City Council Work Session Discusses Organization Needs

The Litchfield City Council had a brief meeting on Tuesday evening, but prior to the regular meeting, a lengthier work session was held. The purpose of the work session was to discuss organizational needs.

Mayor Ron Dingmann says there are some vacancies in the city staff that need to be filled such as the building inspector which had been occupied by the late Jim Tews. He says there is a vacancy at the Pro Shop; they are considering a city planner position; and there are other vacancies such as assistant line foreman and a lineman, but those are proving to be difficult to fill as their pay scale has gone way up.

Mayor Dingmann says during the regular Council meeting Tuesday evening, they finally approved the grant agreement with the State of Minnesota for the historic building grant. He says several people helped the City in the process and the next step will be determining which buildings will receive grants for their façade improvement projects and for how much.

Mayor Dingmann says the Council last May approved of adding an additional 8 adjustable basketball hoops to the Litchfield Area Recreation Center and the boy’s and girl’s basketball programs had offered to contribute some money toward this project, but it appears that there is money left over in the LARC building project budget. He says they will look into the additional hoop request and some other LARC wish list items at a future council meeting.