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Long Prairie council approves Ehlers contracts for budgeting, sewer study and TIF reporting
Summary
The Long Prairie City Council unanimously approved three Ehlers Financial proposals on April 24: a continued financial management plan ($17,100 cap), an updated sewer cost-of-service study ($18,525 cap) and TIF district reporting ($2,280 per district).
The Long Prairie City Council on April 24 unanimously approved three contracts with Ehlers Financial to support municipal budgeting, an updated sewer cost-of-service study and tax increment financing (TIF) reporting.
Interim City Administrator Ted Gray and Todd Hagen of Ehlers Financial presented the proposals. The council approved continued Financial Management Planning for the city, not to exceed $17,100. The council also approved an updated Sewer Cost of Service Study, not to exceed $18,525, and a TIF district reporting and maintenance engagement at a cost not to exceed $2,280 per district.
Ehlers has worked with Long Prairie since 2020 on the city’s 10-year modifiable financial planning. The council was told the sewer fund’s previous cost-of-service review was completed in 2019; the update would re-examine wastewater budgeting, bonding and long-term financing for both residential and industrial customers.
Council member Jim Kreemer moved to approve the financial management planning proposal; Council member Lilah Gripne seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Kreemer again moved to approve the sewer study update, seconded by Gripne; that motion also passed unanimously. Council member Clint Krueger moved to approve the TIF reporting proposal, seconded by Gripne; the motion carried unanimously.
The votes were recorded as carried unanimously; the council did not record individual yea/nay tallies in the transcript. The contracts authorize staff to proceed with engagement of Ehlers Financial under the approved cost caps. The council did not attach additional conditions in the record during the meeting.
The city’s next procedural steps include executing contracts and scheduling the sewer cost-of-service update and TIF reporting work with Ehlers Financial.
