SHERBURN — S h e r b u r n C i t y C o u n c i l m e t M o n d a y e v e n i n g and on e o f t h e a p p r o v e d m a t t e r s w a s t o r e n e w t h e c o n t r a c t w i t h W a s t e M a n a g e m e n t f o r t h r e e y e a r s w i t h a r e g u l a r r a t e f o r o n e y e a r a n d a 4 percent r a i s e f o r t h e n e x t t w o y e a r s . C u s t o m e r s e r v i c e w a s t h e d e c i d i n g f a c t o r s i n c e t h e r a t e s f o r o t h e r s w a s a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h e s a m e .
T h e e n g i n e e r i n g p a r t o f B o l t o n a n d M e n k w a s r e p r e s e n t e d b y D e r e k B e h r e n s a n d T r a v i s W i n t e r t o r e p o r t o n t h e s t r e e t p r o j e c t i n S h e r b u r n . T h e M N D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a n s p o r t a t i o n (MnDOT) g r a n t w a s a p p r o v e d t h i s w e e k s o t h e f u n d i n g i s u n d e r w a y . T h e p r o g r e s s i s a m a z i n g w i t h 10 b l o c k s d o n e i n t h r e e m o n t h s s i n c e t h e w e a t h e r h a s c o o p e r a t e d .
U t i l i t y i s i n a n d c u r b a n d g u t t e r m a y b e s t a r t e d t h i s w e e k a n d a l s o the s t o r m s e w e r, t h e n s i d e w a l k s a n d d r i v e w a y s w i l l b e d o n e a f t e r t h a t . T h e c u l v e r t o n L y n n S t r e e t w i l l b e r e i n f o r c e d c o n c r e t e . W i t h c o n c r e t e w o r k i n t h e h o r i z o n t h e y a l s o r e m i n d e d t h e c o u n c i l t h a t b e l o w z e r o t e m p s w o u l d m e a n n o c o n c r e t e w o r k d o n e . M i n n e s o t a P a v i n g M a t e r i a l s w i l l p a v e t h e s t r e e t i n t h e s p r i n g . T h e e n g i n e e r s a n d t h e c o u n c i l m e m b e r s r e m a r k e d t h a t t h e h o m e o w n e r s h a v e p r a i s e d t h e t e a m w o r k i n g o n t h e O s b o r n e S t r e e t p r o j e c t f o r t h e i r co o p e r a t i o n a n d g o o d w o r k . T h e e n g i n e e r s a l s o r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e wastewater t r e a t m e n t p l a n t i s p r o g r e s s i n g w e l l a n d t h e m a i n sewer l i n e s e w e r h a s b e e n r e- l i n e d .
T h e r e g u l a r m e e t i n g h a d r e p o r t s f r o m t h e p o l i c e a n d t h e p o l i c e c o m m i s s i o n that w i l l m e e t O c t . 1 8 t o d i s c u s s t h e i n t e r v i e w p r o c e s s f o r p o l i c e c h i e f .
T h e p a r k h a s b e e n w i n t e r i z e d a n d l e a f v a c u u m i n g i s p l a n n e d f o r O c t. 2 4 through N o v. 4 .
O n e c o u n c i l member a s k e d a b o u t a h e a d s e t f o r t h e o f f i c e s o t h a t c a l l s c o u l d b e a n s w e r e d m o r e e f f i c i e n t l y .
T h e n e x t m e e t i n g o f t h e S h e r b u r n C i t y C o u n c i l i s s c h e d u l e d 5 p.m. on N o v. 7, a t the c i t y h a l l in Sherburn.
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