• The Groton City Council upheld an appeal for Ron Erdmann to move in a mobile home into Groton. The appeal was from Doug Hamilton, council representative on the Planning and Zoning Commission, who stated that the mobile home was not livable and that Erdmann had other issues with mobile homes in Aberdeen.
• City Finance Officer Anita Lowary said she had contacted someone at Lakeside Estates in Aberdeen where Erdmann had 18 trailer houses. Lakeside Estates had purchased the 18 homes and only four were habitable. A representative from the Aberdeen City had stated that Erdmann would wait until there was a disconnect order before paying his bill, but has improved in the last year.
• Neighbors Curt and Pam Schumach were not in favor of having the trailer moved in, stating that since Erdmann had purchased the lot, it has not been kept up.
• Erdmann was at the hearing and said he has relatives in the area would not want to do anything to embarrass them. He said that he was planning to do the repairs once the house was set down. Councilman Scott Hanlon asked why it needed to be fixed up? He said that he moved in a trailer house into Groton and that it was ready to be lived in when it was set down.
• Les Hinds and Gordon Nelson were both present from the Planning and Zoning Commission and they recommended that the appeal be upheld as well. They said that they were not aware of the building permit denial in the first place. Hinds also said, "If we had a building inspector, this could have been avoided."
• Lionel Bruemmer, manager of the Ken's Food Fair in Groton, was on hand for

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