Happy Easter

April 7th City Council Update
The agenda for the City Council was full of action items for this meeting. The City Council took the following actions:

• Approved Access and Easement Agreement with Consolidated Ready Mix


• Approved a required Workplace Accident & Injury Reduction (AWAIR) Program


• Approved a Dance Permit for the Firefighter's Dance on April 18th at the Community Ctr.


• Approved the City's annual insurance renewal with the League of Minnesota Cities


• Rejected Seal-coat bids -- item referred back to the Street Committee


• Approved a Pre-Sale Bonding Resolution for $1,510,000 for the 2009 Street Project


• Authorized the execution of a grant agreement with the FAA for the runway recon project


• Authorized the application for federal COPS grant funding for the Police Department


• Accepted three donations to the City of Windom


• Approved the Disposition of Surplus Equipment
  

Spring Clean-up

Windom's Spring Clean-up will be held on April 25th and May 2nd. If your normal garbage collection day is Thursday your Spring Clean-up collection will be April 25th. If your normal garbage collection day is Friday your Spring Clean-up collection will be May 2nd. Please note that all items must be curbside by 6:00 a.m. the day of collection. The following link will take you to a page with additional information about Spring Clean-up and recycling options -- http://www.windom-mn.com/community/documents/Windom%20Spring%20Cleaning.pdfThe City Council encourages everyone to take advantage of Spring Clean-up to spruce up our community.

2009 Street Project - Update

The general contractor for the project is anticipating starting the week of April 27th or May 4th depending upon the weather. In the next couple of weeks City crews, engineers and utility providers will be in the project area to stake and mark services.

Congressman Walz Visits Windom

On April 8th Congressman Walz and his staff visited Windom to discuss the potential of federal funding for the development of the North Windom Industrial Park and to help us promote the expansion of broadband in SW Minnesota. The Congressman met with Windom City Council members Jean Fast, Bob Messer and myself, city staff and numerous representatives of surrounding communities that are seeking to access federal stimulus funding to provide for the expansion of ultra-high speed broadband.