For a small town, sometimes no news is good news. The brief Wednesday, February 14 Peterson Council meeting saw no items of official action. However, the city is waiting on a number of big items which should make March and April meetings interesting.
Mayor Tim Hallum led the agenda review with Councilors Loren Rue and Lisa Price in attendance, as was City Clerk Christopher Grindland. Councilors Gail Boyum and David Colbenson were absent.
First up, the city is still awaiting some information for a proposed project on Park Street. In 2016, the city undertook a massive county-led project to upgrade County 25/Main Street. At the time, it was noted that several city streets, and some areas of infrastructure, are in dire need of attention. On Park Street, there are suspected, and some confirmed, issues with the water main. Hallum noted that there’s been a resident complaint from one Park Street property owner regarding water problems.
“We need to get together with Rick [Public Works Director Rick Lee] on the water issues on Park,” said Hallum. The city talked about the issues on Park Street through most of 2017. The council will discuss the issue further at the March council meeting.
Also on the agenda was the status of electronically-read meters for electrical service within the city. There was no update available, unfortunately. The city is waiting on the meters and is working cooperatively with MiEnergy.
The city truck was listed as the third agenda item; however, no update was available here either. The council expects to review both details on the meters and the truck at the March meeting.
Only one item of new business was included on the agenda: the city financial statement. It is expected that the city audit will be done and ready for review at the April meeting.
“Everything looks good,” noted Grindland.
“It helps out a lot,” said Hallum of the in-person audit review. “We made a few changes last year. Hopefully, it helps.”
The next regularly scheduled council meeting is Wednesday, March 14, at 6 p.m., at city hall. The public is encouraged to attend.