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East Grand Forks officials' plans to renovate two of the city's ice arenas are still on a distant horizon. While they work toward that, city staff plan to use grants, prize money and, perhaps, "leftover" sales tax revenue to pay for a small chunk of those renovations beforehand.
East Grand Forks approves $9-per-month utility hike
At a relatively short meeting on Tuesday, East Grand Forks City Council members approved $9 worth of increases to residents monthly sewer bills and voted to hire a construction company to help with the early stages of the city s plan to revamp its aging ice arenas and baseball diamonds. 6:48 pm, Jun. 1, 2021 ×
East Grand Forks is set to hike residents’ sewer bills next year.
City Council members on Tuesday OK’d
a quartet of rate increases that would raise sanitary sewer and stormwater fees by a total of $9 per month. The increases are set to take effect in January of 2022. They are:
East Grand Forks City Council members are set to vote next week on a $22,500 contract with Construction Engineers, a Grand Forks-based company, to further refine construction costs and other work on the city's longrunning plan to improve its parks and recreation facilities, most notable the aging VFW Memorial Arena and the East Grand Forks Civic Center
East Grand Forks mayor outlines 10 civic plans in State of the City address
Mayor Steve Gander gave his fifth State of the City address Thursday. Amid briefings from city department heads and casual video interviews with local business leaders, Gander outlined a series of plans city staff and officials hope to accomplish in the coming year. Foremost among them is furthering an effort to renovate two of the city s ice arenas and one of its baseball diamonds. 4:28 pm, Apr. 22, 2021 ×
East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander greets attendees at his annual State of the City address, at the East Grand Forks Civic Center Thursday, April 22, 2021. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald