{"id":270875,"date":"2023-04-03T08:06:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270875"},"modified":"2023-04-10T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:16:12","slug":"news-and-notes-from-mayor-carlsrud-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=270875","title":{"rendered":"News And Notes from Mayor Carlsrud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley City &#8211; Greetings Folks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jews celebrate Passover April 5-13.<\/li><li>Christians celebrate \u201cHoly Week\u201d &amp; Easter this week.<\/li><li>Last week the Twins opened the season with three games at Kansas City in the sunshine and green grass of Kaufman Stadium.&nbsp; It looked serene.&nbsp; Though spring weather is slow getting here, it will arrive\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/li><li>Hopefully you made opportunities to enjoy the Saturday and Sunday sunshine in town, though Saturday out of town roads became super slippery from drifting snow sticking to the road surfaces.<\/li><li>As the Legislative Session nears its end the pace of addressing bills picks up.&nbsp; A few of the bills we are tracking are: HB 1040 regarding NDPERS, SB 2330 regarding Legacy infrastructure Loan fund (as per last biennium\u2019s&nbsp; HB 1425) and SB 2020 relating to funding for projects like Permanent Flood Protection (PFP).&nbsp; In SB 2020, Valley City\u2019s request for PFP is $13.2M and is critical for our next construction phase.&nbsp; An easy way to track bills is to enter \u201cNorth Dakota bill number\u201d into a search engine.<\/li><li>As mentioned previously, there is potential for high water this spring.&nbsp; The speed at which the snow melts and how much more precipitation is received are crucial.&nbsp; Your city crews are preparing equipment and procedures should needs arise.<\/li><li>Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) \u201cCulture Statement\u201d #1, \u201cWe care about the well-being of each employee, promoting a work\/life balance, and a safe work environment\u201d.<\/li><li>Sue and I attended the movie \u201cChampions\u201d at our Bison 6 Cinema this weekend.&nbsp; The story, a coach is sentenced to 90-days of coaching a Special Olympics Team.&nbsp; \u201cLet me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt\u201d.<\/li><li>Thanks to all who provide and proof material for this article.<\/li><li><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>When there is no consequence for poor work ethic and no reward for good work ethic, there is no motivation<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>~ JD Roberts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Blessings, Pray, be Grateful and Respectful,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave Carlsrud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City &#8211; Greetings Folks, Jews celebrate Passover April 5-13. Christians celebrate \u201cHoly Week\u201d &amp; Easter this week. Last week the Twins opened the season with three games at Kansas City in the sunshine and green grass of Kaufman Stadium.&nbsp; It looked serene.&nbsp; Though spring weather is slow getting here, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":221795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271209,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270875\/revisions\/271209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}