Lake Park City Council News & Notes from December 12th Meeting
Lake Park, MN — The final meeting of the year was a busy one for the Lake Park City Council, who met on Monday, December 12th. At the meeting, the council held their truth-in taxation and set their final levy with an increase of 15%. Lake Park City Administrator Lonnie Nuener says this was the highest increase he’s ever seen, which is due in part to wage increases and upcoming projects.
Along with the levy increase, the council approved increases to both water and electric rates as both utilities have projects on the horizon as well.
To assist the city with budgeting for big projects in the future, the Lake Park City Council agreed to participate in a financial planning service, according to Nuener.
And demolition began on the former Lake Park High School this week as the developers look to get started on their respective housing developments at that site.
This week’s meeting was also the last for Administrator Nuener, who recently accepted a position as the new City Administrator for the city of Hawley. Current Lake Park City Clerk Sarah Mickelson will take over as the new Lake Park City Administrator starting on Monday, December 19th.