After more than a year of planning and consistent approval by the Willmar City Council, two councilors attempted to delay the project after speaking with a representative from an internet provider.
City Line Towing was seeking a licensing agreement to use land under the First Street bridge in Willmar as a thoroughfare between its Benson Avenue properties on either side of the bridge, but moved forward with building a fence and moving cars onto the land before an agreement was in place.
Willmar City Council at its meeting Monday approved parking on the east side of Second Street Southeast between Becker and Olena Avenues, and did not approve the installation of a sidewalk on the east side of the street.
In an effort to reduce the workload of the city administrator, the city of Willmar is planning to hire a city operations director. The new position will act as the second-in-command to the administrator. At Monday's meeting, the Willmar City Council approved hiring Baker Tilly to conduct a nationwide search for candidates.
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