• Marlowe Johnson
• Chris Roforth
• Mike Windey
• Lee Sherman
• City Maint Supervisor

• The Planning Committee is a five member volunteer citizen committee appointed by the city council and staffed by volunteers.

• The Committee is charged with reviewing, evaluating, and updating the city comprehensive Land Use Plan with the objective to maintain and/or implement the community values defined as quality of life in both a living and working environment. The Committee must then communicate these updates to the City Council.

• To accomplish the annual review of the Comprehensive Plan, the Committee encourages constructive citizen and staff participation in the public planning process through public hearing and at regular meetings, through newsletters, and through neighborhood planning meetings.

• The Committee shall complete studies and recommend long-term development plans and policies which are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the values of the community which are life-enriching, economically beneficial, and environmentally sound.

• The Committee shall utilize (and recommend utilization by other city public officials and entities) implementation tools such as zoning and land use permits, subdivision approvals, official mapping, capital improvements programming, and housing plans.

• The Committee shall encourage quality development, utilizing life-cycle costing, of new public and private development.

• The Committee shall create, with the assistance of the staff, a land use, economic, and demographic information base for use by citizens and developers.

• Noting that the City of Ottertail is part of a larger community, the Committee will encourage joint meetings and sharing of information with other commissions and committees within the county and with adjoining and nearby Planning Committees.

NON-PROFIT COMMUNICATION LIAISON GROUP:

Meets as needed at City Hall

“Organized to open communications between City Government and Organizations providing special events and community activities in Ottertail.”

Members include: Mayor Myron Lueders and Council Member Heather Rosenthal; Clerk-Treasurer Elaine Hanson; Mitch Malcolm & Keith Fleischauer, OTBCA (Ottertail Business Community Association); John Carlson, Jill Loock, OT Rod & Gun; Jerry & Shirley Smith, Janette Olson, OT Lions.