The Crookston City Council met on Monday in the council chambers at city hall. All items for the meeting were on the consent agenda including approving the June 8 meeting minutes, and city bills and disbursements totaling $253,351.89 were approved.
The council approved the final partial payment estimate of $26.840.80 to Davidson Construction for 2018 street improvements. They also approved a resolution to declare property as surplus to be sold, and set a bid opening for July 7 for impounded vehicles and surplus equipment. Interim City Administrator Angel Weasner said the several vehicles and other property will be available through a closed bid process due to the clerk’s office by 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7. “There is some surplus property, especially from the fire department that had done some towing,” said Weasner. “Those vehicles have been stored by us for several years and it is time to do the process to get rid of those vehicles. They are surplus property, so you submit a bid to the clerk’s office by the deadline with how much you’d like to bid for that vehicle.”
The vehicles and equipment will be available for viewing at the Crookston City Shop Lot July 6 and 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The city council also approved the purchase of a water softener for the Crookston Pool. They also approved the termination of an agreement for administrative services for the Crookston Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) with the Crookston Chamber of Commerce. The termination was effective June 12. “It was effective on June 12 due to a different circumstance,” said Weasner. “We did the final termination tonight. The CVB will be operating under the city’s realm until their in a non-profit organization established with by-laws and everything in the future.”
The final items were a change in the Crookston Airport Master Plan grant dates to reflect the entire two-year process and amendments to the City of Crookston’s COVID-19 preparedness plan. Weasner said the state had required several updates to the plan. “The state had mandated that we have some additional guidelines in our preparedness plan that we had done back in May when we opened city hall again,” said Weasner. “So, I had to incorporate those changes before June 29. One of the biggest ones was ventilation in the building. We have to make sure we have maintenance records on changing filters and everything for the ventilation in the building to ensure the safety of all employees and citizens that come into the building.”
