The Ada City Council met for their December tonight. The big topic of the night was a discussion based around the creation of the School Resource Officer position and how the bill was going to be split between the City of Ada and the Ada Borup West School District. Ada Mayor John Hintz recaps what…
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The Ada City Council held their October meeting last night. The meeting went by quick but there were still some decisions to be made by the council as recapped by Ada Mayor John Hintz. Hintz also addressed the sudden closure of the Benedictine Assisted Living center and responded to the public concerns regarding the closure. …
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After the resignation of Josh Matheson last month the Ada City Council was tasked with filling the vacant spot at their council meeting on Tuesday. Two individuals Jim Austinson and Eric Ness had expressed interest in serving out the rest of Matheson’s term that will expire in November of 2024. Jim Austinson, now retired, served…
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The City of Ada is looking for an individual to fill their recently vacant city council position after the resignation of Josh Mathsen. Ada City Administrator Ashley Larson has the details of the position. Larson also explained some of the responsibilities that come with the position. Larson also went through the steps in appointing a…
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The Ada City Council met for their August meeting yesterday. Ada City Administrator Ashley Larson highlights some major talking points of the meeting. The City of Ada will also be losing a long time employee to retirement. Another major talking point in the meeting was discussion about the upcoming budget. The council ended the meeting…
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The Ada City Council met in regular session Tuesday night— The council approved a storm sewer repairproject with accepting the $10,000 bid from Visser Trenching. The repairs are necessary due to “sinkholes” … The Council approved the purchase of a new Chevy Tahoe for the police department withnews of state aid dollars coming to the…
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One of the items discussed at this week’s Ada City Council meeting was hiring a reserve police officer. Ada Mayor John Hintz says the idea has merit. There was also discussion about buying a new police car for the city. No action was taken on either item and there will be further talks at the…
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The City of Ada held it’s regular monthly council meeting on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. At the meeting Kim Meyers and Kelsey Merkens from Norman Mahnomen Public Health gave a presentation and proposal for the city of Ada to consider an ordinance for Responsible Beverage Server Training and we hear more from Mayor John Hintz…
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At Tuesday’s Ada City Council meeting, Mayor John Hintz encouraged council members and city residents to report any blight in the community. Recently Police Chief Steve Hager made visits or mailed letters to property owners who have blight. Mayor Hintz says there is now more enforcement regarding blight issues in the City of Ada. The blight…
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At Tuesday night’s Ada City Council meeting, Moore Engineering provided an update to the council on the current sewer project. Jim Birkemeyer with R&J News talks with Ada Mayor John Hintz, who says the work on the project is going well.