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The Crookston City Council held a special meeting this week to swear in the four members elected on Nov. 3.
Finance Director Angel Weasner led re-elected Ward 3 Council Member Clayton Briggs and recent appointee Joe Kresl, who has now begun his first full term on the council, plus new council members Ward 1’s Kristie Jerde and At Large Council Member Wayne Melbye through their oaths of office.
It was a return to a familiar place for longtime council member and onetime mayor Melbye.
It was the final time Weasner led new council members through their oaths; after more than eight years in Crookston she’s leaving to become city administrator in Park Rapids. Her final day on the job in Crookston is Jan. 15.
City Council members Baird, Fee thanked, wished well
Mike Christopherson
Crookston Times
Crookston City Council members Bobby Baird and Jake Fee, each elected in 2016, participated in their final council meeting last week, and were recognized with “Certificates of Appreciation” from the City of Crookston, presented to them by Mayor Dale Stainbrook.
Baird, one of two at-large council members, was defeated in the 2020 election on Nov. 3 by Wayne Melbye. Fee, who represents Ward 1, was defeated by Kristie Jerde. Melbye and Jerde will be sworn in at a special council meeting on Monday, Jan. 4.
Both outgoing council members were praised near the conclusion of this week’s council meeting by just about everyone in the council chambers, even those whom they’d clashed with from time to time over the past four years.