in June 2014.