NYM receives grant for emergency siren
News | Published on November 19, 2024 at 5:14pm GMT+0000 | Author: Tucker Henderson
0By Chad Koenen
Publisher
New York Mills received a sizable grant to purchase something the city may not ever want to utilize.
During its regularly scheduled meeting last week the NY Mills City Council heard it received a $20,000 grant from Otter Tail County to purchase a new emergency siren in the community. The grant is part of the 2024 Hazard Mitigation Project Grant program and will allow the city to place a new emergency siren, also known as a tornado siren, in NY Mills as soon as the spring of 2025.
City clerk Julie Roberts said the plan is to put the siren in the Hidden Trails Park area to inform residents on that part of town of impending inclement weather and emergency situations moving forward.
In other news
• Heard the monthly liquor store report for Mills Liquors that showed net revenues before transfers are down 59.72 percent over last year and the combined gross sales were down four percent for the month from the previous year.
• Heard the monthly fire department report that showed the NY Mills Fire Department responded to 25 calls for service in October with 17 of those calls being medical related. The department also responded to a pair of fire calls, three mutual aid calls, one call related to the smell of propane and two MVA calls.
• Heard the monthly report from the NY Mills Police Department that showed 117 calls for service during the monthly of October. The department issued three citations and issued 27 warnings.
• Heard the monthly public works department report that showed the department has been busy winterizing the parks, pools and irrigation systems in the city. The city also heard that Public Works Director Kyle Mattson recently met with the Public Works Committee about the need to replace the current sidewalk sweeper. The city has funding put away to cover a portion of the purchase, while it could also tap into a zero percent financing option that works in conjunction with Sourcewell contract pricing since the equipment could be used year-round. It could also allow the department to liquidate several older attachments and the New Holland tractor to supplement the purchase and help to pay off the new machine quicker.
• Approved the canvassing of the 2024 general election. Latham Hetland was elected as mayor with 609 votes, while there were also eight write-in votes for the position. Jerry Nesland with 403 votes and Marsha Maki with 364 votes were elected to four-year terms on the city council. Sommer Dow finished in third place with 267 votes and there were also eight write-in votes for the city council.