Council to OK $30.6M loan for BMU

• Conditional use ordinance may get final vote

BROOKINGS – Several high-interest items appear on this week’s council agenda, but it’s likely the most important item on the schedule Tuesday won’t get more than a few words of discussion.

This week the councilors will give first reading – no debate – to an ordinance that would ban texting while driving in Brookings, and they’re likely to make a final decision on shortening the process for getting a conditional use permit.

But the action that will have the most immediate impact on Brookings citizens will be the council’s approval for a $30.6 million loan for the overhaul of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.





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