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Dell Rapids Chamber asks council to back $75,000 administrator post and strategic plan

Dell Rapids City Council · September 3, 2024
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Summary

At a Dell Rapids City Council meeting, the Chamber of Commerce asked the city to partner on funding to hire Matt Larson as its administrator and to support a $75,000 budget request; council and staff questioned auditing, conflict-of-interest safeguards and where $55,000 of the request fits in the city budget.

At Monday’s Dell Rapids City Council meeting, Nate O’Brien, vice president of the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce, asked the city to partner with the chamber on a plan to hire Matt Larson as the chamber administrator and to support a $75,000 budget for that position and related activity.

"We're really looking to hire Matt Larson as our administrator," O’Brien said, adding the chamber board had reached consensus that Larson was ‘‘the most qualified for this position’’ and that hiring would help stabilize and grow chamber operations.

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