Lobbyist report tops a very brief Ely City Council session

Tuesday’s city council meeting was brief, running just under 45 minutes, with much of it devoted to a report from a lobbyist.

At a quiet City Hall on a warm summer evening, the council heard from Bradley Peterson, executive director of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities CGMC is a lobby group that represents the interests of 110 cities outside of the Twin Cities. Key issues include local government aid, funding for environmentally conscious infrastructure, transportation, labor and employee relations, economic development, and emergency medical services.

Peterson spent the bulk of his report on the results of the recently-completed state legislative session in St Paul.