Brainerd City Council Meeting 12-6-21

(BRAINERD, MN) — Notes from our conversation with Mayor Dave Badeaux on the city of Brainerd’s first regular council meeting of the month of December 2021:

The city of Brainerd has elected to forgo OSHA’s new Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that mandates vaccines for businesses with over 100 employees. Mayor Dave Badeaux cites the ongoing litigation around the ETS as the main reason…

The city heard a presentation from Brainerd Public Utilities (BPU) regarding their operating budget and upcoming projects…

Crow Wing County made a presentation at the council meeting discussing upcoming road improvement projects in the city of Brainerd…

Badeaux gave an update on the timeline for American Rescue Plan dollars coming in from the federal government…

The city is currently weighing two proposals for the initiation of bitcoin operations in the city’s industrial park; Badeaux says the city is excited, but not interested in taking on risk…

We thank Mayor Badeaux for his time. Our full conversation with him, in which he also chats about the city’s decision to disband its civil services commission, a presentation given to the city from The Center, and more, can be found below.