People inheriting and subdividing property in Ham Lake may not have to pay traditional development fees if they do not plan to improve their land in the near future.

Ham Lake will not go through the time-consuming process of setting up a special deer hunt in the community in order to cut down on the number of deer versus car collisions.

The Ham Lake City Council from now on will be getting all of its packets electronically.

At its Jan. 17 meeting, the Ham Lake City Council addressed a number of road project issues that its roads commission had discussed Jan. 12.

Over the past two meetings, the Ham Lake City Council has recognized a number of individuals and groups that have helped keep city parks clean under the Adopt-A-Park program.

As part of its consent agenda Dec. 19, the Ham Lake City Council approved a modified 2011 budget.

A good portion of a budget for any community goes to the fire department, which handles fire responses as well as medical calls. The Ham Lake City Council approved the overall budget, including the fire department budget, for the year 2012 at its Dec. 5 meeting.

Ham Lake City Council member Jim Doyle said the goal of the 2012 budget was for the city to live within its means and not burden the taxpayers any more than necessary.

The Ham Lake City Council Nov. 21 on a 4-0 vote determined that a contractor had met its final obligations to complete a road reconstruction project, but still fined the company $800 for getting the work done later than was agreed upon.

With a community assessment report (CAR) on the Comfort Resort and Hiawatha Beach neighborhoods completed, the Ham Lake City Council wants to get to the point of finding a solution that will meet the sewage treatment needs of this area for many years to come.

Due to a contractor not completing a road project on time, the Ham Lake City Council earlier this month authorized the city engineer to fine the contractor.

To more closely align with philosophies of the private sector and other city governments, the Ham Lake City Council in early September approved capping the amount of vacation hours an employee can accumulate and increased the number of years it would take for an employee to reach their top pay scale...

Ham Lake fears it may have to budget anywhere from $250,000 to $300,000 from 2012 through 2016 for an extensive inventory and study of all stormwater features in the community that are designed to keep the natural bodies of water clean.

The Ham Lake City Council Sept. 6 unanimously approved paying Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) $65,000 for an easement that is necessary for a service road project.

Ham Lake residents along Bunker Lake Boulevard and near Radisson Road have been continuously around excavation pit projects for a dozen years.

The Ham Lake City Council for the most part is maintaining the status quo for the 2012 budget when compared to what was budgeted for this year.

Just eight days after residents packed into the Ham Lake City Council chambers to voice their concerns and desire for more information regarding a potential move by the city to start its own police department, a follow-up meeting at the Ham Lake Senior Center was short and subdued.

A Ham Lake law enforcement committee has recommended the city no longer consider starting up its own police department.

The Ham Lake City Council has called a special meeting for 5 p.m. Wednesday evening (Aug. 17) to further discuss the possibility of starting its own police department.

The Ham Lake City Council Aug. 1 unanimously approved a payment of $8,382 to Michelle Hess for property it needs for the Crosstown-Highway 65 west service road project.

The Ham Lake City Council Monday night unanimously approved an ordinance revision that will give residents in R-1 residential zoning districts a chance to have homing pigeons on their property as long as they receive temporary conditional use permit (CUP) approval from the council.

Ever since a Ham Lake service road on the west side of Highway 65, north of Crosstown Boulevard, began having its access to major roads threatened, the city has spent the last five years looking for a long-term solution to serve the businesses and a couple of homes on that corner.