Wanted! Ward 4 City Councilor

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Although Cloquet City Councilor Neil Nemmers resigned his council seat more a month ago, the city has yet to receive even a single application for his seat.

Granted, Nemmers served on the council for close to 30 years, so folks in the Fourth Ward probably weren’t expecting the long-time public servant to step down before the November election. At that time, the Ward 4, Ward 5 and the At-large council positions are all up for election.

“Please step forward and represent your ward,” Mayor Bruce Ahlgren said in a plea to audience members and CAT-7 viewers at the start of Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

The appointment would be for the rest of 2012, until a new councilor is selected by voters in November. The Council had hoped to appoint a new councilor by early April.

Ward 4 roughly encompasses the area of Cloquet west of Highway 33 between the St. Louis River and Moorhead Road, is bordered by Jarvi and Brevator Roads, County State Aid Highway 7. (Residents who don’t know their precinct can also search their address in the state’s caucus finder online at caucusfinder.sos.state.mn.us.)

Interested candidates who live in Ward 4 should submit a resume and letter of interest detailing the reasons why the candidate is interested in serving as Ward 4 City Councilor to: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator, 1307 Cloquet Avenue, Cloquet, MN 55720 or email to BFritsinger@ci.cloquet.mn.us no later than noon on Tuesday, March 27.

City wards will only have minimal boundary changes when redistricting takes place in April, Fritsinger said.

Here is the official legal subscription of Ward 4:

Subd. 4 Ward 4. The external boundary lines of Ward Four are as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of County State Aid Highway No. 7 and Highway 33; thence Northerly along the centerline of Highway 33 to the intersection of Highway 33 and Cloquet Avenue; thence Westerly along the centerline of Cloquet Avenue to the intersection of Cloquet Avenue and Broadway Street; thence Northerly along the centerline of Broadway Street extended Northerly to the intersection of the centerline of Broadway Street extended Northerly and the Northerly boundary line of the St. Louis River; thence Northwesterly along the Northerly boundary line of the St. Louis River to the intersection of the Northerly boundary line of the St. Louis River and the intersection of the centerline of the Jarvi Road extended in a straight line Easterly to the Northerly boundary line of the St. Louis River; thence Westerly along the extended centerline of the Jarvi Road to the intersection of the Jarvi Road and the Brevator Road; thence Southerly along the centerline of the Brevator Road to the intersection of the Brevator Road and County State Aid Highway No. 7; thence Southerly along the centerline of University Road to its intersection with Airport Road; thence Southerly along the centerline of Cartwright Road to the intersection of Cartwright Road and the Moorhead Road; thence Easterly along the centerline of the Moorhead Road to the centerline of Otter Creek; thence Northerly along the centerline of Otter Creek to the intersection of the centerline of Spring Lake Road extended in a straight line to the centerline of Otter Creek; thence Northerly along the centerline of Spring Lake Road to the intersection of Spring Lake Road and White Pine Trail; thence Westerly along the centerline of White Pine Trail to the intersection of White Pine Trail and the centerline of Pinewood Drive extended; thence in a straight line northerly along the centerline of Pinewood Drive extended to the intersection of Pinewood Drive and County State Aid Highway No. 7; thence Easterly along the centerline of County State Aid Highway No. 7 to the point of beginning, the intersection of County State Aid Highway No. 7 and Highway 33.

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