Litchfield City Council Met for a Work Session

The Litchfield City Council had a fairly brief meeting on Monday evening with just a couple items of business on the agenda, but the Council met in a work session for two hours Monday morning. Mayor Ron Dingmann says they met with a consultant regarding the development of policy.

Mayor Dingmann says the department heads also attended the work session and most of them have decades of experience in their positions and they are a valuable source for the Council members as they develop policy. He says they may have another work session on May 18th to continue this discussion.

Mayor Dingmann says, during the regular meeting Monday evening, the Litchfield City Council heard a report from the Meeker County EDA’s Lisa Graphenteen regarding the Main Street Revitalization Program which the legislature developed in 2021 and 15 property owners in downtown Litchfield ended up with grants for up to 30% of their project cost to mainly improve the second story housing units in their buildings. He says the Council also approved of a certificate of appropriateness for Charles Burdick at 231 North Sibley Avenue for a project to replace 4 upper story windows at that property.