TAXPAYER$ getting SCREWED ALERT☆UPDATED 6-8-16☆☆☆Little Falls Economic Dev. mtg. 5-9-16 video included

Today 5-9-16, your Economic Development Association headed by Mayor Greg Zylka, met to discuss among other things, the sale of the old Clark/Jiffy Lube empty city owned lot.

Well what do you know.....I think I forced their hand by exposing this shady backroom deal....TODAY Friday May 20, 2016 they have a for sale sign displayed. See picture below

Pics below taken 5-3-16

See they are getting ready to ramrod through this sale at Monday nights city council meeting.  This public notice came out just now. They will meet at noon, 5-16-16, propose a counter of 22k(half of what it'$appraised value of 39k is) then they will discuss at work session at 6:30pm on 5-16-16, add it to the formal council agenda that same night,  without putting it on the market, as the minutes of 5-2-16 state. The interested buyer will put up a building in a PRIME DOWNTOWN LOCATION OVERLOOKING THE MISSISSIPPI, and get a whopping $weetheart deal at TAXPAYER EXPENSE.

WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH AN EXTRA 20K?  Remodel city hall bathrooms so disabled folks can use the toilets at city hall. This kind of under the table deals could help unseat the mayor and councilman Loren Boyum. Shady, decietful and very likely ILLEGAL ...•••●●●■■■

Good thing I record meetings, as it is the ONLY way the public gets correct information. The minutes from these meetings are the official record, but in the case of the EDA meeting on May 9,2016, the public would HAVE NO CLUE THAT MAYOR GREG ZYLKA violated city policy/law that says no land acquisition, sales or deals may be discussed outside a CLOSED MEETING.  Look at Carol Andersons minutes from that meeting.  They are inaccurate/incomplete, and dishonest.  The minutes are the official record of the meeting, but the public would have NO IDEA of what really happened at that meeting, were it not for my video recording and blog.  Shame on Carol Anderson for writing inaccurate/incomplete minutes. Shame on Mayor Greg Zylka, for violating the city laws/policy again. 

 In the minutes from the last EDA meeting last week 5-2-16, it states "Kasella(that's Lori Kasella, city finance officer) states the city received an appraisal of what the old Clark/Jiffy Lube lot should be worth which is $39,000.00. Mark Gerbi moved and Bob Reinitz seconded to ADVERTISE THE PROPERTY FOR SALE AT $39,000.00. Motion carried"

BUT AT TODAYS MEETING, it was suggested that city consider the offer(this unknown person is the only one who is aware the property is even for sale) of $18,000.00....less than HALF THE PRICE IT'S WORTH. President Greg Zylka suggested offering a counter proposal of 22,000.00. When I asked why this publicly owned property had not been put on the open market, his answer was "they had discussed that," with no explanation as to why they were discussing the sale, without it even going on the public market to get a better offer. They then quickly suggested going into a closed ssession to discuss the matter, since I was recording. Call the city quickly to complain about this underhanded assault on the taxpayers. 320-616-5500.  The video will be all over the internet on youtube, Facebook, Google, Twitter and my blog shortly. They are NEVER supposed to discuss the sale of a city property outside of closed session. They are attempting to ramrod this deal through so it can be approved at the next council meeting on May 16, 2016. Betcha it's the MCRECORD or some other friend they want to see het a steal on it. Betcha. Good ol white boys club at work again.....and at YOUR EXPENSE.

Here is the other taxpayer owned lot that the city EDA committee  did not put on the open market until AFTER I gave a public forum comment about the backroom sweetheart deal with Earl LeMieur and Wilceks, they wanted to ramrod through, without anyone catching it.

Listen to my public forum in the video below where I tell on the proposed deal with Earl LeMieur and Wilceks. My public forum is right at the start of the video.

They should know by now, I scour through the council packets.  Wouldn't you think by now they would know they are being watched closely?