The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch
The most interesting thing at Tuesday night’s city council meeting (at least for this writer) came at the end. After Police Chief Matt Andres said he didn’t have anything to bring up, a council member asked him what happened with the speed limit by Del Monte now set at 45 mph starting by Dairy Queen going west.
“MNDOT has apologized profusely for not letting us know they were doing that,” said Andres. He explained MNDOT wanted to slow traffic on the curve and have some regulation about how long a stretch of different speed limit has to be. Questioned after the meeting, Andres agreed that slowing traffic to the golf course is a good idea, speeding it up past a couple in-town intersections, not such a good idea.
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For the past “many” years, the local Knights of Columbus have held a pancake breakfast fundraiser for some local cause or person who could use some financial support. This year that didn’t seem like a plan that would work.
“We didn’t think pancakes would be very good as a take-out meal,” said Brian Braun of the KCs. “But we still wanted to do something special, something for Lennon Ludewig, a local little boy diagnosed with cancer.”
Braun said the group came up with a different kind of fundraiser a Teddy Bear Drive.
The KCs enlisted the assistance of several area businesses who agreed to sell special teddy bears, with all funds raised to go to the Ludewigs who are facing many unexpected expenses along this journey.
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The Sleepy Eye City Council held their Feb. 9 meeting by Zoom, which citizens were able to join to observe the meeting.
The council approved Mayor Wayne Pelzel’s reappointment of Alissa Groen as City Attorney and gave permission for the City Attorney to appoint Counsel in case of conflicts.
The council elected Nate Stevermer as Council President. The Council President signs some city documents and may preside in the Mayor’s absence.
The council passed a resolution accepting six monetary donations to the Dyckman Free Library totaling $485.
A plumbing license for Jake’s Plumbing, of New Ulm, was approved.