As some of you may be aware, I have long been troubled by the safety center project and, even more, by the safety center process. However, unlike some of the…
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On June 5, the Northfield City Council decided to use lease/revenue bonds to finance the Safety Center. Councilor Betsey Buckheit has a detailed response in her June 11 blog post…
In Saturday’s Nfld News: Chamber board wants voter approval for Northfield Safety Center financing: The Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce board believes voters should decide whether to use bonds to…
This is a real surprise. In today’s Nfld news: Council votes to split police, fire The Northfield City Council, as expected, settled on a new Safety Center site Tuesday. But…
I’m surprised how few people know that the City of Northfield commissioned an engineering study of the Northfield Safety Center to determine what would be needed to deal with its…
Last June, I was pleased that the Northfield City Council voted 4-2 to have the citizens vote in November on whether or not the city should issue bonds to pay…
Today’s Nfld News article, Getting their due, features the conflict between the City of Northfield and the Northfield Rural Fire Protection District over the proposed new Safety Center: For…
The “Friday Memo,” written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski, department heads, and other City employees, summarizes the staff activities for the week. The Friday memos are published and archived…
We split our time between A) discussing the process by which the City of Northfield is approaching budget cuts; and B) the upcoming June 15 public hearing on facilities financing: