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Eveleth council approves routine permits, hires and $15,000 for community center setup
Summary
In a special Jan. 21 session, the Eveleth City Council approved a bundle of routine items — including facility rentals, permits, hires and up to $15,000 for community-center equipment — and scheduled a Feb. 25 town hall. Most measures carried without substantive debate.
The Eveleth City Council on Jan. 21 approved a series of routine requests and operational items to keep city services running while staff readied a new community center.
At the meeting in council chambers, members authorized a recurring rental for the Roller Underground at the Hippodrome, accepted an unrestricted anonymous $5,000 donation to the city library, and approved exempt permit applications for Columbus Council 2583’s bingo nights and the Sturgeon River Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association’s event at the Kasabi Range Recreation Civic Center.
Council also authorized the police chief to attend the Executive Training Institute conference in St. Cloud in April and approved a limited consultant-services contract with Abdo to assist remotely with bank reconciliations and other audit preparations ahead of the city’s April audit. “They provided a clear audit presentation for us this year; I’m wholly in favor of them helping to streamline our system,” a council member said during the discussion.
On the community center, council approved additional purchases of equipment and supplies not to exceed $15,000 to outfit rooms for activities, rentals and senior programs. Council members discussed phased opening plans that would allow morning ‘‘senior center’’ hours, scheduled pickleball and weekend family events. Staff will run interviews and background checks for center attendants and aim for a February soft opening, with a larger open-house event later.
The council also accepted two part-time library clerks (up to 20 hours per week each), and approved the resignation of Bruce Stenway from the Golf Course Commission, thanking him for his service. The council set a town hall for Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the auditorium and directed staff to include that date in the upcoming utility-bill mailing.
Most motions were carried by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the meeting minutes; the meeting included little public input and no votes failed.
What’s next: staff will bring details about community-center operations and fees at an upcoming meeting and will post town-hall information in the city utility mailings.
