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ELECTION RESULTS: Prince, Brooks, Mitchell win tight Osseo School Board race
With all precincts reporting, Tanya Prince, Thomas Brooks and Sarah Mitchell are the apparent winners in a tight race for three seats on the Osseo Area Schools Board of Education. According to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State, the highest vote getter was Prince, with 24,600 votes, or 17.1%. Brooks had the second-most votes with 24,199, or 16.8% of the vote. Mitchell was the third-highest vote getter with 24,064, or 16.7% of the vote. All three winners are currently board members Thomas Brooks, Sarah Mitchell and Tanya Prince who filed for reelection. Four candidates filed to run against them: Paul Baillos, Lauren Harris, Max Maher and Stacey Yurcek. Harris was the closest to ousting an incumbent. She secured fourth place with 22,470 votes, or 15.6%. Yurcek secured fifth with 21,029 votes, or 14.6%. Maher placed sixth with 20,005 votes, or 13.9%. Baillos came in a distant seventh with 7,055 votes, or 4.9%. The Osseo School District includes the cities of Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Corcoran, Dayton, Osseo, Plymouth, Maple Grove and Rogers. School board members serve four-year terms. Once the results are certified, the three incumbents will begin their next terms in January.
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Osseo takes next step in Boerboom Park master plan
Two houses owned by the city of Osseo will soon be removed next to Boerboom Park. On Oct. 26, the City Council approved demolition specifications to remove those homes, a bid package, bid solicitation and contract execution in the amount of $8,867. These two homes, at 25 Fourth St. and 417 First Ave. Northeast, are located on the east side of the city block with the park. Alyson Fauske, city engineer with WSB, said there were two other homes to the west that were removed in 2022. The city has been working on purchasing the homes next to Boerboom Park when they went on the market for sale. The plans are for the city to create a larger park area taking over the entire block area. No confirmed plans for a new park layout have been approved at this time. During a work session on Oct 26, Fauske said early this year, WSB completed an asbestos assessment of both homes. “Those homes are now vacant,” Fauske said. “Staff wanted to see if the council would be interested in getting quotes to remove those remaining [homes].” Councilmember Mark Cook mentioned for the public why the council was making this decision. He