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Residents urge council to pause Public Works building plan and seek public vote
Summary
During public comment multiple residents urged the North Mankato City Council to delay decisions about a proposed Public Works building, questioned the proposed site and funding plan, and said residents should be allowed to vote on the project.
Several residents used the public comment period and open forum at the Oct. 6 meeting to urge the North Mankato City Council to pause plans for a proposed new Public Works building and to allow voters to decide the issue.
Tom Hagen (927 Lake Street) told the council he was concerned about the proposed location and the funding and approval process for the new Public Works building and invited council members to walk potential alternate sites. Barb Church (102 Wheeler Avenue) urged the council not to proceed with all proposed projects and warned that online‑only surveys exclude residents without computers; she also questioned whether an indoor recreation facility would cash‑flow. Danielle Bollman (515 Page Avenue) said she did not believe the council had all the information needed and said she would initiate a petition if the city moved forward without a public vote. Duane Rader asked Council Member Oachs to clarify the source of some information discussed at the work session and flagged rising costs for the recreation facility while thanking staff for recent events.
The comments did not result in council action on the Public Works building at this meeting; the discussion was recorded as public comment and open forum remarks rather than a formal agenda item.
