The Willmar City Council has given the city staff permission to implement a state policy requiring COVID-19 vaccines or testing for employees. However, permission was given only after Mayor Marv Calvin broke a tie. The state policy applies to employers with at least 100 employees.
The Willmar City Council has given the city staff permission to implement a state policy requiring COVID-19 vaccines or testing for employees. However, the council did not approve the policy and only gave the staff permission after Mayor Marv Calvin broke a tie.
Rep. Dave Baker and Sen. Andrew Lang spoke Monday to the Willmar City Council about what happened in St. Paul this past year and what could happen in 2022. This includes a bonding bill and continued work on getting opioid lawsuit settlement money to the local level.
The Willmar City Council authorized the funding for the downtown Willmar Streetscape project, along with authorizing Bolton & Menk to begin the final design of the project.