Bid comes in nearly $600,000 under estimate. Read more in the Anoka County Regional Rail Authority Press Release.

Standard & Poor’s, one of the nation’s top ratings agencies, has not only reaffirmed Anoka County’s AAA bond rating, but also elevated the county’s Financial Management Assessment from “good” to “strong,” the highest category available. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
United Educators Credit Union’s Coon Rapids Branch donated 27 hats, scarves, mittens and gloves to Morris Bye Elementary School, Coon Rapids. The donations were given to the elementary school in January to distribute to those children in need. Read more here.

Anoka County Commissioner Andy Westerberg was named chair of the county’s Public Works Committee at the county board’s organizational meeting January 3, 2012. In addition, Westerberg was selected to serve as vice chair of the Parks & Recreation and Public Safety Committees and to serve on the Airport, Finance and Capital Improvements, Intergovernmental & Community Relations, Management, Minnesota Extension, and Ag Preservations Credit Ad Hoc Committees. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
Anoka County Commissioner Matt Look was named chair of the Anoka County Finance & Capital Improvements and Wetlands Review Committees and vice chair of the Intergovernmental & Community Relations Committee at the county board’s organizational meeting January 3, 2012. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
Anoka County Commissioner Jim Kordiak was named chair of the county’s Parks & Recreation, Waste Management and Energy, Internal Audit, and Fairgrounds Advisory Committees at the county board’s organizational meeting January 3, 2012. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
Anoka County Commissioner Dan Erhart was named to the county’s Finance & Capital Improvements, Waste Management and Energy, Minnesota Extension, and Community Health Advisory Committees at the county board’s organizational meeting January 3, 2012. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
Anoka County Commissioner Robyn West was elected vice chair of the seven-member county board at its organizational meeting January 3, 2012. In addition, West was named chair of the county’s Management, Intergovernmental & Community Relations, Information Technology, and Benefits and Compensation Committees. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.
Anoka County Commissioner Carol LeDoux was named chair of the county’s Public Safety and Regional Crime Force Laboratory Committees. Read more in the Anoka County Press Release.

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