City Council Brief

Glasgow's Kirk Boyer was added to the Glasgow Fire Department on a probationary status (6 months) at the Jan. 19 city council meeting. Also attended to were the payment of claims in the amount of $55,488.39 and the abandonment of a portion of an alley between property owned by Newton Motors, Inc., and Farm Equipment, Inc., along Hwy 2.

The council also approved the city's fingerprints and criminal background investigations policy manual. Following the meeting, Public Works Director Robert H. Kompel led council members on a tour of the water treatment plant, which is the subject of a pending water improvement project scheduled for later this year. According to Kompel, the project is part of a proactive effort on the part of the council to secure funding for maintenance and retrofitting at the city's main treatment facility, the two water storage tanks located near the high school and 7th Street N., and other portions of the system.