The Willmar City Council on Monday approved a 3% raise for City Administrator Leslie Valiant following a satisfactory performance evaluation that took place in a closed session Oct. 23.
Leslie Valiant, Willmar administrator, and Kelsey Baker, Kandiyohi County administrator, spoke during the Oct. 18 League of Women Voters of the Willmar Area Hot Topics event on Oct. 18, 2023.
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(KNSI) – The Kandiyohi County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is coming under fire after allegedly allowing the Willmar Police Department to use an occupied apartment complex for K9 officer training purposes without advance notice to tenants.
A photo of a flyer posted in the apartment was obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. On it, the Kandiyohi County HRA told residents of the Lakeview Apartment Complex they were pleased to partner with the Willmar Police Department for K9 training exercises in the building and that the police would be coming in “at any hour during days, evenings and weekends and without the Kandiyohi County HRA providing further notice to tenants and guests.” The flyer said the police would have access to the grounds, all common areas, hallways, stairways, and vacant apartments.