Moorhead City Council members cast a tied vote, with four council members voting in support, two in opposition and two abstaining. Mayor Shelly Carlson broke the tie in favor of the resolution.
No more than three unrelated people can live in houses zoned single-family residential, said Planning Coordinator Donald Kress, as is the case in this neighborhood.
Despite a letter from 31 firefighters critical of pay leading to high turnover rates, Fire Chief Steve Dirksen told the Fargo City Commission that he's comfortable with where the department is at.
While some Fargo city commissioners floated the idea of moving away from special assessments, another considered cutting back on spending and doing less work to right shortages in infrastructure.
“Our partners need to know that they need to cough up some money or there won’t be a bridge… to satisfy their side of the river and their people,” Commissioner John Strand said.