Litchfield City Council Meeting

The Litchfield City Council received an update last evening about the downtown façade grant program. Jesse Turck from 4594 Design has been coordinating the project and says the construction document phase is underway for the 25 downtown buildings.

Turck says the façade improvement plans for the first 10 buildings in the program have been forwarded to the state for approval and then the next 7 will be submitted and after a couple of weeks, the final 8 will be submitted. He says once the state approves the projects, they will need to go to Litchfield’s Heritage Preservation Commission for approval and then the City will have to approve the building permits for each. Turck says construction is expected to begin in August.

The Litchfield City Council had a visit from Brooks Holmgren about a lift station at 20 West 9th Street. Holmgren presented some history about the lift station and the sewer back-up that has occurred at his home over the years. The Council approved of having the city staff put together a draft agreement with Holmgren regarding ownership and maintenance of the lift station.

The Council approved of a certificate of appropriateness application for Hans Hoeg at 201 North Sibley Avenue to remove some blocks around a door at the rear of the building to be able to move a tank out of the building, and then replace the blocks.

The Litchfield City Council has approved of hiring Corrine Grotto as an administrative/accounting technician; approved of a job description for an IT position; approved of a low bid of $254,805.59 from Hanson Paving of Sauk Rapids for the “campground road” improvement project along the southeast side of Lake Ripley; and appointed Donna Anderson to the HRA board.