Rochester City Council

The Rochester City Council has approved a plan to proceed with design work for a new heating and cooling system for City Hall.

The Park Board last year voted to permanently close the aging facility because of high maintenance and operating costs and low attendance.

It could happen at tonight's Rochester's City Council Meeting.

The City Council has approved a contract with New Flyer North America to purchase up to four 60-foot, battery-electric buses and charging equipmen

It wasn’t on the agenda but there were some comments at Monday night’s Rochester City Council meeting about the Park Board president.

The city is the current owner of the two buildings located on 4th St SE on the west side of the Zumbro River and had hoped to clear the site for future development.

Rochester has filed a lawsuit against the company it hired to design the city’s newest parking ramp over what it says is a major flaw.

A proposed - and huge - transformational project for the southeast fringe of downtown Rochester will be presented to the City Council in a few weeks.

The $31-million ramp was constructed to accommodate up to 10 stories of residential development. It opened two years ago.

The council Monday approved an $18.3 million bid for the reconstruction of the segment of N. Broadway between Civic Center Dr. on the south and the Silver Lake bridge on the north.

One City Council Meeting agenda action item later, and people are talking.

The Public Works Dept. is recommending the approval of an $18.3 million bid for the reconstruction of the segment of N. Broadway between Civic Center Dr. and the Silver Lake bridge.

The ramp is located on the northwest corner of 1st St and 1st Ave SE and includes 630 parking stalls.

A bar that was one of the hot spots in downtown Rochester for several years is apparently closing for good.