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Should the Vikings be able to use the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium?
Schedule for Rochester City Council president election set
Mon, Jan 14th, 2013
Posted in Rochester Government
Posted in Rochester Government
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The special election for president of the Rochester city council will be held on March 19.
The late city council president Dennis Hanson posthumously won election last November after state law required that his name be kept on the ballot, forcing this special election.
Jan Throndson, Hanson’s challenger last fall has expressed interest in running. Jeff Thompson, who ran a write-in campaign, also expressed interest, as did interim city council president Randy Staver.
The filing period for the election begins on January 22 and ends on February 5.
The ballot will list the names of all candidates who have filed. If the person receiving the most votes does not also receive more than fifty percent of the votes, the two candidates receiving the most votes will be placed on a ballot for an election to be held not more than 53 days after March 19.
Absentee ballots for the special election will be available on February 15.
Other council business
The council allocated $10,000 for the Rochester on Tour event which will occur February 5 at the State Capital. $3,000 had been included for the event in the adopted 2013 budget, and $7,000 was used from the city’s contingency account.
The council approved the amount by a 5-1 vote, with council member Michael Wojcik voting in dissent.
“It’s very good, but it’s also a little exclusive in who can attend due to the cost,” he said
“I’m a little bit concerned about using staff time for organizations that could potentially lobby and lobby differently that what we feel is best for the city here.”
Mayor Ardell Brede estimated that 700 people will attend the event and stressed the importance of showing a strong presence to the legislature.
“Too often we’re too kind and don’t want to toot our own horn,” Brede said. “Sometimes we need to toot our own horn and this is one of those times.”
The city council chose US Bank and Wells Fargo as 2013 depositories. The council has requested that the city finance department consider ways to work with local financial institutions in years past and repeated that request this year.
“We have some local firms that I think should get a shot,” said Wojcik.
City finance director Dale Martinson stated that the city did a full vetting of proposals four years ago, but the process took six to seven months, and due to the technical nature of it, found that only larger financial institutions completed the process. Martinson said that a full request for proposals was not high on the finance department’s list of priorities.
Council members Ed Hruska and Randy Staver echoed Wojcik’s desire to give local financial institutions a chance to win a competitive bid.
Council members Wojcik, Mark Bilderback, and Sandra Means were sworn in following their re-election in the election on November 6.
The late city council president Dennis Hanson posthumously won election last November after state law required that his name be kept on the ballot, forcing this special election.
Jan Throndson, Hanson’s challenger last fall has expressed interest in running. Jeff Thompson, who ran a write-in campaign, also expressed interest, as did interim city council president Randy Staver.
The filing period for the election begins on January 22 and ends on February 5.
The ballot will list the names of all candidates who have filed. If the person receiving the most votes does not also receive more than fifty percent of the votes, the two candidates receiving the most votes will be placed on a ballot for an election to be held not more than 53 days after March 19.
Absentee ballots for the special election will be available on February 15.
Other council business
The council allocated $10,000 for the Rochester on Tour event which will occur February 5 at the State Capital. $3,000 had been included for the event in the adopted 2013 budget, and $7,000 was used from the city’s contingency account.
The council approved the amount by a 5-1 vote, with council member Michael Wojcik voting in dissent.
“It’s very good, but it’s also a little exclusive in who can attend due to the cost,” he said
“I’m a little bit concerned about using staff time for organizations that could potentially lobby and lobby differently that what we feel is best for the city here.”
Mayor Ardell Brede estimated that 700 people will attend the event and stressed the importance of showing a strong presence to the legislature.
“Too often we’re too kind and don’t want to toot our own horn,” Brede said. “Sometimes we need to toot our own horn and this is one of those times.”
The city council chose US Bank and Wells Fargo as 2013 depositories. The council has requested that the city finance department consider ways to work with local financial institutions in years past and repeated that request this year.
“We have some local firms that I think should get a shot,” said Wojcik.
City finance director Dale Martinson stated that the city did a full vetting of proposals four years ago, but the process took six to seven months, and due to the technical nature of it, found that only larger financial institutions completed the process. Martinson said that a full request for proposals was not high on the finance department’s list of priorities.
Council members Ed Hruska and Randy Staver echoed Wojcik’s desire to give local financial institutions a chance to win a competitive bid.
Council members Wojcik, Mark Bilderback, and Sandra Means were sworn in following their re-election in the election on November 6.
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