The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch The Sleepy Eye City Council meeting on Tuesday evening, July 13, opened with a review of the 2020 audit by Sara Oberloh, of Oberloh & Oberloh, Ltd., the firm who the city contracts for the service. Oberloh said the city s financial record keeping resulted in a clean audit. She spent considerable time going over the various fund balances with no concerns expressed by the council. The first action item was consideration of the purchase of property at 117 2nd Avenue SW (the house just north of the fire hall) to provide space for possible future expansion of the fire hall. City Manager Bob Elston said the cost of purchasing the property and adding space for fire department needs would be much less than building a new facility at a different location. Fire Chief Ron Zinniel agreed with Elston and said the department will need that space at some time. Elston said if the city purchases the building they would continue renting the apartments to the current tenants. Elston, with the consensus of the council, directed City Attorney Alyssa Groen to draft a purchase agreement to be brought to a finance committee meeting. Any purchase decision would come before the full council.