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Your lack of awareness is appalling. Knock this shit off and stop spending our tax dollars you flipping crooks! City of Albert Lea - City Hall

Again, the citizens you represent have been screaming at you to stop spending money and raising taxes. You finally listen to your constituents and vote the City Hall remodel project down; which you were commended for by citizens. Two weeks later, you spin this project a few different ways and it's back? What part of stop spending and raising taxes do you not get??

Like toddlers who can’t take “no” for an answer. 🤦‍♀️

Stop being so greedy!!! You don’t need an upgrade!! Toddlers are more MATURE than you!

They just can't seem to understand that continued tax increases are unbearable on taxpayers!

Trying to sneak in by the back door. Folks are becoming more wise to the sneaky wording and clever distractions of money variants.

Honestly it was the “staff need their own bathroom so they don’t have to see the stinky public homeless people in the public one” that really got to me. (Not an exact quote, but the homeless part absolutely is.) The arrogance was mind blowing.

You vote NO and then you turn around and change your mind. Not listening to your tax payers are you.

Vote No on all options.

Gas is going up up up and now you want to tax us more!!! What has happened to the government in this country??? Can’t we get anybody in there that work for we the people anymore!! This is not the land of bowing down to one individual!!!

Its truly amazing they have the gull to keep at it with tax increases. Looks like every option is too much. Too bad. Move on. Deal with it. We can't all have nice things when we can't afford it.

That’s still ridiculous that much is not needed. You don’t have to keep up with the fire department and high school and the arena. Where does it end.? Can’t I ever get a tax bill that’s somewhat in line with reality. Thanks Jim Cady

We can skip the next increase in taxes-it’s working fine.

Move them all to the expensive updated court house

How about you stop raising everyone’s taxes and start bringing in more jobs to pay for the crap you want! You can’t even fix our roads! Not to mention the flooding! Or here’s a better ideal! The city council can pay for the remodeling out of their pockets since they want it so damn bad! I’m sick of them wasting tax dollars on stupidy

The amount of taxes in the county are forcing people to relocate elsewhere, this town is dead, no hospital, nothing for the kids to do, so crime rate increases, as a retirement community the ones on SSI or a fixed income can’t afford to stay here, is so sad what this town has become, as a child this place was amazing had 2 full malls with variety of shops, a bowling alley, now there’s literally nothing here to do, most people shop in Rochester, Mankato, of the Cities taking our business elsewhere something has to change this town is crumbling and our counsel haven’t changed anything to build it up

In the last year the City has: 1) Raised their budget from about $8.8 million to $9.3 million. 2) Raised the water and sewer rates by about 6%. 3) Proposed confiscating half of our local option sales tax that was originally presented years ago for the sole purpose of cleaning up our lakes and watershed. 4) All of this while knowing full well that our waste water treatment facility has gone from a proposed roughy $31 million to well over $60 million dollar upgrade that is required. And now they need new City Office remodeling declaring that it is a maintenance “need”. Didn’t we also just get hit with quite a large bill that included building a new bathroom at the North Lot to the tune of about $160k - $250k? The City was also considering building a new park “Adams Ave Park” after not having the funds to update and upkeep our current parks and we passed a $9.8 million dollar referendum in 2024. When a taxpayer “wants” to remodel their home and get a bid they can’t afford they don’t do it, even when a contractor puts in an expiration date. They don’t crowdsource funding, they don’t make demands on their mortgage company and they don’t go to the City to increase their neighbors taxes.

Mayor and council, you have a responsibility to the taxpayers who elected you to represent our interests. As leaders, do you or the staff control the situation? Staff statements do not seem to reflect your remodel decision. How many staff still work from home and who's decision is that? At every level of government money is being spent that taxpayers are tired of supplying and unable to sustain. Take control, determine the needs of the city, address them and the rest can be figured out through creative problem solving work shops.

I expect you are all attending?

No money no options no people no taxes?

"We didnt pass the renovation that was on the table" we all rejoice. Then flip it around "we'll, we are still doing it... itll just be slightly SLIGHTLY cheaper" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ What part of "stop spending our tax money" are we all not understanding here?!

Stop spending our tax dollars like this. Fix the roads, do something more productive for the community as a whole. You guys are seriously showing your lack of fiscal intelligence. You're actually showing lack of general intelligence as well. City of Albert Lea - City Hall

Dear City Council. I work in numerous revenue generating businesses in town whose offices and facilities pay taxes, employee hundreds of residents who pay taxes, and keep this community moving, whose offices are far less luxurious and modern than yours. You can make do. You do not need the renovations you are claiming. Knock it off!

Again, the citizens you represent have been screaming at you to stop spending money and raising taxes. You just voted this project down and now because the City Manager didn't get what he wanted you have to spin the project around again. Come on, do your job and move on to projects that absolutely have to get done and again, the remodel of City Hall is NOT one of them!!!

Enough is enough, quit trying to approach it with it’s only $1.57 per 100k or it only $2.50 per 200k. We can’t keep adding this stress to the tax payers. Look what happened to the Arena project, how many change orders were made because we didn’t think of this or that and that raised costs and are they even using the 2nd sheet of ice yet? We the citizens are tired!

Umm 🤔 some sidewalks n trails that people use each day are NOT being treated. Sometimes I have to walk on the side of the road. Idk 🤷‍♀️ if you’re short staffed.

Let it melt😂

Agree it will be gone next week. Let nature run it's course.

Thank you!

Thank you for the notice, I feel the city should have odd even parking for snow removal.

Why bother? Waste of money 💰