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Council tables Long Prairie Senior Center funding request, approves planner wages and changes office hours
Summary
Representatives from the Long Prairie Senior Center asked for help covering utilities in 2026; the council tabled the request to investigate funding sources, approved retroactive Planning & Zoning meeting wage increases, and approved a six-month trial of new office hours.
Representatives from the Long Prairie Senior Center asked the council for assistance covering gas and electric utility costs starting in 2026 after some funding sources expire. The council voted unanimously to table the funding request and directed staff to investigate potential funding sources and options.
The council also approved a retroactive increase in Planning & Zoning Commission meeting pay from $5 to $25 per meeting effective Jan. 1, 2025; the motion passed on roll call with one abstention recorded from Mayor Kreemer. Separately, the council approved a six-month trial to change city office hours to 8.5-hour days Monday–Thursday and 6-hour Fridays (7 a.m.–1 p.m.) beginning Feb. 21 to provide scheduling flexibility for employees and aid retention. All administrative motions passed as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Council Member Krueger moved the wage increase; the roll call recorded Perez-Yes, Kreemer-abstained, Gripne-Yes, Schroeder-Yes and Krueger-Yes. Mayor Kreemer moved the office-hours trial and it passed unanimously.
