Council poised to hire Lindtwed as City treasurer, finance director
Mike Christopherson
Crookston Times
The Crookston City Council at its Monday, Feb. 22 is poised to hire Ryan Lindtwed as treasurer and finance director for the City of Crookston. According to the council agenda, the resolution is being brought before the council on the recommendation of City Administrator Amy Finch.
Lindtwed will replace Angelica “Angel” Weasner, who was the City’s finance director for 8 1/2 years before leaving in January to become city administrator in Park Rapids, Minnesota. Weasner spent much of her past year on the job in Crookston as interim city administrator as well.
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Finch, city council agree: City needs to be more inviting, less intimidating
From lighting to paint colors and beyond, consensus is that the City needs to be more welcoming to its residents
Mike Christopherson
What was likely envisioned to be a wide-ranging, big-picture topic of discussion at a Crookston City Council strategic planning discussion this week – the City’s image – got mighty specific in a hurry, and when council members and City Administrator Amy Finch wrapped up that discussion and moved onto the next agenda item, the feeling in the air is that the City needs to be more welcoming and inviting to its residents.
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City attorney: Crookston City Council members shouldn t have voting power on other boards
Reynolds: Council members with voting power on boards like CHEDA, DCDP, CVB and other entities have a potential conflict of interest with their duties to the council/City and should only be liaisons
Mike Christopherson
The City of Crookston’s city attorney told the city council at a strategic planning session Wednesday evening that he’s not comfortable with council members serving as voting members of other boards and commissions because the business of those boards and commissions to varying degrees comes before the council and often that business involves money.
Mike Christopherson
Members of the Crookston City Council, after discussing the matter at a strategic planning session Wednesday evening, appear to be leaning toward participating in a year-long downtown U.S. Highway 2 traffic corridor study that’s a required component leading up to a proposed replacement of the brick-paver sidewalks in 2024 that would make them compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Not only that, council members seem to favor including South Broadway and South Main in the study along with the various side-streets connecting Main and Broadway downtown, even if it means the City is going to have to kick in some money in addition to the $100,000 the Minnesota Department of Transportation has in its budget for the City to hire a consultant to conduct it. (Anything south of Robert Street downtown is not considered part of the U.S. Highway 2 corridor, nor are any downtown side streets.)