FERTILE, MN—Monday night, the Fertile City Council approved its preliminary tax levy and preliminary budget for 2026. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew has the numbers, which includes raises for City employees and higher insurance costs for the City. Nephew says even with a ten percent property tax increase, Fertile’s preliminary budget numbers don’t add up. The…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting had a break for an hour and 20 minutes…while the Council went into closed session to consider allegations or charges against an individual subject to the Council’s authority. The matter wasn’t resolved in that closed session and will be taken up again at the Council’s next meeting on September…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council held a special meeting Tuesday morning. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells us about the meeting. Nephew tells us how many candidates will be interviewed. Fair Meadow Nursing Home, which is owned by the City of Fertile, hasn’t had a permanent administrator since Angie Leiting resigned under pressure in June of…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council made a renewed push to hire an administrator for the City-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home at Monday night’s Council meeting. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says the nursing home’s advisory board made a suggestion that would fill a position that’s been open since Angie Leiting resigned under duress in June 2023.…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting had plenty of discussion, but not much action. The Council did accept bids for an old Ford pickup truck and four payloader tires. Also, John Walters was appointed to the city’s economic development committee. And the Council approved a request for proposal to hire a new attorney to handle…
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A motion hearing will be held Thursday morning in the lawsuit between former Fair Meadow Nursing Home administrator Angie Leiting and the City of Fertile, Fair Meadow and former Fertile Mayor Dan Wilkens. Both sides have asked the Polk County Court for summary judgments in the case. Fertile is asking that the case be dismissed;…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council heard Monday about a proposal to resurface Highway 32 through downtown. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says this project has been on the drawing board for some time. The Fertile City Council didn’t take any action on that report. In other business, the Council approved hiring another attorney. According to her…
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FERTILE, MN—Monday night’s Fertile City Council meeting featured discussion of two familiar topics. One was the lack of a permanent administrator for the city-owned Fair Meadow Nursing Home. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew says there haven’t been many candidates for the job coming in from HDG, the search firm the City hired well over a year…
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FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council discussed having their meetings televised during Monday’s monthly meeting. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells R&J News no action was taken. Nephew says the Council did take action regarding the city’s website. The Fertile City Council also discussed possibly holding an auction to dispose of surplus items.
FERTILE, MN—The Fertile City Council had been looking for an auditor for several months. At Monday night’s regular meeting, the Council voted to hire Minneapolis-based CliftonLarsonAllen LLP to handle audits for 2023 and 2024. Fertile Mayor Brian Nephew tells us more. Nephew talks about other business at Monday’s Fertile City Council meeting. Jude Olson died…
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