City owned roofs need attention
BE Council hears report of needed repairs and maintenance
By Chuck Hunt - Editor | May 9, 2021
Construction has started on some of the projects for this summer in Blue Earth. The 10th and Nicollet Street project began with crews moving buried electrical and gas lines at left.
The city of Blue Earth owns quite a few buildings in the city, and that translates to a lot of roofs that need maintenance.
At a work session before their regular meeting on Monday, May 3, the City Council received a detailed update on the condition of at least a dozen city-owned roofs.
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WELCOME The Welcome City Council approved the zoning report. They also approved the bid for seal coating and patching of several streets on the south side of town from Pearson Brothers.
They continued the discussion of the wastewater issue with sludge removal. City employee, Max Longley, reported that he had contacted some nearby towns and Madelia and Winnebago had aerated digesters similar to the Welcome system. He will continue to investigate possible solutions and compare to the other towns as asked by the council. Madelia has a new mixer to add water and keep up the suspension of sludge. Winnebago has a propeller on their digester. Longley will ask what they paid and where they got the systems and if they are efficient. He will report to the council at the next meeting. An engineer from SEH is also working on a system of jets or spray nozzles to flush the water and sludge. The council approved asking for this study after some discussion about the need f