Sam Fosness

While city officials say an inspection program would ensure safer living conditions at rentals, a local property management company official concerned of financial impact it would have on tenants.

During an early July council meeting, a coin flip was needed to decide a tie-break vote when the council was evenly split on appointing the next council president.

After seeing strong sales tax growth over the past three years, city currently up 2.83% in revenue from previous year.

The drainage improvement scenarios that entail building a detention basin next to the Davison County jail amounts to $19.9 million.

“I had a lot of people reach out to me for and against (the rental inspection). One thing that came up a lot is how the city is one of the biggest offenders of nuisance properties,” Hanson said.

The fourplex housing units are proposed to be built at two separate locations.

Jordan Hanson proposed council members and the mayor be limited to serving three terms, and one of those terms extend for one year instead of three years.

Engineers recommend detention pond, other improvements to address flooding concerns in 300-acre zone

City leaders said the goal behind acquiring the Scoreboard was for a future expansion of the Corn Palace Plaza.

Megan Luther, a resident who lives next to the narrow piece of land, expressed a degree of relief to see a resolution on what she dubbed as an “inherited problem.”