City Departments

Administration Office

Address:	225 E First Street North PO Box 216 Melrose, MN 56352	The Melrose City Center houses the Administration Offices, Police Department, Library, Senior Center and Mel-TV as well as three large meeting rooms.
Phone:	(320) 256-4278
Fax:	(320) 256-7766
E-mail:	admin@cityofmelrose.com
Office Hours:	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday)

Brian Beeman M.P.A.	City Administrator	bbeeman@cityofmelrose.com
Karen Thostenson	Assistant City Administrator/Treasurer	kthostenson@cityofmelrose.com
John Harren	Public Works Director	jharren@cityofmelrose.com
Gary Walz B.A.	Community Planning/Economic Development Director	gwalz@cityofmelrose.com
Patti Haase	City Clerk	phaase@cityofmelrose.com
Jane Brown	Zoning Officer	jbrown@cityofmelrose.com
Dan Marthaler	Building Inspector	dmarthaler@cityofmelrose.com
Melrose Police Dept. Interim	Compliance Official	Coming Soon!
Diane Gruber	Human Resources/Payroll Technicion	dgruber@cityofmelrose.com
Mary Hollenkamp	Secretary/Receptionist	mhollenkamp@cityofmelrose.com
Carla Van Heel	Receptionist/Office Assistant	cvanheel@cityofmelrose.com
Christy Berscheit A.A.	Accounting Clerk	christy@cityofmelrose.com
Rosie Athmann	Billing Clerk	rathmann@cityofmelrose.com

Planning & Development Department Department

Development

For all business development projects, land developments, business subsidies, TIF, JOBZ, revolving loan, business transfers or other related items, please contact Gary Walz at the email below. Community Planning/Economic Development Director, Gary Walz: gwalz@cityofmelrose.com, 320-256-4278. 

Permiting

For all building permits, setback questions or zoning or rezoning issues, please contact Jane Brown.  Zoning Officer, Jane Brown: jbrown@cityofmelrose.com, 320-256-4278.

Inspections

For annual building inspections and required construction inspections, please contact Dan Marthaler.  Building Inspector, Dan Marthaler: dmarthaler@cityofmelrose.com, 320-256-4278.

Compliance

For enforcement and compliance of rental properties, or any type of building/construction enforcement, please call John Jensen.  Compliance Official, John Jensen: jjensen@cityofmelrose.com, 320-256-7211

Police Department

The Police Department consists of a Police Chief, Sergeant, (4) Police Officers, a Compliance Officer, Secretary/Receptionist, and several Reserve Officers. 

The Police Department is highly trained and they meet very high standards.

Police Chief, John Jensen: jjensen@cityofmelrose.com, 320-256-7211.

Police Secretary/Receptionist, Judy Weber: jweber.mpd@hotmail.com,  320-256-7211.

Emergencies: Call 911

Electric Utilities Department

According to an article by the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA), Melrose has the lowest electric rates in the State of Minnesota!

The Electric Department crew

Diesel power generation

More pictures of the crew

Other equipment used in the department

The Electric Utilities Department consists of an Electrical Supervisor and three full-time Journeymen Line Workers. There are 1300 Residential, 250 Commercial, 2 Industrial and 54 Rural Electrical Customers. The electrical load on the electric system has reached 18 megawatts. The Electric Utilities also has four diesel power generators with a total of eight megawatts of capacity which could be used for an extended length power outage. The generation capacity is also used by Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) for peaking and there electrical power needs. Melrose power suppliers are MRES and Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Melrose electrical rates are the cheapest in the State of Minnesota.

Electrical Supervisor, Dale Lyon: dlyon@cityofmelrose.com, City Offices: 320-256-4278.

Streets/Parks Department

(Pictured above is the Street/Parks Deptartment crew)

The Streets/Parks Department has equipment such as a loader and two dump trucks to help them with various projects such as snow removal and dirt work. 

The Streets/Parks Department also has a street sweeper and three mowers with various accessories, and two new work trucks.

The Streets/Parks Department consists of a Streets/Parks Supervisor, three full-time Streets/Parks Maintenance Workers, and two Seasonal Workers.

The Streets/Parks Department is responsible for all maintenance, sweeping, and repairs of 29.49 miles of streets, 3.01 miles of alley ways, all sidewalks within the City's sidewalk program, bituminous pedestrian & bike pathways, and City owned parking lots. 

The department also performs maintenance, repairs, and cleaning of the City's storm sewer system, three (3) area parks, and conducts all snow plowing/removal operations.

The Streets/Parks Department, along with the Seasonal Workers, cut and trim approximately 150 acres of grass within the City, to include: the parks, street right-aways, Lake Wobegon Trail, and City utility owned property.

During the winter season, the Seasonal Workers assist with the removal of snow from approximately 4 1/2 miles of sidewalks and cleaning of the skating rinks.

Streets/Parks Supervisor, Mark Maus: markmaus@cityofmelrose.com, City Offices: 320-256-4278. 

Water/Wastewater Department

The Wastewater Treatment Facility is a three-million gallon a day state-of-the-art, Class "A" major mechanical treatment plant.  The original facility was constructed in 1963 and has had numerous expansions and rehabilitation projects since then.  The latest expansion and improvement project was completed in the summer of 2005.  With the improvements completed, the facility has capacity for Jennie-O Turkey Store and Melrose Dairy Proteins (MDP) industrial loadings.  It can also accommodate the aggresive growth needs of the City of Melrose.  A series of lift stations and wastewater lines convey the wastewater to the treatment facility.

City Consultants (Alphabetical Order)

Abdo Eick & Meyers LLP
5201 Eden Ave, Suite 370
Edina, MN 55436
952-835-9090
Steve McDonald
smcdonald@mn-cpas.com
Audit Firm

Bayerl Water Resources
9083 St Hwy 114 SW
Alexandria, MN 56308
320-283-6127
Marilyn Bayerl
bayerl@runestone.net
Wellhead Protection Plan Implementation Work

Bonestroo
3717 - 23rd St S
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-251-4553
Mike Nelson
mnelson@bonestroo.com
City Engineer
 
Matt Mohs
mmohs@bonestroo.com
Engineer

Tim Brawthen
tbrawthen@bonestroo.com
Inspector

Chris Anderson
canderson@bonestroo.com
Inspector

Jeff Rasmussen
jrasmussen@bonestroo.com
Mapping, GIS
 
Jennifer Rice
jrice@bonestroo.com
Administration
 

Briggs and Morgan
2200 First National Bank Building
332 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN  55101
(651) 808-6620
Mary Ippel
mippel@briggs.com
Bond Counsel

Brown and Caldwell
30 E Seventh St Suite 2500
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-298-0710
David Muenzner
dmuenzner@brwncald.com

Tim Block
tblock@brwncald.com
Water/Wastewater Engineers
 

DeWild Grant Reckert & Associates Company
1302 South Union St
PO Box 511
Rock Rapids, IA 51246
Blair Metzger
blair@dgrnet.com

Shannen Struckman
sstruckman@dgrnet.com
Electric Engineers

Flaherty & Hood
525 Park Street
Suite 470
St. Paul, MN 55103
651-225-8840
fax: 651-225-9088
Chris Hood
Brandon M. Fitzsimmons
Union/Labor Relations Consultants

Meyer Meyer Dymoke & Dymoke
300 W Riverside Ave
Melrose, MN 56352
256-4205
Scott Dymoke
sedymoke@meltel.net
City Attorney – General Matters
 

McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straughn & Lamb
2600 U.S. Bancorp Center
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-338-2525
Andy Shea
ajs@mcgrannshea.com
Power Supply Contracts Attorney
 

Midwest Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
1010 St Germain St W Suite 580
St. Cloud, MN 56301
800-383-1908
Doug Adamek
doug@midwesteap.com
Employee Assistance
 

Missouri River Energy Services (MRES)
3724 W Avera Drive
PO Box 88920
Sioux Falls, SD 57109-8920
605-338-4042
Jeff Peters
jpeters@mrenergy.com

Ray Wahl
rayw@mrenergy.com

Northland Securities, Inc.
45 S 7th St, Suite 2500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
800-851-2920
Paul Donna
pdonna@northlandsecurities.com
Fiscal Consultant
 
Nick Skarich
nskarich@northlandsecurities.com
TIF Consultant
 

Robert E Pottratz – Attorney at Law
502B E Main St
Melrose, MN 56352
256-7848
City Attorney – Prosecution Matters

Related Links
Minnesota State Legislature - http://www.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Department of Commerce - http://www.commerce.state.mn.us/
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - http://www.pca.state.mn.us/