The International Falls City Council tonight is expected discuss a request by Koochiching County for a change in county state aid highway mileage status to allow for the proposed reroute of the northern entrance of Minnesota Highway 332.
The council meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the council chambers at the Municipal Building.
The council is expected to discuss a report by the Crookston engineering firm of Widseth, Smith and Nolting about the Highway 332 proposal. The council has asked the firm to review the planning and cost estimates provided by the county on several issues dealing with the county’s proposal.
Among the issues the firm has reviewed, and the council is expected to discuss, are:
• New construction of 0.6 miles of road that would essentially follow the alignment of Moonlight Rock Road, also known as County Road 144, from existing Highway 332 north to Highway 11.
• Possible construction of a road east from existing Highway 332 and then north to the Foreign Trade Zone in lieu of the above proposal.
• Possible combined construction of both a new road from Highway 332 north to Highway 11, and a road from Highway 332 to the FTZ.
In other business tonight, the council is scheduled to hear a report from the Economic Development Committee, which is expected to recommend that the council provide a commercial loan to Reuben and Peggy White, doing business as White’s Rental Service. The committee is also scheduled to report on a proposal by DSGW regarding development of a headquarters for Voyageurs National Park on city-owned property along the Rainy River and Highway 11 East.
The council is also scheduled to respond to the Koochiching Economic Development Authority Board’s request for input on priorities for economic and community development, as well as respond to the county board’s request for input on a new development ordinance.
In addition, the council is scheduled to consider joint meetings between the council and county board.
The council meeting includes a time for audience participation shortly after the beginning of the meeting, and is scheduled to conclude with reports of the administrator, attorney, department heads, mayor, and councilors.