Happy Holidays and Thank You
Have a happy, pleasant, and peaceful Holiday. I look forward to 2020. Thank your for your support in 2019. I will continue to keep you informed on county events and Board actions in 2020. In 2019 I provided…
Have a happy, pleasant, and peaceful Holiday. I look forward to 2020. Thank your for your support in 2019. I will continue to keep you informed on county events and Board actions in 2020. In 2019 I provided…
Want to Help the County by Guiding it Services? Olmsted County Advisory Board Positions are Available Advisory Board Positions are an opportunity for people to get involved in the community. You can view the voluntary boards…
What is the “Levy?” The Property Tax Levy is the portion of the budget that is paid for by property taxes. Property Taxes are the biggest source of funding the budget but there are also other sources. Other sources…
Olmsted County is seeking your help to advance our Bonding Projects State officials pay attention to public feedback on local government bonding requests. Olmsted is asking for bonding on three projects: Graham Park Regional Multi-Purpose Expo…
The current route of the circulator has been a Broadway designation. This will require two lanes (one north and one south) dedicated to only the Circulator Bus traffic. This will leave only two lanes (one north and…
Olmsted County Received Triple A Rating! Olmsted County received the TripleA bond rating from both Moodys and Standard and Poors rating service. This is the highest rating one can receive. This is a really big deal…
A Walk in Nature is Healthy In the future you may visit a doctor for an ailment and the “prescription” you receive may be a walk in the Park. Olmsted County will be piloting a program…
Board Sets Maximum Levy The projected total 2020 budget for Olmsted County is $199,132,421. To achieve this, the County Board set the 2020 Maximum levy at a 4.5% increase. This is about a $4.6 million dollar increase…
Live Long and Prosper in Olmsted County Olmsted County is ranked 43 out of the top 50 counties where people live the longest. This according to USA Today. See the article here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/09/06/the-50-counties-where-people-live-the-longest/40072465/ 82.24 Years: Life expectancy…
Warming Shelter After a few false starts, the warming place for the unsheltered has been selected. The first place that was mentioned was the former Silver Lake fire station. I opposed this site because it was too…
The city of Rochester is seeking community feedback on the proposed route from the Seneca/Graham Park site to downtown. It is also seeking your opinion on the type of vehicles that should be used; bus or…
Do You Know the Cost of Burial? The cost of burying indigent residents is increasing. 2014 $114,299 71 Burials 2015 $148,560 79 Burials 2016 $141,994 76 Burials 2017 $146,667 80 Burials 2018 $199,417 103 Burials The county averaged 65% cremations versus direct burials. The County’s burial…
Oxbow Nature Center Improvements Draft rendering of the improvements proposed for the Oxbow Nature Center The County Board gave approval to continue planning for an improvement of the Oxbow Nature Center and Zoo. Virtually nothing has…
Human Rights Meeting Mayor Kim Norton will be the guest at the Human Right Commission on June 20, 7:00 PM to 9:00PM at the Government Center. Topics may include the process of hiring police officers and…