Posted: 12/15/04
By Aaron Vehling
The Rush City council voted unanimously to annex a 98- acre vacant property owned by Loren Jennings and Brad Cook of C&J Properties.
The property abuts the corporate limits of Rush City and is located east of town along Alger Ave.
The Rushseba Town Board adopted the joint resolution for orderly annexation at its Dec. 6 meeting.
There was question about whether or not the property came in contact with airport property, but City Administrator Daniel Hoffman said it did not and recommended that the board agree to the annexation resolution.
The board also looked at the quarterly liquor income statement review.
Sales in the bar have been down compared to last year.
The net operating income for 2004 (up to September) shows a loss of $8,737, according to the income statement. Last year the operating income for the same time frame was -$5,237.51.
In regard to off-sale liquor, sales have been down, as well. For the first nine months of 2004, net operating income was $13,710.62, compared to $33,682.28 last year.
Hoffman said in a phone interview Tuesday that the city is still making money off liquor sales, but it is currently a case of the off-sale liquor subsidizing the on-sale liquor, which is not an ideal situation.
A committee will meet to look into the decreased sales.
In other business:
ï The council certified the levy for 2005. The 2005 proposed final levy is $328,280, which is down 9.5 percent from 2004.
ï The council discussed the 20-unit senior housing project.
ìWe are inching forward on the senior housing project,î Hoffman said.
The city hopes to begin construction in spring 2005, with completion of the project slated for the fall.
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