UPDATED SURVEY! 11/29/2021 – Skating Rink, Survey for Park Board
The Ortonville Park Board is looking for feedback from those that use the rinks.
Please complete this short survey: https://forms.office.com/r/wDiE9actJ5
Thank you!
Reminder! Parking Restrictions and Snow Removal
It is coming up on that time of year again! Snow.
REMINDER
TO THE RESIDENTS OF ORTONVILLE: PARKING
RESTRICTIONS ON CITY STREETS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1ST
AND APRIL 1ST
In accordance with City Ordinances, no person, except physicians on emergency calls or other
such emergency personnel, shall park any vehicle on any street or avenue in the City of
Ortonville between November 1st and April 1st after a snowfall with an accumulation of two
inches or more of snow. Vehicles parked on the street in these circumstances will be towed.
Parking may be resumed on individual streets and avenues as soon as the snow has been
removed from these streets and avenues.
Property owners are responsible for removing snow from their sidewalks within 48 hours of a
three inches or more snowfall. If snow has not been removed from sidewalks after a snowfall of
three inches or more, the City will remove the snow and bill the property owner.
Downtown business owners are responsible for removing snow from their sidewalks within 12
hours of a snowfall. If not removed, the City will remove and bill the property owner.
BY ORDER OF THE
ORTONVILLE CITY COUNCIL
The video below is taken from the 2018/19 Winter Season – it is quite a process to remove snow with our hills.
PRESS RELEASE, Small City Development Grant Program
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Small City Development Program Application for City of Ortonville
The city of Ortonville, working with the Upper Minnesota Regional Development Commission (UMVRDC), is looking to apply for a grant from the Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). This grant is for funds to help property owners rehab their buildings.
The SCDP program is set up to help homeowners by offering grants based on household size and income. Eligible homeowners could apply for up to $25,000 per home for eligible rehab projects such as gutters, windows, doors, siding, insulations, electrical, heating/furnace, water heater, fuse box replacement, energy efficiency improvements, plumbing, roofing, foundation, safety improvements, accessibility improvements, lead testing and removal, and building code violations. Commercial building owners could be eligible for up to $40,000 for the same types of rehab.
The SCDP grant is meant to help small cities in Minnesota help keep their current housing and to make sure commercial properties are safe, healthy, and affordable by assisting low to moderate-income individuals and reduce substandard commercial buildings.
How can you help make this program possible in Ortonville? The city needs feedback from Ortonville residents to show there are enough eligible property owners interested in the program.
You can pick up a paper copy of a homeowner or business property owner “Participant Survey” at the City Office at 315 Madison Avenue or go to THIS LINK to fill it out online. The more responses received from the community, the more competitive the grant application will be. Please submit this form by noon on November 11th.
If you need more information on this program, please RSVP to attend a community meeting on November 15 between 7-8 pm. To Vicki Oakes at 320-839-6155 or vicki@ortonvilleeda.com
If you have questions, you can contact Kristi Fernholz from the UMVRDC at 320-289-1981 x106 or Kristi.fernholz@umvrdc.org. or Vicki Oakes from the Ortonville EDA at 320-839-6155 or vicki@ortonvilleeda.com.
The Boil Water Advisory has been Lifted
Posted 10/23/2021 at 9:20 a.m.
The testing facility in Detroit Lakes has notified the City that the water samples have been cleared and the Boil Water Advisory has been lifted.
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Tree Branch & Leaf Pickup
The Ortonville High school in cooperation with the Ortonville clean-up committee is offering a one-day tree branch and leaf service to citizens of Ortonville.
The School has setup an online form to complete at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcmzVvF2R8POJz7kr2K23w8wx_MmWtFoPdttf68puywO6XbA/viewform
Public Input Wanted!
The Big Stone County Office of Emergency Management is working with U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota Duluth to update the county’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP). The plan assesses the natural hazards that pose risk to the county, such as tornadoes, straight line winds, ice storms, blizzards, wildfire, flooding, and extreme temperatures and identifies ways to minimize the damage of future events. As the county works to update the plan, it wants to hear from the public.
The Big Stone County MHMP is a multi-jurisdictional plan that covers Big Stone County, including the cities of Barry, Beardsley, Clinton, Correll, Graceville, Johnson, Odessa, and Ortonville. The Big Stone County MHMP also incorporates the concerns and needs of townships, school districts, and other stakeholders participating in the plan. The plan will be updated by a planning team made up of representatives from county departments, local municipalities, school districts and other key stakeholders.
“Hazard mitigation planning is a central part of our emergency management program,” said Dona Greiner, Big Stone County Emergency Management Director. “Understanding the natural hazards that can cause serious impact to our communities and taking action to reduce or eliminate the impact of future disasters makes us more resilient. Hazard mitigation helps us to break the cycle of damage and repair caused by things like flooding, ice storms, and severe wind events that can damage property, stress economies, and threaten life safety in our county.”
Examples of hazard mitigation actions include improvement of roads and culverts that experience repetitive flooding; construction of safe rooms at campgrounds, public parks, mobile home parks or schools to protect lives in the event of tornados or severe wind events; burying powerlines that may fail due to heavy snow, ice or wind storms; ensuring timely emergency communication to the public through warning sirens and mass notification systems, and conducting public awareness and education campaigns to help people to be prepared to take safe action before, during, or following a hazard event. Some mitigation activities may be eligible for future FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding.
Public input is an essential part of the plan update. As part of the planning process, Big Stone County is seeking feedback from residents and businesses from across the county to incorporate into the plan:
- What are the natural hazards you feel pose the greatest risk to your community?
- Have you experienced a previous disaster event?
- What concerns do you have, and what sorts of mitigation actions or projects do you feel would help to reduce the damages of potential future events for your personal property, your community, or the county as a whole?
Comments, concerns, or questions regarding natural disasters and potential mitigation actions to be included into the plan update process should be submitted to Big Stone County Emergency Management by phone or email. Public comments may also be submitted on the Big Stone County Emergency Management Facebook page where this news release will be posted.
There will be additional opportunities for public feedback throughout the planning process. A draft of the plan will be posted on the county website for public review prior to submission of the plan to the State of Minnesota. Future news releases will be shared with the media to notify the public of these opportunities.
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requires counties to update their plan every 5 years to maintain eligibility for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs.
Contact
Dona Greiner
Big Stone County Emergency Management Director
Phone: 320-208-6507
Attention Lake Road Residents, Please Limit Water Usage
The City Crew has completed their work – you can resume normal water usage. Thank you!
Swimming Pool – August 2021 Schedule
As the swimming pool season comes to an end on August 19th, the following are the August Pool hours. Please note that there will be no weekend hours. Thank you!
Announcement: Water Restrictions
- Water during the coolest part of the day to avoid evaporation.
- Water grass only when it needs it. Most lawns only need an inch of water a week.
- Take shorter showers.
- Turn the faucet off while you shave or brush your teeth.
- Run the dishwasher only when it’s fully loaded.
- Fill the sink to wash dishes by hand instead of letting the water run.
- Only wash full loads of laundry.