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Lafayette Seeking Clerk/Treasurer

10/3/2025

City Clerk/Treasurer

Salary - $23.82 hourly

Job Type: FT

Location: City of Lafayette

Post Start Date: October 3, 2025

Closing Date: October 22, 2025, 3:00pm

The City of Lafayette is seeking a candidate for the position of City Clerk/Treasurer.

The applicant will need basic accounting...

Xcel Energy Rate Increase Public Notice

9/4/2025

Northern States Power, doing business as Excel Energy, has sent a required notice to municipalities regarding their application for Authority to Increase Electric Rates filed in Docket No. E002/GR-24-320.

Notice of Public Hearing for Xcel Energy Minnesota Customers

Xcel Energy has asked the...

Lafayette City Clerk/Treasurer Position

8/1/2025

City Clerk/Treasurer

Salary - $23.82

Job Type: FT

Location: City of Lafayette

Post Start Date: August 1, 2025

Closing Date: August 29, 2025, 3:00pm

The City of Lafayette is seeking a candidate for the position of City Clerk/Treasurer.

The applicant will need strong accounting skills,...

Friday, July 11, 2025 Nicollet County Community Health Snapshot

7/11/2025

There will be no Friday night social, instead Spencer Crawford will be presenting the Nicollet County Community Health Snapshot

Join us for a meaningful look at the latest health data - with a special focus on Lafayette

Topics - Youth Mental Health, Housing, Social Connections, and more.

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City of Lafayette Annual Appliance & Electronics Collection

6/18/2025

Residents and Businesses of Lafayette can bring Appliances, and Electronis to the City Shop, alongside the City Office.

Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 8 am until 11 am only

Stop in the Shop first to sign in and pay for your items and then proceed to the recycling truck.

Keyboards, Mouce &...

Last Chance to Order 125th Celebration Gear!!

6/18/2025

The deadline is fast approaching - June 25th is the last day to order to have them by the 125th Celebration!

https://www.storessimple.com/3jaxdesign/33719

There are great desings and many styles and colors to choose from! Be part of the exciting week and order your Lafayette' 125th Celebration...

Lafayette's 125th Celebration is heating up!

5/23/2025

Lafayette's 125th Celebration is fast approaching!

Mark your calendars now to attend all or some of the action-packed weekend of activities!

Our event will run from Wednesday, July 23 - starting with Dave's Place Bike and Car night and a performance from the Armstrong Boulevard Brass...

Citywide Cleanup is NEXT weekend, Garage Sales are this weekend!

5/6/2025

An error on the flyer sent with last week's bills showed the worng dates:

May 10 Citywide garage sales

May 17 Citywide cleanup

October 11 Citywide garage sales

October 18 citywide cleanup

May Recognition Weeks

5/2/2025

May has many National Recognition weeks. Please take a minute to thank our city council, city staff, the ambulance & fire volunteer members, the park & recreation and all other volunteers in our community!

May 4-10 - Public Service Recognition Week - Thank you Mayor Curt Tauber and council members...

Switch to the new Utility Billing company

2/10/2025

Attention Lafayette MN Residents:

Our switch to gWorks from UBMax has been pushed back to July 14, 2025.

This will affect the ACH paying accounts. Your ACH payments will continue to draft out of your account on the 20th each month. Watch Facebook and your billing acket for updates.

Thank you...

Utility Billing

1/31/2025

Our switch to the new utility billing company has been moved back to April 7, 2025. Everything should stay the same until then.

Quarterly Contracted Cleaning for the Community Center

1/29/2025

Quarterly Contracted Cleaning:

City of Lafayette seeking bids for a contracted cleaning service to do quarterly cleaning of the community center in 2025. For further information contact the City Office at 791 Main Avenue, call 228-8241 or email lafcityclerk@gmail.com. Deadline is noon on...

Annual Truth in Taxation Hearings Set

11/21/2024

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Each year MN cities must approve the next year’s levy in September and submit it to the county. The preliminary levy and budget will always be higher as there are many projection figures that will not be available until later in the year.

The Lafayette City Council will conduct...

General Election Voting

11/4/2024

Voting for the 2024 Election today and tomorrow.

Lafayette MN is a mail ballot precinct and has been since the 2020 election year. State Statute allows precincts with fewer than 400 registered voters to hold mail balloting.

If you have not voted yet. Take your ballot packet that was...

Nicollet County Public Input Wanted

10/15/2024

Nicollet County is seeking Public Input as they update their Hazard Mitigation Plan.

The full notice is posted in the Lafayette City office and under the Government tab - Nicollet County Link

They are looking for input from Nicollet County residents, community leaders, business owners, area...

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