We have the winners of the City Flag Contest. I am in the process of contacting the winners. We had 4 winning designs whose elements will be used in the final version. I along with Community Pride Bank will be awarding the prizes at next weeks Council meeting.
In the coming weeks we will be discussing Isanti's Fiscal Plan. The City will be bonding for the remainder of the outstanding City debt. We are working towards not only completing this process but looking to improve the City's rating. I will inform you when I know if we are successful. If our credit rating does increase, as we believe it will, then the cost of our bond issues will decrease saving our taxpayers money.
We are working with a potential opportunity to leverage $500,000, in grant form, to help with the City's foreclosure issues. We have also presented a number of City improvement projects to be funded by the federal stimulus package working its way through Congress. We have presented the improvement and paving of the gravel portion of Railroad Avenue, complete sidewalk system on both sides of County Highway 5 from County highway 23 to Highway 65 and paving 3rd Avenue along the Soccer fields.
We have another new business opening its doors on Main St. and hopefully completing a deal to bring another manufacturer to our Industrial Park.
Busy week to be sure but of course last week we only had the election, Governor's Opener Banquet and State Media Tour.
I will be delivering the State of the City Address at the Isanti Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on February 18th.
About Me
- George
- I have served the City of Isanti as Mayor since 2007. We have accomplished great things together and I look forward to building on our success. United, we move forward to a better future. You may contact me at 763-442-8749 or e-mail me at george@georgewimmer.com.
1 comment:
so once this new business gets here, does the city wait a couple of months and tell them how to run there business? or can would they just leave them alone and try to make some profits and pay there taxes like the other businesses in isanti or is the city staff going to tell them what they need to do around there buildings to make the city look better, i think that whoever is driving around and looking does not have enough to do and maybe the city is overstaffed!!! if they are going to nit-pick on the people who pay the most taxes there nuts. most of them doing that don't live in town anyway. goerge i know this sounds like i'm bitter maybe i am, but i have lived here 50 years so you can guess how much my taxes have gone up!! all i'm asking is give them what the city wants them to do and leave them alone so they can run there business and maybe we can get more businesses in town so maybe my taxes could go down and yes i voted for goerge and had a sign in my yard and i will in 2 years from now also thanks goerge.
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