Residents cite environmental concerns if development is allowed Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
This city signs at the roundabout welcomes motorists to Nisswa.
After listening to 12 people, the Nisswa City Council voiced concerns but ultimately approved a rezoning request for property between Roy and Bass lakes on the Gull Chain of Lakes. The vote was 4-1.
The request pertains to a 26.57-acre parcel that the council agreed to rezone from open space residential to shoreline residential.
The approval at the Tuesday, April 20, council meeting was in line with City Planner Brittney Cotner’s recommendation, but against the planning commission’s recommendation.
Cotner agrees to stay with Nisswa as city planner instead of leaving for another job Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Brittney Cotner, a new face at Nisswa City Hall as the city s planning and zoning administrator, considers her cool, analytical nature a benefit in her out-of-the-ordinary hobby. Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
Nisswa won’t lose its planning and zoning administrator after all.
Instead, Brittney Cotner will become city planner at a higher salary after the Nisswa City Council unanimously agreed to change from having a planning and zoning administrator to having a city planner. The council agreed to offer the new position to Cotner, and she accepted.