Barry Hager, a representative from CenterPoint Energy, presented a check for up to $2,500 to the Jordan Police Department tonight.

The business is paying for half of a radio unit for the city's emergency management mobile command center, which was obtained through a separate grant last year. The 800-megahertz radio system, expected to cost $4,873.75, will eventually broaden Jordan's connection to other law enforcement agencies. 

The city of Jordan is reapplying for a grant it failed to receive last year from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

If the city is successful, the DNR’s local trail connection program would provide a 50-50 matching grant for a proposed trail system that includes a proposed trail along County Road 66 (aka Old Highway 169) in Jordan that recently escalated in price by about $20,000.

City Planner Casey MacCallum said a retaining wall is necessary along a segment of the county road.

In her written report to the Jordan School Board, Community Education and Recreation Director Brenda Lieske highlighted several winter programs that are beginning already.

“Abrakadoodle, karate, and mad science have been consistently full for the past few quarters,” Lieske wrote.

She also reported that community education is in the beginning stages of planning for an extended-day program for students in Rainbow preschool.

Scott and Carver counties received a grant for $60,000 from the state of Minnesota's Safe and Sober Communities program to enforce driving while intoxicated and traffic laws.

Jordan School Superintendent Larry Kauzlarich said the City of Jordan has received a grant that would help fund the construction of a sidewalk along Aberdeen Avenue near the school.

Jordan city officials applied to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for a grant to help build a trail along Old Highway 169.