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How money is spent – Council mtg April 7 2026

Tuesday, 5:30 pm — Public Hearing about Miner’s Drive starts at 5:15 pm

There are so many interesting action items in the 4-page Council agenda AND in the minutes from City government groups that met recently. We’re highlighting only a few items from the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, Budget meeting, Ely Economic Development […]

April 6th, 2026 | Category: A Airport, A Budget, A Chamber of Commerce, A City Council comments misc, A City Council documents, A City Visision, A Comprehensive Plan, A Comprehesive Plan Steering, A Ely Public Hearings misc, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Miners Lake, A Old Train Depot site, A Ordinances, A Ordinances - Zoning & Coding misc, A Planning & Zoning documents, A Police (Ely Police and SLC Sheriff), A seniors, A Steering Committee for Comp Plan, A Trailhead Building, A Visions & Comp Plan, AA Ely Economic Development Authority (EEDA) | Leave a comment

Is Ely now zooming mtgs? Where is the notice?

At 1:30 pm on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, the City of Ely is zooming a Landform Comprehensive Review Plan Proposal meeting. This might be the first time any City meeting has been zoomed? This is indeed progress towards transparency, but was proper and/or adequate notice used to inform the public about an open meeting?

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March 24th, 2026 | Category: A accessibility, A City Visision, A Commissions Boards Committees misc, A Comprehensive Plan, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Open Meeting laws, A Planning & Zoning documents, A Steering Committee for Comp Plan, A Visions & Comp Plan | Leave a comment

Noise, Lodging Tax, Demographics, Dog Park – revised

City Council meeting – Dec 2, 2025

The heading of this post now says “revised,” because additional paragraphs and documents were included after its original posting. People word search this website www.elyminnesota.com/blog/ to find information on specific topics. For example, the Ely Dog Park. Additional items were added last minute to the Council agenda. […]

December 2nd, 2025 | Category: A City Council comments misc, A City Visision, A Comprehensive Plan, A diversity, A Ely Public Hearings misc, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Planning & Zoning documents, A Steering Committee for Comp Plan, A Taxes, A Visions & Comp Plan, AA Citizen input, AA dog park, DEI | Leave a comment

Wrong message to citizens about their input value

What a way to set the tone for Ely’s Comprehensive Plan!

Tonight, Tuesday, November 4, 2025 the Mayor of Ely signaled to the citizens how valued (NOT!) their input is when it comes to the direction of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Two citizens requested to appear before Council voted on Planning & Zoning’s […]

November 5th, 2025 | Category: A City Council comments misc, A City Visision, A Comprehensive Plan, A GreenTeam, A Planning & Zoning comments misc, A seniors, A Steering Committee for Comp Plan, AA Citizen input, AA quality of life | Leave a comment