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interest rate on a curb and gutter loan. She reported that Jeff Stohr from the First State Bank quoted a rate of 3.45 percent. "We've never had a rate lower than 5 percent," Lowary said. "Jeff is doing a nice job fur us."
• The council approved to transfer $300,000 from the electric fund to the general fund. This is a budgeted amount.
• The Groton Legion will be busing the players again next year. Dakota State University has a lease for buses for 12 months, but during the summer, they sit idle, so they are offering the buses to small towns for the summer. The Legion would pay for any expenses.
• Lowary reported on the Heartland meeting recently held. One big item was EPA's regulation on coal plants. An investment of $70 million was done at the Laramie coal generation plant for scrubbers, but the EPA has stated that they are not doing the job and that they will have to be scrubbed and instead, invest $600 million for new scrubbers. This is important for Groton as the city gets half of its power from Heartland, which also has a stake at the plant. More expenses means higher rates. Senator Tim Johnson is going to be at the Groton Transit today at 2 p.m. and people are invited to "bend his ear" on this.
• The pool managers came before the council to discuss shortening the pool hours starting August 12. The council gave the okay.
• A survey was done on the trees in the city's public property and it was discovered that 60 percent of the city's trees are Green Ash. There are 662 Green Ash trees on city property with only 54 American Elms and 52 Siberian Elms left. The city will be applying for a grant to purchase more trees.