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Resident urges council to deny peddlers licenses for contractors who solicited after hailstorm

City Council of Saint Peter · April 29, 2026
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Resident Christina Bergeson told the City Council she documented repeated door-to-door solicitations by out-of-area roofing companies after an April 13 hailstorm and urged the council to deny peddlers licenses for firms that solicited without permits; staff described the city’s vetting (background checks, insurance) and the council approved a package of new licenses with one No vote.

Christina Bergeson, a resident of Saint Peter who said she lives at 626 Parker Row, told the City Council she has compiled a list of roofing companies that knocked on doors and solicited business after the April 13 hailstorm, and she asked the council to deny peddlers licenses to companies that solicited in violation of city ordinances.

"I am urging the Saint Peter City Council to deny any peddlers applications from businesses who have already operated in violation of the city ordinances…

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