By Sara Strong
The Luverne City Council met for its regular meeting Tuesday.
Administrative reports included an update on the Freeman and Estey Street project.
Contractors are laying sod and residents are asked to water the new sod to help it take root. The contractor is obligated to water it only after it is first in place, but during the current dry weather, it is important to water it almost daily.
The sod work is expected to be finished by July 4. The asphalt work is expected to be completed the week of July 8 to 15.
In other business Tuesday,
Residents of the northwest part of Luverne may have experienced decreased water pressure and are asked to remain patient while the city fixes a burst pipe.
Councilman Tom Martius asked if the city could look into installing or relocating garbage receptacles to the areas where teenagers typically loiter. The old Jubilee parking lot, across from the Rock County Community Library, and the Sears and Furniture House parking lot are both heavily littered, he said.
Mayor Glen Gust, City Administrator Matt Hylen and Councilman David Hauge returned from a League of Minnesota Cities conference in Rochester last week. They went to presentations on annexation, state aid to cities and general service to the public.
The Council moved its July Committee of the Whole meeting from July 16 to 5 p.m. July 23 to work around a council member who would be absent.