Faribault City Council Will Have Representative on Park Board
After lengthy discussion the Faribault City Council tonight did a nearly complete flip of positions in voting for a member of the council to be on the city s Park and Recreation Board.
Parks and Recreation Director Paul Penansky summarized the resolution, By changing composition of the board it allows one city council person to be appointed annually to the board. Up to one non-resident to be appointed on the board that lives within the school district. That is currently in place now and we use that so we don t get too far out. We don t want to just call it a non-resident because that could get them too far away from the city limits. A minimum of 5 residents of the community and they have three year scattered terms. Plus the council also appoints for us a student representative to be on the board.
Faribault Council Appears to Approve $250,000 Match for Paradise
The Faribault City Council met as a Joint Committee last evening via ZOOM and tackled several different issues. City Aministrator Tim Murray explained the Paradise Center for the Arts (PCA) had approached the city about providing a matching grant or forgivable loan in the amount of $250,000.
If approved the plan would be for the Paradise Center for the Arts to pay off their mortgage and line of credit used to operate the facility. That total is just over a half million dollars.
The PCA has already started their campaign to raise their share of the amount needed.